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07 June 2013, 22:58
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
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But they are built shockingly badly...
When you talk to the crews you hear all the horrors, and I have friends who make good money flying round the world fixing them.
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07 June 2013, 23:13
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
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Weren't they made in kidderminster and now closed down.
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07 June 2013, 23:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: Royal Wootton Bassett
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Made in Poole i believe?
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07 June 2013, 23:19
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
MMSI: 235067688
Join Date: Jun 2005
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Weren't they made in kidderminster and now closed down.
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You're thinking of Sealine, they've just gone bust.
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07 June 2013, 23:34
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Country: UK - England
Town: Ashton-under-Lyne Lancs
Boat name: IMOGEN
Make: Air-Craft 5.4
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki df70a
MMSI: 235087492
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You're thinking of Sealine, they've just gone bust.
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Thats the one thanks. Its such a shame they employed a few people
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07 June 2013, 23:34
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
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Made badly in Poole i believe?
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I've corrected that for you....
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08 June 2013, 02:37
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Country: UK - England
Town: South West
Boat name: Das Boot
Make: Honwave T40
Length: 4m +
Engine: Tohatsu, 20
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I suspect they will keep everything in the UK (for a fair while). It is a premium brand and most of that comes from where the product is designed and manufactured.
The problem we have in the UK is we couldn't manage our way out of a paper bag. We have great ideas, great brands, highly skilled workers and still manage to Bugger it all up (with some exceptions, like Rolls Royce).
Just look at Jaguar / Land Rover. Owned by Tata but actually very profitable and still built mostly here. I hate all this foreign ownership stuff, but if Sunseeker turns out the same way that has to be good for everyone involved.... For now anyhow.
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08 June 2013, 05:13
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Country: Australia
Town: Sydney
Boat name: Lunasea
Make: Ribtec 890SX
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha ME 421STI x 2
Join Date: Aug 2009
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But they are built shockingly badly...
When you talk to the crews you hear all the horrors, and I have friends who make good money flying round the world fixing them.
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PeterM, looking at a Sunseeker 63 late 90's and can not find anything on the web about how good or otherwise they are or common faults.
Not wanting to hijack the thread but was wondering what goes wrong with them.
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08 June 2013, 08:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: Hampshire
Boat name: Sheildu Two
Make: Brig Eagle 780
Length: 7m +
Engine: Suzuki DF300
Join Date: Jun 2013
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If it does go through it would be a real shame, sun seeker are probably about one if the last large UK boat manufacturers left! Lets hope if it does go through they will keep production in the UK for a while!
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08 June 2013, 10:00
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Country: UK - England
Town: LONDON
Make: SR4/ZODIAC/3D
Length: 4m +
Engine: 30T/40T
Join Date: Oct 2011
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One of the main reasons China buys is that it's built in Britain. Probably by Eastern Europeans, but still in Britain. Or should we say assembled.
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08 June 2013, 14:45
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset & Hants
Boat name: Streaker/Orange
Make: Avon/Ribcraft
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50Yam/25 Mariner
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Originally Posted by kubcat
PeterM, looking at a Sunseeker 63 late 90's and can not find anything on the web about how good or otherwise they are or common faults.
Not wanting to hijack the thread but was wondering what goes wrong with them.
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The general feeling I hear is that the last ten years have seen cost cutting in the production..so lots of self tapping screws used to hold stuff together. 
The new ones out the sheds also seem to have mechanical gremlins which take time to sort out ( more than just the usual niggles you get on any complex bit of machinery).
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09 June 2013, 14:36
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Country: Australia
Town: Sydney
Boat name: Lunasea
Make: Ribtec 890SX
Length: 8m +
Engine: Yamaha ME 421STI x 2
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Originally Posted by PeterM
The general feeling I hear is that the last ten years have seen cost cutting in the production..so lots of self tapping screws used to hold stuff together.
The new ones out the sheds also seem to have mechanical gremlins which take time to sort out ( more than just the usual niggles you get on any complex bit of machinery). |
Lucky I can't afford a newer one then 
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09 June 2013, 15:11
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Country: UK - England
Town: Sussex
Make: RIBTEC 655
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yam 150
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,160
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When we looked at changing our Fairline in 2008 we looked at a Sunseeker at the boat show, it was their smallest boat but quality was really poor, more mastic than the french/german mass production stuff.
It is a pity so see more of our manufacturing being sold off but until we choose home grown products rather than the cheapest it will carry on happening.
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09 June 2013, 18:57
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Town: Hamble
Length: 9m +
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Quote:
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The general feeling I hear is that the last ten years have seen cost cutting in the production..so lots of self tapping screws used to hold stuff together.
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So what would be the correct way of "holding stuff together"?
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The new ones out the sheds also seem to have mechanical gremlins which take time to sort out ( more than just the usual niggles you get on any complex bit of machinery).
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The problem there is that the product is so much more complex than they were 10 years ago, and so there's more to go wrong!
I was at Cquip last week, there biggest customer is Sunseeker, who they sell mainly chinese made stainless steel fittings to. Can't see that lasting very long.
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09 June 2013, 21:36
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Country: UK - England
Town: brierley hill
Boat name: rocknrolla
Make: osprey
Length: 7m +
Engine: outboard
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 713
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Quote:
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But they are built shockingly badly...
When you talk to the crews you hear all the horrors, and I have friends who make good money flying round the world fixing them.
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They wsnt 15 yrs ago Looey 
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10 June 2013, 11:41
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Country: Germany
Town: Hamburg
Boat name: Der Delphin
Make: Parker
Length: 6m +
Engine: Inboard Diesel 120HP
Join Date: Dec 2008
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