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Offline Barry G

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A bugger to drag over the dunes though  ;D

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I was thinking of a trip to Lake Eyre sometime. This might fit the bill.
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I was thinking it would be an ideal specialist 'lap' rig...
* 'Big Island'
* Tassie
* EnZud
* PNG

But seriously, since seeing a full keel ketch advertised in the window of the local ships chandlers, they are seriously less expensive than I imagined.
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I was thinking it would be an ideal specialist 'lap' rig...
* 'Big Island'
* Tassie
* EnZud
* PNG

But seriously, since seeing a full keel ketch advertised in the window of the local ships chandlers, they are seriously less expensive than I imagined.


Yeah, but bear in mind the running costs; you could easily be down $40k for a set of mediocre cruising sails, round here my yacht club would hit you for nearly $15K PA to moor it and the costs go on.....

By the look of that advert she may need a bit of work done and is certainly a high displacement low speed hull, great for bad weather, but a very old design and you won't be getting anywhere fast.....

For a certain buyer it she is probably not a bad boat, but to compare her to other forms of camping you really have to look at the full cost base as a 37 year old 40' motorhome would be worth even less and have lower running costs.....

Such as this:  %26%28%28%28%28%28%28SiloType%3DDealer%20Used|SiloType%3DDealer%20New%29|SiloType%3DPrivate%20Used%29|SiloType%3DDealer%20Near%20New%29%26SaleStatus%3D[For%20Sale]%29%26Category%3D[Motorhomes%20%26%20Campers]%29%26Service%3D[Caravancampingsales]%29%29&pso=0&pss=Premium]http://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/buy/private/SSE-AD-3163170/1978-Denning-BUS?cr=2&category=motorhomes-campers&psq=%28Year%3Drange[1970..1980]%26%28%28%28%28%28%28SiloType%3DDealer%20Used|SiloType%3DDealer%20New%29|SiloType%3DPrivate%20Used%29|SiloType%3DDealer%20Near%20New%29%26SaleStatus%3D[For%20Sale]%29%26Category%3D[Motorhomes%20%26%20Campers]%29%26Service%3D[Caravancampingsales]%29%29&pso=0&pss=Premium
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Would have to wonder how much ozmosis [ rot ] is in all that old glass hull and being 13 ton if she would have to go through an MSB survey [ costs ]... MMMmmm boats = empty bank account  ;D ;D
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