Cost of re-rigging a 60ft

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Hi all,

I am hoping the mass knowledge may be able to help. I’m a currently looking at a 60ft yacht that according to the broker has no date that the rigging was last replaced or serviced although it appears a lot of sail work was done 2010. I have a feeling it is going to be a full re rig.

Any ideas of cost?
Thanks in Advance.
 
Devon Boy said:
Hi all,

I am hoping the mass knowledge may be able to help. I’m a currently looking at a 60ft yacht that according to the broker has no date that the rigging was last replaced or serviced although it appears a lot of sail work was done 2010. I have a feeling it is going to be a full re rig.

Any ideas of cost?
Thanks in Advance.
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A lot will depend on where the boat is, how many masts, how many spreaders.

If you are anywhere near Plymouth, with a username like Devon Boy, I'd give Andy at Allspars a call.

I am a happy customer.
 
mjcoon said:
Doesn't reefing and furling mechanisms have a bearing? What laziness to specify so little other than length!
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It was a general gauge. I have never had to look at arranging the re-rigging of a yacht hence the question.

If you think you can give me a guide but require more information feel free to ask, I’m more than willing to give what if I I have!

It has a mast furled main, two furled head sails. I’m unsure of manufacturers. They are hydraulic furlers (against my better judgement) but it is a project.

Thanks.
 
Devon Boy said:
It was a general gauge. I have never had to look at arranging the re-rigging of a yacht hence the question.

If you think you can give me a guide but require more information feel free to ask, I’m more than willing to give what if I I have!

It has a mast furled main, two furled head sails. I’m unsure of manufacturers. They are hydraulic furlers (against my better judgement) but it is a project.

Thanks.
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I have never owned a yacht beyond a sailing dinghy so have no experience. But can gauge what engineering might be like. "hydraulic furlers" sounds high-tech (=expensive?) compared with what I have used. The word "project" sounds like it might need elaboration...
 
If it's a production boat, drop Z Spars an email, I've found them good to deal with and competitive on price.
Or you could work out all out yourself on the Jimmy Green website.
But if you're after an order of magnitude number out of a hat... £5-£10k??
 
It seems very unlikely that the only work needed on the mast is the rigging. I'd be taking the mast out and rewiring and possibly re-new the items on the mast, wind gear and electrics.

I had a friend with a 50' Kaufman which became a project boat and I was peripherally involved (when tasks needed 2 people). It was never really finished, but was re-rigged. If you are removing the mast then you might need a crane (depends where you do it - some travel hoists can lift it). Everything was so heavy - the mainsail took 2 simply to lift it.

You need to be young, healthy and very committed - and maybe not so interested in sailing.

or

have very big pockets as then the project can be completed with professional help.

Take care, stay safe

Jonathan
 
Kelpie said:
If it's a production boat, drop Z Spars an email, I've found them good to deal with and competitive on price.
Or you could work out all out yourself on the Jimmy Green website.
But if you're after an order of magnitude number out of a hat... £5-£10k??
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Close or even above your top end estimate. My stumpy little (10m) single spreader mast with one firler and split backstay is estimated at £2k - but no doubt will grow a bit when it happens. That is without unstepping and stepping or setting up.
 
Devon Boy said:
Hi all,

I am hoping the mass knowledge may be able to help. I’m a currently looking at a 60ft yacht that according to the broker has no date that the rigging was last replaced or serviced although it appears a lot of sail work was done 2010. I have a feeling it is going to be a full re rig.

Any ideas of cost?
Thanks in Advance.
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£20 to £30k.
 
Trouble and cost rise with the square (cube?) of the boat length. When you start using the word project, I reckon it just grows another power or two. My 8m job is quite enough, unless there's a good reason for needing - not wanting, needing - a boat that size, my advice would be to stay as far away from temptation as you can.

But then, that's always my advice for any project. If you listen, chances are you haven't got what it takes to see it through. If you have, you'll listen then go ahead anyway!
 
One of my daydreams is to buy an ‘old’ alloy clipper challenge yacht then hand it to a firm to rip out the inside and make it long distance comfortable for my family to have an extended cruise. One which Svalbard or Tobago, Tahiti or Antarctica - no matter where the urge took us, we could get there in comfort and at pace.

Then I realise I’m not a multi, multi millionaire and start looking at large Halberg Rassys as they would undoubtedly be much cheaper.
 
Stemar said:
Trouble and cost rise with the square (cube?) of the boat length.
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Somewhere between square and cube, but I'd assume cube. Buying, running and maintaining a 60' boat is likely to be 8 times the cost of a 30' boat, because it's always more expensive than you bargain for.

From Jimmy green a Sta-Lok turnbuckle with a fork at one end and a Sta-Lok terminal at the other costs £85 for 5mm wire, £104 for 6mm wire, £256 for 10mm wire and £542 for 12mm wire.
 
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I was just over 4k for a 44ft masthead twin spreader sloop with a local rigger, That was everything including stepping and chainplates. I did remove the forestay and replace the furler bearings myself though
 
Minerva said:
One of my daydreams is to buy an ‘old’ alloy clipper challenge yacht then hand it to a firm to rip out the inside and make it long distance comfortable for my family to have an extended cruise. One which Svalbard or Tobago, Tahiti or Antarctica - no matter where the urge took us, we could get there in comfort and at pace.

Then I realise I’m not a multi, multi millionaire and start looking at large Halberg Rassys as they would undoubtedly be much cheaper.
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I know of one of those for sale too ?
 
The owner of the 50' Kaufman, post 9 above, and I did wonder about buying Pasha together. We went to have a look.

Pacha Sailing

She is the aluminium equivalent of Kukri.

She was a lovely yacht (and still is) but not really the yacht to use for a day sail and not really a yacht to sail short handed. Under our ownership she would have sat idle (the death knell for any yacht) and we gave her a miss. The Kaufman 50 was sold and my friend sails Etchells frequently (he was a skiff sailor). My wife and I sail a 38' cat and are quite happy making passages of 100nm in 10 hours - just the 2 of us. I have crewed on performance cruising cats (Schionnings) where the owners cannot sail them, because they are so big, unless they have crew.

But Pasha was a bit of a project boat, she had many thousand invested in her - and then the owners sold her (never realising the benefits of their investment).

But its good that people derive pleasure from completing a project boat - it takes all sorts - and credit to them

Not for us.

Jonathan
 
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