70-80ft yacht in need of restoration

[dave_curnock]

Any body got any ideas where we can find a 70-80ft classic wooden yacht in need of restoration? we are looking for a new project for a charity having recently finished our first, a Morgan giles 43 named Leopard.
any help would be greatfully received.
Dave

 

[Moonsurfer]

Strathnairn needs some love and attention. She's waiting for a new owner in the Netherlands. About 66 ft. Asking price arond 23.000 GBP.
I've found her on a broker site : www.scheepszaken.nl
You'll find more pictures on this site.
Good luck with your quest !

 

[monkey_trousers]

thats a lot of money, for what she probably needs now

with wheelhouse

plenty of old fishing boats about at a lot less money than that. There's one going for nowt next to us at the minute, in probably the same sort of state as strathnairn

 

[burgundyben]

She's a good looking ship, but 23 grand?!? Not a chance.

 

[sarabande]

it would be very helpful if you could give some background on the charity, please. It helps to put such requests in context, and can act as a pump primer.

 

[mtb]

blimey

nice from a distance but every foot nearer you get, the price goes up !

bet you could spend over 100 k to convert it
still yummy though
the 23k is 4 times what I'd price it at, have you tried
http://www.findafishingboat.com/boats-for-sale-mfvs-15.html


cheers
Mick

 

[DoubleEnder]

Leopard

Is that the ex RNSA yacht that was used as a sea school boat in the Solent? Who has her now? She didnt seem to need much restoration when I was on board maybe 4 years ago . . . .

Graham

 

[pyrojames]

Perhaps something like this?

http://www.syescapade.com/index.html

 

[velakonradin]

restoration

Hi pyrosjames,

sincerely, that's a restoration project I would be glad to get...if I wasn't in Africa...good to fullfil the boring weekends here...

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Check this link I posted a few months ago. She's still available for someone with lots of time and deep pockets for the restoration.

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=212730

I've got some more photos knocking around somewhere. If I can find them I'll post them.

 

[wsteer]

Leopard

Dave,
Where is Leopard based now? A lovely yacht, I went sailing on her when Select Sailing owned her. Is she still available for charter/courses?