Sometimes things just line up...

From somewhere in Queensland...
Five months later and that same boat is back on the market.
The guy who beat me to it last time has been busy working on it.  He's given her a new paint job and repaired or replaced almost all the boats systems. 
Bill said he bought it "for the potential"....    but now his life has changed and he has a brand new catamaran tied up to his dock.   

 

It certainly looks flash......  and here is Bill the seller
 

You will notice he is wearing a singlet and flannie.  He is a fellow bogun pirate.   I'll have to pay a small premium for all his hard work but, it is all ready to go. 



Now it's a case of...

 why the #%$! not?


The contract has been signed and the deposit has been paid. Going to have it surveyed, rig checked and then come back for a sea trial.  This should take about a month.
 

April 2012 The first post

This Blog is to keep you up to date with what I am up to. 
Let's see if I can up load a photograph...

Well, that was easy.
When things go eventually horribly wrong this is my "David Hicks" photograph that can be used by the media to lambaste my character.  Should I also include one with a puppy just in case I become a victim?  Hell no...

 

The Plan

Five years ago things were looking pretty good. The business was ticking along, kids all grown up and independence was staring us down.  Sue bought into a the idea to get a boat and go around the outside of Australia and check out all those little places that we had seen from the shore.  The plan was to wait until 2015, cash in the super, buy a fancy catamaran in Queensland and sail it back home...

Life has a funny way of turning to shit when you're feeling smug.

Needless to say, I'm now in that categoreey who say "even if you have to go cheap, go now".
Deadline : December 2012
Task:  Find and set up boat to motor sail around Australia.
Budjet: 100k
Experience: Nil
Performance Indicators:  Do I look like I care? 

 

The New Plan

Do it.

At the moment I'm looking for another boat to buy as the Catamaran I was keen on sunk. It supposedly hit a submerged sea container.  I think it was insured for more than I was going to pay...

Anyway, this is the one that looks like it could be the top pick so far...

 It has everything I am looking for including a new engine.  The only major downside is it's interior plan but you can't have everything, can you?

Off to Brisbane at the end of May to have a look at this and a couple of others.