Jon 144 Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 https://www.outsideonline.com/2379546/sailing-muscular-dystrophy Nice read When we sailed from Europe to NZ I’d love to have been given a $ for every time someone said I’d love to do what your doing but I’d be scared of the “what if’s” As for living aboard you will learn much more about boat handling if you only occasionally go into marinas or the likes of Whangārei basin Mobile internet isn’t as as cheap as wifi in town however if your at anchor your not paying marinas and depending on the work your wife does an unlimited data plan and one week a month tied up will be cheaper than living in a house in Invergiggle plus you will eat fresh fish every second day at least Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluesail 1 Posted June 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 Lots of good advice guys, cheers. Thanks lateral about not rushing to buy or getting attached too early. It can be hard to fight those urges when we have death threats or bottles/rocks/etc. thrown at our house here. But I also don't want to end up bad situation because we were rushing out of here. I do expect that even a "perfect" boat to have lots of things that need replacement. Just like buying a house, we had a builder's inspection and he didn't find several problems. Right now all our money is tied up in equity in this house. Then being stuck geographically so far away also limits our almost all our options. We had another idea and wanted to see what you guys think. First, sell our home here and put a small amount of things we really care about into storage. Stick the funds of the house sale into savings. Then travel north and try to find a boat we could rent as a live aboard for say three to six months? This would only be to trial living on the boat see how we liked it. Hopefully being on the water and up north we could find opportunities to sail as crew/etc on other boats and learn to sail during this process. If stuff hit the fan or for any reason or we didn't tolerate the lifestyle we wouldn't have to worry about trying to selling a boat. We would still have "some" things left in storage and our car. Otherwise if it worked out we could just fly back down here and sell off the rest. It is still risky as my wife might have issues with job working from boat. (she takes calls via voip and works over vpn and wireless not best for that) However there are more options to work up north at same time if that happened. I'm also not sure where we would even look to find a boat to rent like that. I noticed many marinas had rules preventing such activities without written permission. On another note, my wife and I were quite keen on this this Beale 33 (design/layout/etc) any comments about it? https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/yachts/keeler/auction-2174994822.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tillsbury 2 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 That's a hell of a lot of money for a 30-year-old 33-footer... isn't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluesail 1 Posted June 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 That's a hell of a lot of money for a 30-year-old 33-footer... isn't it? Sorry, I was really thinking more along the lines of good boat design for liveaboard and coastal cruising. No where near ready to buy at this stage just getting ideas and such. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tazzy Devil 18 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 I’d be looking at some of the townson/cav/pacific 36 boats before something like that Beale. Loads cheaper and will get yo where you need to go. All old boats will need work if you can get something for 15k that only needs a few little tidy ups you’ll be better off. Then if you are keen buy your dream boat and go. You won’t care if you have to give your older boat away ( which if you want a quick sale you will have to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 https://www.outsideonline.com/2379546/sailing-muscular-dystrophy They also have a youtube channel... More...https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs3WnQG-QeLq1ebfr0gBUhg/videos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Young Entertainer 11 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 Probably not that much, given it is recently painted, remember any 30 year old glass boat is about ready for a paint job and that is the best part of 40 k plus, then make the interior look as good as this one looks and I would think at 70k it is a fairly good deal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 655 Posted June 15, 2019 Report Share Posted June 15, 2019 It is possible to paint a hull yourself for s lot less.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 37 Posted June 20, 2019 Report Share Posted June 20, 2019 Lots of good advice there. A few have mentioned the trailer sailer path, we have a very active trailer yacht squadron based onLake Rotoiti (Rotorua), several of our past members have moved on to keel boats, several have cruised the islands and at least one has sailed around the globe. Others have done RNI and numerous coastal races. The Rotorua lakes area along with a trailer yacht can be a economic option. Soaking in a lake shore hot spring is hard to beat. Fell free to call by if your ever in the area. Sabre 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluesail 1 Posted July 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 So my wife and I have had many long talks over past several weeks. We have come to conclusion that the only way forward is moving North. Once there, we can be in a better place to not only look at purchasing a boat but learning to sail and maybe better employment. As such, we are in the process of purging all our possessions. Also fixing small things around the house to sell it in the next few weeks. We would like to leave by the end of August. We’ll be taking our car and small trailer up north stopping at Nelson/Picton to look at the marina as an option. Then all the way up to Whangarei. The current plan is to rent a furnished place for a few months while we look at boats for sale. The Auckland region seem to have the vast majority from our research. We have greatly considered the advice given here about the 8-9m boats for $15-20k. However, due to my height and headroom on most of those boats, we really are looking at the next hop up 9-11m. We would also really like to have a shower and hot water if possible. A diesel heater would be great but could be fitted later. Most of the boats we have found on trademe that fit that are in the 35k – 55k range. We are rather keen on Davidson layout but keeping our minds open to others. I’m expecting to have to upgrade the electrics (new panels, MPPT charge controller, inverter, wiring and batteries) to support working remotely from boat. Maybe $10-15k? Hopefully it will only take a few months to find and survey any boats that suit. It would be nice to be in a boat at the start of summer if possible. Then the plan is to stay in a marina while we learn more about the boat and have the nicer weather. Being up north we would like to find opportunities to learn to sail while we adjusting to the new lifestyle. Maybe taking weekend day trips and slowly moving to longer journeys. If that all works out, we hope to cruise around BOI for a season and then to Marlborough area next year. Someone suggested a name for our boat as "Last resort." Any comments? Saw a video of a boat named "escape pod" which was in distress and confused the hell out of rescue services. Finally, we also want to say thank you to everyone who has provided some advice and suggestions. Fish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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