Hi all,
My wife and I are tentatively looking at committing to a year of liveaboard cruising sometime in the near future.
We both love adventuring, and the lack of international travel options over the past two years has hit us pretty hard. We're thinking that life aboard might be a good way to scratch that itch without leaving New Zealand.
I've grown up sailing Waitemata/Hauraki gulf region with trips to Great Barrier etc, but have been away from the sailing community for around fiv
somewhere we covered the cost of cheap yachts and I did estimates on SO so far (almost two years).
$14k purchase, about $1k on purchase costs (inspection report etc)
Replaced water tanks, new water pump and taps, depth sounder, antifouled (stripped to the sealer coat and refinished with undercoat and 3x antifoul) new sail cover and dodger, minor rot repair in the cabin top, new fridge, added 130w solar, new house battery replacement anchor, recovered squabs, recarpeted, fitted secondar