[NZ Coastal. off shore next year, Wellington based.]

Hi John,

I'd be keen depending on how big a commitment you need  I have some sailing experience and active crew at CGNZ.

I really keen to do some sailing trips to scratch the itch. Not sure if I make the cut for older age groups cause I feel 30  

I am in Kapiti, send me a PM if you want to chat.

[First boat advice]

Any idea of cost for redoing the rigging on a 30ish foot boat? 

[First boat advice]

10 minutes ago, Vin said:

I'd recommend having a read through the thread I recently made, I'm in a very similar position to you and there's a wealth of advice in there.

Was it the Chico 30 Auriga you almost bought? I was also watching that auction with great intetest.

Haha yes that was the one I love those little boats. 

Thank you I did not realize there were more than one page of replies

[First boat advice]

Hi there, 

My 5 year plan is to buy a small keeler. Looking at something like 32 cavalier / 30 chico etc. Hoping for 20-25k and I'd prefer GRP. I want to do short sails to get the family hooked and would probably consider longer shorthanded sails offshore.

I am fairly handy and can do most small maintenance a boat might need including non structural fibreglass, carpentry, plumbing and electrical work. So a fixer upper is probably the way as long as the boat is sound.

I almost fast tracked the plan this week and stopped just short of winning an auction on TradeMe. This made me think about the other costs involved.

I have never owned a yacht and was wondering if someone could give me some ball park figures for a 32ft (ish) keelboat.

The first few things I could think of was:

1. Cost of hauling a boat on the dry

2. Cost of keeping on the hard for a day.

3. Cost of a survey

4. Cost of re rigging in either SS of dyneema (as I understand this is something that needs to get redone from time to time for insurance.)

5. Cost of insurance for a 20-25k boat

6. Delivery from Auckland to Wellington since looks like most boats are up there.

7. Any big things I should consider.

For members that might worry about a complete novice getting in trouble out there:

I did a 4 week "yacht captains" course in Durban 26 years ago. Since then I have sailed (as crew) on and off on various boats from flying dutchman and darts to racing and deliveries on bigger boats up to 63ft. I am also an operational crew member at coastguard NZ. This is not heaps or anything to brag about, I just want to say that I know enough to know what my limitations are

Thanks in advance,

Dawie