Monday 23 March 2009

I Know I Like Boats,

but this one is defiantly not for me, it was built in Marmaris, Turkey, based on the 18th Century, British, Sixth Rate Frigate, HMS Phoenix, which was originally built in 1741 and launched in 1743, the modern replica was launched in August 1997, construction is Iroko and Mahogany but, unlike her predecessor, she has twin Kelvin TAS8 (400BHP) main engines, a bow thruster and 4 AC Generators, She is MCA Coded for World-wide operation and she has certified passenger capacity for 120, for day sailing charters, she can have a total of 155, including crew and all staff, on board, for sailing she has a crew of 16 to 28, for delivery trips under engine she is handled by a crew of twelve, film credits include: - Hornblower (TV series), 1998-2003. Longitude - Granada Productions, A&E, 2000. Monsieur N, 2003. To the ends of the Earth - BBC, Tightrope Pictures, 2005, and the price? yours for £1,750,000

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