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And I forgot to say ... The whole deck was delaminated cracked full of water.
A knock down in the first trans atlantic killed that contessa.

Bulkhead structure finish, deck to hull join opening up. We beat that boat up in our first crossing, it could'nt stand the weather.
BIKA reinforced their boat for the pacific and I agree totally with them, same thing for every serious offshore sailors on Contessa.

We sailed it back to our building side, again'T the prevailing winds in the north atlantic. Upwind the whole way, the boat survived but with a lot of work from us. Rigging giving up and almost lost the mast. Water coming in from everywhere and from the deck join, sail needed regurlarly stiches...

It was his time to be retired...

Are you serious?
Ok I will go fast.

Our kerosene stove+oven Taylor 030 = 3000$ new (So let's say 1000$ on the use market)
Force 10 kerosene heater = 500$
4 winches = 2000$
2x 35pounds CQR anchor = 1000$
Chains, blocks, lines, safety gear, sea anchor, storm sails, EPIRBS, all the hinges and small SST Gear, thru hull, windlass, lights, solar panel, all electrical gear, turnbuckles etc...

Put them all together and you are 3 or 4 times higher then your 10k.

All the parts going into the boat we are actually building.
It's was a financial decision only, as the price given for a CO26 engineless(We sail with no engine) was not enough to buy back all equipment to put on the other one.

All bronze part are melted down to new pieces and everything use it back. Only the fiberglass is throw away, and now the iron.

8 oz sound good for the storm jib, i won't go lower then that personnally.
Because when you need it, it's because it's nasty ... so you have enough wind to push that heavy sail and you don't want it to ript on that time

For working jib, It depend mostly where you sail. If you are always in a area with light wind ... in the 5 oz should be good, if it's blowing always 15 knots and more ... a 6 or 7 oz will be better.

Depend what i got onboard, sometime white grease some other time olive oil.
Work pretty good since now ...

Hope that help...

Well because you got everything on your boat. Tools, food, water, supply. And nothing on the liferaft !
Remember the bad fastnet in 76 i think. 24 boat was abandonned, 20 boat was still floating after the bad storm. And more people die on liferaft then the other that stay on their boat half floating...