I purchased the Mercedes Clipper “Improbable “ in late January 2021 from Wellington. She had a solid hull but rigging had fraying stays, engine water pump leaking, dodger stuffed, stove, head and saloon table removed and wiring dodgy and no instruments worked.
Now rerigged, new Raymarine instruments, rewired, replaced head, oven, built saloon table, built radar arch with davits, solar panels etc, hard dodger, moved traveller forward, new alloy toe rails and repainted inside and out.
I’ll have to replace sails soon but she’s now a solid yacht once more.
A lot of hours and quite a bit o
