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I have drawn the article to the Commerce Commissions attention. They tend to move slowly, but it would appear to be pretty close to a breach of the Commerce Act.

Good on you for having the the dream its where most of us started, as well as being a yachtie I did a bit of cycling for a few years, and a mechanic once told me to think of a bike as a frame with a collection of parts. Those parts can be old, or new, expensive or cheap, flogged or unserviceable, obsolete or otherwise etc, you can easily spend 20K on a pushbike but cheap and cheerful or worth 20K both will get you to the dairy for a pint of milk and technically you are "Cycling" Yachts are a bit like that , you can get a floating 40 ft yacht for <30K and it will be technically complet

It would be remiss of me not to note this one https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/listing/3626359069

Solved https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/listing/4024217397

Hiscock. Bloody autocorrect.

And always remember, boats are just like strippers, they only work while you're throwing $100 notes at them. If you only use 1 piece of advice that's been offered up so far, listen to Aardvarkash10 & get it surveyed. Good luck Pal, you're gonna need it.

Get a survey. If you don't do that, at least get a survey. You'll need one for insurance anyway, and the surveyor is not emotionally invested in the deal. As I said earlier, a well maintained older boat beats a poorly maintained younger boat hands down. And get a survey.

1 hp per ton according to His cockpit.

Stage one of the purchase process for me was to assess what is available at what price and then inspect any promising candidates while making it clear to the owner that I am at the beginning of the process. After a period of time I knew which vessels were financially realistic and represented good value at which point I became a motivated buyer. Its the same process as buying a second hand car, do your market diligence before deciding what is a good deal, of course if you like boats this can be an enjoyable process. Don't discount brokers a good one will note your requirements and contact y

No- unfortunately I was unable to get anywhere. I always was with Maxwell winches, but not Lewmars of that age. I've solved the problem in one way though, I've just increased the size of my genoa sheets, which has the added advantage in that they give my aged hands a more comfortable grip/

That's a novel. Good to get the background though. Pulling back to coastal significantly changes the picture and your budget becomes far more realistic. Still tight though. Now you have a more defined target, I'd say look at lots of yachts in the size range you are looking at. Rule out nothing. Most NZ yachts are built in the performance cruiser mold and your requirements fall just outside that model. However, it's a continuum not a fixed point so your boat is out there somewhere. Don Senior, Lidgard, and others built beamy cruisers with good headroom. There are many more.

Agree with you BP "Learn to live in less space" and then look at a Chico 30 or Cav 32 to further the plan