nz moth 0 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hi all, So I thought i best give you an update on what I am getting up too with my shorthanded sailing. After crossing the Tasman last year I made the decision to sail Atom Ant as with anything I do money was too tight and bring the yacht back was getting too hard. I wanted to keep up shorthanded sailing up, but doing that without a yacht isn't the easiest. So I made a purchase. I am going mini 650 sailing! With a lot of sorting out over email I have brought the Bake-Well White mini 439 which is only 10 days from arriving in New Zealand from France!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Can you tell us the price? Or ballpark? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nz moth 0 Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Hi, I'd rather keep that too myself for now but I will say that there are plenty out there however its not just buying the yacht its organizing shipping ect that puts the price up by about another 15k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Aw shucks on price. Sure you couldn't say more than $10k less then $100k or something like that? And do I have to be a young strong man to sail one? Stunned by the pic on minitransat.fr rotating pics. Seems all men. I can't upload the image here. I get an error message from this website. Must be Matt's new software Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 that's a pretty special keel on your new boat https://youtu.be/Rv-X8b_Ht8w http://www.inautia.com/used-boat-2141070142955704968554949704566.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 ta erice beats the wikipedia article which mentions up to USD97,000 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 looks like it has already has an nz connection? http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%20Minis/439.htm if you've got google trans on chrome this should automatically translate http://tamagoshiboat.blogspot.co.nz/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 correct url http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Histoire%20des%20Minis/439.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,235 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Aw shucks on price. Sure you couldn't say more than $10k less then $100k or something like that? And do I have to be a young strong man to sail one? Stunned by the pic on minitransat.fr rotating pics. Seems all men. I can't upload the image here. I get an error message from this website. Must be Matt's new software Kevin, attachments should not be a problem. Can you tell me more, or a screenshot? Everyone else seems ok, and I can't fix it if I don't know whats broken... Always wanted to sail a mini!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 not much bigger than my old weta and planes like 1 too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nz moth 0 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yes actually! I could afford it!!! Also being a Bakewell White I have the opportunity to use Brett's knowledge to improve the yacht to do what I want to do! It also makes a great entry yacht into the class. This yacht is the sister ship to Chris Sayers yacht built side by side. Very well thought out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Check out this youtube. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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