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Young Entertainer

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  1. Just replaced the traveller on a Farr 1020, track is 1.5m long and 32mm x 32mm was unsupported between the seats and is still dead straight.  Car is in reasonable conditions, Boat was raced every week and traveller worked fine but has been replaced with new Harken kit.  Includes Track, Car, 2x single pulley with becket and 2x double block to give 2:1 purchase on the traveller.

     

    only listed her so PM me otherwise will put to trademe in the new year.  Prefer to see the whole lot go as one $300

  2. Hi,  we have nearly the same as Farrari a 60L holding tank under the starboard berth,  we have an electric toilet with a value that either goes straight to sea or to the holding tank. The then have a manual pump that empties the holding tank,  vent is into the front anchor locker.  We use the boat every week so make a point of flushing to keep the water moving.  Happy for you take a look if you are out Pine Harbour way.  Plumbing is simple and you could do it yourself in a  weekend if you have the time.

  3. Murray doesn't have a great reputation for speed, but does built an excellent sail,  once it took 6months to get a code zero but the result was brilliant.  unfortunately his time management needs some work but you will no doubt like the result when it arrives.  10 years ago nearly every boat at bucks was running windward, and I have probably bought 10+ sails from him without getting a bad one, but have seen snails move quicker

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    • and take two per kid,  need a sailing lifejacket and a swimming jacket,  we have good ones for sailing (crotch strap etc) and then simple vests for swimming in.  Means they always have a dry jacket for sailing.
  4. For a 1020, so not a lot of space in the anchor locker once you get the anchor in there but would like to be okay anchoring at the barrier when I need to, thinking 20metres of chain then how much rope would you buy?

  5. and as a secondary question,  budget is there now for either a smart charger and installation, or replacing the current lead acid batteries (which are 2 years old) with AGM batteries,  which one do you think will be the best spend of the money?  All this is leading up to eventually replacing an old electric fridge.  So eventually will do it all but probably over 18months.

     

    Current alternator is a 60amp valeo somthing

  6. Upgrading has a lot to do with restraint. I would have loved a young 11, and even looked at a couple of 40 footers but the reality is I don't like working too hard and owning bigger boats means bigger maintenance bills. I t also appears we are lucky at Pine Harbour as the berths are 10.5m

     

    So I bought the best boat I could afford that ticked the most boxes I could tick and knew that I could afford to maintain while paying the mortgage and not having to bust a gut working every hour to pay for it all. At the same time we accepted that we are not going to be upgrading the house.

     

    BooBoo and Royale - take the best deal you can get on the current boat but don't give them away, both are great boats and they will sell, it only take one buyer. Then get your selves into a 1020. The more of them out racing the better the price will hold up.

  7. been there done that recently, sold the coyote with the intention of getting a new race boat with some family cruising in mind. Would have preferred a young 11 and there were a couple on the market within the budget at the time, but maintenance and marina costs finally swayed me into a 1020, fits in my 10.5m Marina, can afford a new set of sails every few of years and I get to go class racing a couple of times a year (now all I need is some excuses for the performance). Wife happy as we can cruise with the kids which we pretty much did every weekend in summer.

     

    Did look at imports as well, more out of curiosity but in my mind way to much to go wrong, hence I ended up with a boat with no pressure or hot water, but do have a new paint job, sails and electronics. Paid middle of the road price but having looked at 1020's 25k cheaper I still think the boat was a good deal in the long run. 30year old boat and the surveyor could not find one thing to mention in his report even though the boat has been raced most of its life. Hopefully when I am done with it in 15 years time it will be just as good

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