Please see the advert in the Buy & Sell.

Hi Vince
I couldn't find it either, surely your not giving up sailing, whats your next boat?

sunycoastguy said..
Hi Vince
I couldn't find it either, surely your not giving up sailing, whats your next boat?

There are a few factors in my decision to sell up.

I just don't do enough offshore sailing to warrant keeping Morning Bird. Last year I think I sailed her 3 or 4 times and really it was only the Lord Howe trip that kept me maintaining her. I am over sailing inside Pittwater/Broken Bay, she is an offshore yacht and I have realised my sailing 'bucket list'. My wife and kids aren't at all interested.

We are moving from the north shore to the inner west, a long haul to Pittwater. I have had enough of the 40-45 minute drive now, adding another 30 minutes to it doesn't appeal. I had my first boat on the harbour, I don't like the prospect of putting MB down there and sailing in the harbour.

I am into old British sports cars and am looking at taking up a form of historic racing. My wife and I travel a fair bit leaving the boat for months at a time.

I'll keep sailing but I'm not sure whether I will buy another boat. My sister and her husband have a Valiant 40 and they are getting ready to go long term cruising so I have opportunities to sail on a fantastic cruising boat with them. I have sailed with Sailors with Disabilities on long passages and may do so again. I'll crew and/or skipper for other owners including those I have met from this forum. I've met a lot of Seabreezers and hope I might be able to assist them if needed.

I may try to get a berth on another boat to do Lord Howe again but to tell the truth, having skippered my own boat on the Rally twice, I am not that keen to go again. Last year when Havefun and I got back I said "I'm not doing that again". It was a quick passage, both ways, but the conditions made it a hard marathon. Within a week of getting back I was keen to fix the boat and do it again. This year wasn't as trying but even so I have not regained the passion to go again. I did skipper a Cole 43 two years ago, we didn't get there due to a broken rudder but if the opportunity was to come again???

If my passion returns before someone buys her ...... Never say never.

Sectorsteve said...
My tophats moored in woodford bay. If you ever wanna take her out you can. I live in southern highlands now.

What a top offer, thank you. Tophats are a favourite of mine and Woodford isn't far from where we plan to be. I'll keep in touch.

Youre welcome. Im sure by you taking her out youd have some top tips and i love her to be used especially by someone with uour experience. Currently moored barrenjoey head on courtesy mooring maybe for tonight....lovely.

In reply to samsturdy, who dropped by on his lovely boat a couple of weeks ago, yes I plan to stay on the forum. I learn a lot here and enjoy many of the topics.
As Cisco said on a previous post, as we were leaving Lord Howe I said "I love this boat". I do, but I just can't use it enough. I'm not rich enough to have it to use a couple of times a year.

andy59 said...
Its good buying at $55K for a well sorted, well maintained and seaworthy S and S 34. I hope it finds a good home MB.

Thanks Andy. Ill crew with you to Lord Howe in a few years :-).

A few people have contacted me about MB so I said I'd put some more details on Seabreeze. Here goes.
The inventory is as follows:
Steering and rig
• Fleming 401 wind vane,
• Simrad TP32 tiller pilot,
• Profurl furler (2011),
• 135% furling heady (2011),
• main (2013),
• standing rigging replaced by Joe Walsh end 2005, and assessed by a rigger in October 2015,
• inner forestay for a storm jib/staysail,
• trisail,
• drifter sail for easy light downwind sailing,
• No3 headsail suitable to put on the inner forestay as a spare headsail,
• Boom tent.
Mechanicals
• Sole 20hp 3 cyl engine in excellent low hours condition (injection pump and injectors replaced in 2012 after the marina put petrol in with my diesel and then rebuilt the engine for me),
• near new shaft with two bearings and a dripless Volvo gland,
• near new Gori 2 blade folding 15 * 10 prop.
Hull
• Bottom sides soda blasted 5 years ago and reepoxied. The hull was totally clear of osmosis or other problems with the glass.
Interior
• Factory internal fitout in very nice condition,
• 300 litres of water in 3 stainless tanks,
• 80 litre stainless diesel tank,
• 12 volt Waeco fridge in the ice box (it is so efficient it will freeze if turned above 3 out of 8 settings),
• new Dometic metho stove,
• BBQ (heat bead) for the pushpit,
• Pressure hot and cold water,
• Shower in heads area,
• Spares and tools for engine, toilet, Simrad and general use,
• electric macerating toilet with two spares kits (the toilet stopped working the other day and I am still investigating, will be fixed/replaced).
Navigation and safety
• 30lb CQR with 20 metres of chain and 100 metres of nylon rode,
• spare 30lb Manson CQR with 12 metres of chain and 100 metres poly prop rode,
• Grapnel anchor for kedging,
• integrated Garmin GPS (an older unit but very effective),
• east coast paper charts from Queensland to Eden and Lord Howe Island,
• Plastimo offshore 6 person life raft (just out of service but assessed as in excellent condition at the last Survitec service),
• safety items including Burke life sling, throw bags, flares, boarding rope ladder, medical/first aid supplies,
• electric auto bilge pump,
• two manual bilge pumps,
• epirb (406 non GPS),
• Para drogue and rode,
• bolt cutters (to cut away standing rigging in an emergency),
• new dodger,
• hard 7ft tender dinghy and oars.
Plus whatever I've missed.