Boat sold, so what next?

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Ex-SolentBoy

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Red Ensign yacht brokers in Falmouth have done their business so I am now without a cruising yacht.

I have a toe in the water of the dark side with a share in a motor boat, but with time on my hands perhaps I need a restoration job. Possibly something that can do the shallow water and mud that is so prevalent in England.

Any suggestions?
 
Buy one of mine, if you take the Crabber I can buy a new Caterham then :cool: 0-60 in what :eek: :D gimme gimme!

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Ex-SolentBoy said:
Red Ensign yacht brokers in Falmouth have done their business so I am now without a cruising yacht.

I have a toe in the water of the dark side with a share in a motor boat, but with time on my hands perhaps I need a restoration job. Possibly something that can do the shallow water and mud that is so prevalent in England.

Any suggestions?
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Given you had such a lovely boat, I'm curious why you sold.
 
Zagato said:
Buy one of mine, if you take the Crabber I can buy a new Caterham then :cool: 0-60 in what :eek: :D gimme gimme!

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As a 'Prisoner' fan I built one of these back in the 80's.......Ford 1600 xflow.....Mexico diff...all frigged about to fit....got it registered...Mot'd etc.....drove it for 6 mths and I convinced myself that it would kill me.....

Utter ******* of a car.....esp in the wet !

Great for track days though ...unbeatable..

No idea what they cost these days ??....mine arrived in small packages ...if...and when I could afford them...took me about a year in a cold garage to build.

A great day though when it was 'approved' and I went for my first 'Blat'....

Go for it..
 
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Given you had such a lovely boat, I'm curious why you sold.
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It's a good question. The Rustler 44 is a stunning boat, built by craftsmen and I had the pleasure of working with the team there to create it. As a boat it is capable of cruising the world, in luxury, looking after its crew, looking good and retaining its value probably better than any other cruising yacht.

In that particular respect I include Oyster Yachts who, in my personal view , despite their massive marketing spend and overt imposition and control of their second hand market, simply do not compare when it comes to resale values compared to initial costs.

Having said that, I could not justify owning a single vessel at that level of investment, for the sort of usage we anticipate. If we were going off long term cruising I would have kept it, but that is not the plan. I want some warm weather sailing (so I will charter), some local fun sailing so I will probably buy a Rustler 33, some Med cruising (so I share a stink pot), some mud plugging (so I want a project boat) and some fishing (so I share a small twin hulled beastie).

Life is too short to be saddled with one boat.

I am however not inclined to apply similar principles to my relationships, bearing in mind she reads this forum.:D
 
I can understand you going over to the dark side. A while ago, I went to power from sail. Falmouth to Guernsey under 4 hours was amazing! We had a Targa 34 and cruise speed was 30 knots, top end we could just get 40 knots on a clean bum and flat sea.

I'm back to sail now, I took early retirement and now have more time to play!

Cliff
 
Not sure I understand ' mud plugging' ? Is this a ref to plugging leaks in old tired wooden seams, or plodding up East coast rivers with 8 asthmatic horses of Stuart- Turner and a dipstick for depth control?

Congratulations ,end of an era in a way, you def need another ' best day of ownership' kind of event..RobRoy sailing canoe for total creek crawling potential, time for something completely different?
 
The cutter is pretty, but I think it will have to be something that can take the ground without falling over.

Are there any really good looking bilge keelers or cats?
 
Blueboatman said:
Not sure I understand ' mud plugging' ? Is this a ref to plugging leaks in old tired wooden seams, or plodding up East coast rivers with 8 asthmatic horses of Stuart- Turner and a dipstick for depth control?

Congratulations ,end of an era in a way, you def need another ' best day of ownership' kind of event..RobRoy sailing canoe for total creek crawling potential, time for something completely different?
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Yes, mud as in shallow rivers.

I already have one of these but cannot sleep on it!

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Ex-SolentBoy said:
It's a good question. The Rustler 44 is a stunning boat, built by craftsmen and I had the pleasure of working with the team there to create it. As a boat it is capable of cruising the world, in luxury, looking after its crew, looking good and retaining its value probably better than any other cruising yacht.

In that particular respect I include Oyster Yachts who, in my personal view , despite their massive marketing spend and overt imposition and control of their second hand market, simply do not compare when it comes to resale values compared to initial costs.

Having said that, I could not justify owning a single vessel at that level of investment, for the sort of usage we anticipate. If we were going off long term cruising I would have kept it, but that is not the plan. I want some warm weather sailing (so I will charter), some local fun sailing so I will probably buy a Rustler 33, some Med cruising (so I share a stink pot), some mud plugging (so I want a project boat) and some fishing (so I share a small twin hulled beastie).

Life is too short to be saddled with one boat.

I am however not inclined to apply similar principles to my relationships, bearing in mind she reads this forum.:D
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That makes sense to me. I once had a Moody 44, not quite as nice as the Rustler, but a good boat nonetheless. Sold it for a similar reason. Now have a Jeanneau Sun 2000 for cruising and mud plugging around the Solent, a Phantom dinghy to race with, an Albacore dinghy for easy (proper) trailer sailing with the family and when the kids are a bit older will charter in warmer climes.
 
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