PerfWise said...
Ah, definitely busted the price, I got a different ship! Thanks for pointing that out because you make me think I am getting a great bargain. Mine is 10 years older but with nothing to do (well...almost nothing 8<)...) and has an interior of solid Queensland maple which makes the one you sent over look pretty cheap by comparison. Mine was built by NQEA up in Cairns, supplier to the Navy and builder of megayachts. And I even got a little off the asking price:
http://www.australiawide.com/list-boats.php?dealer=australiawide&ToDo=show_details&cate=Sail_mono&de=117406
Again: Thanks for pointing that one out: made my day!
...russ
Ah yes!! Cadenza Blue, originally just called Cadenza. The original owner was some sort of preacher.
When I got my money in about 1990 I looked at buying this yacht at Lawrie's Marina Mooloolaba for $95,000. It was the only yacht in the marina that
sparkled.
She is one of the early ones and built and fitted true to the plans. The fit out is excellent.
She has the deep keel, spade rudder original design configuration which will give her excellent windward abilities. This is an IOR Rule style of hull which was current in the late 70s. The IOR rule had not gone too crazy then and they were and still are great yachts.
Instead of buying Cadenza for $95,000, I bought a sister ship to this yacht for $75,000, in survey for charter work.
www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-for-sale/boatdetails.aspx?R=10457348I still ponder whether I made the right decision back then. Regardless, I have no regrets. It is about personal circumstances, not the yachts.
Cadenza did visit Bundaberg some years ago with the then owners. I asked them what they had been doing with the yacht and they informed me that they had done a fair bit of Bass Strait cruising.
That was interesting so I asked what their strategy was in heavy weather. Their reply was that they dropped everything, hoisted the working jib and sailed on. She did not have the aft gantry for solar panels etc then. I am not a fan of all that windage. There are better ways to do it.
Since then I have spoken with a guy who sailed on that yacht out of Ballina racing and on alternate weeks on an S&S 34 against Cadenza. He said there was little to pick in performance between the two except that the S&S might own the lighter airs and the VDS the heavier airs.
If I had the choice to make today between Cadenza and Sun Burst, the alloy Peterson would get my vote every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
The Peterson might look daunting but I assure you from personal experience that it can be handled by one person between mooring and dock and most likely under sail as well though I never had the opportunity to try that.
Two of us handled her easily in charter work and cruising.
Forget the fit out and think of the yacht and the sailing. Most of your life will be on deck unless you are in the fjords of Norway You only go below to sleep, cook or ablute (use the dunny) if it is too cold or windy up top.
I have owned a Peterson which I sailed for 5 years and currently own A VDS 34 and an S&S 34 neither of which I have sailed yet (working on it).
Peterson IOR 2 tonners are really exciting boats to sail.
I suggest if your heart is set on Cadenza, you adjust your offer to $45,000.
If they object, show them Sun Burst at $25,000 and tell them you are quite happy to spend $20,000 on her to get her right.
It is up to you but that is what I would be doing if I really wanted to own Cadenza which I don't and would not.
I wan't to own Sun Burst but three yachts would be a definite divorce situation and I can't afford that.
