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09-02-2005, 12:22 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Thorpe Bay
Occupation: IT Director, www.lighthouseit.co.uk
Interests: Boats, Surfing & Snowboarding
Boat name: Isabella / Cool Runnings II / Bella / Sea Pup / Sea Dog / Speedy II / Bernico F3
Boat make: Colvic 35 Suncruiser / Bernico F3 / Phantom 16 / Zodiac 420 YL / RIB / Apollo 9
Engines: 2 x Perkins Sabre 225ti / Mercury Pro XS /Mercury Pro XS 115/ Tohatsu 2.5 / Mercury 25 / Mercury 50
Cruising area: Thames Estuary / River Crouch / Salcombe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Thorpe Bay
Posts: 932
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Simms Super V
I know you lot love airing your opinions so here is another chance!
Can’t persuade my friend to buy a Ring or Phantom he wants something smaller for his 1st boat. He has stumbled across a Simms Super V.
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/AMM060/
Any good? The yard reckons it and the engine on 12 to 13 years old can this be verified by serial numbers? What speed would you expect to get from it? Are parts easy to come by for the mercury 60HP of that age?
Comments on hull / engine type performance appreciated
Is this the boat used in 007 Live and Let Die ?
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09-02-2005, 12:47 PM
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The Doc
Join Date: Mar 2004
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No, 007 had a Glastron GT (150???)
thats quite a late simms, with a whimpering little merc.............I cant get all that excited about a super V.....but a couple of fellas got an identical pair of 16's with 100 mariners at my ski club in 1992ish and they drove the hell out of'm!
for that kinda money, go Fletcher 140, 147 (much nicer), 155GTO.
I'm convinced they are better boats.
I sold my '86 160 Fletcher with a V4 Johnson for noit much more than that!
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09-02-2005, 12:51 PM
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numbskull
Country: United Kingdom
Location: South
Occupation: none
Interests: none
Boat name: Leviathan
Boat make: Phantom 28
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: South
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Those super vee's have the fugliest deck form I've ever seen.
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09-02-2005, 12:52 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Thorpe Bay
Occupation: IT Director, www.lighthouseit.co.uk
Interests: Boats, Surfing & Snowboarding
Boat name: Isabella / Cool Runnings II / Bella / Sea Pup / Sea Dog / Speedy II / Bernico F3
Boat make: Colvic 35 Suncruiser / Bernico F3 / Phantom 16 / Zodiac 420 YL / RIB / Apollo 9
Engines: 2 x Perkins Sabre 225ti / Mercury Pro XS /Mercury Pro XS 115/ Tohatsu 2.5 / Mercury 25 / Mercury 50
Cruising area: Thames Estuary / River Crouch / Salcombe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Thorpe Bay
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Thanks capatin will pass on the comments they dont handle then?
What speed ? I said about 35mph?
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09-02-2005, 01:04 PM
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The Doc
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I dont know how they handle...........I have actually been in, one, many moons back when Michael Jackson was a proud Black man!
What i can say is that thos 16's where very bouncy. And agreed, they are ugly!
I had a 60 merc on a driver 440 copy.........After little consideration, i can conclude its the shitest most guttles lump of crapo i ever owned.
Tell ya mate for £2500 he should me looking at a 10-15 yr old 155 GTO with a 75-90 merc, or even better a 70 OMC or even better an 80/85/90 Yammie.
Job done
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09-02-2005, 01:15 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Thorpe Bay
Occupation: IT Director, www.lighthouseit.co.uk
Interests: Boats, Surfing & Snowboarding
Boat name: Isabella / Cool Runnings II / Bella / Sea Pup / Sea Dog / Speedy II / Bernico F3
Boat make: Colvic 35 Suncruiser / Bernico F3 / Phantom 16 / Zodiac 420 YL / RIB / Apollo 9
Engines: 2 x Perkins Sabre 225ti / Mercury Pro XS /Mercury Pro XS 115/ Tohatsu 2.5 / Mercury 25 / Mercury 50
Cruising area: Thames Estuary / River Crouch / Salcombe
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Thorpe Bay
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I have to say I agree with u! From what I remeber about the 60HP Mercury it wasnt exactly a performance motor compared to the Yamahas will send hime the link to the posts.
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09-02-2005, 06:41 PM
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Registered User
Country: Ireland
Location: Dublin
Occupation: Boatbuilder
Boat make: Hydrostream V-king, 650SS OCR ,Ring 21, Ring 18, Phantom 18.
Engines: 300Hp Mercury 2.4, 130 Yamaha, Bridgeport EFI, XR6, Merc 200.
Cruising area: Malahide, Dublin
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Dublin
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There was a sweet little glastron, GT 150, on ebay a few weeks ago for something like 150 quid...
Check, it might be relisted!
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09-02-2005, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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IMHO, most of these old boats are only the price they are cus they are complete outfits, if you can get yrself half decent boat less engine then you would be better off buying an engine seperately, end result, a better setup for your money and probably a damn sight more reliable........
just my opinion of couse.......
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