2007 Fairline Squadron 58. We spent £90,000 on a refit- What do you think?

[@mrexumas]

Absolutely stunning refit🙌🏻👌🏻

[@Boatscouk]

Thank you - we are super pleased with it.

[@davidantill6949]

It's great that you are complimenting another company in the industry. By all accounts it is a well deserved compliment. Nick Burnham covered this boat recently on his Aquaholic Channel but you will have known that. It is good to see these beautiful boats given another lease of life

[@Boatscouk]

Yes - always happy to promote a job done well. 😊

[@marchport]

Well done! Looks beautiful. Also, I love the laid back feel of your videos. It’s refreshing to watch someone who enjoys what they do yet don’t take themselves too seriously! 👍👍

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Marchport. I always say to customers that buying and using a boat should be as much fun as possible . Glad you enjoy them - lots more to come every fortnight 😂

[@Hojiii]

5 weeks turnaround is epic! Fantastic! Happy and safe sailing to you!

[@patriciab3739]

Thinking, thinking.....amazing Vlog.... you changed our perception to what we can afford...what we can do.....

[@gopher1471]

One, keep your feet off the furniture, two, read your crib sheet and try to remember it and lastly what a lovely boat, great job to everyone involved. :)

[@Boatscouk]

1. I could’nt help it 2. You are right ( I am a dim wit most of the time 😂) 3. Thank you - we were please too ! JB

[@chrish2996]

Hi James. That is a stunning refit, best company and professional service. What a transformation. Great video thanks 😊👍 was that dogging in the background 😀 ooops.

[@patriciab3739]

Hi James, just watched this Vlog for the 3rd time..... such an incredible option for people who can spend 900K even less. Fantastic insight.....:) keep them coming ....

[@Boatscouk]

Ah thanks Pb 😊

[@frankiegregoriou2271]

Exellent video James, you are great

[@grahamsmith2338]

Saw this boat at Swanwick a few weeks ago, contacted Setag and Chris rang me back. Had a long chat with him about this idea, I'm sold on it too. I'd buy this if I wanted something so big. I've bought new boats the last two times, next time I might well do exactly what you suggest. Brilliant.

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Graham. We have this boat for sale now at £549,950 asking. Email [e-mail] if you need more information .

[@grahamsmith2338]

@@Boatscouk Thanks, bit big for us. Planning a change later this year though.

[@darthkek1953]

@@grahamsmith2338 See the Jim Davidson video on Aquaholic too. He buys 2nd hand, invests in a refit, you get an as-new boat, your way, fraction of the cost.

[@user-ee6od3wn3u]

Saw your boat today at the boat show and loved it. We want one now

[@Boatscouk]

Whenever you are ready 😎

[@phillo1818]

Absolutely brilliant overhaul, money very well spent, The transformation is stunning and the main deck is very inviting. It would be wonderful to see a tour of the engine room and it's transformation. Next time you've a guest interview consider putting a mike on the guest. Great video.

[@Boatscouk]

Yes we only had one Mic - my mistake . The engine room is very very tight on this model so I avoided it 😂

[@jaffaholland4039]

Stunning, the £90k you have spent will add £150k at least to the boat, I would have loved to have seen and heard what had been done to the engine and the engine room, lets face it, the thing that scares us all is an engine that will fail a few months after you buy a boat. I love the modern update to this boat, this is one of my favourite boats anyway just because of the ironing board.

[@Boatscouk]

The ironing board is the ‘closer’ for me too 😂

[@darthkek1953]

It's also the fact there is no way they could buy that old boat for £400k and sell for £450k. Nobody would want it. BUT.... £90K of investment and and this is on the market at £550k and WILL sell.

[@martinbirdiebrain1912]

James, that was me flossing to you today(sunday) at the boat show, 😂😂 We had the pleasure of viewing both these Sea Tag refits, absolutely stunning,

[@Boatscouk]

Yes I saw you near the Searay stand - I thought you said ‘how is your fasting’ instead of ‘flossing’ hence my surprised face 😂😂 good to see you 👍🏻

[@martinbirdiebrain1912]

Yes that was me the bald headed tubby geezer 😂😂😂 It was my Welsh accent that got you all confused! The other guy beside you thought it was quite funny, don’t know if he understood what I’d said? 😂 Was good to see you to James, I hope you had some good sales from the boat show, I will definitely be on the phone when I’m ready to find my next boat, a Fairline targa 29 👍

[@crazyjay7676]

Great video as always. Do not change your style and become competent.

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Crazy Jay 🙏

[@nickwhale9483]

Just done exactly the same thing to exactly the same boat James! Different supplier, but same deal. Way to go for sure and will do it again on the next one!

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Nick. Great minds think alike !

[@dalefountain1903]

Great boat, looks like new. I also liked the Sunseeker predator 50 in the background!

[@Boatscouk]

We sell them all 😂

[@raymondmilburn-hughes7945]

It is the second boat I have watched that nas nad a refit by this company . Looks brilliant I personally think it is money well spent . Love your videos , still think you are a lovely rascal

[@Boatscouk]

😂

[@paulwalker2133]

I love these refit videos - more please

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Paul - we love making them. If you have any ideas for videos, let us know.

[@TheDjnatronic]

Amazing Refit!!!! Great Job!!

[@rafaelmoral9009]

A very REASONABLE COST for a very nice REFITTING / INTERIOR design

[@jakoflynn2560]

Props to you supporting the refitter Plymouth needs quality jobs

[@richardsedorski1206]

Just started watching very interesting what a absolutely stunning job.👍👍👍

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Richard 😊

[@geoffreydawes4019]

Great job and I’m pleased it doesn’t smell! Usual standard of presenting, so no disappointment there, but give the interviewee a mic, I could hardly hear the guy. Look forward to the next one. 👍

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks Geoffrey ! Sorting mic . 😎

[@petermartin4675]

I think it was money well spent,you should sell her without any trouble. It's a good idea to let these people upgrade an older boat.

[@Ognir1962]

Beautiful refit…. We’ll done! Would’ve like to seen the engine space.

[@Boatscouk]

You would’nt - it’s very cramped on the 58 due to the low freeboard 😂

[@chrisjones9087]

£90k on boat refit. Looks great but could you stretch to buying another microphone for that other fella?

[@Boatscouk]

Yes - will get another 😂

[@hyden1532]

Awesome refit! If I’m going to convince my wife about getting a yacht, let alone buy a boat from you, you need to show the bathrooms! 😃

[@Boatscouk]

Ok I will do more bathroom detail 😎

[@darthkek1953]

Stunning refit. Saw it a while back on Aquaholic, and again today on Motor Boat & Yachting. I do think the upstairs table, the edge/fiddle should have been sprayed in a darker colour/black to give it some contrast (a bit like how the downstairs fiddles & edges are black). Not a big deal through.

[@Boatscouk]

Thank you. I will change the table when we do your refit 😎

[@gro9465]

Stunning refit James, very contemporary look meets my approval! Does the £90k include works to update wiring plumbing, or mostly cosmetic? Setag certainly have a very good standard of finish. Impressive.

[@Boatscouk]

That was mostly cosmetic funds. We spent some more on other systems and machinery .

[@gro9465]

@@Boatscouk Just out of interest (future plans) what was the cost of the other works?

[@Boatscouk]

@@gro9465 about £25k

[@gro9465]

@@Boatscouk Thank you. Your spend was 29% of the value, would you say that is a rough rule of thumb for a refit?

[@Boatscouk]

@@gro9465 I think we were aiming for 20 % 😂

[@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67]

Lovely boat,looks fantastic,how did the water boarding go?

[@Boatscouk]

I am too heavy to stay on 😂

[@wingcommanderdaltonwalton67]

@@Boatscouk 😂😂,my water sports days ended about 5st ago. Thanks for the entertainment and the fantastic video’s.

[@dospalmascb]

I’ve watched a couple of other videos about this refit, now we know who the owner is 😂. It’s stunning. Curious as to what your paid for it,. No toilet jokes? My one and only criticism is their logo being put on the upholstery. Unless of course there was a significant discount lol

[@Boatscouk]

Ohh it’s a secret 😂

[@MrNigelpickin]

Very tempting!…..

[@eddieohearn17]

Buy a preowned boat, sink about 20 -25% of the value of the boat into a refit and bring it up to the what you wanted in the first place. Some areas are going to need more love that others but it will be worth all the cash you put into it.

[@Toby_the_Glen]

Did the 'refit' extend to any mechanicals? How are those engines holding up?

[@Boatscouk]

Yes we spent about £7k on servicing and renewing engine room systems 😊

[@martigrey5872]

Is that the one that was on aquaholic? It looks good. A bit expensive maybe. 330k for a used 58 and 90k for a refit. How did you get to 550k? Do ready to sail boats sell at that markup? Did you overpay for the used boat? 500k seems a bit more reasonable.

[@Boatscouk]

Hi Marti. She is 09 model so c£400k retail value pre refit. £90k on Setag but we also spent more on engineering stuff. So say £520k and then we need to make a small profit and allow for a small discount. It’s all about right and she is unique !

[@martigrey5872]

@@Boatscouk thanks, I just saw the interior pre refit and thought it was one of the oldest, cheapest ones by the looks of it. That seems fair then.

[@stanfoyle8453]

Wow. Great refit. What is that PEARL behind you?

[@Boatscouk]

It’s a New Princess 😂

[@HarveyPaul007]

You need to get Nick from Aquaholic down for a week to do walk throughs of all your boats and a meet the owner video.

[@Boatscouk]

He does already 😊

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

Great refit James but for a couple of things...at 3.21 you said the master cabin looked horrible before and gave us a ‘before photo’. The problem is, it looks exactly the same but for two things, the curtains and the wall covering. The 2nd cabin looks pretty much the same too. I don’t like all the ‘browns’, they’re a bit dated to say the least but the saloon looks great. But I have to say, it can be difficult to see where £90k went. Did they refurb the engines too...I don’t think so?!

[@Boatscouk]

😂 yes they did some engineering too 😀

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

@@Boatscouk - many thanks for the response James. Among the many things I love about your videos is your dedication to your fans, me being one. You always respond - that’s just great! Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. 😄👍☘️

[@eyesofisabelofficial]

Good to hear that old sea dog having a whale of a time ;)

[@coalitionperformance5901]

Lovely refit but felt bad for the guy who did it as without a mic you couldn’t hear a thing and suspect including those guys in the video was part of the deal

[@Boatscouk]

Yes Chris needed a mic - apologies

[@marksaunders4149]

Guaranteed buy back?

[@Boatscouk]

Always happy to buy back 😊

[@williamwilson3871]

It is a great start. Spend another 30,000 and get some new Raymarine electronics.

[@Boatscouk]

That’s phase 2 😂

[@williamwilson3871]

I was surprised at how the condition of the interior had suffered. My Sunseeker Predator 62 is a year older at 2006 and the interior still looks new. Was your Fairline Squadron a charter boat in the Med in its previous life.

[@Boatscouk]

She was not a charter boat but she needs some tlc hence the price 😊

[@darthkek1953]

@@williamwilson3871 If anything charter boats can be very well looked after, problems happen when it's a family guy's boat but his attention gets distracted for too long with this or that.

[@mrlight3746]

Not sure I would buy a second hand boat off this chap

[@Boatscouk]

Would you buy a new one off me then ?

[@mrlight3746]

Yes of course I would

[@hmallett]

If you say "stunning" any more often you'll have to start paying Nick Burnham royalties! 😂

[@jamesrichardson476]

Maybe consider trying"awesome" 😂😂

[@jamesrichardson476]

PS, that's a nice job. Personally I would have preferred to restore the table on the flybridge to its original wood finish but each to their own...

[@Boatscouk]

Thanks - I will try to increase my range of superlatives!

[@Boatscouk]

WIth the table - they did this without asking, but trust it looks stunning in person!

[@rogergreen1787]

You spent £90.000 with seatag and he didn't even take his shoes off LOL 😂😂🥴🤪👍😃🇬🇧

[@bensteel3944]

I think that was a 2009 fridge .. lol

[@robertbaird4822]

Fab boat ,the Asians just didn't know how to do vinyl ,almost all ,have to be redone

[@MrHate1969]

90k, I can afford that dingy @50secs lol

[@marksaunders4149]

Pricey but nice

[@robertfrost1683]

You did a great cosmetic refit, but when aquaholic did a review - the engine room looked terrible. Typical Used car dealer trick - wax and shine and dump. Then wait for the mechanicals to fail.

[@Boatscouk]

We spent about £10k on engine servicing and engine room works. The 58 engine bays never looked that good even when we sold them new so I did’nt bother to film it 😊

[@the1beard]

😂

[@ifabbott]

You seem a little Bhrams and Listz.

[@John-xv2rd]

I do not like the color.

[@mrlight3746]

Anyone can refit a sofa .... I can't

[@Boatscouk]

Nor can I 😂

[@robertthomasjones9278]

Quit trying to be cute

[@Boatscouk]

No one ever called me cute 😂