felixdcat said...Depend on what you want to buy...... not many trimarans for sale at a decent price! The one I was looking at in QLD is nice and well priced (depending on transport to WA cost) but not a good option for me as it is dismontable for transport but not foldable, I keep my TT720 on dry storage at my club with mast up . There is a few nice looking 1995 Corsairs 24 MK1 & 2 starting at US$ 24,000.00 (asking price) nothing like that here.... you would be looking at $5o k at least for similar! very tempting to shop abroad!
You are not making sense here Felix. You said your boss would not look too kindly on your taking 5-6 weeks off to sail your yacht from Qld to WA.
Would he look more kindly on your taking 5-6 MONTHS of to sail your yacht from the U.S. to east coast Aus then 5-6 weeks to WA?????????????
Further, add $10-20k to the price of the U.S. bought yacht to get it here (food, crew, repairs,piracy graft and corruption of various port officials while in transit) and then factor in lost work time (say $20,000).
Also add 10% GST based on the valuation of the yacht in the Australian market to import it, the outrageous fees the AQUIS will charge you and the fine you will cop if you do not arrive on schedule.
That cheap boat in the states ain't so cheap no more.
Then you are talking about how you store your TT 720 at the yacht club, mast up and I assume pontoons out. Is there some reason why you could not do that with the slightly bigger tri from Airlie Beach??
I think you are just trying to work up some semi-legitimate excuse to get away from the missus for 6 months and play up big time.[}:)][}:)][}:)]
