We are going to use the boat as a second home as well as taking her on local trips and, when we become more experienced, take the occasional trip further afield to Jersey and France. The sealine has the most corners cut/economies made on the build. This is perfectly fine - you pays yer money and takes yer choice. You said you're happy with the interior finishes but you might wanna look again - the walnut "veneer" is printed melamine in many places, not real wood veneer. The princess has real wood veneer on the outside, but printed melamine board inside wardrobes etc. The Fairline is all real wood

Both cabins work well, the 2nd cabin can either be used as a twin or a double. Storage is good although we miss not having a pair of wardrobes in the front cabin. That said there is probably more storage than in the Phantom, just spread about a bit. Fairline - liked the contemporary look but felt that all interior finishes were of inferior quality. Not so keen on overall look of boat.I`d go along with that. The Fairline Phantom 40 flybridge seems to have a bit more going on up there than the Princess 42. The Fairline we looked at had a griddle and I think a fridge from memory. In the end we were more interested in the accommodation downstairs than the flybridge, (let`s face it our weather throughout the year does mean we spend more time inside). I was also a bit unsure of how fat spitting off the griddle would add to the mix. The Princess doesn`t try to re-invent the wheel, it just tweaks the design a little so that it does every very well. All the bits are in the right places, the quality of engineering installation behind the scenes seems up to scratch (you only really find out stuff like that when you own the boat yourself and can crawl over it a bit). The Vendor is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract.

the trouble with boats is that they are half sea going boat and half caravan/country cottage. You are in a lovely position buying new - but although the fairline and sealine interiors are new/fashionable etc when you go travelling its the boats ability that you will remember - especially if the wind changes and it gets a bit rougher than you might have liked. Much as all three are lovely boats, the sealine is technically complex and the jury is still out that IPS drives really save fuel, but the servicing is definitely expensive,so factor in any expected fuel saving against service cost and long term reliability. Unless you plan on doing thousands of miles it probably isn't worth it. No doubt the sales man explained how easy it is to park an IPS boat, its not difficult to park a shaft drive boat either - have some lessons and get some practiceWe have recently taken delivery of a new Princess 42 flybridge which I think I`m right in saying is the same (give or take) as a 2005 model.

Sometimes model names can be misleading as the badge doesn't correspond to the actual size - the princess is a bit bigger than the others I also looked at the Phantom 40, the boys at Essex boat yards showed me round a couple. I struggled with the Phantom 40, possibly because we had the Phantom 42. The 40 was just a bit smaller in every respect than our older 42 and I just couldn`t bring myself to pay more money for less. You`d keep bumping into things as you walked round the boat, I knew where to put my arms and legs but unfortunately the boat had moved! (in comparison to the 42). Cutlass bearings and shaft seals replaced 2019 with second set of shaft seals mounted on shafts for future useNew Seafire automatic/manual override fire extinguishers in engine room with warning system at flybridge and lower helm position (2021) Helm position is excellent. The switches for the nav lights etc are a bit prone to being caught accidentally as we discovered on a night crossing to Cowes when someone turned them off by mistake! Bowthruster works well, electric cut offs are easily accessible and the remote gas isolator is a nice little touch. On the machinery side which is my living I'd get quotes on running costs, an I p s boat servicing charges will make your eyes water, straight conventional shafts make more sense if you don't want to be paying silly money every year to me or the dealers. Overview The benchmark for which other 42ft flybridge cruisers try to follow, the Princess 42 is probably one of the finest flybridge cruisers to come out of the Plymouth factory. Ihre geräumige Unterkunft umfasst eine Eignerkabine mit großem Inselbett und eine Doppel-Gästekabine, beide mit eigenem Bad.