Princess 38 Flybridge
Price
UK £47,500
Currency
Length
38' - 11.58m
Vessel Location
Southern England
Launch Year
1980
An excellent Princess 38 Flybridge cruiser with exceptional engineering
The Owner has spent many tens of £thousands in the last three years, planning to keep the boat for a long time.
Thus, 'Pearly Diver' is a very nice example of the popular and spacious Princess 38 Flybridge cruisers with its 2 cabins. The interior is remarkably original, clean and little used.
The forward master cabin is en-suite with heads, shower and wash hand basin. The second cabin has twin berths using the other heads.
Of especial interest is the nicely-engineered side door on the port side of the aft cockpit, making access so much easier and safer.
The Owner is a professional diesel engineer so the drive-train of this Princess 38 Flybridge has been comprehensively checked and/or re-built. The, Borg Warner 72C gearboxes allowing contra-rotating propellors which, together with the bow thruster, helps make the boat very manoeuvrable.
Please see the 'Significant Expenditure' description of this Princess 38 Flybridge 'Pearly Diver' which lists the Owner's expenditure.
Broker's Informal Comment.
With the Owner at the helm of his Princess 38 Flybridge we recently took 'Pearly Diver' for a short run in the Solent, having warmed the engines along the Beaulieu river. She quickly came up onto the plane and handled the Solent chop with ease. I was impressed with the relatively low level of noise in the cabin due to the recent installation of modern sound-reduction insulation in the engine room.
All in all, an excellent example of this popular classic.
Significant Expenditure
o ensure safe and enjoyable boating at sea for his family the Owner has carried out much work.
'Pearly Diver' was purchased and intensively re-worked in the engine bay to bring her up to excellent standards and provide reliable passage in the open seas.
The running gear is all mechanical as the turbo-charged diesel engines and BorgWarner transmissions have no electronic input making them both simple and very reliable. (And much easier to maintain).
With a clean hull and powered by the extensively re-worked twin 180hp Ford Mermaid engines, the boat quickly jumps onto the plane to achieve 20 knots. Thanks to the deep V profiled hull and thick layup (measured at 17mm) the boat is very confident in the Solent chop.
2022 General works including:
*new water tank installed (400 litres)
*new Slepnier SE80 bow thruster fitted
*custom GRP side boarding door installed
*complete topside gelcoat repairs and polish
*diesel-fired hot air
*strip back the wetted area and re-antifoul white
*replace boot top line.
On both engines:
new exhaust manifolds
new turbos
*new intercoolers and cores
new header tanks and cores
new raw impellers
new engine water pumps
inlet pipework powder coated
exhaust pipework ceramic coated
exhaust elbows rebuilt
alternators
thermostats
DPU K copper exhaust manifold gaskets
fuel tanks treated
complete new exhaust pipework throughout
full engine service including belts, filters, valve adjustment
rocker covers powder coated
turbo inlet trumpets rebuilt
2023 engines serviced including valve adjustments
Simrad navigation installed with autorouting
Engine bay sound insulation installed
polish and ceramic coat
Propspeed applied to stern gear.
2024
both transmissions fully rebuilt and painted
shaft couplings replaced
new stainless steel propeller shafts installed
custom made faux teak aft deck
stern glands rebuilt including new lantern rings
new shaft nuts
epoxy fill to pits and new antifoul
3D scan transducer installed
port engine new cylinder head and complete valve assembly
port engine cylinder block repair
port engine 6x new injectors
port engine reconditioned injector lines
new oil catch tanks fitted
seating re-upholstered in saloon and helm
full boat polished and ceramic coated.
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
This vessel is VAT paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Bucklers Hard marina, Hampshire, England.
© 2024 Nicolle Associates
The Owner has spent many tens of £thousands in the last three years, planning to keep the boat for a long time.
Thus, 'Pearly Diver' is a very nice example of the popular and spacious Princess 38 Flybridge cruisers with its 2 cabins. The interior is remarkably original, clean and little used.
The forward master cabin is en-suite with heads, shower and wash hand basin. The second cabin has twin berths using the other heads.
Of especial interest is the nicely-engineered side door on the port side of the aft cockpit, making access so much easier and safer.
The Owner is a professional diesel engineer so the drive-train of this Princess 38 Flybridge has been comprehensively checked and/or re-built. The, Borg Warner 72C gearboxes allowing contra-rotating propellors which, together with the bow thruster, helps make the boat very manoeuvrable.
Please see the 'Significant Expenditure' description of this Princess 38 Flybridge 'Pearly Diver' which lists the Owner's expenditure.
Broker's Informal Comment.
With the Owner at the helm of his Princess 38 Flybridge we recently took 'Pearly Diver' for a short run in the Solent, having warmed the engines along the Beaulieu river. She quickly came up onto the plane and handled the Solent chop with ease. I was impressed with the relatively low level of noise in the cabin due to the recent installation of modern sound-reduction insulation in the engine room.
All in all, an excellent example of this popular classic.
Significant Expenditure
o ensure safe and enjoyable boating at sea for his family the Owner has carried out much work.
'Pearly Diver' was purchased and intensively re-worked in the engine bay to bring her up to excellent standards and provide reliable passage in the open seas.
The running gear is all mechanical as the turbo-charged diesel engines and BorgWarner transmissions have no electronic input making them both simple and very reliable. (And much easier to maintain).
With a clean hull and powered by the extensively re-worked twin 180hp Ford Mermaid engines, the boat quickly jumps onto the plane to achieve 20 knots. Thanks to the deep V profiled hull and thick layup (measured at 17mm) the boat is very confident in the Solent chop.
2022 General works including:
*new water tank installed (400 litres)
*new Slepnier SE80 bow thruster fitted
*custom GRP side boarding door installed
*complete topside gelcoat repairs and polish
*diesel-fired hot air
*strip back the wetted area and re-antifoul white
*replace boot top line.
On both engines:
new exhaust manifolds
new turbos
*new intercoolers and cores
new header tanks and cores
new raw impellers
new engine water pumps
inlet pipework powder coated
exhaust pipework ceramic coated
exhaust elbows rebuilt
alternators
thermostats
DPU K copper exhaust manifold gaskets
fuel tanks treated
complete new exhaust pipework throughout
full engine service including belts, filters, valve adjustment
rocker covers powder coated
turbo inlet trumpets rebuilt
2023 engines serviced including valve adjustments
Simrad navigation installed with autorouting
Engine bay sound insulation installed
polish and ceramic coat
Propspeed applied to stern gear.
2024
both transmissions fully rebuilt and painted
shaft couplings replaced
new stainless steel propeller shafts installed
custom made faux teak aft deck
stern glands rebuilt including new lantern rings
new shaft nuts
epoxy fill to pits and new antifoul
3D scan transducer installed
port engine new cylinder head and complete valve assembly
port engine cylinder block repair
port engine 6x new injectors
port engine reconditioned injector lines
new oil catch tanks fitted
seating re-upholstered in saloon and helm
full boat polished and ceramic coated.
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
This vessel is VAT paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Bucklers Hard marina, Hampshire, England.
© 2024 Nicolle Associates
Price
UK £47,500
Boat Reference
2780241
Launch Year
1980
Length
38' - 11.58m
Beam
3.0480m
Vessel Location
Southern England
Region
GB
Use
Leisure
Builder
Princess
Engine
Two Ford Mermaid Marine 180 hp diesel turbo-charged engines with counter-rotating Borg Warner gearboxes driving through shafts to counter-rotating bronze propellors.
Fuel Type
Diesel
Accommodation
Cabins:3
Berths:4
Berths:4
CONTACT DETAILS
Dealer
Nicolle Associates
Telephone
Fax
+44 (0)23 8005 1250
Address
Saltmakers House
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Website
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