Nick... if you ever head up to Scotland you should pop into Marine Services Scotland located in Loch Lomond. They have a range of affordable boats including a lot of very, very nice wee things starting £15k and a LOT of options in the £20k to £50k range, plus of course the £100k+ slices of wedding cake boats. And I only look at boats with overnight berthing, thought they do have some open dayboats too.
Nice little yacht and as always in immaculate condition for it's age. It's a good job your slim Nick as if I was doing the tour it would have stopped at that stuck door. Thanks as always for the tour.
The designers at Fairline knew early on how to layout at a boat. The amount of space above and especially below deck is quite staggering for only a 30’ boat. She’s a beauty, thanks Nick for sharing!
This boat is over 20 years old!!!! She is magnificent! Unbelievably well maintained and refitted! I know we say this a lot but surely this is SB3? I know you’ve made Aquaholic Towers look amazing but surely you could part-ex SB2 and upgrade to this boat! Have a great weekend Nick and everyone! Fantastic review as always!
It would be extremely tempting, my only slight issue is that it is older than my current boat and I prefer to go newer when changing. It's a shame they didn't make these for longer.
And thank you Nick for this nice show of this Fairline Targa 30 a very nice boat and a shame that farline don't make those smaller boats anymore but a good show from you again Nick see you tomorrow on Motaholoic?
Has to be said this was a fab era for Fairline meaning that today you can buy a well appointed, sturdy boat like this for a great value price. Thanks Nick, this is a little gem & just shows what you can get for your money!👍🏻
@@AQUAHOLIC nooo lol 😂 well I was the first to like I think. I hope your doing well from the channel I started watching and subed in the early days and although my channel stopped before it really got started I’m really happy to see you go from strength to strength I only hope you have either made it your full time job or your close to it. You still need to buy that targa 😁
I had the predecessor to this (Targa 29) in the early 2000's, same hull with KAD32's on ss duo pros and it was good for 38kts. Great sea keeping and never gave it a second thought about cruising direct from Lowestoft to Amsterdam. But I think the sun pad on the 30 sacrificed too much cockpit space when compared to the 29.
A brilliant boat for a brilliant price! And a brilliant Nick as ever ;) Im a law student and your videos give me motivation to study in hopes of one day being able to own one myself.
A lovely boat, even more so considering the age; and I would love to see Fairline build a boat this size and take what they have learnt from their larger models and put it in a 30 foot boat. Brilliant tour thanks Nick!
Nice little boat Nick. I have to say that this era of Fairline/Sunseeker/Princess boats are wearing very well, belying their age. I think that when the buying public finally fall out of love with the current ugly/bath-tub type of design, they will fall in value like a stone (yesterdays news). Whereas these older 'classic' designs will continue to find ready owners.
hi nick.i saw a boat you might be interested in for sale at parker adams near your neck of the woods.the video was uploaded 4 days ago and it was an imaculate bavaria 28 sport 2012 model for £84995.take care sailor ;)
Great looking boat!!! I'm sure that twin diesel thing makes sense in the UK on how you run the boats and the price of diesel being a lot less than petrol. Here in the USA though diesel is about $1 a gallon more, diesel engines cost a lot more to service, cost a lot more if you blow one up. On a small boat like this where you are going to be running it on lakes, canals, rivers, inter-coastal waterways, maybe at most a couple miles off shore, a single big displacement gas v8 makes a lot more sense. At least in the USA
To paraphrase from an old advertisement "...Fairline means Quality, said the Captain to the Boatswain. So look for the brand name of the ships that Safely Sail the Ocean - Fairline". Oops, I've just been informed that is the jingle for Olde Spice after shave lotion. Perhaps those ad people were inspired by the quality construction and roomy interiors of the fast, yet stable Fairline boats. Yes, I suppose that is precisely what happened. Again, Nick, you've proven fun boating CAN be affordable. Thanks for sharing.
Yep...that boat is bang on the money...utterly superb. Great use of space....lovely lay out....that mid cabin is superb! Really one of the best boats I've seen on your channel. I totally love this boat!
Fairline Squadrons from 2000-2010 are some of my favorite boats. I like the darker wood and small galley. Now days designers use lighter wood and large aft galleys.
What a lovely little boat, it certainly appears to have been very well looked after would make a great first time boat and almost in most peoples price range without a lottery win 👍
Gorgeous, now that’s a proper cruiser, always thought of them as the most modern spiritual successor to the 80’s Fury 26, especially with the windows 😃
Thank you for that review, Nick. Good boat at a reasonable price. I wouldn't think it would qualify as your new boat as there's not much there that you haven't already got, but someone will get a bargain. Not long before you're back in the water... maybe this year do that River Dart excursion. Stay safe out there.
Great little boat Nick. Good price range. Just wondering if you watched Spotlight tonight. Princess yachts staging a open day/week for specialy invited people from all over the world. The launch of two new yachts. Hope you have been invited.
Love this vessel, very down to earth and nicely crafted. Do you ever come to the States to review American designs? I grew up in a town with an enormous annual boat show and I know you'd just love it.
Nice piece of kit for 20 years old. Well looked after and really nice interior for 2 + 2 weekender or week away afloat. Decent engines size as well. SB2 or is it too old for you???
Lovely practical weekend family boat that. We've had 3 seasons on our Larson 180 bowrider now, fun day boat but the targer 30 is definitely on my future upgrade boat list. 👍
Great Video Nick, looks in great condition, very rare boat. It is such a shame that Fairline don't make that size of boat anymore. Is there any sign of a Fairline Targa 34 review in the near future?
Hi Nick . Great video . Definitely a quality yacht with a great layout . ps. Could not help but notice your "Rolex" watch . One of my favourites . Mark (Toronto) 👍💙
Hi Nick hope your well, me and my dad watch you on this and motorholic and enjoy it. He asked me to ask you (like I know you personally) could you review a weekend boat that you could also fish off (sea boat) keep up the good work and thank you.
Lovely boat Nick. As someone that hasn't bought a boat is the sticker price something that is fixed or is there generally negotiation on the price? I guess with demand at the moment its a sellers market.
Thank you so much, take care and have a lovely weekend. Just watched Tristan (super yacht captain), so good to hear him mention you amongst other greats. Respect always. Marcus, southwest UK.
Little glimpse of the red on the bottom half of the bezel gives this lovely watch away for this video. Love to see the engineering and space management optimization required for smaller boats like this. Cheers sir.
