We heard that the owner was trying to sell it for $45k - which is a silly
price considering the masts and rig were lost. There is no place in Polynesia where you can source new masts or even a running rig for that boat. You would have to get it all sent in by ship. Next problem is finding a
mast crane -
Tahiti is the closest and you would need to
motor the 7 days or so to
Tahiti.
There was a
ketch lying on the reef at Rangiroa - a resourceful person might have found a way to
salvage the rig off that and get it mounted on the Choy Lee - but $45k is silly -
In the end - the boat was from 1984? So old.
Giving it away would have gotten rid of it.