Davidson 30 Stardancer

[Priscilla II 392]

Cracker looking Davidson 30 has been listed on SA for quite a while  pretty pretty oh so pretty.

[Deep Purple 511]

Stunner

[chariot 243]

Typically sweet Davidson lines.

[Priscilla II 392]

The last Davidson 42 Eleanor would be one of my favourite yachts.

Can not seem to find a decent pic and call me old school but in my opinion Laurie Davidsons eye for form meets function makes the latest crop of fat boxy arsed blobs pale in comparison.

[waikiore 399]

That 30 is a looker

[Deep Purple 511]

Mr Roosevelt is my favourite Davidson. I tried so hard to buy her in 1994

[Sudden5869 17]

Laurie Davidson's performance based yachts are usually stunning.  Stratocastor, Fantail, Starlight Express, Mad Max and the 42s Modern Classics  
 

[Priscilla II 392]

D35 Jive Talkin

Ex Fun now JoyiCity.

http://www.histoiredeshalfs.com/Quarter%20Tonner/Q%20Fun.htm

[Ex Machina 365]

Very nice 52 that is probably tne oldest listing on T me been there over a year .

[raz88 96]

Emotional Rescue has a For Sale sign on her at the moment.

 

At Flagship Marine (the Riviera people) in Westhaven, no idea what price.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/1841702419

[Rangi1 50]

That is very cheap for what is a great design - although they did leave out the fact that the 2010 refit was due to an unfortunate incident at The Brothers at the entrance to Te Puna inlet.....

[chariot 243]

Having owned a Davidson 35 in the past I am a Davidson fan. Great boats and great to sail. I believe the D35 was the first GRP production boat world wide to have a walk through transom. The harder it blew the better it went. 

[khayyam 68]

That is very cheap for what is a great design - although they did leave out the fact that the 2010 refit was due to an unfortunate incident at The Brothers at the entrance to Te Puna inlet.....

 

does seem like a lot of boat for the $. don't think i want to look up the rates for 18m berths though.

[Priscilla II 392]

Crikey if you think Emotional is cheap try Witch Doctor and she will need a slightly smaller berth.

The owner needs a operation so come on somebody help the man out and get a cracker of a yacht in return.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-1838495763.htm?rsqid=ee3da61ac27a4353878d5c77cc6ff205

[Deep Purple 511]

Sadly the good days are well past these boats. As racers well past it and needing huge crews with their in-line rigs and it's not much fun being blown off by 40 footers.

 

And as cruisers far below what an import offers. Again a 40' import probably offered more space.

 

And the marina costs are going to be huge.

 

Interesting how both Davidsons spent some time on the bottom

[Priscilla II 392]

Sad but true I remember it took quite a few moons for Grand Prix to change hands and as magnificent a sailboat she is you get more bang for your bucks and another double grunter out of a Elliott 1050.

[Elliot749 28]

I remember tendering $36,000 in 1995 for WitchDoctor when she had had the keel ripped clean out of her at Motukete Island (?). I was unsuccessful with my tender, however she did indeed get repaired and I’m sure has done many thousands of miles of sailing since. A beautiful yacht.

[Priscilla II 392]

And the one without the extra mast.

Sailed on her many moons ago when she was red out of Tauranga with a mate who ended up owning Grand Prix she had a encounter under previous ownership smacked Rough Rock I believe and my buddy had the keel dropped at Lidgards yard and remedied along with dropping another fortune on a birthday for her.

Both cracker old school beauties.

[Wayne-o 12]

Anybody know the story of the rebuild of witch doctor?  And how the boat performs now?

[John B 106]

6 1/2 days from the musket reefs to the ninepin in the BOI in Riada in 17, wind well ahead of the beam for 5 of those. Cruisers on the wind you could call it,often 50 or so apparent.

Nothing spectacular , but a good time,just getting the job done in a 1974 designed boat full of water and fuel and 6 months worth of cruising stuff.

Quite a few miles on Riada 2 up to Fiji and then Tonga another year, she has a flatter run aft and will burst away into a surf faster on a reach or run.

I did a passage down to Brisbane from new Cal in 13 on Grand Prix, that was the steal of the century, she'll just sit on a high average speed all day , lazy 100 miles in 12 hours in normal trades.