Shiralee

Thanks Vaughan. The info I have on the boat was that the manufacture date was 1994. But perhaps that was the refit date? Maybe they re-registered them at that time. it’s described as a Crown Cruiser Cavalier V. it’s fitted with a Nanni 43HP. The hours don’t fit with the age of the boat, so I’m guessing that at some stage it was really-engined. I have some anecdotal info about that. It appears to have been refurbished and maybe re-engined when Blue Line sold it off. By coincidence it was purchased by a couple from Sydney who sold it on to another Australian couple from the Gold Coast, who subsequently sold it to us in 2018. So it’s had 3 Australian owners since Blue Line. The boat has a lot of features that you don’t find on more modern boats, good accommodation, walk around deck, split sliding roof etc., that we think we will do some refurbishment over the next couple of years, rather than consider replacing it with a newer boat. It seems that the boat is pretty tough and was designed for the hard knocks of charter work I’ve given it a couple of hard bumps myself without too much damage. Regards, Bob,

Hi Vaughan, we have a Cavalier V moored in France. There is not a lot of information available about theses boats so I’d appreciate any history you might be able to share. Our model has a split sliding foot to the saloon/cockpit which is excellent. It’s now an old boat but in reasonably good condition and it offers a lot that more recent boats do not. if you prefer I can send you my email.