Not fair

[Blueboatman]

There were 2 keels for the Starlight 30. The one off Starlights we built, one was lead and the other was cast iron. The lead keel had a maximum thickness of 6" and required a stainless steel keel bolt frame to be cast within the lead, otherwise the keel could not support the weight of the boat if dried out against a wall. The cast iron keel weighed the same but had a maximum thickness of 10" and had stainless steel keel bolts tapped into the casting.

I agree with Blueboatman, you would be unlikely to loose any money on a Starlight 30 but even just sitting aboard this summer will improve your well being hugely - not to mention the smile you would have!

I found your earlier post on this very same design - and most illuminating it was too -and I think the example alluded to then was , as now, the north country one I linked to and currently advertised ..
Starlight 30 (not 35 or 39)
It looks a fabulous sailing boat( for anyone ).

The OP comes across as one who really really wants to buy a boat!

Sometimes in life I believe you just have to do something . . And then every thing else just falls into line behind that - when you then look back .. did I really do that?
But you cannot know that until you start the process ..
Etc 🕶
I am going to take the liberty of renaming this thread .
Not ‘it’s not fair’
But-
A Fair Price for a Very Fair Boat

 

[Concerto]

I found your earlier post on this very same design - and most illuminating it was too -and I think the example alluded to then was , as now, the north country one I linked to and currently advertised ..
It looks a fabulous sailing boat( for anyone ).

The OP comes across as one who really really wants to buy a boat!

Sometimes in life I believe you just have to do something . . And then every thing else just falls into line behind that - when you then look back .. did I really do that?
But you cannot know that until you start the process ..
Etc 🕶
I am going to take the liberty of renaming this thread .
Not ‘it’s not fair’
But-
A Fair Price for a Very Fair Boat

My late father always said that it was better to make a decision, even if it was wrong one, than making no decision at all.

Wansworth might follow this advice. At the moment he is not making a decision on any yacht and this has been going on for a long time. Currently he is using health concerns, which seem more short term from his replies, to stop buying a boat. The bit about his daughter being unemployed at present should be looked upon as a bonus. She could certainly help with some of the maintenance on a new to him boat and possibly crew as well. To me that would be a double bonus rather than having a daughter who could never help or go sailing due to work commitments.

 

[Blueboatman]

My late father always said that it was better to make a decision, even if it was wrong one, than making no decision at all.

Wansworth might follow this advice. At the moment he is not making a decision on any yacht and this has been going on for a long time. Currently he is using health concerns, which seem more short term from his replies, to stop buying a boat. The bit about his daughter being unemployed at present should be looked upon as a bonus. She could certainly help with some of the maintenance on a new to him boat and possibly crew as well. To me that would be a double bonus rather than having a daughter who could never help or go sailing due to work commitments.

Spot on

 

[Wansworth]

Thankyou all for you posts but as a rational thinking person I must also think of my wife who is not inthe best of health,come the summer all will be clear and a sensible plan can be errplanned …….I acknowledge that this is a bit of a saga ,me buying aboat but it’s the way things,In my youth Iwas buying boats with almost gay abandone but circumstances are such that prudence is called for

 

[Concerto]

Thankyou all for you posts but as a rational thinking person I must also think of my wife who is not inthe best of health,come the summer all will be clear and a sensible plan can be errplanned …….I acknowledge that this is a bit of a saga ,me buying aboat but it’s the way things,In my youth Iwas buying boats with almost gay abandone but circumstances are such that prudence is called for

Who is Prudence? Is that your daughter's name?

 

[Bouba]

Thankyou all for you posts but as a rational thinking person I must also think of my wife who is not inthe best of health,come the summer all will be clear and a sensible plan can be errplanned …….I acknowledge that this is a bit of a saga ,me buying aboat but it’s the way things,In my youth Iwas buying boats with almost gay abandone but circumstances are such that prudence is called for

Not having first mate as crew because of health problems has ended many boating careers…and in my book it’s the ONLY valid excuse…so fair enough.
A small rib kept in the water so it doesn’t need launching, with a reliable outboard on the back…it may not be sailing but it’s on the water. It can be any size…to fit any budget. On a sunny day, nothing could be better, take your mates out..even take your wife she becomes a passenger not crew.
Many a yottie has gone to the dark side when they get old….and then realise that they wasted their whole life

 

[Blueboatman]

….”and then realise that they wasted their whole life ”

You were doing so well until that last sentence -a life sentence ?

 

[Bouba]

….”and then realise that they wasted their whole life ”

You were doing so well until that last sentence -a life sentence ?

If I can kick yottie while wearing Dubarry boots...all the better

 

[LittleSister]

Who is Prudence? Is that your daughter's name?

It's the name for his new boat!

Give him credit, it show's he's made a start on his intended return to boating.