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The later boats had lead ballast. My 74 has iron for sure.
Would it not have been better to sell the Co and buy ballast instead of cutting her up?
Got any parts left that you want to get rid of? Rails, stanchions, etc????
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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.
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By the way we keep the exact same name for the boat we are building, as we use everything back.
Like my girl said, we only changing the shirt of this one.
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Still don't completely understand, as most outboard powered Contessas (for all sakes 'engineless') and some inboards sell between 8-10 000 $. less 2000 (or +) for an outboard, and you're still in the 5 - 8 000 range. that's a lot of new fittings, rigging, bits and pieces
Are you reusing the mast/standing rigging? I would be interested in the mast if you are not.
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Are you serious?
Ok I will go fast.
Our kerosene stove+oven Taylor 030 = 3000$ 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.
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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...
9 2010-05-14 18:29:05 (edited by John Clark 2010-05-14 18:42:07)
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Regarding the choice of Paul Gartside's design #116 to build, I have to applaud. He has designed so many beautiful and able cruisers, the only trouble is to choose which one.... As for choosing to cross the Atlantic in an unprepared boat, I'm moved to suggest that Contessa may have saved your life.
John
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Let other sailors than me interpret those facts. Build well and safe voyaging.
John
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In some cases the cast iron ballast pig actually had a lower center of gravity than the lead pig but the load was distributed longer in the hull. I had two boats. One with iron and one with lead from Taylor and sons and the iron boat was much stiffer and better behaved in a seaway.