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Donk107
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23 Apr 2018 7:36pm
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don
SandS
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23 Apr 2018 9:54pm
thats in the top 10 !!
andy59
andy59
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23 Apr 2018 11:46pm
Wouldn't it be great if owning a few boats made sense
Bananabender
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24 Apr 2018 8:21am
Donk107 said..
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don


Really lovely. That fold out SS basin in the head brings back memories travelling in the train from Melb. to Bendigo as a kid.
normster
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24 Apr 2018 4:21pm
both good finds
FreeRadical
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Ramona
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24 Apr 2018 6:33pm


Stunning boat but sold! Surprised she is alloy! That must have been an incredibly expensive boat when she was built.
termite
termite
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24 Apr 2018 6:51pm
She is a real beauty Don.

This is my dreamboat. Been for sale for two years at least and I can't believe she has not sold.

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/herreshoff-mobjack/172262

Bill
valo
valo
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25 Apr 2018 12:26pm
Donk107 said..
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don


So How much would a boat like this cost to maintain if you paid someone else to do it all?
UncleBob
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25 Apr 2018 1:52pm
Donk107 said..
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don


Careful, your superb taste is showing!
Unbelievable boat at unimaginable price point.
If I didn't have my fisher I would be visiting Tasmania in the near future.
SandS
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25 Apr 2018 4:18pm
valo said..

Donk107 said..
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don



So How much would a boat like this cost to maintain if you paid someone else to do it all?


1 squillion boat $
Donk107
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25 Apr 2018 5:49pm
Hi all

I am curious as to how it would sail or would it be a motor sailor

I have never sailed on a gaff rigged boat and only once on a boat with running back stays

Regards Don
Lazzz
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25 Apr 2018 7:24pm
Donk107 said..
Hi all

I am curious as to how it would sail or would it be a motor sailor

I have never sailed on a gaff rigged boat and only once on a boat with running back stays

Regards Don


Go on Don - just buy it. You know you want to. You have your mates boat for going fast!!
You will then be the envy of most of us here!!
Ringle
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25 Apr 2018 8:12pm
Ramona said..

Donk107 said..
Hi all

Saw this on the net and thought it was interesting

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/timber-yacht-superbly-built-maintained/214496

Regards Don



It's nice but I have this in my saved list.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/launceston/sail-boats/huon-pine-yacht/1181113059


You have a Currawong!! Very hard to better that.
Ringle
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25 Apr 2018 8:20pm


When I was a kid Pacha appeared around the point at Hallet's Beach in Broken Bay in the early morning sun and I fell in love. In those days a Northerner 28 was the latest everyman's boat, Dave Ingall's `Gidgee' was sexy as and `Meltemi', `Stormy Petrel" and `Boomerang' were the latest in sailing technology.

Even Wild Oats couldn't elicit the same reaction in me years later in the early 2000s when she was launched.
Donk107
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25 Apr 2018 9:44pm
Lazzz said..




Donk107 said..
Hi all

I am curious as to how it would sail or would it be a motor sailor

I have never sailed on a gaff rigged boat and only once on a boat with running back stays

Regards Don






Go on Don - just buy it. You know you want to. You have your mates boat for going fast!!
You will then be the envy of most of us here!!





Hi Lazz

I keep looking at the advert and thinking I like that boat a lot but she is not the kind of boat I would normally look at so I am a bit confused at the moment

I like to turn the motor off as soon as possible after leaving the mooring so I might get frustrated if I had a boat that didn't sail well

Regards Don
Ramona
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26 Apr 2018 7:58am
Donk107 said..

Hi Lazz

I keep looking at the advert and thinking I like that boat a lot but she is not the kind of boat I would normally look at so I am a bit confused at the moment

I like to turn the motor off as soon as possible after leaving the mooring so I might get frustrated if I had a boat that didn't sail well

Regards Don


It's a lovely boat and would make a good cruiser. Probably not a boat to just day sail for fun. Need a good breeze to get going and would sail well off the wind. Close hauled I reckon you would need the motor. The owner of this would probably spend most of his time sitting around in comfortable anchorages commenting on various forums of the virtues of various bristles in varnishing brushes!
lydia
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26 Apr 2018 7:19am
Great Tassie cruising boat save for one big issue.
30hp engine, replace it with 60hp.
A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.
SandS
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26 Apr 2018 6:22pm
lydia said..
Great Tassie cruising boat save for one big issue.
30hp engine, replace it with 60hp.
A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.


spot on ! def under powered !
Donk107
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26 Apr 2018 8:53pm
Ramona said..


Donk107 said..

Hi Lazz

I keep looking at the advert and thinking I like that boat a lot but she is not the kind of boat I would normally look at so I am a bit confused at the moment

I like to turn the motor off as soon as possible after leaving the mooring so I might get frustrated if I had a boat that didn't sail well

Regards Don




It's a lovely boat and would make a good cruiser. Probably not a boat to just day sail for fun. Need a good breeze to get going and would sail well off the wind. Close hauled I reckon you would need the motor. The owner of this would probably spend most of his time sitting around in comfortable anchorages commenting on various forums of the virtues of various bristles in varnishing brushes!



Hi Ramona

Thanks for your thoughts

I think i enjoy the act of sailing too much and fiddling with things to get the boat pointing higher or sailing faster to buy a boat boat that is biased towards down wind sailing

Regards Don
cisco
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26 Apr 2018 9:00pm
Ramona said..
The owner of this would probably spend most of his time sitting around in comfortable anchorages commenting on various forums of the virtues of various bristles in varnishing brushes!


I think you picked that one like a dirty nostril except I don't think the owner would have time to discuss the virtues of various bristles in varnishing brushes because he will be spending all his time using them!!
saintpeter
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26 Apr 2018 9:30pm
In keeping with my tradition of posting slightly off-topic:

These old wooden gaffers can be surprisingly adventurous. We met up with this old girl in Patagonia in March '16:
www.arved-fuchs.de/en/about-us/dagmar-aaen

They were returning from the Antarctic Peninsula and chasing penguins at Ilas Diego Ramirez.
All ropes and lines were hemp, and no winches!! And the fo'castle bunks were cupboards (a young German lass showed us how one would retire). The engine was a 3-cylinder, with a distinctive beat - dit.dit.dit.dah. .....

But back to the real world for most of us.
Andrew68
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27 Apr 2018 1:18pm
lydia said..
Great Tassie cruising boat save for one big issue.
30hp engine, replace it with 60hp.
A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.


A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.

Gee whiz thats a beast to put in your beautiful little boat. My 30' 4000kg Currawong has a Yamnar 2GM20 and I couldn't imagine having a larger motor. The little Yamnar takes her up to almost 7 knots at full throttle and it will push Currawong against an ebb tide through the Rip (in calm conditions).

A
Windancer
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4 May 2018 10:36am
I would call that boat a "Dream boat"...The dream of owning it and the reality of owning it are two different perspectives.
Still we all can dream. And that costs zip!
I'm off to bed.
MorningBird
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4 May 2018 4:16pm
I like the boat Don has put up but too much work for me.
My interesting yacht is this one, pre dodger.




lydia
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4 May 2018 5:27pm
Andrew68 said..

lydia said..
Great Tassie cruising boat save for one big issue.
30hp engine, replace it with 60hp.
A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.



A 27hp three cylinder is going into Defiance and it only weights 3600kg.

Gee whiz thats a beast to put in your beautiful little boat. My 30' 4000kg Currawong has a Yamnar 2GM20 and I couldn't imagine having a larger motor. The little Yamnar takes her up to almost 7 knots at full throttle and it will push Currawong against an ebb tide through the Rip (in calm conditions).

A


I could have done with the 18hp but the 27 was only 21 kg heavier and importantly a 3 cylinder which was the real clincher.
Existing prop is feathering so easy to change the pitch.
I did want real punch through for a bit of southern cruising.
Andrew68
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5 May 2018 1:24pm
Ramona
It's nice but I have this in my saved list.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/launceston/sail-boats/huon-pine-yacht/1181113059


Ramona,

Has Swifty made your saved list yet ?Looks like an interesting boat. Potentially good value for money.

I wonder what Robert was trying to achieve when he designed this one ?



yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/hick-43-short-handed-cruiser-racer/214116
Ramona
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5 May 2018 5:22pm
Andrew68 said..

Ramona,

Has Swifty made your saved list yet ?Looks like an interesting boat. Potentially good value for money.

I wonder what Robert was trying to achieve when he designed this one ?



https://yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/hick-43-short-handed-cruiser-racer/214116


Hell no, that's way too big for me! That kelp catching keel and deep draft would drive me crazy even if I had a football team on board to handle the bits. Good value though.
Ramona
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5 May 2018 5:37pm
If I was a little flush with cash and wanted a big boat this one appeals.

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/farr-38-ims-excellent-presentation/216833
josusa
josusa
WA
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5 May 2018 10:50pm
Really really nice Ramona I have to agree. It appeals very much to me. Very nice below too.
twodogs1969
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6 May 2018 6:32am
They both have runners. Why on earth would a cruiser want runners?
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