Hi all, just thought I'd let you know where Baz (my husband) and I are in terms of our plans. And ask another question too.
We're full steam ahead with renos to the house pre-sale, as we want to get as much for her as we can. Reason being is we have decided to go all in with our investment and sell the house. So leaving
money aside for
boat repairs and a few years to live without
income if necessary, we are going all out for a more expensive
boat. This will allow us to get a newer one, and after a lot more
research, we've decided on a
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey - either a 45ft, or 43DS. In our sights now are SVs ranging around the $120,000 mark (c/f the original $50,000 range).
Of course, being in
Australia, we've realised that boats here seem to be considerably more expensive than if we
purchase overseas, and after looking at world wide yacht
sale sites, we've seen a greater choice of vessels. So we are totally prepared to travel to
Europe to buy.
Ruling out
charter boats - and aren't there a lot of them? - there are a few owner yachts that we are sifting through. Obviously we won't be in a position to buy until we've
sold the house but we are now looking at some of the other practicalities, such as
shipping our
scuba diving gear (including new tanks) to where the boat that we eventually buy is.
Our question is: Can anyone recommend a transport company that will ship from
Australia to
Europe - probably quoting on
size of shipment rather than weight as the
scuba stuff is pretty heavy?
I tell you what, even though we're still in the house painting/reno stage, it is getting very exciting!!
Thank you,
Aannsha and Barry