Young Entertainer
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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.
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Jon, I probably would have a hard time mounting a defence against that allegation!! but given in the first two months we spent more nights away on the new boat than in my entire sailing career I am hoping I have turned the cruising corner.
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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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what are you using for the table top marshy? thinking about doing the same for rawhide
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based on window size and colour Vestalia was there as well
Who is going to buy our yachts and at what price?
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I sold my first boat to match the wifes deposit on the first house, apparently I was unbearable for the next three years and have been allowed a boat ever since, but only one at a time is the rule I have had to live by