Sadly, my wife and I made the painful decision to list our Tartan for sale. I was seriously considering retiring, but was just selected for some additional schooling. The school comes with possible overseas orders, so I am out of the game for the next 4-5 years.
Regardless, we bought Kiwi in October 2010 and started doing a lot of work. New bottom paint (Petit Trinidad), new Lowrance HDS-8, reupholstered cushions, all teak refinished, new starter battery, new house bank battery (3), new battery charger, new Standard Horizon VHF (with DSC linked into Lowrance), 40' new anchor chain, 200' new 3 strand rode, new Raycor fuel filter, new raw water strainer, all fluids/filters/belts just replaced, just repaired some soft coring on the port side, and so on (too much work to list and too painful to remember everything I've already done). I can give a lot more details to those seriously interested, but let's just say I've poured a lot of money into her. I put the old chartplotter and VHF radio at the Nav Station to serve as backups, and did a victory lap around the boat yard when I got the head working again (involved a Y Valve replacement...painful story). The sale includes the West Marine inflatable dinghy and Mercury outboard.
I recognize I am going to lose money on this sale, but I will not go lower than what I owe. I am looking to sell her for $50k. I have the report of survey we had done before we bought her available for review (priced under assessed hull value). I will not hide anything and will answer all questions 100% honestly. This has been a great forum for me, so I want to pay it forward. I will not list her with a broker, but will send all the pictures you want and meet you at the boat for a personal viewing.
Please contact me at
scott.conway93@gmail.com. I hope someone knows someone who is looking for a flagship blue hulled classic beauty.