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Ocean Froggie at
Anchor on Lough Derg |
Aikona Teak Decking
Hull + Superstructure waxed + polished
every year |
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Broom 38 is a way of
life
Relaxing at anchor for a days sailing in Youghal Bay |
New Canopy - Easy to remove
Enjoy the Sun with fully open cockpit, or partially cover, or cover
up fully for those chilly or damp days, best of all worlds and suits all
weather |
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Comprehensive New Nav
Equip at Superb Helm
Raymarine + Garmin electronics for redundancy
Quality Helm ergonomics with traditional walnut |
Canopy away for sunshine cruising -
Atlantic Coast |
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Saloon access to
Dinette and Galley |
Dinette (converts to twin berth)
Kids can play board games here if adults dine in cockpit
220v plus 12v sockets |
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Main Saloon -
Comfy upholstery, 220v sockets from mains, generator or inverter, plus
12v sockets |
Door to port deck ideal for loading
provisions
Quality Teak interior protected from sun. LCD TV runs of 12v,
inverter or 220v |
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Dining in Cockpit -
spacious, bright and airy
Canopy removable + Helm seats rotate around to table |
Cruising off Wicklow Coast
One of the best designed Helm Stations |
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Large Full Beam Aft Master Cabin
Large Island Berth, Aft window hatches with a view |
Aft Cabin (220v electric sockets) |
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Aft Cabin - Large,
Bright, Airy, Spacious, LUXURIOUS |
Galley opposite dinette
Electric Hob, Microwave, Gas oven, 220v sockets |
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Galley - Massive
storage plus extra lockers
Dual 12v
+ 220v fridge, Microwave, 220v sockets |
En-suite master cabin electric head |
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En-suite shower master
cabin - Window opens |
View of saloon from Galley/Dinette
area
De-humidifier and heating run all year round |
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Side Door Access -
LCD TV, Omni antenna + amp |
Cockpit Helm - Excellent ergonomics + twin
helm seats
Full electronics suite inc new Raymarine Colour Plotter/Radar, Garmin
GPS Plotter, DSC VHF, Autohelm |
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Helm - Classy
instrument panels + new nav gear |
Typical Broom Engineering Quality |
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Electric Davits NEW -
175kg each holding 3.5m rib
Ladder to bathing platform |
Aikona Teak Decking + GRP Polished
every year |
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Electric
Cooney/Simpson Davits - NEW |
Stainless steel hoop folds down for
low bridges
You can lower the radar arch or just the nav lights hoop
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Aikona Teak keeps decks
looking spotless |
New Canopy + Radar arch air ram supports
for lowering |
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Stern gear pristine + New
Rope Cutters both shafts
Anodes checked and replaced each season |
Stored and winterised indoors each winter |
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Favourite Haven on Lough
Derg - Fresh Water |
Ocean Froggie in Kinsale YC -
South Coast |
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Shannon Estuary
Economic 15kt cruise on plane, or push on at 22kt |
Tralee Bay off Atlantic Coast |
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Blaskets off Atlantic
SW coast - Passage to Dingle |
Mouth of Shannon Estuary off Atlantic
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Ocean Froggie is probably the highest specified Broom 38
ever built with every conceivable extra on the Brooms option list added.
She has been maintained to a very high standard by her meticulous owner,
is moored on fresh water, winters indoors on the hard, and cruised both
inland on the Shannon navigation and around the SW Atlantic coast of
Ireland. Her 260hp 6 cylinder Yanmar diesel engines are smooth and
super quite, and she is as happy cruising the giant inland seas of
Loughs Derg and Ree at displacements speeds as she as at planning speeds
in the coastal waters of the Atlantic SW coast of Ireland. The
Semi-displacement hull offers superb sea keeping. On long coastal
passages she can cruise at a very economical 15kt fully up on the plane,
or she is equally happy to cruise at a constant 22kt if we're in a
hurry, which is well below her max speed of 26kt so the engines are
never under stress. The 260hp engines are also very happy cruising
at 7.5kt displacement speeds at a very economic 2gph fuel burn.
The layout of this boat is excellent and has enabled our family and
friends to enjoy cruising in heat waves as well as damp chilly days.
The single helm arrangement is superbly well thought out and yields
maximum internal accommodation space. The cockpit helm can be
converted in minutes to a fully open aft flybridge cockpit by folding
the canopy away. The radar arch can be easily lowered if required
to pass under particularly low bridges when cruising inland waterways.
We find we can cruise 90% of the Shannon without having to drop the
arch. Ocean Froggie easily fits under the tidal bridges of
Limerick city for sea access, and is also able to navigate the
Shannon-Erne waterway to the giant Loughs Erne Upper and Lower.
Ocean Froggie is a proven and well
travelled vessel -
see Ocean Froggie's cruise blog
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