Which Prestige Yachts S&S 39 would you choose ?
Millenium Falcon 1992 $59K. Basically equipped, but it has a dodger
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Rafantell 1980 $79K. Looks like it ready to go with new sails, deck recently painted, new tanks and oversized winches. Mast hinged for low bridges.
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Salina 1984 $85. Just sailed WA to Tas with current electronic, rigging, recent motor, life raft etc.
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..and sold recently and refitted by one of our members.
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I'd go for the Falcon. I don't need all the winches on the other boats, or a wind vane. I find MF's interior suits my taste since I like simple designs executed in wood, although the others are nice apart from the use of Frontrunner. The engine on MF seems further aft and the Vee berth is lower, which seem to make the saloon and forecabin more practical. But it would all depend on inspection.
The money saved on MF would buy plenty of good second hand gear to meet my own tastes.
Bargain of the Month !! yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/duncanson-37-sloop/236894
She's not spectacular in terms of finish, but she's a solid old girl and was a fixture in the Sydney offshore racing scene for a while. Sail inventory is pretty scanty and the rigging age is unknown, but a good buy for someone.
That depends on the individual, surely. I'm not in the market for a Dunc 37 but I find Emma to be much more attractive than the usual D37 and many of us prefer an aft cockpit boat with the flush foredeck to a centre cockpit one with a long cabin trunk and narrower sidedecks.
That green point boat is a bargain if most of those parts and sails can be salvaged. And if the engine is still good, 500 is a bargain. I guess $2000 for a boat with a mooring is pretty good. Only issue is getting someone to scrap the hull if you don't want to fix it.
And I too am not a fan of the flush decks on the 34,35and 37 duncansons. Being a tall bloke, I need a boat with at least 6'2 headroom, so my boat list is quite small :( or expensive $$$
Boats are the shortarses compact person's revenge on the tall guys who insist on standing in front of us at concerts.