The search narrows

Well, it's now only a week and a half away from the auction of our Drummoyne apartment so the nerves are pretty strung out. It seems we have two people interested enough in the property to make a go of it so we are hopeful of getting a sale on the day.

We have identified two Catalina 42's in California that meet our needs and as soon as we know the settlelment date on our apartment sale we will be in a postion to conclude negotiations on either of these two boats with a view to taking delivery sometime in May. One in particular is already well equipped and we estimate having to spend another AU$40,000 to $50,000 to bring it up to the standard we need to make a long distance passage.

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Vessel Name:	Volare
Vessel Make/Model:	Catalina 42MKII
Hailing Port:	Batemans Bay, Australia
Crew:	Greg & Debbie Cockle
About:	We have had 9 yachts together in our 43 years together
Extra:	Debbie and I have been sailing for about 30 years. In 1983 we set sail, together with Mia (our daughter) in a 38' ketch for what was to become a four year sabatical that took us from Sydney to Hong Kong. We were the true slow boat to China. We ended up spending about 15 years away from Australia, [...] Greg working in Advertising for BBDO International in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan. During that time we had a Tayana 42, Crystal Dancer, built in Taiwan and had it delivered to Hong Kong. After 4 years we sailed her to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia for our next posting with BBDO. We sold Crystal Dancer when we were transferred to Tokyo. Our daughter has now married and has 2 beautiful children, Jade and Lachlan. In May 2006 we took delivery of Volare in Longbeach California and spent 1 1/2 years sailing her back to Australia and eventually mooring her in Batemans Bay. We coincidentally live in Long Beach. We have just completed a 6 months owner/builder renovation of our beautiful Cottage and it is available for holiday let on www.stayz.com.au/68358. We're on the move again on Volare More
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