Hi everybody.
I live in Cairo, Egypt and I have a weekend house on the beach on the red sea. It's a windy spot and I regularly windsurf there. I never sailed before but I'm already crazy about it and would love to buy a boat and start learning. Sailing is unfortunately not popular in Egypt and there is only one club that carries the Topper brand. I'm not very impressed. I have read a lot until I learnt about the Capri and read really a lot in this forum. I really like this boat and I'm currently investigating how I can get it picked up and shipped from the USA to Egypt. Which will probably cost me a lot but I'm willing to do it. I have a few questions:
1. Anyone has any info or recommendation regarding shipping the boat overseas? Any recommended company to deal with? Any advice or input with regards to this?
2. This will be my first boat and my first sailing experience. I will probably take friends, kids and family along but my guess is I will single handedly sail the boat most of the time. Is the Capri the right boat to start with? I plan to sail when the wind is low and I'm more interested in cruising and not necessarily racing.
3. The boat will be stored right on the beach in front of my house. Is it easy to launch and beach? Easy to pull out on the trailer? Or Dolly? Alone or will I need four guys to pull out with me?
4. What about spare parts and support considering it will be the only Capri in Egypt? Is it easy to buy all and any necessary spare part online?
Appreciate any help as I'm in a real dilemma.
Thanks
I live in Cairo, Egypt and I have a weekend house on the beach on the red sea. It's a windy spot and I regularly windsurf there. I never sailed before but I'm already crazy about it and would love to buy a boat and start learning. Sailing is unfortunately not popular in Egypt and there is only one club that carries the Topper brand. I'm not very impressed. I have read a lot until I learnt about the Capri and read really a lot in this forum. I really like this boat and I'm currently investigating how I can get it picked up and shipped from the USA to Egypt. Which will probably cost me a lot but I'm willing to do it. I have a few questions:
1. Anyone has any info or recommendation regarding shipping the boat overseas? Any recommended company to deal with? Any advice or input with regards to this?
2. This will be my first boat and my first sailing experience. I will probably take friends, kids and family along but my guess is I will single handedly sail the boat most of the time. Is the Capri the right boat to start with? I plan to sail when the wind is low and I'm more interested in cruising and not necessarily racing.
3. The boat will be stored right on the beach in front of my house. Is it easy to launch and beach? Easy to pull out on the trailer? Or Dolly? Alone or will I need four guys to pull out with me?
4. What about spare parts and support considering it will be the only Capri in Egypt? Is it easy to buy all and any necessary spare part online?
Appreciate any help as I'm in a real dilemma.
Thanks