Princess 266

For sale: 1990 Princess 266. Here reluctantly for sale is my lovely Princess 266. She comes fitted with a Volvo Penta KAD 44 260hp inboard and Volvo Penta DPE 290 outdrive. In addition, she has a bow thruster so is economical to run but still manoeuvres well in the marina I have owned her for around two years, and she's been a great introduction to offshore cruising. So far the family have had hours of fun taking her around local harbours but we've now started to go further afield such as Calais and Boulogne for longer trips away and as such we are now after something bigger.

Since purchase, we have upgraded her as follows; Brand new Raymarine E7D mfd with fish finder, AIS, Engine Data and radar. Full 2018 UK & Holland Charts New wiring loom between fly by wire controls and engine New sea cocks throughout New hot water tank heated by immersion from shore supply or engine New upholstery in helm area New custom made aluminium fuel tank 2017 New custom made canopy which is removable in sections Diesel heating New Standard Horizon VHF with built in GPS & AIS I have integrated engine data to the multifunction display so you can see various parameters such as temperature, fuel burn, boost pressure, RPM etc and the display also precisely calculates fuel level which is a handy tool. In March she came out the water for her service, the outdrive was taken off, stripped and overhauled by a specialist in Brighton and the engine was fully serviced with genuine Volvo Penta parts including filters, bellows, belts etc. I also had the rocker cover taken off and valves checked. Of course I have receipts for this work.

She was also sanded down and re-antifouled. In August this year she was fitted with a brand new bow thruster at a cost of £1200. While she was out having that fitted I also had the gear cable replaced, had the bottom washed off and touched up the anti foul too. The KAD44 runs lovely - poodles around at 1500 RPM at 6knts burning about 3 l/h of fuel or will cruise at 18 - 22knts at 3200 RPM burning around 35 l/h. She has great sea keeping abilities for a boat of this size - I run out of Dover which isn't the calmest of places but we still pretty much use her all through the year apart from her annual haul out for maintenance.

Absolutely nothing needs doing, all the new owner will have to do is start her up and sail her away. She's still in regular use so the currently recorded engine hours of 890 will increase (if the good weather returns). Video tour available here: https://youtu.be/h3mA4Dimf20 Please note that since the tour, I finally got around to having the flooring fitted in the helm area which we purchased some time ago. This is shown in one of the photos. If you require any more info or additional photo's please just get in touch.

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