Botnia Targa 27 for sale in Largs, SCT United Kingdom

Boat Overview

The manufacturers describe the Botnia Targa boats as ‘The 4x4 of the Sea’. This bold claim has been well proven with examples of the various models to be found in all corners of the globe in service as both commercial and recreational craft. The walk-around, self-draining deck layout with a well-protected wheelhouse and flybridge lends itself to shorthanded operation.

Model Details

The Targa 27 VALIANT is a rare twin engine version of the design, fitted with twin Volvo Penta KAD32 diesel engines, offering increased safety and security when cruising further afield. Offered for sale with a comprehensive inventory, her highlights include:

• Original gelcoat finished to GRP mouldings
• Twin Volvo Penta KAD32 (175hp) marine diesel engines
• Volvo Penta DPE outdrive legs with duo props (new props 2023)
• Drive leg bellows replaced in September 2024
• Vetus tunnel-mounted bow thruster
• Bennett electro-hydraulic system
• Hardwired 230VAC shore power system
• Ctek battery charger
• B&G Vulcan 9 MFD plotter/fishfinder with ForwardScan transducer (2021)
• B&G V50 DSC VHF (2021)
• Raymarine C80 classic MFD plotter/radar with Raymarine 2kw radome scanner
• Wheelhouse mounted searchlight
• Jabsco manual marine toilet
• Lewmar electric windlass
• Beaching legs
• Antifouled May 2025

Location

Lying afloat on her berth in Largs Marina, the Targa 27 VALIANT is ready for immediate viewing by prior appointment.

Press Review

PRESS REVIEW:

‘Apart from a clever layout, the Targa also offers plenty of sea kindly performance and fast passage-making potential, together with a stout build. As one interested party at a boat show commented, “All you have to do is add some imagination as to what you want to do and where you want to go”.’

Motor Boats Monthly – Targa 27 Boat Report

(Full copy available)

Construction

Hull Construction

• GRP moulded hull
• Sandwich laminate construction
• GRP formed internal structural members
• Medium to deep Vee hull form, deadrise 24 degrees forward dropping to 19 degrees aft
• Original gelcoat finish to topsides
• Underwater hull finished in blue antifouling, applied May 2025

Deck & Superstructure Construction

• GRP moulded deck incorporating gunwales and forward seating
• Deck self-draining with moulded recesses to accommodate deck hatches
• GRP moulded wheelhouse superstructure, sandwich laminate construction
• Wheelhouse laminate to deck moulding internally
• Original gelcoat finish to deck moulding
• Moulded non-slip pattern texture on deck panels
• Teak slats to finish forward seating
• Toughened glass windows

Machinery

Port Engine

• Volvo Penta KAD32 marine diesel engine
• 175hp @ 3,800rpm
• 4-cylinder, supercharged, turbocharged with aftercooler, indirectly cooled
• Volvo Penta sterndrive
• Dual control stations
• Single lever morse controls

Starboard Engine

• Volvo Penta KAD32 marine diesel engine
• 175hp @ 3,800rpm
• 4-cylinder, supercharged, turbocharged with aftercooler, indirectly cooled
• Volvo Penta sterndrive
• Dual control stations
• Single lever morse controls

Maintenance & Performance

• Engine last serviced June 2023
• Outdrive leg bellows replaced in September 2024
• Exhaust elbows replaced on both engines 2023
• Supercharger for Starboard engine overhauled and clutch replaced 2023
• New set of Duo Props fitted to both outdrives in August 2023
• Starboard engine injectors removed and overhauled 2019
• Port and Starboard drive leg trim cylinder stripped and overhauled 2024
• Port drive leg stripped and overhauled 2018
• Morse control cables replaced throughout 2018
• Cruising speed 18kts
• Max Speed 28kts

Propulsion & Steering

• Volvo Penta DPE outdrive leg
• Volvo Penta alloy duo props
• Trim gauges for each leg at lower helm station
• Hydraulic dual station steering
• Power Assisted steering

Bow Thruster

• Vetus tunnel-mounted bow thruster
• Single control station at lower helm

Trim Tabs

• Bennett electro-hydraulic system
• Dual control stations

Autopilot

• Cetrek Pilot 730 control head
• Hydraulic drive unit

Electrical Systems

Voltage systems

• 12VDC onboard power system
• 230VAC shore power system

Shore Power System

• Extension lead to connect to shore supply
• Single 16 amp connection point
• Hardwired RCD protected system
• 3 pin UK sockets, battery charger, immersion heater

Battery Banks

• Starboard Engine Battery – 1x 12VDC
• Port Engine Battery – 1x 12VDC
• Domestic Battery – 1x 12VDC
• Bow Thruster Battery – 1x 12VDC

Charging

• Ctek MXS25 battery charger (2017)
• 230VAC – 12VDC, 25amp
• Fitted with leads and crocodile clips, can charge any of the batteries in engine space

Alternators

• Single engine mounted alternator on each engine

Other Electrical

• Searchlight on wheelhouse roof, manually controlled from lower helm station
• Horn
• Stainless steel pantograph wiper arms to port and starboard
• Engine space blower
• 12VDC charging sockets at internal and external helm stations

Plumbing Systems

Fresh Water

• Pressurised hot and cold water system
• Mixer tap in galley
• Mixer tap in heads
• Shower fitting in heads compartment
• Hot water provided from calorifier heated by engine cooling water or 230VAC immersion heater

Bilge Pumps

• Manual Bilge Pump
• Electric Bilge Pump – Forward and aft pumps

Tankage

Fuel

• Single fuel tank
• Stainless steel tank construction
• Approximate capacity 350ltrs

Fresh Water

• Single freshwater tank
• Plastic tank construction
• Approximate capacity 200ltrs

Navigation & Communication Equipment

On Flybridge

• Magnetic Compass

At Internal Helm Station

• Plotter/Radar – Raymarine C80 classic MFD with Raymarine 2kw radome scanner
• Plotter/Fishfinder – B&G Vulcan 9 MFD with ForwardScan transducer (2021)

Communications Equipment

• DSC VHF – B&G V50 (2021)

Domestic Equipment

Galley

• Stainless steel sink with cold water tap

Heads

• Toilet – Jabsco manual marine toilet
• Wash hand basin
• Mixer tap
• Shower fitting
• Shower sump drain pump

Lighting

• Overhead lighting in wheelhouse
• Overhead lighting in lower accommodation

Accommodation

Summary of Accommodation

• Wheelhouse with seating for helm and passengers
• Lower accommodation with two single berths
• External heads compartment

Accommodation Finish

• Joinery work internally of teak faced plywood with solid teak trims
• Teak and holly veneered soleboard
• Joinery work finished in varnish or oil
• GRP moulded heads compartment

Description of Accommodation from Forward

Heads

• Located forward of wheelhouse centrally
• Accessed from foredeck via opening door.
• Step down into heads compartment below deck level
• Manual marine toilet located outboard, forward to port side.
• Countertop aft with inset wash hand basin
• Storage locker beneath countertop unit
• Compartment fitted with sole grating and sump beneath with electric drain pump

Wheelhouse

• Sliding doors to access wheelhouse from port and starboard sided decks.
• Forward facing seats for helm and navigator to port and starboard forward
• Helm station forward to starboard with wheel forward of helm seat. Engine controls, dash display, switch panel and nav instrument forward of helm
• Plotter located inboard of helm station, visible from either of the forward seats
• Secondary plotter / fishfinder mounted overhead above helm station, centrally
• DSC VHF, clock and barometer mounted overhead outboard to port
• Teak countertop spanning forward end of wheel house to port of helm station with lifting sections
• Stainless steel galley unit with inset sink and twin burner gas cooker beneath port side lifting section.
• Storage compartment beneath central lifting section of countertop
• Fridge built-in to base of helm seat to starboard
• L-shaped saloon bench settee wrapping around aft end of wheel house
• Height adjustable, pole-mounted, folding; saloon table which can stow against the deck head.
• With table dropped both forward seats can be swivelled round to face inward.

Lower Accommodation Space

• Accessed by companionway from wheelhouse, centrally between the aft wheelhouse seating.
• Two steps down to lower compartment sole.
• Single berths to port and starboard in a quarter berth style extending forward
• Storage locker space beneath berths.

Deck Equipment

Layout

• Targa trademark walk round deck layout.
• Single bow roller centrally with Delta anchor self-stowing in roller.
• Stainless steel grabrail to port and starboard side of bow
• Anchor windlass mounted on elevated section of foredeck centrally.
• Locker space beneath elevated section of foredeck
• Forward cockpit area forward of wheel house.
• GRP moulded seating wrapping around cockpit area with storage lockers in seat base
• Teak cockpit table, mounting on forward deck with removable leg
• Large under-deck storage locker accessed by lifting hatch
• Heads compartment accessed via opening door at forward end of wheelhouse
• Stainless steel grabrail on gunwale top running aft from foredeck and wrapping around aft deck with teak capping rail.
• Flybridge located on aft end of wheelhouse, accessed from aft deck
• Two plastic forward facing seats with external helm station to starboard
• Shaped Perspex windscreen wrapping around flybridge
• Stainless steel A-frame fitted over flybridge
• Bathing platform mounted on transom with teak grating and folding swim ladder

Anchoring & Mooring

• Bower Anchor – Delta anchor on chain and warp rode
• Anchor Windlass – Lewmar electric windlass with chain gypsy and warping drum. Foot button controls on deck with secondary control station at internal helm
• Fenders – Selection
• Mooring Warps – Selection
• Beaching Legs – Yacht Leg and Cradle Company extendable alloy legs

Tender

• GRP dinghy with weaver snap davits to stow on bathing platform
• Fitted with beaching wheels
• Outboard – Johnson 2.3hp, 4-stroke

Safety Equipment

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner's specific needs.

Navigation Lights

• Running lights

Life Saving

• Liferaft – XM Yachting 6 person ISO/ORC canister liferaft – service now due

Disclaimer

In this case we are acting as brokers only. The Owner is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The Purchaser is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.