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Williams 385/445 Turbojet Storage

Anonymous user

01 October 2011 18:15:51

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Hello everyone,

We went to the PSP Southampton boat show last weekend looking for a family RIB for journeying a little further than our little 5HP dinghy can take us and for waterskiing.

We were very quickly drawn to the Williams Jet Tenders stand - obviously, the jets are a lot safer for little ones, and the beaches around us are very sandy and difficult to approach with an outboard so the jet makes sense. Perhaps most importantly, with their engine hidden inside the boat itself they are far less ostentatious than many others, which is pretty useful in an area where anything with an engine is sneered at by yacht owners left, right and centre...

Our main problem currently is basically one of storage. We would love a 385 or 445 Turbojet but we would need to leave it out on a mooring (which is inshore on a river and protected from storms and the like) for about a month in the summer.

We have been told that the larger Williams Dieseljet boats would be able to cope with being left out (they are apparently anti-fouled), but we would prefer the smaller ones. Would a 385 or 445 Turbojet be OK for four weeks of constant usage to be left out in the water?

Thanks for your advice.