Newbie from Picton N.Z.

KIWI · 26-01-2007, 20:07

Hi All,

Just joined , Great fourm ,Hoping to buy a boat in the U.S. next year 45 Gulfstar and start a world cruise, I have done the Picific so it will be the Caribbean , Med. and home via the red-sea , For the moment I still have the tiwlight seires , great fun even if it only lasts for a couple of hours.
Graham

**Kai Nui** · 26-01-2007, 21:12

Welcome aboard Graham. Always nice to see new members from the land of paradise.

northerncat · 26-01-2007, 21:29

Picific arrgh that thars a kiwi alright
sean

delmarrey · 26-01-2007, 22:47

Welcome aboard! Good to have another Kiwi aboard.

Looks like you'll be doing the opposite of me (possiblely). I'm considering buying a vessel in OZ or NZ and then sail to the Philippines.............._/)

seafox · 27-01-2007, 01:53

Why would you want to leave the Sounds?????

KIWI · 27-01-2007, 05:49

Hi Seafox,

Yes the sounds is a nice place, But, I just a very good mate around for a BBQ a while ago and said well I wont see you next year, When I asked why , He replyed , Because I'll be dead, He had cancur , Well my place goes on the market this year I used to own a 48ft Bowman that I used to cruise the pacific I was a fool sellin it the way I see it, " You are a long time dead" Thats why I'm leaving the sounds.
Graham

Alan Wheeler · 27-01-2007, 20:55

Fair'nuff. Go for it and I wish you all the best.
But why buy in the US. Why not buy here (best choice and prices) and then sail it to the US.

seafox · 27-01-2007, 23:01

Kiwi, you are better off looking within. No point sailing off into the yonder looking for happiness. It is here all along. Tomorrow never comes.

dana-tenacity · 28-01-2007, 01:51

I have bought two boats in the US, there are advantages and disadvantages.

KIWI · 28-01-2007, 03:53

I can pick up a 45 Gulfstar in th US. for around 120-150 K NZ dollar in good nick you won get that in NZ.

Alan Wheeler · 28-01-2007, 10:06

Maybe, but you can also pick up some very nice boats on the return from island passages, still in Cat1 ready to go for the same price. If you intend starting the voyage from the US, then OK, it would be just as cheap I guess. But if you intend getting the boat shipped here and starting from here and having to get to Cat1, then that will very quickly outway the differences.

SkiprJohn · 28-01-2007, 15:48

Aloha Kiwi,
Welcome aboard and good luck on your dream.
Kind Regards,
JohnL

swagman · 30-01-2007, 15:02

Welcome Kiwi,
JOHN

dana-tenacity · 30-01-2007, 16:52

If you buy a boat in the US the market is bigger and prices lower, definitely. Go cruising till the budget runs out (don't come to NZ or you will have to pay duty etc) then sell the boat back into the same market. We sold ours for $2,000 less than we paid for it. Cheap sailing.

26-01-2007, 20:07	#1
KIWI Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malborough Sounds N.Z. Posts: 54	Newbie from Picton N.Z. Hi All, Just joined , Great fourm ,Hoping to buy a boat in the U.S. next year 45 Gulfstar and start a world cruise, I have done the Picific so it will be the Caribbean , Med. and home via the red-sea , For the moment I still have the tiwlight seires , great fun even if it only lasts for a couple of hours. Graham

26-01-2007, 21:12	#2
Kai Nui Captain Site Administrator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Moss Landing, Ca Boat: 37' Piver Lodestar - Kai Nui Posts: 4,444 Images: 80	Welcome aboard Graham. Always nice to see new members from the land of paradise. __________________ There is no better bilge pump than a scared sailor with a bucket. KAI NUI

26-01-2007, 22:47	#4
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 3,549 Images: 115	I'll bet there's a lot of piss in the Tasman Sea Welcome aboard! Good to have another Kiwi aboard. Looks like you'll be doing the opposite of me (possiblely). I'm considering buying a vessel in OZ or NZ and then sail to the Philippines.............._/)

27-01-2007, 20:55	#7
Alan Wheeler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand Boat: Hartley Tahitian 45ft. Leisure Lady Posts: 8,047 Images: 102	Fair'nuff. Go for it and I wish you all the best. But why buy in the US. Why not buy here (best choice and prices) and then sail it to the US. __________________ Wheels For God so loved the world..........He didn't send a committee.

28-01-2007, 10:06	#11
Alan Wheeler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Marlborough Sounds. New Zealand Boat: Hartley Tahitian 45ft. Leisure Lady Posts: 8,047 Images: 102	Maybe, but you can also pick up some very nice boats on the return from island passages, still in Cat1 ready to go for the same price. If you intend starting the voyage from the US, then OK, it would be just as cheap I guess. But if you intend getting the boat shipped here and starting from here and having to get to Cat1, then that will very quickly outway the differences. __________________ Wheels For God so loved the world..........He didn't send a committee.

26-01-2007, 21:29	#3
northerncat Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: cairns australia Boat: now floating easy37 Posts: 636 Images: 41	Picific arrgh that thars a kiwi alright sean

27-01-2007, 01:53	#5
seafox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new zealand Boat: Lotus 10.6 Posts: 1,253 Images: 25	Why would you want to leave the Sounds?????

27-01-2007, 05:49	#6
KIWI Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malborough Sounds N.Z. Posts: 54	Hi Seafox, Yes the sounds is a nice place, But, I just a very good mate around for a BBQ a while ago and said well I wont see you next year, When I asked why , He replyed , Because I'll be dead, He had cancur , Well my place goes on the market this year I used to own a 48ft Bowman that I used to cruise the pacific I was a fool sellin it the way I see it, " You are a long time dead" Thats why I'm leaving the sounds. Graham

27-01-2007, 23:01	#8
seafox Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new zealand Boat: Lotus 10.6 Posts: 1,253 Images: 25	Kiwi, you are better off looking within. No point sailing off into the yonder looking for happiness. It is here all along. Tomorrow never comes.

28-01-2007, 01:51	#9
dana-tenacity Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Whangaparaoa,NZ Boat: The Squid is launched and sailing Posts: 467	I have bought two boats in the US, there are advantages and disadvantages.

28-01-2007, 03:53	#10
KIWI Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Malborough Sounds N.Z. Posts: 54	I can pick up a 45 Gulfstar in th US. for around 120-150 K NZ dollar in good nick you won get that in NZ.

28-01-2007, 15:48	#12
SkiprJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kea'au, Big Island, Hawaii Boat: Cascade, Cutter, 42 - "Casual" Posts: 3,922	Aloha Kiwi, Welcome aboard and good luck on your dream. Kind Regards, JohnL

30-01-2007, 15:02	#13
swagman Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winter - land based UK south coast. Summer - sailing. Boat currently in UK. Boat: Hanse 461 - Swagman Posts: 1,138 Images: 5	Welcome Kiwi, JOHN __________________ Read our boring cruising blog via http://www.yotblog.com/swagman

30-01-2007, 16:52	#14
dana-tenacity Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Whangaparaoa,NZ Boat: The Squid is launched and sailing Posts: 467	If you buy a boat in the US the market is bigger and prices lower, definitely. Go cruising till the budget runs out (don't come to NZ or you will have to pay duty etc) then sell the boat back into the same market. We sold ours for $2,000 less than we paid for it. Cheap sailing.

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