YachtproBarry said..
well I just bought Akela, first things needed is sort out engine not starting, who knows could be just a battery or algie in the tank, the Nanni looks fairly new So should be simple.
The bigger thing to deal with is it will need new standing rigging.
The sail inventory would need at least a new main
#1,#3.
A hull clean is needed and fresh coat of anti fouling to help the trip down to Hobart where it's future mooring awaits.
It needs cleaning up the interior of mould that seems to have taken ahold.
Sorting out cockpit drainage has to be done.
With it out of the water see what improvements can't be done to rudder and keel.
Good for you! I agree that getting the motor working is #1 priority. Starting with the battery and the fuel and also checking the cooling system is working well, and the stern gland isn't seized.
Assuming the steering is functional, if you can then get it alongside a dock somewhere to offload as much of the gear as possible, to make way for a thorough clean inside.
Then a haul out and scrub and antifoul. And check any and all thru-hulls.
Are you planning to do the standing rigging yourself?
If not, prior to my ownership, my 40 foot Adams was on the central coast and had new standing rigging done by Phillips Rigging in 2022. Cost then including new rigging and labour was $11,000. $5665 of this was for the rigging itself (not including new furler) and the rest was for labour including "removing mast from yacht, remove rigging from mast, convert Seafurl 2 furler to inner stay, build new Furlex 304s furler, install rigging to mast, hand sew leathers to spreader ends, install saddles for spreaders, install mast to yacht & tune rigging".
You presumably wouldn't require the same work on furlers so the labour side would be somewhat less.
Even so, it's likely to be more expensive today than it was 3 and a half years ago. You might want to get at least a couple of quotes before you decide who you go with.
The then owner of my boat also had a new main from Phillips at a cost of about $5700. I have since had to have it repaired and reinforced around the attachment points to the mast track slides, by a sailmaker in Sydney, so wouldn't be my first choice to go back to Phillips for a main. Only sail I have had made since, was a staysail down in Tassie. That was by Steve Walker.
Good luck with the work. Whereabouts are you planning to moor her when you get down to Hobart?
