Description

The Parker 235 Lift Keel is a remarkably capable shallow draft cruising yacht that offers far more than her compact dimensions might suggest. Designed by Bill Parker, the Parker 235 combines rewarding sailing performance with genuine cruising accommodation and the versatility of a lifting keel and road trailer.

Don't mistake the Parker 235 for a simple dayboat or trailer sailer. With her keel lowered she is a capable coastal cruising yacht, while raising the keel opens up shallow harbours, creeks and anchorages that are inaccessible to
many conventional yachts. At the end of the season, she can even be taken home on her trailer, potentially avoiding the considerable cost of year-round marina storage.

The accommodation is particularly clever for a yacht of this size, with a full-beam double berth aft and comfortable sleeping accommodation for up to four. There is a separate heads compartment and an unusually generous storage
locker forward, making the Parker 235 a genuinely practical proposition for weekends and coastal cruising.

This very smart example of the Parker 235 Lift Keel is particularly well presented and boasts a road trailer, standing rigging replaced in 2024, a 2024 6hp outboard engine, solar panel, and new seacocks fitted in 2024.

For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Peter Keats by phone, email or WhatsApp

OWNER'S COMMENTS
Our sailing journey began pretty late in life and Amainiris was our first boat. We started out doing a couple of flotillas and lots of bareboat charters while we were working, but owning a boat had to wait until we retired.

The decision of what to buy was a bit daunting, so we took lots of advice. Parkers came out on top with whoever we spoke to, and we were lucky enough to find Amainiris pretty quickly. The first thing that struck us when we stepped aboard was how much space there was in the cockpit and saloon, and particularly the size of the aft berth. We knew almost instantly that she was right for us.

Apart from the space, a big attraction was the lifting keel and rudder. Reducing our draft enabled us to explore the shallows of Poole Harbour, while her sporty performance meant we could have plenty of fun outside the harbour too.

After our first year of mainly pottering around the harbour, we started attending rallies and discovered what a turn of speed she has, often keeping pace with much bigger boats. She has also proved very capable in gusty conditions. On one memorable rally we encountered 30 knots around St Alban's Head and, while many of the other boats were dropping their sails and resorting to their engines, Amainiris carried on sailing under two reefs and brought us home comfortably. She became much admired by our fellow rally sailors and earned herself the nickname **'Pocket Rocket'.**

She's no slouch in light winds either. We have a cruising chute which, with its snuffer, we found surprisingly straightforward to use even as relative novices. The extra turn of speed when it fills is fantastic!

We had never intended to do quite so much with Amainiris. Our original idea was simply to have a boat we could stay aboard overnight from time to time, but by our second season we were heading off on rallies from Portland to Cowes and everywhere in between. Before long we found ourselves spending weeks at a time aboard.

We added a solar panel, which is capable of powering an electric coolbox — a great addition to her equipment and a perfect fit beneath the companionway steps.

We have really looked after Amainiris, both on and off the water, including many hours of fun (!) crawling underneath her each winter improving the hull and keel finish, together with professional attention to the engine servicing, seacocks and other maintenance.

It has been a huge decision to sell her so soon because we are still having such an amazing time with her, whether roaming around the local bays or simply finding somewhere quiet to anchor and swimming off the back. We've had so much fun and so many great experiences aboard.

We still have plenty to learn, but we're now at the stage where we'd like to venture a little further afield. As we're getting on a bit, we've decided it's time for a boat with even more space and a little more equipment.

We're hoping Amainiris finds a new owner who wants to get out there and sail her, because she really is a fabulous and incredibly versatile little yacht.

CONSTRUCTION & DIMENSIONS:

GRP Hull, deck and superstructure
Transom hung lifting rudder with tiller steering
Lifting keel
Winterised ashore for five months by the current owner
Last antifouled in March 2026

APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:
Length Overall: 7.16m (23'6")
Length Waterline: 6.37m (20'11")
Beam: 2.54m (8'4")
Draft (Keel up): 0.3m (1')
Draft (Keel down): 1.4m (4'7")
Displacement: 1,380kg
Ballast: 310kg

RIG:
Fractional rigged sloop
Aluminium mast and spars
Aluminium spinnaker pole
Stainless steel standing rigging (Replaced 2024)
Running rigging replaced in 2018
All lines led aft to cockpit via clutches
Headsail furler
Slab reefing with two reefs
Lazy jacks with stack bag (New 2024)
Adjustable back stay

WINCHES:
Antal XT16.2 self tailing two speed halyard/lift keel winch (New 2024)
Antal W16 self tailing halyard winch

SAILS:
Quantum fully battened mainsail
Genoa
Cruising chute with snuffer
Main and genoa were professionally serviced with minor stitching repairs in 2024, both sails cleaned in 2025

MACHINERY:
Tohatsu Sail Pro long shaft four stroke 6hp outboard engine
Serviced annually by a Tohatsu approved engineer, with the balance of the manufacturer's warranty
Maximum speed: 5 knots approx
Cruising speed: 4 knots approx

ELECTRICS:
12v Battery (New 2025) with isolator
Battery charged by 60W 5A engine alternator and solar panel
Digital battery voltage display
USB Charging outlet
12v Accessory outlet

TANKAGE:
12 litre Portable fuel tank
2 x Portable water tanks below the port and starboard berths

WATER SYSTEM:
Manual water system with outlets at the galley and the heads

ACCOMMODATION:
Sleeps four in one double and two single berths

HEADS COMPARTMENT:
Spacious heads compartment
Portable toilet (New 2025) barely used and meticulously cleaned
Handbasin with storage locker below
Cave locker
Access to the huge bow locker

GALLEY:
Sink
Portable gas cooker
Shelves and lockers

SALOON:
Teak and holly style flooring
LED lights with USB outlets
2 x Settee berths with storage below
Cave lockers
Electrical distribution panel
Rotating tablet holder for display in the saloon and the cockpit

AFT BERTH
Full width double berth
Shelving unit
Stern storage bin

COCKPIT:
Removable teak cockpit table

INVENTORY:
NAVIGATION AIDS:
Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead compass
Nasa Clipper Duet (Speed and depth) display
Navigation lights (Tricolour and anchor)

GROUND TACKLE:
Plough anchor with 18m of chain and warp

GENERAL EQUIPMENT:
Boarding ladder
Horseshoe lifebouy with light
Manual bilge pump
Kemp Sails stack bag (New 2024)
Sprayhood
Dodgers
Fenders
Warps
Boathook
Galvanised single axle braked road trailer with fixed bunks and rollers, and lighting board (Serviced July 2026 with
new brakes and bearings)

Specifications

Equipment

Parker 235

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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