Mark:
Should you purchase this boat and decide to have it trucked to NS, a few
things to consider:
1. I used Sealand Industries (I have coordinates) from Chester.....you
will be hard pressed to hire a better professional to transport your
boat. If he is already in the area of your boat, you might obtain a
better price than him simply going to get it.
2. Some, maybe all, truckers will insist you hire a 'border broker'....I
did, it cost me $125....he took care of all of the paper work and taxes
at the border.....have coordinates on this as well.
Bob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2013/03/19 1:18 AM, Dr. Mark Bodnar wrote:
Graham,
I asked Belinda what the max capacity was for the club crane when I
started thinking about bigger boats - she told me the max lift is
9000lbs - so the 30 should be fine. I'm trying to stay within the
club capacity a)to save the extra expense of the big crane haul and
b)makes timing for launch and haul easier rather than being scheduled
by the big crane availability.
As for height clearance - I'm not sure what I'd be looking at. I know
I had a problem with my Mirage 24 on the club crane - the mast was too
short and the back stay tangled with the hoist -- I had to remove the
stay the one time I lifted the boat with the mast in place.
Not sure how the C&C 30 would fair in that case, but also not sure if
I'd leave the mast up for winter - dropping the mast on the 24 was a 2
person job by hand, I'm guessing the mast on the 30 is a whole lot
heavier!!! -- I'll get into those questions with this list later if I
have the boat.
As for some of the other suggestions. The boat I currently most
interested in has a new diesel in 2000 (Yanmar 18Hp) and a new poly
fuel tank in 2010. The boat is in salt water (Long Island) - possibly
with original rigging.
The boat is a 1979 - no teak/holly floor, but the mast should already
be a bit higher up and not the "roller/reefing" style.
The current mainsheet traveler position looks difficult (easy to
tangle crew, can't use cockpit table under sail and looks hard to
sheet in and out from the helm) -- that said is it safe to move the
traveler to forward of the dodger? - I'd think that would be a huge
change of forces to have it mid-boom rather than end of boom.
I'll put the thru-hulls on the list of upgrades if I get the boat, as
well as making sure the waste tank is solid.
Thanks for all the info. The price on the boat is good (under $16000
US) - but I'll need to get it home from NY - so I'm trying to decide
between a professional captain delivery, shipping it or sailing it
back myself with a couple buddies.
If all looks good when my SailNet contact checks it out next week then
I'll be looking into a proper survey - make sure the rigging and
engine are solid for trip back to NS.
BTW - any thoughts on importing a boat from the US to Canada? I'm
assuming I'll just be paying HST on the purchase price (I bought a
little bowrider power boat in Boston a few years back - pretty simple
crossing to border, just paid HST --- but not sure how it works if I'm
sailing home)
Mark
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Dr. Mark Bodnar
B.Sc., D.C., FCCOPR(C)
Bedford Chiropractic
www.bedfordchiro.ca
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