Princess V65 - TEST DRIVE with Dan Jones 

The crew was talking to me in the background and it sounded like they said 'That's the thruster' so i repeated it back to them but they were saying it's the noise of the water in the thruster tunnel on acceleration which then dissappears after the bow lifts. You won't hear them as they didn't have a mic on.

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife A boat that can go 30kt has an open thruster tunnel?! Oh joy. Why not a drop-drown like most sailboats! Imagine listening to that for 8-10 hours until fuel runs out. 🙂

Thought that was pretty intrusive to be honest. I don't remember the Targa 65GTO having that issue.

Hull type. I've been on multiple CDM and also to their factory in Italy. Planning vs displacement hulls are doing different jobs. To accelerate and lift a planning hull out of the water requires a lot of power but when it's off the plane the hull is not performing as designed so just ploughs water and burns fuel at some speeds. A displacement hull is designed to stay in the water instead of plane on top of the water so it just requires consistent low revs to maintain it's 8-10-12 kts or whatever the optimimum is for that hull. Does that make sense?

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife It does. The speeds it goes to are way beyond the hull speed, that I get. But the planing hull doesn't seem to work in any mode. Even at 10-11kt it guzzles 80 liters (by your instruments), WAY more than much larger displacement yachts at the same speed. And I wonder why. It's narrower, slimmer, so it must perform better at low speeds. Mystery of physics. 🙂 Or brits just can't build boats. 😀

Yeah she loves a drink at the higher speeds. I'm not sure the intended purpose is crossing the Tasman. I see this market as more day boating/long weekends and then re-position the boat up North for winter so you're only doing small hops of a few hundred miles. The Elling and many of the functional power boats of that style are for a completely different market. Thats more suited to the ex-sailors who want to cruise long distance without sailing. I think it's totally fine to drink a bit of fuel these days. Anyone who's been on an international flight will have consumed more fuel that this Princess does in a day and the Princess can take over a dozen people. Remember most trips on these boats are very short so those high numbers are just when they have little bursts of speed.

That’s the best thing about RU-vid 😄… feedback helps me get better 👍 Aquaholic is doing an amazing job 👏

Just do it your own way everyone is different

Luxurious was the word that came to mind when i was on this thing. Very much enjoyed that day!!

Princess build an exceptionally beautiful boat hey Mark! I can see this V65 being so enjoyable for long day runs up the coast. Give me a V65 over a holiday house any day!!

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife I’ll let you know if I win the lotto and move over to the keys mate 🇬🇧

Cheers Andre, i'd say not much change from $5M Kiwi but best to check with dealers as I could be wrong.

Thanks Josh! Appreciate that mate. I've started the editing so hope to get it uploaded in the next week and a half.

Careful is the word i would use. Other people lend me their multi-million dollar boats so i'm careful with them. Thanks for watching

I'm actually pinching myself daily that i get to do this.

No she drives quite differently actually. Sterndrives, lighter weight and different sightlines make the V40 much more lively to drive. The V65 is a big boat, she's much quieter and feels more big vessel vibes when you're cuttingh across waves or turning where she doesn't heel as much when compared to the V40. However if you start with a V40 and do a few seasons you will have the skill set required to move up into something like the V65 as the biggert they get the easier they are to park (provided you know what you're doing).

Well yes she does technically plane at speed but she feels so big and stable it's not like what many of us would be used to on a 30ft sports cruiser if that's what you are thinking abou?

@@BoatLife_DansBoatLife yes theres almost no bow rise like I can’t see the part where the stem meets what would be the “keel” while she’s underway. It moves in a majestic manner.