Farr 65 The Original 'Brindabella' Racing Yacht..

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MAGNESIUM
MAGNESIUM
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240 posts
4 Sep 2026 2:52pm
Massive price reduction
fast cruiser if you can handle the draft.

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/farr-65-the-original-brindabella-racing-yacht/336662
cammd
cammd
QLD
4558 posts
QLD, 4558 posts
5 Sep 2026 10:21am
MAGNESIUM said..
Massive price reduction
fast cruiser if you can handle the draft.

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/farr-65-the-original-brindabella-racing-yacht/336662


I think she is worth as much Leo paid for Tally Ho.
EastCoastSail
EastCoastSail
377 posts
377 posts
6 Sep 2026 6:17am
Maybe even go further, it would be hard to put a figure on the legal disposal costs of Brindabella. Maybe they pay you $40,000 to make their money hemorrhage go away.
PacificStar
PacificStar
NSW
74 posts
NSW, 74 posts
6 Sep 2026 9:04pm
if you wanted to throw money at it, might be interesting what she would rate on IRC

get her for $40k...spend $150k on her...could be then worth - $100k ?

cheers,
JonE
JonE
VIC
651 posts
VIC, 651 posts
7 Sep 2026 8:04am
You'd want to be quick, at probably 20 grand a year in marina fees.
cammd
cammd
QLD
4558 posts
QLD, 4558 posts
7 Sep 2026 9:39am
9 tonnes of lead is worth a bit. Time to recycle I think. That is the only value she has left and as mentioned sitting in the marina is just dead money.



garymalmgren
garymalmgren
1423 posts
1423 posts
7 Sep 2026 10:13am
From AI.
Nine tonnes of scrap lead in Australia is worth approximately $9,000 to $22,500 AUD based on current local scrap market rates of $1.00 to $2.50 AUD per kilogram ($1,000 to $2,500 AUD per tonne).

$9,000 to $22,500 AUD is a big range but it doesn't come close to the cost of removal and decommissioning.
MAGNESIUM
MAGNESIUM
240 posts
240 posts
7 Sep 2026 10:45am
Sailing NV on YouTube bought a huge race boat the problems that guy has been through with his family onboard are horrendous.
now they have problems with rigging and carbon mast no money for new sails draws 13ft and they live on anchor .
Chris 249
Chris 249
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3596 posts
NSW, 3596 posts
10 Sep 2026 9:11am
The closest (very roughly) comparable boats on the market at the moment are the fifty-something Davidsons asking $120k-ish. Another datum point is the old Bobsled, which was beautifully converted for cruising, was asking for around $280k, and sold.

I think Brindabella was originally very well built and as a significantly bigger boat than the Davos you could arguably put well over $100k into her and not be over capitalising IMHO, but I don't claim expertise. It would be interesting to see if she could take TP sails. She could rate very well IRC - she's not too extreme.
JonE
JonE
VIC
651 posts
VIC, 651 posts
10 Sep 2026 10:41am
I suppose if you're in the 60 foot boat market and you don't want to build one or pay a million bucks taking something like that and refitting it actually de-risks the project quite a lot.

The cost of building anything these days seems to have skyrocketed, and with this all the hard work is done.
cammd
cammd
QLD
4558 posts
QLD, 4558 posts
10 Sep 2026 5:34pm
I dunno, I think a foam cored hull is not designed or built to last 37 years. Especially one that has been raced hard offshore.



lydia
lydia
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1948 posts
10 Sep 2026 4:31pm
PacificStar said..
if you wanted to throw money at it, might be interesting what she would rate on IRC

get her for $40k...spend $150k on her...could be then worth - $100k ?

cheers,


$150k really try about $750k
anyone want to take a guess at a new mainsail or headsail.

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