Blueboatman
Well-Known Member
I like the bin it approach that I used to ascribe -correctly or incorrectly- to intrepid early French circumnavigation doing it on a micro budget yet happily sailing Micronesia and further!
If it breaks, bin it ?
And don’t replace it
It’s a bold and unusual idea these days of built in this, that and digital, mechanised , automated , climate controlled everything on board one yacht .
But imagine a Moody 36 ( with great steering)
Sound rigging and 3 or 4 new sails ( hank on not roller furling of course ?)
A dinghy with a smelly old big 2 stroke to push the boat in and out of anchorages..
and no tankage, no loo, no through hulls, no electronic refit , no rewire, fridge, nice restored joinery , fancy charging systems nor electric windlass , no blown air heating, no expensive marine varnish and teak trim, bespoke mattresses, mood lighting, none of that ..
Then I reckon the hypothetical £5k boat could be and remain a £5k world girdler! But of course not every potential crew will be chomping at the bit to sign up for a cruise .. you would , otoh , be sailing not repairing, and almost certainly would get that £5k back when you come to sell .
And you would not be fixing stuff in exotic anchorages endlessly …?
Or spending 15% annually of a VERY large capital outlay on maintenance and replacement and depreciation ..
If it breaks, bin it ?
And don’t replace it
It’s a bold and unusual idea these days of built in this, that and digital, mechanised , automated , climate controlled everything on board one yacht .
But imagine a Moody 36 ( with great steering)
Sound rigging and 3 or 4 new sails ( hank on not roller furling of course ?)
A dinghy with a smelly old big 2 stroke to push the boat in and out of anchorages..
and no tankage, no loo, no through hulls, no electronic refit , no rewire, fridge, nice restored joinery , fancy charging systems nor electric windlass , no blown air heating, no expensive marine varnish and teak trim, bespoke mattresses, mood lighting, none of that ..
Then I reckon the hypothetical £5k boat could be and remain a £5k world girdler! But of course not every potential crew will be chomping at the bit to sign up for a cruise .. you would , otoh , be sailing not repairing, and almost certainly would get that £5k back when you come to sell .
And you would not be fixing stuff in exotic anchorages endlessly …?
Or spending 15% annually of a VERY large capital outlay on maintenance and replacement and depreciation ..
