Well, I am now the proud owner of a 1984 Prout Snow Goose with the new name of "Vida Del Mar". It needs some work but I love the boat and I want to think Steve, Mike, and Enrique for their help in bringing it back to Crystal River from Miami. We had a great time during the six days. This was my first trip (hopefully not my last) of any length on a sailboat and I loved it. We sailed north east then north west to the St. Lucie Inlet, motored to Lake Okeechobee, sailed across the Lake then motored to Ft. Myers, then sailed north to Crystal River. Great Trip, Thanks guys. During the leg from Ft Myers to Crystal River we had steady SE winds of 17+ K winds with gust to 28. The boat handled it with ease. However, at the entrance to CR the marker on the north side of the channel had no light and was missing on our plotter chart. Our rechargeable spot ran out immediately before so we missed the channel by a few feet and the attached picture is the result. My friends cane out to meet us and we had a great party while we waited for the high tide. Thanks for the welcoming party. I need to obtain the drawings of a sister ship of my boat with twin inboards. My plan is to switch from the current single diesel to twin electric drives and with a center mounted LP fueled genset. I want the propeller shafts to be positioned correctly. Any help with the plans would be greatly appreciated. More after my next trip. Jim      ---  jphillips48@tampabay.rr.com

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My husband and I are getting ready to retire and hope
to do some cruising both in the French canals and perhaps down the Danube. We also then need to sail it
back to the  Caribbean. 

We have considered the Prout Snowgoose (both the original and the Elite) and are
wondering which model would be more suitable.  Myhusband thinks the Elite would have trouble getting
through some of the French locks.  I would like aslightly larger boat and if possible two engines to
deal with strong currents on some rivers. I know somemodels of the Elite have two engines, but am not sure
about the original model.

Would any of your readers have any thoughts?
Many thanks,
Tish and Dave (Baltimore, MD)  

Hi,
I'm intersested in a Prout Escale Catamaran. Have don a lot of cruising in mono hulls and are used to average 7 knots.

Question is if the Prout Escale can make 7 knots as an average 168Nm/24hours? Any owner who have an idea? 

I was looking in the ARC results from 2001 - 2006 and have to say I wasa little bit disappointed about their performance. But have also to
admit that they where not that many. 
The other question is building quality? Most reviews brag about quality and that they are fantastic Blue Water
boats. That was actually the reason why I started looking at the Prout designs. But then I ended up
at he Cats Pyjamas web page and I got a little bit confused as he is so negative and seems to do anything to spread his word. I also know that
sometimes there are people you never can satisfy. Would appreciate other owners comments about quality and what to look for? 

If someone would have a boat for sale please let me know.

Thanks,

- tradewind@speedpost.net

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Has anyone got a really good failsafe way of rebedding the windows so they don't leak?

We had all the windows renewed on our Prout Quest 31; they had been bedded onto some black gunge sealent.  Very soon they all leaked significantly.  Thought the sealent too thin (at about 3mm thick).  Was recommended self-adhesive closed cell foam 6mm thick.  Worked OK at first then leaked.  The sun plays havoc on the adhesive under the black plastic window, and very soon the combination of window expansion and foam sliding about when the adhesive is soft meant gaps rapidly appeared and water got in.

Now planning on rebedding on 6-8mm or perhaps more thick black sealent, with spacers between window and coachroof to ensure gap remains constant.

Also at present the windows are just bolted to the superstructure, with a wooden strip hiding the bolts after fitting.  The wooden strips being relatively substantial help give the window area some rigidity, but they are not through bolted - i.e. bolted through the glassfibre and windows - as I believe Prout originally planned.  Is this a correct method - or what is the best?  We're fed up with leaky windows, and tided of rebedding them, and would really appreciate other peoples comments and experiences!

Regards,
Chris - Seaquince

Have a look at the new page LEAKING WINDOWS one US boat found a solution... with pix

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Hello Michael

 I am in the process of purchasing a Prout Sirocco, about to make an offer subject to survey. I would really like to find any boat test or review reports on the Sirocco. Can you help and are you able to tell me how long did Prout produce the Sirocco/26.

Kind regards

Simon Taylor

Simon hi, There is an interesting article about Sirocco 26 posted on the specifications board. Email me if you want the original sent on..

Michael

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There are brief descriptions of the UK - Med routes here

and the North South route description is here

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