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44  x 28 ft cat in queensland, foam sandwich , diesel motors, single daggerboard...not the whole retirement fund to purchase.  ;-)

 

single dagger?

 

better not break it

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1988 Shuttleworth,Advantage 44, built in England sailed to US then cruised mexico and Pacific by American owners for at least 7 years then they left it in aus as they returned home in their 70,s,    lots of room and probably, hopefully, a little better sailing than some of  the big production cats , have some photos but seems they are too big to put up just now. Probably a 140 to150 mile a day cruiser although it apparently won some atlantic crossing race back in the day.

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Like this one? Nice.

Where would you park a beast like this though? Seems that decent moorings are getting harder and harder to obtain although I guess it doesn't matter if the tide goes out eh?

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 erice , thats the one in 2004 when it was previously named Josephine , Farrari, the video is a sister ship that has a much more plush and heavier fitout, ours is more basic and probably lighter.   Romany, seems there is plenty of moorings available in Auckland , swing or pile moorings are cheap, marina would be expensive here , but I was surprised how reasonable marinas are in Aus. around 800 a month or less if you pay for a year in a very flash marina in Hervey bay.

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I don't plan to live ashore again until I'm too old to handle a yacht. But then again my situation is different to most, being 62 and single I can do whatever the hell I want. :-)

 

Already sailed Newcastle to Christchurch once in a friend's yacht, plan to do it all again in my own soon. Just have to keep rationing those fun vouchers and working on getting the yacht prepared.

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Well, we plan to enter the 2019 Coastal, so between then and now there's a considerable amount of work to be done...

 

Including the Norwegian and Swedish coasts...

 

Working backwards form there I guess I'll have to quit work in about a year and a half and devote all my time to prep. from there on...

 

Hopefully, we'll have a house to rent out to allow a small cruising income and a little freelance work should allow us to roll on for a little while - as long as we wash up in the BOI, I'll be happy...

 

Super long term?

 

Drifting around NZ would soak up quite a few years, I reckon...

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Good Plan Dr W. That's not a heap of time to get ready and go though - it took me 6 months full time on the boat before we left, and it is really easy to consume an extra year or two while cruising! :-)

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