My New Toy

Very nice looking boat. Don't know much about boats, what are the specs?
 
Laudrup said:
Very nice looking boat. Don't know much about boats, what are the specs?
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Hi
Its a Maxum 2600SE
Has a 4.6ltr V8 inboard petrol
Its 8.2Mtr long
Sleeps 6
Has a kitchen and full toilet and shower onboard
 
Here's what you could have won.. .. :D

(showing my age there I suspect.. ..)
 
Alastair said:
Here's what you could have won.. .. :D

(showing my age there I suspect.. ..)
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I remember too.
And the folks who were lucky enough to WIN the boat were usually from somewhere like Wigan :lol:
 
viv1969 said:
And the folks who were lucky enough to WIN the boat were usually from somewhere like Wigan :LOL:
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So, they could tie it up to the Wigan Pier :thumbs:
 
Bullysrus said:
My new toy for the summer, also hoping to get out with the camera on it one day and get some great shots
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Very nice, I'm in love with boats I must admit. I've always been into water sports and loved it when I saw them speeding past me on the water as a kid.

Me and my brother went "halfers" on a Mastercraft Prostar 190 with a 5.7 supercharged Chevy V8, running about 580bhp. It's just a dedicated ski boat with water ballasts to adjust the wake size and big tow rack, nothing like yours where you can sleep in it.

Nothing beats going out on a nice day and letting them drift along with a few beers :D
 
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beyond the blue said:
Just sold mine (Four Winns 238 Vista) by far the most expensive toy I've ever had, good fun though. Where do you intend boating? Good luck.
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It's currently moored on the River Medway.

So I can go either inland or coastal, and up the Thames

But may move it into Dover Marina
 
CaveDweller said:
Very nice, I'm in love with boats I must admit. I've always been into water sports and loved it when I saw them speeding past me on the water as a kid.

Me and my brother went "halfers" on a Mastercraft Prostar 190 with a 5.7 supercharged Chevy V8, running about 580bhp. It's just a dedicated ski boat with water ballasts to adjust the wake size and big tow rack, nothing like yours where you can sleep in it.

Nothing beats going out on a nice day and letting them drift along with a few beers :D
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Hi

That's a lovely boat you have

This is my 5th one, also had a Jet Ski

I've always been into boating, they are getting bigger every time, but so are the costs

But it's great fun
 
Nice one enjoy it. I miss ours. Will get one again once the social live of my children is no longer dependent on taxi rides by us. We used to have ours in Poole primarily and for a bit in Southampton.

Ours was slight longer and a wide berth, did take it across the alps to Lake Garda for long summers. Happy days.

If you haven't already don't forget your powerboat level 2 and vhf training/offcom registration. Best to stay safe.
 
Bullysrus said:
Hi

That's a lovely boat you have

This is my 5th one, also had a Jet Ski

I've always been into boating, they are getting bigger every time, but so are the costs

But it's great fun
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It's great for a 1996 model but still in mint condition and doesn't even look dated yet. We have fancied something a bit newer with more seating and open bow, but the prices are just extortionate for a decent ski boat now, even second hand. I went on mastercrafts website earlier to customise my own new boat. Cost upwards of £60k...no thank you lol
 
dejongj said:
Nice one enjoy it. I miss ours. Will get one again once the social live of my children is no longer dependent on taxi rides by us. We used to have ours in Poole primarily and for a bit in Southampton.

Ours was slight longer and a wide berth, did take it across the alps to Lake Garda for long summers. Happy days.

If you haven't already don't forget your powerboat level 2 and vhf training/offcom registration. Best to stay safe.
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Thanks, im currently doing my Day Skipper
 
CaveDweller said:
It's great for a 1996 model but still in mint condition and doesn't even look dated yet. We have fancied something a bit newer with more seating and open bow, but the prices are just extortionate for a decent ski boat now, even second hand. I went on mastercrafts website earlier to customise my own new boat. Cost upwards of £60k...no thank you lol
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The Maxum is a 2006, we started of buying our first boat at £3k and now we ve just spent £40K, and yes I am skint now
 
Lol yes I remember doing the same. Luckily it was my wife driving that part :)

We did our training together. It was really nice actually, children at the grant parents. Brilliant weekend.
 
I used to waterski and had my own ski boat a fletcher with 125 Yamaha outboard, great fun but god it was expensive but worth it!
But as an old customer of mine said '' if it flies, f*cks or floats, rent it''
 
Hush, gentlemen, PLEASE! All this talk of expensive toys is making me realise that a Triumph Rocket III Tourer is actually relatively cheap!

Dad used to have boats but relatively pedestrian ones, more suited to pootling around up and down the river than for longer trips. Still not cheap but for him, the customisation and fettling he did during the winters was as enjoyable as actually boating. The end of pink Diesel made it more expensive but he still enjoyed the working part!
 
Nod said:
Hush, gentlemen, PLEASE! All this talk of expensive toys is making me realise that a Triumph Rocket III Tourer is actually relatively cheap!

Dad used to have boats but relatively pedestrian ones, more suited to pootling around up and down the river than for longer trips. Still not cheap but for him, the customisation and fettling he did during the winters was as enjoyable as actually boating. The end of pink Diesel made it more expensive but he still enjoyed the working part!
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I sometimes wish I brought a diesel
 
Overexposed said:
I used to waterski and had my own ski boat a fletcher with 125 Yamaha outboard, great fun but god it was expensive but worth it!
But as an old customer of mine said '' if it flies, f*cks or floats, rent it''
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My first was a fletcher with a Mercury 150 outboard
 
BBR said:
Where does the 'sail' go, I can't see a mast! Not a proper boat at all.......:D
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Ah I miss that, the good old 'raggies' I used to love to switch my exhausts through the hull and create some extra wake when you lot were on sail inside the harbour so to claim your right of way....It was a nice bit of fun....
 
beyond the blue said:
My ex cruiser used to average 2mpg, It worked out the same as traveling in a black cab. With the marina fees and service/repair it was ridiculously expensive to run, but boy do I miss it!
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Bullysrus said:
Yes they do drink
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Mine wasn't too bad (I need a liars smilie :))....At a steady shore cruise at 35-40 knots mine was doing about 20 gallons per hours....Luckily that calculation was too difficult for my wife to understand, I explain it as similar to her car :)

Realistically most weekends we spend about £75 in fuel as we were pottering about at 10knots within the harbour and about 20 which generally gave a comfortable plane coastal...

And that was with twin Volvo Penta 5.7 V8 so not that bad really....
 
dejongj said:
Ah I miss that, the good old 'raggies' I used to love to switch my exhausts through the hull and create some extra wake when you lot were on sail inside the harbour so to claim your right of way....It was a nice bit of fun....
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Well at least it sounds like you had heard of the ColRegs which would put you in a minority among motorboaters!

I was sailing in the North Sea one time when we were approached by two guys on Jet Skis,

"excuse me mate,which way back to land?"

My gob was truly smacked.
 
BBR said:
Well at least it sounds like you had heard of the ColRegs which would put you in a minority among motorboaters!
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I think you can say 'boaters' in general....To me it came across like many sailors only had a clue about their rights but not anyone elses including commercial shipping channels....Seriously though I did take those parts serious and was only having a little bit of 'fun' when they were especially snooty or didn't bother to acknowledge it when I made a clearly visible manoeuvre to avoid a collision situation...Unsurprisingly never had such runins with those sailing under the blue ensign ;)

And don't get me started about radio etiquette, always made for amusing listening when they do a channel 16 radio check, even more so during a SELONCE MAYDAY situation....
 
dejongj said:
And don't get me started about radio etiquette, always made for amusing listening when they do a channel 16 radio check, even more so during a SELONCE MAYDAY situation....
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I had people discussing the general weather and what they were having for their 'tea' on channel 16 when I was trying to make a Pan-Pan call!

I am amazed there is still not compulsory qualifications/licencing to have control of leisure vessels at sea.
 
Although not compulsory to have qualifications, my marina insisted that all owners have third party insurance. The insurance company I used insisted that for the level of cover I wanted I had to have at least powerboat level 1 qualifications and be able to provide proof. So I think it's coming slowly but surely.
 
A friend of mine bought himself a 18' with a 75hp petrol engine, nice boat...
And he's added a radar system, top of the range DSC radio, spare engine, so many other gadgets that I'm not sure that it will be able to carry the weight
And, one day, he may even take it to the seaside:)

He's invited me to go out on it with him, but as he has never even been on a boat himself, let alone skippered one, I think I'll pass on that...
 
@Garry Edwards, oh that should be funny. Is it trailered? Just watching the launch could be amusing itself.

I mean this in the kindest way, we all needed to start somewhere....I never forgot the audience I had when my tutor asked me to turn around in this tiny little area. I even heard them say on the dock 'how is he going to get that huge rib turn around in there?'.....I had a good tutor, but may have spoilt something in the process ;)
 
dejongj said:
@Garry Edwards, oh that should be funny. Is it trailered? Just watching the launch could be amusing itself.

I mean this in the kindest way, we all needed to start somewhere....I never forgot the audience I had when my tutor asked me to turn around in this tiny little area. I even heard them say on the dock 'how is he going to get that huge rib turn around in there?'.....I had a good tutor, but may have spoilt something in the process ;)
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I think it's going to be hilarious...

Yes, it's on a 26' trailer, I've sort of been volunteered to take it to Brid when he gets around to it, and I won't have any problems reversing it into its space, but I'll make sure I'm not around when he actually launches it:)
Aparently they are stored dry and launched by tractor, so he'll presumably get (and need) some help.
He has also bought handheld VHF as well as the main set, I think that when he goes out in it first time I'll borrow a handheld and monitor channel 16 :)
 
BBR said:
Well at least it sounds like you had heard of the ColRegs which would put you in a minority among motorboaters!

I was sailing in the North Sea one time when we were approached by two guys on Jet Skis,

"excuse me mate,which way back to land?"

My gob was truly smacked.
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Point in any direction and they'll hit land - eventually! (Might be a bit of a cold walk if they hit the Northern ice cap though!)

dejongj said:
@Garry Edwards, oh that should be funny. Is it trailered? Just watching the launch could be amusing itself.
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Watched a launch tractor pull a trailer out of Lyme Regis harbour last autumn - followed by him dragging the tow pick-up out. Not sure the pick-up was worth saving - it was full of sea water - cab and bed. Missed the incident that caused the inundation but I'm guessing that the boat was too big for the pick-up to tow and took over as he was trying to turn it round. Typically the trip was a spur of the moment one so I didn't have a camera with me - not even a phone!
 
Garry Edwards said:
I think it's going to be hilarious...

Yes, it's on a 26' trailer, I've sort of been volunteered to take it to Brid when he gets around to it, and I won't have any problems reversing it into its space, but I'll make sure I'm not around when he actually launches it:)
Aparently they are stored dry and launched by tractor, so he'll presumably get (and need) some help.
He has also bought handheld VHF as well as the main set, I think that when he goes out in it first time I'll borrow a handheld and monitor channel 16 :)
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Oh in that case he'll be allright....Dry stacks are great and convenient service...Good for the boat/engine as well...
 
dejongj said:
Oh in that case he'll be allright....Dry stacks are great and convenient service...Good for the boat/engine as well...
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They are handy. When I was working in turkey (where we bought our boat) it was stored in a dry rack. It was great and like an adults toy box. I wouldn't want to pay the insurance running a dry storage place though, especially the way the staff were carrying the boats around 20ft in the air. I thought their taxi drivers were bad lol.

Now that we have it in the UK I just keep it on a trailer outside with a cover on because it doesn't fit in my garage. The only problem with that though is I'm a keen car guy and the thought of transplanting the engine into a small car is just too tempting lol. I've never owned a supercharged V8 car :(
 
dejongj said:
Mine wasn't too bad (I need a liars smilie :))....At a steady shore cruise at 35-40 knots mine was doing about 20 gallons per hours....Luckily that calculation was too difficult for my wife to understand, I explain it as similar to her car :)
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40 knots is about 45 MPH IIRC so that's about 2 and a little bit MPG. I can get Mrs Nod's car down to that, no problem!
 
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