El Pinguino

Hi El

I have recently bought a vertue that was built in WA in the 1960 Do you have any details on who built your boat.I seen your post on tabernacle masts and mine has the same system for lowering the mast so I am presuming the same builder the yacht I purchased is called Punjab.
If you have any details it would be greatly appreciated

Thanks Jason

Ha ha. Ok I won’t worry. Thanks!

I have a chance to go to Chile next October with a local. Not in the boat though, just flying down as a regular gringo tourist of sorts, I guess. I’ve been pondering the idea of going to see Cape Horn. Seems like we aren’t gonna be rounding it in the sailboat anytime soon...

I read you can land there by zodiac and get a short walk around. Also small plane flyovers if feeling rich enough. I’m not much of a tourist, and have really mixed feelings about it, but it would so amazing to see Cape Horn! Realistically probably my only chance. Is it sacrilege to visit the cape like that? If you saw me, flying around above it, would you look up and think- ‘What an a-hole…?’

Thanks!

the 2nd part of your post...

In my opinion look for a VAT free boat outside EU ( Carib?) and if you can put or keep her under the Dutch flag. Then stay in the SW Pacific and never take her back to NZ.... the GST/Duty saved will pay for a lot of aeroplane rides to and from your boat.

** I bought a VAT unpaid UK flagged boat in Thailand. Entered Australia on an Oz passport ... had to pay about A$20k sales tax/duty but did not have to reflag... kept her there for 9 years under UK flag. Left in 2003 and the 20k is now dead money as I doubt she will ever go back to Oz.... was just another cost of doing business.....

As I understand it NZ and Straya apply the rules in a similar fashion.[/I]

the post...in 2 parts...still too long
[I]Re: VAT, foreign purchase and registration
DO NOT put her under the NZ flag if you wish for a hasslefree life cruising the SW Pacific.

Can't help you with the European end of things but if you arrive in NZ and are an NZ resident you will have to import her but, based on my experience** you are not obliged to re-flag her.

If you leave her with a foreign flag you can leave for the Pacific at any time with no fuss. If she is NZ flagged you will have to deal with all the Cat 1 compliance rollocks that , if you do not like bureaucracy, you will not enjoy .

Hi El Pinguino,
I just read a post of yours, from a few yrs back, about buying OS...I'll reference the post in a followup message....too long a post

I am an Oz citizen, looking at buying a EU (Belgium) flagged vessel in Fiji...do you have any words of wisdom/caution for me?
thanking you in advance
David

Good advice Frank. I've spent almost 5 month in Ecuador but mostly in Cuenca. Only 3 weeks on the coast. But I love to surf, which is pretty good around Salinas. Part-time liveaboard would be fine. I couldn't find rates online. Do you know how much per foot they charge, and liveaboard fee? Thanks...clyde

Hola Pingüino, Chileno viviendo en EU, por demasiados años. Hice una copia del Navegador de Chile. Tienes otros pdfs que puedan asistir en un viaje de Florida al Sur de Chile? Muchísimas gracias ante de mano!

claudio.auh @ gmail

Thanks Frank. Those were my thoughts also. Florida is too hot for me in the summer. But we love Cuenca. We've spent a couple of months there and we have 2 different friends from our area in Oregon who have lived there for over 8 years. But I would love to be near the water. Thought about a boat for their winter and Cuenca the rest of the year. What are your thoughts on that. BTW, I love to paddleboard surf which I see they do in Salinas. Enjoy Cuenca...clyde

Are you still in Ecuador? Where? My wife and I are thinking of relocating there. We have some very good friends in Cuenca, but I'm a waterdog. We actually live on two different sailboats in the US (one on each coast). The one in Florida is a Prout 31 cat and Oregon is a Catalina 30. Thought about buying a boat in Ecuador and living on it. How do you like it there? I love your Westerly. Great boat. Thanks...clyde