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Ewan

Ewan

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Who is the member on here living in Wales with the fabulous blue Ghibli SS and a Riva Junior?
 
Guy

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Portofino and a Maser.....



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williamsmix

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My Sonny Levi designed Settimo Velo - Volare - that I restored about 10 years ago. 60s vintage, built by Canav in the Bay of Naples out laminated mahogany. I put in 2 x V6 Mercruisers with sterndrives and new aluminium fuel tanks. She’s had 2 subsequent owners and is still in use in the Solent …
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philw696

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Loved the boats I've had but boy you can spend some money on them.
I I had to break down id rather it was on the roadside than out out Sea that's for sure.
 
Guy

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My middle son is making his career in superyachts and the numbers are scary. It seems acceptable to take a normal product and put 'marine' on the label and charge 10x the price! He is currently on a smaller yacht but that uses 1200 litres an hour as it travels around the med. I may be wrong but I believe you budget 10% pa of the purchase costs. I suppose it makes sense if you consider it is like taking a beautifully finished machine and sitting it in salt water every day!The best quote I heard recently was that you need to be rich enough to give your superyacht away if you want to own one.
 
Scaf

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Guy said:
My middle son is making his career in superyachts and the numbers are scary. It seems acceptable to take a normal product and put 'marine' on the label and charge 10x the price! He is currently on a smaller yacht but that uses 1200 litres an hour as it travels around the med. I may be wrong but I believe you budget 10% pa of the purchase costs. I suppose it makes sense if you consider it is like taking a beautifully finished machine and sitting it in salt water every day!The best quote I heard recently was that you need to be rich enough to give your superyacht away if you want to own one.
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I am out on one of these tomorrow, nice trip from Poole, should be good fun, but pleased not to be the one paying for fuel.
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Ewan

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Scaf said:
I am out on one of these tomorrow, nice trip from Poole, should be good fun, but pleased not to be the one paying for fuel.
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Maybe 1 mpg, if you take it steady.
We have two american 5.7 lt. V8 turbo petrol engines in our boat, so you can imagine how much they like a drink!
 
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