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Created by theselkie > 9 months ago, 21 Nov 2018
Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
25 Sep 2021 8:57AM
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ridingsails said..

Ramona said..
There has been a price reduction on this SS34. Looks like a tall rig on a Mk 1 hull. Electric motor for all you greenies!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1281639016?campaign=DM297069&utm_content=&utm_source=trigger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=watchlist_pricedrop



SS34 is at the top of my list, and of course, it's locked down in Sydney! :(

Does anyone here know if the SS34 association is still running? I sent an email and got no reply.


They are still going. Just had their annual general meeting. I'm not sure whether it's worth joining these days and paying a fee for something that is covered everywhere else for free. If you have any particular queries just ask Morningbird.

I'm just curious to how this SS34 repowered by an electric motor sells.

julesmoto
NSW, 1237 posts
25 Sep 2021 9:25AM
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Prices of yachts still seem to be going up. When I was looking for my North Shore 38 six to nine months ago 70000 got you a nice one with slightly run down ones in the 50s. Now there is one at $155000 and another at $115000 and average seems to be about 90. The only ones down around the old average price of 70000 have been for sale for ages and probably have something wrong with them.
www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/northshore/?keywords=38

jbarnes85
VIC, 283 posts
25 Sep 2021 7:30PM
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A 54 foot hunter for $28k. I'd be tempted if I still lived in Sydney. The cost of keeping a 54 ft would be unbearable though.

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/hunter-54/267144

psychomub
440 posts
26 Sep 2021 5:19AM
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A 54 foot hunter for $28k. I'd be tempted if I still lived in Sydney. The cost of keeping a 54 ft would be unbearable though.

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/hunter-54/267144



I looked at that...

If you read reviews of the boats on Cruisers Forums it appears they are a pretty crap build.

What it needs is someone to spend , say $300k and many hundreds of hours on it so they can have a boat worth $150k.

Also, if you ever need a marina berth , expect some difficulty finding one and be prepared to spend $$$$.

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
26 Sep 2021 8:41AM
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jbarnes85 said..
A 54 foot hunter for $28k. I'd be tempted if I still lived in Sydney. The cost of keeping a 54 ft would be unbearable though.

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/hunter-54/267144


That's actually good value. Easy repair with the cabin sole and the engine won't have much wrong with it. Worst-case scenario replace with a short motor. I personally would have trouble spending 10 grand on it! Good deck gear and a self tacking headsail. If you are a pensioner living away from Sydney in NSW the mooring fees would be reasonable {pay only 50%}.
The downside is the size and draft. Two deep for the local slips. Gear would be heavy, take two blokes the carry a full battened mainsail! Costs of sail replacement would be eye-watering. But that's a nice teak interior and the hull and deck would look like new after a Metal Gleam scrub.

ridingsails
QLD, 3 posts
26 Sep 2021 10:28PM
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Ramona said..

ridingsails said..


Ramona said..
There has been a price reduction on this SS34. Looks like a tall rig on a Mk 1 hull. Electric motor for all you greenies!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/1281639016?campaign=DM297069&utm_content=&utm_source=trigger&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=watchlist_pricedrop




SS34 is at the top of my list, and of course, it's locked down in Sydney! :(

Does anyone here know if the SS34 association is still running? I sent an email and got no reply.



They are still going. Just had their annual general meeting. I'm not sure whether it's worth joining these days and paying a fee for something that is covered everywhere else for free. If you have any particular queries just ask Morningbird.

I'm just curious to how this SS34 repowered by an electric motor sells.


I'm curious to see what system they installed - motor, batteries, solar, charger - and how it performs.

morts
WA, 172 posts
27 Sep 2021 8:54AM
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Had a browse the other week & saw the last yacht my dad owned has come up for sail. Great fun boat going downwind

Pity I don't have a spare 30K

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/stu-ward-ward-34/261602

julesmoto
NSW, 1237 posts
27 Sep 2021 7:11PM
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morts said..
Had a browse the other week & saw the last yacht my dad owned has come up for sail. Great fun boat going downwind

Pity I don't have a spare 30K

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/stu-ward-ward-34/261602


Very clean look inside. That's the way to sell a boat. When I was looking I saw a few boats for sale by people in their 80s that had every book and piece of equipment that they had collected over the last 40 years. The clutter traps smells too.

Azure305
NSW, 393 posts
27 Sep 2021 8:13PM
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Very clean look inside. That's the way to sell a boat. When I was looking I saw a few boats for sale by people in their 80s that had every book and piece of equipment that they had collected over the last 40 years. The clutter traps smells too.




.....aaah yes, but when you're selling it's not a 'smell', its merely a 'slight odour'!

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
3 Oct 2021 5:29PM
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Good value East Coast 31. Unusual to have a quarter berth in these.

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/eastcoast-31-popular-and-capable-cruiser-racer/267430

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
3 Oct 2021 5:32PM
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Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
6 Oct 2021 8:55AM
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This one seems to be a bit cheap. Not sure what's going on here!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/belmont/sail-boats/adams-31/1282486079

samsturdy
NSW, 1659 posts
6 Oct 2021 9:19AM
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If he doesn't know the condition of the sails and the dodger has rotted away then it looks like its just sat on it's mooring for a very long time.

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
6 Oct 2021 6:05PM
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If he doesn't know the condition of the sails and the dodger has rotted away then it looks like its just sat on it's mooring for a very long time.


The engine has had a coat of paint. I think if it was 15 grand it would be cheap. Secondhand Kubota is worth a couple of grand and a new furler is about what he is asking for the lot.

r13
NSW, 1430 posts
6 Oct 2021 6:25PM
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This A31 is going to go quickly obviously - probably as we speak. A few weekends work for a crew of 2-3 (including one of them diving for a few hours) would have it sparkling.

Or you could have this for 10x the price and it has the inferior sail drive - assuming the $3.8k one has shaft drive which photo 10 indicates to be the case, be good if it had a folding prop also.............

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/adams-31/259149

Or Plum Crazy for even more

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/manly/sail-boats/plum-crazy/1275079371

lydia
1659 posts
6 Oct 2021 4:56PM
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r13 said..
This A31 is going to go quickly obviously - probably as we speak. A few weekends work for a crew of 2-3 (including one of them diving for a few hours) would have it sparkling.

Or you could have this for 10x the price and it has the inferior sail drive - assuming the $3.8k one has shaft drive which photo 10 indicates to be the case, be good if it had a folding prop also.............

www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/adams-31/259149

Or Plum Crazy for even more

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/manly/sail-boats/plum-crazy/1275079371



Plum is cheap at that.
Iconic boat in great condition with new engine

DrogueOne
VIC, 197 posts
7 Oct 2021 7:33PM
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r13 said..
This A31 is going to go quickly obviously - probably as we speak.


gone now. I was thinking the seller missed a zero. Who knows the back story, perhaps owned by a relative and just wanted it gone. Someone got a good start on their boat if it was at the listed price.

Craig66
NSW, 2436 posts
9 Oct 2021 11:51AM
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www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/hunters-hill/sail-boats/32-yacht/1267560610



"paid 3k 12 months ago
All the extra work is free.
So it's a good deal."

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
10 Oct 2021 8:25AM
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Going to need 4 litres of metal gleam on this one!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/taranganba/sail-boats/1979-clansman-30-sloop-blue-water-sailer/1282722458

r13
NSW, 1430 posts
10 Oct 2021 5:31PM
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Did you mean to type 40...............

See here a Cav30 with fractional rig. Used to own a sister ship - really top boats. Walk through transom a godsend............

yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/cavalier-30/267724

cisco
QLD, 12311 posts
12 Oct 2021 4:00PM
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The Cav 30 being a stern extended version of the Cav 28, can you tell us if the 30 performs significantly better than the 28??

r13
NSW, 1430 posts
12 Oct 2021 9:31PM
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Depends what you mean by "significantly better".

The 28 only came in masthead rig version. The 30 was done in mhead and fractional - not as many of the latter as far as I am aware. I don't know the sail areas of the two 30 versions compared to the 28 but would guess they might be a bit more. The version above and one which I had was fractional - so longer luff and boom mainsail, and looks like the mast was stepped a bit further fwd for the 30 fractional rig as is usual for a fractional rig due to the bigger mainsail to control the sail area centre of effort point compared to the centre of lateral resistance - even accounting for the extra 2ft on the stern.

sailboatdata.com/sailboat/cavalier-28

The fractional rig gives the advantage of being able to sail upwind reasonably well with just the main - most mhead rigs don't sail upwind well with just the main. A fractional rig yacht in the 24-30ft range is so easy to sail single handed with full main and no3 jib. And the walk through transom obviously makes it so easy to get on and off from dinghy.

I would say the 30 fractional sailed better than the mhd 30 and 28 but probably not a lot in it - imho the 30 fractional fastest due to extra waterline and better more tunable rig, 30 mhd next due to extra waterline, then 28.

cisco
QLD, 12311 posts
12 Oct 2021 10:27PM
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I guess my question was directed at the length. Different rig configureations make it a new ball game.

From the look of the 30 hull I don't think there would be much more waterline length even when heeled. Between a 30 and a 28 with the same rig I don't think there would be much in it.

They are both beautiful looking boats and I would be happy to own either.

sydchris
NSW, 387 posts
13 Oct 2021 8:39PM
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Alas slightly out of my price bracket, and technically a project as it is unfinished, but...impressive!

www.vicsail.com/used-boats/hoek-classic-78ft-ketch/

julesmoto
NSW, 1237 posts
14 Oct 2021 8:21AM
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Just pray that there are no copper wire offcuts lurking in the bilge or the bottom of a locker somewhere

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
14 Oct 2021 8:52AM
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Just pray that there are no copper wire offcuts lurking in the bilge or the bottom of a locker somewhere


My mate with the 42 foot alloy Cole has found lead sinkers and all sorts of tools and bits of stuff scattered about in the bilges and the alloy which is unpainted looks new.

julesmoto
NSW, 1237 posts
14 Oct 2021 4:52PM
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Just pray that there are no copper wire offcuts lurking in the bilge or the bottom of a locker somewhere






My mate with the 42 foot alloy Cole has found lead sinkers and all sorts of tools and bits of stuff scattered about in the bilges and the alloy which is unpainted looks new.





That's reassuring especially with a boat that has probably had many owners messing about with it. I was under the impression that small little bits of metal offcuts on the wrong side of the periodic table of aluminium could cause electrolysis to eat
a hole through an aluminium hull quite easily.

troubadour
NSW, 317 posts
14 Oct 2021 8:37PM
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julesmoto said..














Just pray that there are no copper wire offcuts lurking in the bilge or the bottom of a locker somewhere







My mate with the 42 foot alloy Cole has found lead sinkers and all sorts of tools and bits of stuff scattered about in the bilges and the alloy which is unpainted looks new.






That's reassuring especially with a boat that has probably had many owners messing about with it. I was under the impression that small little bits of metal offcuts on the wrong side of the periodic table of aluminium could cause electrolysis to eat
a hole through an aluminium hull quite easily.


As long as the bilge is clean and dry no problem

Ramona
NSW, 7404 posts
16 Oct 2021 6:14PM
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Ideal harbour sailer. One of Jonathon's specials. I like the look of this one.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/165128066472?hash=item26726655a8:g:AeQAAOSwZIRhZ8iE



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