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Sounds familiar.... http://forums.sailinganarchy.com/index.php?/topic/126442-65-by-32-foot-catamaran-3200sqft-of-living-space/&

The one in the advert says its 13m? So more like 43ft? Would explain why she's roomier...

Checked my bene first 40.7 tonight, it has 6'4" headroom through the saloon.

I have one of these. I don't know headroom measurement but it would be close to 6'4". Can measure and confirm next time I'm there if you like? Comfortably quicker than a 1220 as well. https://www.trademe.co.nz/2438010313

Yes plenty of choice in the 30 foot bracket. As above lotus, carpenter, farrs are good options but also lidgard 29s, young 88s, whiting 29s are all good boats too. Also seen a few glass townson 34s go reasonably cheap in the last few months, cav 32s and Chico 30s an option as well although as noted above about the Chico's some would say they're a little under powered. Some of the above are slightly quicker than the lotus, but probably mostly a bit less roomy inside. I'd look at any of the above and try to find one in the best condition possible.

The lotuses you mention are good boats. They're not as quick as a 1020, but I wouldn't think you'd feel they were so slow you'd have to motor everywhere? A 950 is basically a 920 with an open transom and a bigger rig, so they're better, but also tend to come with a price premium. As IT says, often the cheapest boat to buy isn't the cheapest in the long term. Try and find one that's been well maintained. Buying one that needs work and then paying to do the work tends to add up very quickly. Easy to spend 10k if it needs a couple of sails, 15-20k if it needs an engine replacement, nav inst

They thought they'd lost it but after getting into opua on emergency steering and hauling out on the travel lift it was still there. Along with some impressive scrapes in their antifouling as if they'd hooked something with it. So seems something like a lost key or similar after collecting something. Great that they can rejoin the other legs.

We had a bit of a shambles. Anchored in 20 knots blowing straight up Fitzroy. Got ashore in dinghy and noticed fool in marauder banging into our boat as he tried and failed to anchor. Left Mrs to sort out rubbish while I went to deal with that. Mrs left rubbish in black bag next to bins while she walked up the hill to the shop to buy special orange bag. Walked back down with special orange bag to find someone had moved black bag. Couldn't find it so I picked her up and we got out of dodge before anyone else crashed into us. We now have a special orange bag and nowhere to use it.

Saw a few on the way home from coastal this year. Growing up in the 80s and doing the bay of islands trip from Auckland for the Xmas cruise each yeah we hardly saw any...

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we were around Fitzroy from 21 Dec to 1 jan. We had no spark reception during this time. Might be a thing of the past? Or someone couldn't be bothered filling the diesel thank?

Yep we could only get channel 19/20 to work outside man o war passage. I was told there is a Telecom cell tower elsewhere on the island but it doesn't cover Fitzroy. Didn't go elsewhere to confirm.

No, just Vodafone. They have a cell tower out there so VF phones work a treat - we were able to stream the Sydney Hobart start quite happily. 2 degrees uses the Vodafone network when its own isn't available, so also works, but internet was so slow as to be almost unusable. Calls/txt worked fine.

My comment that there is no duty payable if bringing in from Australia is based on my experience when bringing in a boat I bought there 3 years ago. Ymmv.

Doesn't seem promising. One thing I didn't see mentioned above in a quick flick through the thread is if importing from AU there is no duty payable due to CER (closer economic relations) treaty. This may also be this case with other countries we have trade or similar agreements with, I only looked into AU.

That's pretty cool rushman! I think the z39 is a newer design and hijinx is only a couple of years old so maybe not a fair comparison with the other one? Still going to be hard to find someone who wants to pay $150k for a project. Compared to something like a 2 year old 40 foot j boat I suppose it seems a great deal. But compared to most racer/cruisers for sale here that are a bit older, it's hard to imagine paying 150k for it. Pretty boy Floyd was for sale recently for around 100k. Not sure what sort of interior it had, but probably quicker than a z39 and was complete and ready to go

Is there a question there? Was built (or finished from hull/decks?) by David Wade in sandspit. Saw him on it last summer at barrier and had a chat with him about it. Was for sale complete for quite a long time at a fairly high price. Not sure why it has no rig in the photos - whether he's removed it for his new boat or there's another story. Cool boat, but Dave may have his work cut out for him trying to sell for $150k in bits and needing (re)finishing.

Yeah I don't disagree with that. Doesn't help with hoisting the main single handed on a 35 foot Elliott though.

Think a pointless unhelpful comment on a tech question thread suggesting a change to junk rig might be the primary reason? Plus in general junks are slow, look stupid, and have average windward performance...

Agree with those above. Alternatively, if you wanted to use the existing fridge compartment one of these could be a good idea? https://www.burnsco.co.nz/shop/boating/galley-cabin-storage/refrigeration/isotherm-ge80-fridge/freezer-kit

Would seem more meaningful if it were the lightest 4 stroke on the market. Be surprising if it weren't lighter than other Suzuki 4 strokes given it's the smallest they sell...

Have heard good things about http://www.ahcovers.co.nz/ Can imagine everyone is busy now that it's a month till Xmas though.

We've moved from a calibrated old sail batten to an electronic gauge with our most recent change in boat and I'd trust the dipping the batten option more. Now use the assumptions Jon describes.

Forecast has potential to be 'interesting'!

There's no shame in finishing second to NV https://www.trademe.co.nz/2377436192