REDUCED TO £55,000 Martine is a 40m Belgian Spitz motor river barge, built in 1956. Constructed of rivetted and welded steel, hull, decks, crew accommodation aft, the wheel house alone is constructed of wood and glass. She was bought straight from trade. The huge hold area has a headroom of over 2m. It is covered with removed able aluminium hatch covers. The hold is currently being used as a wood store, partial filled with ton bags of ballast too. She has been sitting on the present mooring for approx 9yrs. She was motored to Essex under her own power. Accommodation, offered at ... read more

A 15ft Peeler Skiff , USA design, A kit build 2015 from Fyne Boats in Cumbria. A centre console with wheel steering, 10hp Honda Outboard, long shaft, hung from transom. Files of details and build manuals. A bespoke trailer designed by the builder for her. parts purchased from Indespension Trailer company. An overall PVC cockpit cover keeps the elements off her. She has a BSS certification valid until 2026, She has been used on the Norfolk Broads. An Ideal day open dayboat for inland waterways, rivers and Estuaries. Comfortable for upto 6 persons.... read more

An Classic Bermudan sloop. Built to the exacting requirements of her original owner. commissioned to build a 2/3 berth Yacht seaworthy for the Thames Estuary. Only in her third ownership in 70 years...... In 1999 /2000 she underwent a major professional refit. All the keel bolts were replaced, a new centreboard casing was fitted. At this time, she also had a new Beta Marine engine, gearbox and stern gear installed. Ashore for the Winter, she will be undercover once the routine Seasonal maintenance is completed. (Mast un stepped and requires refurbishing.) Topsides repainted August 2024.... read more

9ft Hand built Pram dinghy, commissioned to be a tender too a Classic wooden Ketch, launched 1997. Built by Fabian Bush a Shipwright Boatbuilder of Rowhedge, Essex. She has her own rig and white Lug sail. A very eye-catching dinghy, a delight to sail. Dagger board keel. 2 x Buoyancy Bags. Canvas covered rope fendering. Varnish work, sole boards need reviving re brightening. Dimensions 9 ft x 4’ 3” (2.7m x 1.3m), moulded depth approx 18” (450mm); all-up weight approx 120 lb (55kg). SA – Sprit Rig - 45 sq ft (4 sq m). This dinghy has a good load carrying capacity of... read more

A very versatile compact GRP Motor Sailor, recently refurbished, undergone an amount of modifications during a lengthy refit during 2023- to date. She carries a masthead Bermudan rig, Alloy mast (deck stepped and boom.) There is accommodation 2-4 persons. A Fore cabin/ saloon. A semi covered cockpit/ helm and an aft cabin which has two full length single berths. Vessel has been re- engined with a Yanmar 3cylinder, fully serviced March 2024 , its sited in the semi open cockpit amidships in a sound proofed engine box. Much of the vessel has been re-wired, windows have been removed and ... read more

Boat only £5,500, a vintage Sporting vessel. Fully restored, in working condition. The vessel was bought in 2022 as a “Covid Project” she needed saving. She has some provenance, from 1990sto date but nothing about where she was built, by who and for who?. Everything was stripped back to bare wood, repaired and refurbished. The hull has had strengthening fillets added to her, along the keel, epoxied in place and painted, aiding here waterproofness. There are hundreds of photos detailing every aspect of the restoration. To be purchased separately, ( if required.) &... read more

A Bermudan Cutter built by Brook Motorcraft Company of Lowestoft (later to become Brook Marine in 1937).Designed by W W Downing for Mr Hamish Nichol FRCS . This vessel has been a pet project at the home of a retired cabinet maker. The restoration is complete, except for getting her to the water stepping the mast and bending on the sails. Then she would be good to Go. Hull is Carvel planked pitch pine on grown oak frames and American elm ribs with Burmese teak fore, aft and side decks, in good order. The internal layout has been sympathetically altered to accommodate: a new flush toile... read more

A Boston Smack Yacht built by the renowned Gostelows Shipyard in 1932. A Traditional Gaff Cutter rig, her lines based on the sailing Fishing/ working vessels of the day, working off the Lincolnshire / Norfolk coast lines. Her shape has similarities to the Essex and Kent Smacks or the Prawner/ Nobbies of the North west... Built as a pleasure yacht: Wooden construction, top quality materials. She has been very well maintained Axillary power, Bukh twin cylinder diesel inboard. She offers accommodation for 4 persons. Last surveyed 2020. In her lifetime she has made several trips backwards ... read more

25ft , 4T, Teak Bermudan sloop, commissioned and built in 1950 to a Norman.E. Dalimore design (No:310), she is very original in her fit out. A reconditioned Yanmar GM10 diesel engine was installed in her in 2018. She has a long keel and a slight draft of just 3ft which extends to nearly 6ft with the centreboard board lowered. Open aft cockpit. A real classic, in good order.... read more

A very attractive Classic dayboat. Built 1902 to a J Pain Clark design. A Gaff Sloop with a Traditional rig, blocks and tackle. Small outboard engine, used off the side deck. The fixed bowsprit gives her LOA 29ft. She has been well maintained and restored by her owner and the Boatyard themselves. She is in good order. Stands on her own Galvanised cradle when ashore. Ashore each Winter, now refitted and due to be relaunched, May 2023 onto her swinging Summer mooring on the River Orwell.... read more