Another incredible bit of luck. This boat is only 10 years old and not had a lot of use. The owner says he is making the boat more "family friendly" buy building a fully enclosed wheelhouse. But the Mizzen is stepped in the cockpit, so must go.
I buy the mast, boom, all rigging, mast step, traveller, sail, and sail cover for $5,500. Bargain !!!
Trouble is it's in Napier, 650km away. I approach the guys who I used to pick up my main and they came up with a figure of $2,500 to collect it, mainly because they wanted to charge the normal hourly rate of a senior rigger to do the job. I contacted two freight companies, one that never came back with a price. The other quoted $800 to get it from Napier to their Auckland depot, which still had the mast 230km away, and still left me with the problem of getting it to Russell.
Lesson learned. Try telling a freight company you have a load that is 11.5 metres long, and expect a big price or a long silence.
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