My Favourite Older GRP Boats Freeman 22 Mark 2 & F23
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- This second Vlog on older cheaper GRP river /canal boats for sale within the UK, I look at another two more favourites of mine both of which I have owned over the years the Freeman 22 Mark2. and the later built Freeman 23. Two more classic boats from the Freeman stable. Both still very much worth a look if you are on a tight budget and want a good basic starter boat for the river or canal.
For more details of all Freeman cruiser parts and spares and even some boat sales see.
www.freemancruisers.com/
A good place to start looking for UK GRP second-hand boats.
www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/
Wonderful. I could listen to you sharing your knowledge and experiences with boats for hours!
Dad had a Seamaster 23 and 27 on Ullswater back in the 1970's. There were a couple of Freeman 22's moored in the bay and I always remember the beautiful wood finish and upholstery of those boats. They have certainly turned out to be true classics.
Oh, indeed I do so agree! And as I say to see a brand new Freeman was a sight to behold for sure and the smell as well of a new boat. Seamaster was another great make as well for sure! Happy memories we will never see the likes of these boats made again new I feel. Thanks for your great comment. Kev.
Yes! you posted a new video. Will watch this before I shoot off to oundle to see my new (old Norman 24) Glad to see you posting again.
Many thanks was born and bread in Oundle it was in fact my Uncle that put that cut from the river to the old gravel pit to make the start of the Oundle Marina way back in 1962 when the Newington family brought it all. Hope to have a look at Norman boats soon! Thanks Kev.
Brilliant video very informative 😊
Brilliant video thankyou very informative
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and experience. It is very interesting and helpful.
Thanks for your most kind comment. When I look back there was so much more I could have said I wanted to say on this video but then I would have gone on hours he says laughing. So you have to cut it down sadly but thanks for your kind comment. Kev.
Nice video bro 👊
Many thanks very kind of you for saying that. Thanks, Kev.
Great video. Looking at buying a Freeman 22 in the future so really helpful...
Many thanks for your very kind comment. I hope you find a Freeman in time great little boats for sure many thanks. Kev.
great video, very informative
Thanks so much for your very kind comment Kev.
nice video of a great old english make of boat. freemans were classy untill they went tothe mid 70's boats . i remember earnie wise selling his broom 30 and getting a freeman 27 , big mistake as he expected the class of the old freeman 26 and 30ft... i always like the 19 to 32ft freemans. proper classy river boats.. and smooth running boats too... you know your freemans thats for sure..
Many thanks, Phill O yes those later Freeman's were hopeless for us here on are ditches like the River Nene far too high at 7ft 6in with that hardtop. Freeman would do a factory soft-top and folding screen on an F24, but well I remember getting a price from them and rolling about on the floor for days at the silly price they wanted to do this they sure did charge for any mods and extras like this! Don't like to name drop but I once shared a Thames lock with the late great Ernie Wise he had his F27 Lady Dorean we chatted Freeman's Ernie Wise, of course, opened that lovely new showroom of "JGM Meeks at Marlow " Now all gone and built on I think". I went in there it was a bit like a Rolls Royce dealer they looked a bit old fashioned when I asked if I could have a look over the new F24 and F27 they had in there for sale but they dully got the boarding steps set up and gave me a show around the smell of that brand new F27 will live with me the rest of my days something these younger boats will sadly never experience wonderful if only you could bottle that smell. Thanks for you kind comment Kev.
@@BramleyProductions i worked on earnie's lady foreen broom 30. He sold that and got a new freeman. He was in same marina as me. I had a broom 37. . The 1952 model mahogany on oak frames in bray marina 1975/6. Earnie was a proper tight arse and would not buy new stuff for his broom 30. He hunted down sevondhad stuff all the time... he asked me one day who ownes the big posh broom 37 on the end jetty.... when i said me he couldnt believe it. I took jim onboatd and he was amazed at how good i had everything. . 2 berths down was harry worth with his seamaster 27 named ozzimandias. And next to me was a scrap heap owned by the Tremeloes. Every week i pumped water out of that scrap heap... this was bray marina 1974 to 1976... i worked on many boats in that marina because the marina mechanic was an idiot. Often losing peoples parts... during the winter months i sometimes tied up under the bridge entrance and put into gear and ran full throttle for a few minutes to clear debris that would come fown river at high water furing winter... first time i met harry worth he nearly got punched and thrown in tbe river. It was summers evening and my bost "spinner 3" was on the end jetty being a large boat. As i am getting near i see someone is on the deck on the outside of boat on other side to jetty. I kept over the roof and grabbed him. Just about to smack him and realised it was not a burglar. I asked him what he was doing he said " snooping dear boy' i want to see how nice it is inside... so i took him in and we went for a run. Through bray lock and up to skindles then back ha ha happy days.. he often came on board for a cup of tea and was nice little bloke.. i was only 15 at the time and nobody in bray marina believed that was my boat ha ha.. bought it at wargrave boat auctions 1974 for £1900.. it was petrol and rainy day so no bidders. I started bidding at a silly 1800 pounds. It took 20 minutes to reach £1,920...... i originaly went to wargrave in hopes to buy a beat up seamaster 23 with a bit of fire damage ha ha... sold that in 1978..... fantastic boat in 1st class condition when i finished the outside varnish and paint. Inside was like day it was built.. happy days.. often fancied the freeman 23 , 26 and the wonderfull freeman 32
@@philldownes8685 That's Phill great lovely to hear your own boating experiences great stuff Love the sound of that Broom as you say great well-built boats. And dear old Eric Morecambe always was saying how so very tight Ernie Wise was on there shows so seems that was very true! And he did have short fat hairy legs as when I saw him on his F27 he had shorts on!!! LOL. I knew he was the businessman of the partnership and he dealt with all there contracts and how much they earnt from day one! I think in the end he moored Lady Dorean the F27 at the bottom of his garden on his Thames side house I seem to remember going past it late on into the 1980s It's a small world would you believe that Harry Worth's Seamaster 27 came up to the Upper Nene Nr Northampton and the couple that owned it then moored it two boats down from my Freeman about 12 years ago now they sold soon and got a narrowboat it. Still, I think it stayed here on the Nene and is now moored at the Northampton Boat Club. Lovey to hear from you thanks Kev.
I've just put a deposit on a Freeman 22 mk2. Bit of a project boat. Surprised to see you got a shower to fit in the heads. Looked like a really tidy job as well. I managed to find one with a Perkins diesel engine. 7'6" beam so limited for canals but all being well I can make a nice boat out of her.
Good luck with your Freeman I take It yours has either a Perkins 4107 or even better if it has the 4108 engine. It always made me laugh how Freeman had to cut away part of the seat foam as those old Perkins engines sat up so high there was a white fibreglass kind of dome that used to fit up into the seat cushion! Great boat you will have some fun with that for sure. Good luck getting it back ship shape and you know you don't buy a Freeman you marry it! All best wishes Kev.
@@BramleyProductions It's the Perkins 4107. It has a morse control for forward/reverse. Took it out for a test on the Great Ouse yesterday. Amazing how well they handle.
@@MessengerRising The 4107 has wet cylinder liners which eventually corrode through. The 4108 has dry liners which don't. The 4108 is obviously 1 cubic inch larger than the 4107. Both suffer from cracked heads and broken crankshafts, but the 4108 is definitely the better of the two A Perkins 4108 on an F24 and ran well and never faulted. But back then was quite new still.
Many years ago I saw a 4107 run away on a Freeman 26 it was caused by a small split in the fuel pump diaphragm, which slowly filled the sump with diesel. Lots of smoke!
Fuel isolated at the tank. 2 mins later all was well and it stopped. New pump and all was well.
Basic, noisy but fairly bulletproof. (Just watch out for the liners - but that is only a good DIY project!!)
All so on the River Gt Ouse watch out for overheating that river used to cause a lot of scale in engines water courses did for many Honda Outboards my old friend here in Northampton Ken Yates repaired many that had suffered Gt Ouse water scale. That old engine will more than likely see me and you out and even the old F22 boat. Good luck with the boat and have some fun with her. All the best Kev.
@@BramleyProductions Thanks Kev, I've spoken to the broker today. We did see some oil in the bilge which one engineer's report suggests is from a leaking gearbox. We did a river test and saw no smoke from the exhaust but a second engineer said there's some oil on the river surface after the engine runs so we're waiting for a second opinion from the engineer who did the first inspection. Sale is subject to this oil leak being economical to repair and there's still wiggle room in the price. I'm hoping it's nothing too serious.
@@MessengerRising Oh, hope that goes OK trouble as I said in a video about the fact I had packed up boating! I do feel it has got so expensive so hope that can be sorted out without too much expense! I mean old engines /gearboxes and reduction boxes always lose a bit of oil. That Ford Sea Panther engine which is basically a Ford Petrol engine that was converted to Diesel by Exeter Uni first and then was sold by Watermota is a renowned engine for huge oil leaks in later life. Hope all goes well and you get the Freeman. Lovely River the Gt Ouse spent much time at both Buckden Marina And Hartford Marina and then Ely. Many years ago now. Thanks, Kev.
Love listen to you has I would like to live aboard a boat and it would be the first boat I ever owned
Very interested in more details on how you managed to fit a shower in your F22...In particular would like details of how you sourced the shower tray...Great videos by the way...Very informative
Many thanks for your comment The Freeman 22 shower tray I had built to my own spec and dimensions by a Norfolk firm of www.hendersons.co.uk/ They trade as Henderson Plastics Ltd. They did a super job and it did not cost the earth either natraully I took the floor up in the Freeman 22 loo compartment and made a template to what space width depth and lengeth I could get to fit in there and then sent a drawing to henderson who built it to my drawing I then fitted a shower pump in the void under the front seat / bearth that is right up to the loo compartment rather than fit another hole in the hul and hence another skin fitting the wate water was pupmped up to the sink waste on a non return valve so sink water could not come down to the pump when using the galley sink waste this all worked very well I used it many times it was a tight fit but was also handy as I fitted a shower head you could take off and hold to wash your self down and even kneel and wash your hair over the shower tray a simple Wilko showere cutain was was put over the door so when using the shower the loo door was leaft open and you drew the shower curtain making sure the cutain bottom was in the shower tray. I took hot water from a small calorifier from the engine coil on the new Westerbeke 30 B Diesel engine I fitted the calorifier was in the compartment in the cockpit. If you would like any pictures of the shower tray just let me know as I have sold this Freeman now but still have pictures of the shower tray before I fitted it. Best wishes Kev.
Enjoyed both parts of the Freeman videos. I am now located in the Czech Republic and looking to upsize from my first 5m boat, that I have now and need to use with its 5hp outboard until I pass the relevant test for European inland waterways navigation. this shall hopefully be completed in next three weeks. The Freeman and the Inter 630 have caught my eye. The Inter being a Norman that was renamed when it was imported into Holland. As a Brit I would like to have an old boat from back home, hence the selection and also I have seen a few for sale on this side of the channel. I am a little concerned though if these are a good selection though as people often refer to them as a good introduction boat. I am hoping that what I buy will do me a good few years and not be something that I shall get fed up with after a season or two. I know that all boaters are looking for something bigger and better, no matter what they have, and as a motorcycle collector I have the same issue but I really do want a boat that will suffice. Am I barking up the wrong tree I wonder ?
Many thanks for your kind comments. Wow boating in the Czech Republic. Yep I would say all these smaller Freemans that I talk about here I would class as starter boats for sure I love some of the later built Freeman like the 24 or the 27 but then on inland water, you can have trouble with headroom height in the UK as these later boats came with hardtops and around 7ft 6in headroom which in my view was a shame as for some river here that was too high. OK sure you can mod these boats with new windscreens and a new cockpit canopy but its jolly expensive to go down that route for sure. It comes really down to budget and what hight/beam restriction you have on those waterways there and if you buy anything too big in the UK that then needs lorry transportation to you that would be very pricey I should think. Whereas if you buy in the UK and it can go on a trailer being towed much cheaper my Sealine S24 is just bout the limit of weight for the UK but can be towed on a trailer. I'm sure there is something to fit your needs out there the good thing with the internet you can save a lot of time looking at boats from home. Funny enough I'm just putting a video together about Norman boats as over the years I have a good few and I do like them from the little Norman 20 to the Norman 23 and I even had a brand new Norman 27 in 1982 which was a super boat in the end that got sold for a Freeman!!! Good look in your search let us know if you find the boat for you over there Best wishes Kev.
Bramley House Productions - many thanks for taking the time to reply, much appreciated. Your point about beam and height considerations are really not a concern here as everything is done either on the Vltava and Labe rivers, or the lakes along the way. The Labe becomes the Elbe when it crosses into Germany, just for information. There is one canal in the country but I am a long way from that, and it would require trailering a boat over to it. The rivers are navigable to large commercial barges which stand much taller, and wider, than anything that the Freeman or Norman will present. I have looked at the cost of bringing a boat over from the UK on the ferry, and as it would mean taking a trailer over empty and then back here with the boat, it is in the region of 1000 Euros just for that part alone. Factor in trailer rental, vehicle rental for something suitable that can pull the boat and fuel, then it all adds up to being a significant proportion of any purchase price. I would thus be looking for a Brit made boat that is already within Europe, and I have seen a couple of Freeman 22 and Inter 630 in Holland. I shall keep looking, as the one thing I have learned is that there is no shortage of boats for sale at any given time. I do enjoy looking however, and spend far too many hours online browsing the classifieds. So much so that the motorcycle obsession has taken a bit of a back seat this year. First things first, however, and that is to get through the theory test with the added challenge of it all being in Czech ! Thanks once again and I look forward to the Norman video when it comes, as well as seeing the others on your channel. Kindest regards Stephen
Can I ask can a freeman mk 2 make its way through london canals.
Yep, the older Freeman 22 are wider beams at 7ft 6in so will not pass through the narrow canal locks 6ft 10in beam say like on the Oxford canal and many other places on the UK canals. I think in London you may be OK and could get by with a 7ft 6in beam Freeman but do check on that. You could always look out for one of the later-built Freeman 22 Mark 2 narrow-beam boats! They are easy to check to see if it is a narrow-beam model built from 1970 to 1976 as lift the back seat up and look under the seat boards to the rear by the rudder stock you will see a weed hatch tunnel which was only ever put on this narrow beam F22 also the engine is a direct drive on the later built Narrow beam, F22 Freeman. Now that means the engine to the prop shaft is in a straight line the wider beam earlier built Freeman F22 mark 2 boats had an offset reduction box used as was also used on the F23. ope that may help Kev.
Sorry I don't know how else to contact you, I have just bought a Freeman 22 Mk2 and it is in fantastic condition, the two previous owners had taken it out of the water every winter. This is the first boat I have owned, to keep the internal woodwork clean is it ok to use white vinegar,or, what would you recommend, also what is best to clean the internal roof of the boat. Your video's have been really helpful as I am a complete novice, my aim is to continue to keep the boat in it's existing condition thank you.
Hi Peter, thanks for your lovely comment, and I do hope you Freeman Mk2 22 will bring you hours of fun. I'm sure it will, as you know you don't own a Freeman. You marry one! So good luck great first boat as well. Re cleaning the inside woodwork, I would steer well clear of any sort of vinegar as that is slightly acid. I'm not a fan of vinegar at the best of times, mind; it does get rust of old metal. OK, sometimes. I used to polish my last Freeman narrow beam MK2 22 with just a nice warm, soft clean duster. Maybe once in a while, I would use some Pledge Neutral spray polish which is designed for wood, but I would use that very sparingly. Still, it worked well on the super Freeman interior woodwork, I had in my F22 MK2 narrowbeam I would say always what every you use just to test a little bit somewhere what is not seen but like I say I never went mad with polish, but that Pledge did work well and made the boat smell great as well. I used it in the spring after the winter lay-up period, then just dust with a warn soft duster when needed. Re the interior roof, I take it is just a white fibreglass finish? The F22 Mk2 never had any sort of headling, but some people had fitted then as the years had gone buy if it just white fibreglass you can clean that with any fibreglass cleaner! A friend of mine brought an F23 when in the past someone had smoked inside the cabin and it was yellow! we did wash that with a very weak bleach solution to get rid of the yellow! But you can also repaint that fibreglass interior roof I did on my F22 Narrow beam. Some people favour white kitchen or bathroom emulsion paint! But I use to use the gloss "snow white" International boat paint, making a nice shiny roof. Some say this is too bright. For some, you can also get condensation on the internal roof, particularly this time of year and early season. There is not much insulation in the Freeman boats! I hope that may help. And good luck with her. Kev.
@@BramleyProductions Thank you Kev for your kind advice the boat will be my pride and joy yes I will use Pledge a good idea, everyone has remarked upon how nice she looks, the photo of your boat looks very good too. I was interested to learn Ernie Wise had a Freeman boat too he also had good taste. I am moving her from Potter Heigham to her permanent mooring at Stalham on Wednesday, I am not quite used to operating those gears at the moment, so it is all quite new to me as I don't even know my way around the Broads at the moment quite daunting but I will get there. On the actual structure of the boat is it ok to use Autoglym Super Resin Polish? as I would like to keep her gleeming as it is now, thank you.
@@carrington2158 No worries Peter you will soon get the hang of the Freeman! For sure very easy to handle and on the Broads, you have the beauty of no locks! Yep, that Autoglym is a great polish for fibreglass gel coats, I have used that myself on boats along with Mer polish as well that will keep the shine on your gel coat for sure and protect it Yes do look out for my old F22 boat that is now on the Broads it was called "Charlotte Rose" Mind might have been renamed of course. I went mad on that one and fitted a brand new Westerbek diesel engine which is not easy it looked so straightforward on the plan! But a lot of work and even doing it yourself is very expensive. Yep, I met Ernie Wise in a Thames lock once very nice chap loved to talk boats he years ago had an F22 Mark 1 in the Mid 1960s then went to a Broom Boat going back to a lovely twin-engined Freeman 27 moored at the bottom of his garden at his home near Maidenhead! it was named "Lady Dorean" after his wife. Any time if I can help in any way kevbygrave19@gmail.com just ask Not that I know everything for sure! By a long way. Thanks again Kev.
@@BramleyProductions Thank you Kev you have been very helpful, we live in North Walsham, Norfolk and the boat will be moored at Stalham just a twenty minute drive away, many of the boat owners at the mooring just like to stay on their boats to relax and just watch the world go by, I find it very relaxing, I will send you some photo's.
@@carrington2158 Yes please I would so love that I still keep a huge interest in looking and hearing about all Freeman boats. So thanks please do. And thats' the joy of boating do as much or little as you like. I adore fiddling about with boats as I think I said in the video I first helmed a Freeman Mark1 22 when I was 5 in 1965 under the strict supervision of my uncle that maintained the Newingtons hire fleet of Freeman Mark 1 22's on the River Nene at Oundle Marina here in Northants and who later went on to build the Fairline boat business up from nothing! All the best for now Kev. PS You live in a lovely part of the world there in Norfolk! Growing up I was lucky as my father brought an old static caravan on the Seaview site at East Runton so from about 8 to 17 Norfolk became my second home in the season!
Does the 23 have a weed hatch
Hi, The only Freeman to have a weed hatch was the narrow beam later built F22 these were built from 1970 to approx 1976. It was basically the old wide beam F22 mold cut down to form a narrow beam Freeman 22 that would pass through a narrow lock on the canal this narrow bean F22 also had a straight shaft from the engine to prop no offset reduction box on the J type gearbox this does make fitting say a new diesel engine into this boat much easier. No other Freeman other than this narrow beam F22 had a weed hatch. Mind never say no as Freeman would do anything if you ordered a boat and would undertake modifications to your own spec so there may be an odd F23 out there that may have had a weed hatch seen many many F23 and never seen one to date! Thanks hope that helps Kev.
I have a Freeman mk2 22, but can’t fathom what year it is. It has been converted with a Volvo Penta MD2. How do I find it’s history?
Always difficult to find the history of a boat unless you are lucky and it comes with the boat or you are lucky and get to know a past owner when you buy it. Is you F22 a narrow beam or the wider beam F22? On some of the later Freeman boats on in to the 1970s if you look at the window glass it sometimes has a date on that to date the boat some of the smaller Freeman boats have Freeman plate in the Electrical box in the cockpit where the fuses are. But often these were removed if I think sometimes years ago people did not want there boat to be as old as it was when selling! I was lucky my last F22 narrow beam had so much history come with it was sold at Ladyline at Braunston on the canal in 1973. I have also been told it was the Freeman 22 narrow beam that was taken on the stand at the London Boat show in Jan 1973 then after the show was over it was taken back to the Freeman Works where it had new carpet and a clean and then went of to the Ladyline showroom at Braunston where a hardware shop owner from Daventry purchased it in March of that year. Under my seats it had chalk marks "canal F22 Nov 72" so do look all over the boat! Has the boat had the same name since new do you know? As that's always helps in finding things out. Sadly I don't think any records were kept from the Freeman factory so its not that easy. So sorry I can't help more re the history. Its great you have a Volvo MD2! Does that go alright does the boat still have the J type gearbox on the Volvo! Thanks for your interesting comment great boats. Kev.
Bramley House Productions. No, it has an inline box on it. It looks like in its earlier life, it has been stripped out inside. Not all the panels are of the original wood, which is a shame. But, having said that, I have it looking nice inside. I have owned her for about 10 years and I love her. She is definitely a money pit. Much to my Wife’s annoyance. But what can I do, I love working on her and doing little projects on her. (The boat, that is, not the Wife). My next project is to fit a night heater, and solar panels. I absolutely love her. (Again, that’s the boat, not the Wife). Thanks for your reply. Take Care. John.
@@johnobiro5202 Sounds a great boat like I say do look on you glass windows to see if you can see a date on that! Sadly other than that it's quite tricky to date these Freeman's they also did a number of modifcations for owners so there are quite a few variations out there we use to have a love wide beam F22 boat moored up at Cogenhoe Mill that a super Freeman made folding windscreen very useful on the Nene! My friends in there Freeman 23 came out of Islip lock I beleive from memory, when the water was quite high had no problems on all the other locks and bridges right down from Northampton but coming out this lock they totaly wrecked there F23 windscreen. Thanks Kev.
@@BramleyProductions My Freeman 23 has the forward and reverse as two foot pedals not and push stick why is this so, did love your video, I have joined the freeman group there most helpful, my 23 also had a ply half cabin which rotted and had to be removed as was to high to go under the bridges from Paper Mill Lock to Heybridge Basic so I am have a canopy maker do a re fit, she also had no side glass panels but has the front screen, also the fuel cap says petrol but she has a diesel engine so one must be careful great to talk to y this way I hope you reply
@@michaelevans2410 Just love the F23! Now as to your own boat I think these boats have now been about so long they have had many mods done by previous owners over the years sounds like yours may well have had the standard Watermota Sea Wolf or Sea Tiger petrol engine when new as you say the petrol cap is still marked Petrol I think Sheridan Liner do a Diesel marker that you could change this to! I have never seen a factory Freeman F23 with foot pedals but I have to say Freeman would build what you wanted to a point if you went to them when buying a new boat. But sounds to me that mod was done when someone swapped over to the Diesel what engine Diesel engine do you have in your F23? Lovely to hear from you thanks for your very kind comment. Kev.
You are probably aware there are very active Forum and Facebook pages purely for the remarkable Freeman range. Check out @ Freeman Cruisers Owners Forum
Hi thanks yes that's a very good point you raise about these forums and groups! Thanks, I was a contributor to the Freeman Forum a number of years ago when I had Freeman boats they can be most helpful to new owners or anyone that has a Freeman thanks. Kev.
I've known dudes like him on moorings talking all day
long and an immaculate boat that never goes anywhere
for years and never untie the ropes on it pottering about
but can tell you every nut bolt and washer and route map
I thank you for your comment! First, can I say here that I have boated widely all over the whole UK river network in the 1970s 1980s and 1990s I even wrote a small book on my Journeys having cruised on the River Nene, Thames Gt, Ouse Norfolk broads River Avon etc+ many canals? My family have been involved in boat building since the late 1880s. This video was about a make of boat that I really like nothing more! And have owned over the years and have cruised in. I find it hard how you can make judgments about people you clearly don't know? And after all, if people want to buy a boat to work on or sit on and enjoy in that way what the problem with that is? I know many people that own classic cars that stop rapped up in a garage 360 days of the year! But they enjoy the ownership and all that comes with non the less and are often a mine of information on such cars. Sadly in my case, the last few years, I have been caring for aged parents with dementia which meant I could not cruise far from home sadly but in my view families comes first. I note you don't have any boating videos on your own channel? My vides are a bit rubbishy OK I'm not worried about that, but I'm having a go. So surely the best way to criticise any CZcamsr or their videos is to go out and make a better video I feel! But I thank you for your comment. Kev.
Do you like the old seamasters too?
Yes, indeed Seamaster our great boats I really like the 23 and 27 still lots about hope do a look at Seamaster in time thanks for your comment. Kev.
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You shouldn’t promote Sheridan marine, they just rip people off. Their prices are extortionate.
Well, a lot of parts they have made for Freeman's are made in small numbers so sadly it's going to be expensive for sure. But I would always advise anyone to shop around for sure for any boat parts you need. I did just this when I needed a new bronze prop for a F22 I got one some £75 cheaper further down the Thames! But for somethings there experience and guidance on Freeman boats are invaluable they made me a new bronze shaft to fit a new the new Diesel engine that I fitted on my F22 and machined the end just how I wanted it and got it to me the next day so I could get my new engine up and running. I'm not promoting anyone I only recommend people and places that have given me good advice and service over the years and for me, Sheridan has done this over the years. If you think their prices are expensive you should see the list of prices I have from Freeman boats in 1979 and the price they use to charge for factory fitted extras on the boats now that is eye-watering!!! Kev.