Motor Boat & Yachting — February 2018

where the standing headroom just

inside the door quickly drops over two

single beds that convert to a double,

but that’s pretty standard on a boat

of this size and style. What isn’t pretty

standard is the master cabin forward,

which feels huge, with a large central

double bed, plenty of floorspace and

its own generous ensuite.

Crucially, all that interior space

has not come at the expense of

storage, because there is almost

no void anywhere in the boat that

hasn’t been utilised for yet more

locker space. “There’s so much

storage space that sometimes it

becomes hard to find things when

you’ve forgotten where you’ve put

them,” says Andrew North, who owns

a 2015 F380. Andrew’s father owned

a Sealine F33 many years ago when

Andrew was growing up, which the

family had a huge amount of fun

with. “We visited the Southampton

Boat Show in 2015 for a day out with

no real intention of buying. But we got

on so well with the guys from Penton

Hook Marine Sales and liked the F380

so much that we ended up buying

the show boat, hoping to replicate

some of those memories with my

own family. Buying the actual show

boat meant that not only did we get

a good deal, we also got a high level

of equipment as it was well specified

as a boat show demonstrator.”

In fact, Sealine was rather cunning

with the optional extras. Taking a leaf

For Andrew

North, the

F380 was his

first venture

into boating

since enjoying

his dad’s Sealine F33. He kept it

at Bray before moving it out to

Puerto Banus. A growing family

means Andrew’s boat is for sale.

The F380 you see here was

Ian Allison and his wife’s fifth

boat, which replaced the

Sealine S380 that they kept

at Windsor. Now for sale,

it makes way for a

new Sealine S450.

Model Sealine F380

Type Flybridge

In build 2014-2017

Designer Sealine

Hull type Planing

RCD category B

Current value from £230,000

LOA 37ft 4in (11.40m)

Beam 14ft 4in (3.77m)

Draught 3ft 1in (0.95m)

Displacement 9.8 tonnes

Fuel capacity

200 gallons (910 litres)

Water capacity

20 gallons (315 litres)

Performance 32 knots with

twin Volvo Penta D6-330

diesel engines

Cruising range 211 miles

at 25 knots with 20% reserve

MY TAKE I’m ashamed to say that I’d

forgotten what a great little flybridge boat

this is. Modern, spacious, practical and with

a genuinely entertaining hull, it ticks all the boxes.

Rarity value should help keep prices up, too. Hugo

To protect this boat

with Coppercoat

multi-season antifoul

would cost £1,260 (inc VAT)

For a quote on any other boat

call 01258 861059 or visit

http://www.coppercoat.com

would cost £1,260 (inc VAT)

out of the French builders book,

the base price in 2014 was about

£270,000, but nobody ever bought

a basic boat. “There were two option

packs which were pretty much

essential,” explains Chris Manners,

owner of Penton Hook Marine Sales,

“the Cruising Package and the

Comfort Package. The Cruising

Package included a bow thruster, trim

tabs, cockpit canopies, the flybridge

cover and basics like warps and

fenders. The Comfort Package added

electric toilets, LED lighting in the

cockpit and on the flybridge, a teak

flybridge deck,

Servicing (inc labour & VAT)

Twin Volvo Penta D6-330

£2,177.47

Replacement parts (inc VAT)

Drive belt £60.48

Impeller £67.57

Oil filter £29.60

Fuel filter £12.60

Coolant pump

(exchange) £453.60

THE COSTS

D ATA F I L E

I BOUGHT ONE

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BOAT MASTER USEDB OAT

Some boats were fi tted

with optional cockpit seats

that could face aft at rest

Deep fl ybridge

sides ensure it

feels safe up top