Fairline Turbo 36

[Murv]

Had a couple of requests for more info/pictures so thought I'd add some here.

So, this is our darkside boat, had it nearly Two Years now.
Most of these pictures were actually taken before we bought her, but not much has changed internally.
Only real differences are that that vast TV has gone, the inverter has been changed for a larger pure sine wave one and there's the addition of a Dragonfly wifi fishfinder which was the cheapest way of getting sonar to the flybridge as it will transmit to a cheap tablet.
The eberspacher has also been changed so has a more modern controller, apart from that she's pretty much the same. Although far from pristine, she wasn't in bad condition and the interior is fairly inoffensive for an 80's boat!

There's a very quick youtube video here of a wakeshot on a run back from London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnbT5lK-8Zg
It weighs in at around 10 tons when fully fueled and with a full water tank. It holds 1100 litres of diesel and 500 litres of water. She's 42.5' length overall.
Engines are a pair of Volvo TAMD61A's. 5.6 litres, 6 cyliner inline turbo diesels with charge air coolers. They make 306hp each, or they did back in 1989 anyway, probably lost a few by now! And they weigh around 750KG each.
We've had 28.4 knots out of her, but usually sit at around 16 knots when not just pottering around on the river.
Each engine holds 20 litres of oil, has 2 oil filters and 3 fuel filters. Hydraulic gearboxes run shafts and 22" 4 bladed bronze propellers.

Layout is aft cabin (main selling point, big island bed with an en-suite shower and heads.)

Then, decent sized saloon with a sette each side, the starboard side one is just big blocks of foam and folds down to make a double.

Moving forward, is the helm. It has an elderly autopilot system, all the various gauges for the engines, depth sounder and a Raymarine E120 navigation unit linked to a radar system. This all then repeats to a second Raymarine E80 up on the flybridge

Throttles, electrical panel, inverter controller and bowthruster switch

Moving forward, down a couple of steps and there's a galley with sink, fridge, microwave and opposite that a second shower/heads

Then further forward, the forward cabin with a V berth

Then, on to the good stuff!

This is during a service with the floors up to get at the engines more easily

And looking forward between the two

Some of the wiring etc on the starboard side (still don't know what a lot of it does)

And the props/rudders after being cleaned this summer and waiting for painting with antifoul

And this is a shot of her out of the water in 2015 before we bought her

I don't really have any pictures of the flybridge, but this is looking up the steps showing the head of security . There's a double helm seat, and L shaped seating around that that will seat another 4 people

Can't really think of anything more to ad, so please ask if you want to know anything!
The running costs are obscene, we were lucky enough to be able to buy the thing but actually run the boat on a very tight budget so it pretty much swallows every penny we have and then some...
But, it does bring an awful lot of joy and I do LOVE boats!!

[chris moody]

She looks lovely. Must be a dream to manoeuvre in confined spaces with twin props on shafts. I usually end up playing in single engined motorboats, often with no thrusters.

Liking your "head of security", I bet he has a very deep bark.


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[Paul]

Nice boat Murv
Totally agree with your comment of "the interior is fairly inoffensive for an 80's boat!" as boats I've viewed of that era are very, very 80's
Nice layout and very liveable as one of my 'bucket list' items with retirement would be to circumnavigate the British Isles over a period of a year or two, purchase a boat with a view to sell the boat after completion, with our house rented out during the duration providing some funding
Nothing too strenuous, port to port in fair weather, stay if we like it, move on if we don't, with no time limitations, you get the idea

Thanks for sharing

[Murv]

Thanks both

Paul, that sounds like a great plan, I'd love to be able to do something like that one day.
I think I'd prefer a displacement boat for a voyage like that but, saying that, you'd be hard to find more space per £ than on the Fairline.

She does handle very nicely, the props are widely spaced so she is very manoeuvrable. Not that that stops me fluffing it from time to time of course...

[9-R]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I agree, nicely done for an 80s boat as you stated.

[Si Crowe]

Those Turbo 36's are well built and very handsome boats! classic Bernard Olesinski design through and through.

I've always had a soft spot for them. the "36" is a little miss leading as i think if memory serves, that was the hull length not including stem roller and bathing platform.. more like 38' 6". however for a boat of that length the accommodation was unrivalled and the sea keeping, very good. ahead of her time in many ways.

Those Volvo's look really clean and at the bigger end of what was fitted in those days. access to the engines was good too, considering them being under the saloon floor (again something that latter boats lost). still, I'd not like to do a full engine out job....

i'm a big fan of the "dark side" page...

[Murv]

Thanks for that

The 36' is actually waterline length which, sadly, the marina don't recognise as an official measurement