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

Contessa Juliet,1972. A Mark 1,GRP masthead sloop. She has been under cover for the Winter. The hull is in good condition, no blistering and fair. Cooper coated anti-fouling applied in 2022 and is in excellent condition. Her sails are crisp and in good order returned from the valetters, she has two sets of old sails, in serviceable condition, suitable for cruising. A four wheeled twin axle road trailer. She has two new batteries and the engine will be serviced before she is relaunched in early June....She has been rewired, her teak work has re oiled Standard layout accommodation, berth cush... read more

'Almita' is 26ft LOA She has a lifting keel yacht with a spoon bow and counter stern and is rigged as a gaff cutter. Centreplate drops down through a ballast keel she only draws 2ft 6ins, when it's raised. A previous owner for a number of years was Journalist Dick Durham, he reviewed her performance in Yachting Monthly, June 2009 -Gaff vs Bermudan'. He sailed her in both formats of rig. In her present ownership, of over 15 years, time and money have not been spared on her continued maintenance and upkeep. At her last survey report 2018, there were NO recommendation to ... read more

At 42ft, Cygnet is a half sized wooden sailing barge. After several years of continuous sail cruising, she has been bought into a Barge Boatyard in North Essex. Her present owner has decided to sell her, the hold has ben cleared out , the engine has been removed, she's now presented as a blank canvas for a refit / rebuild......A new rudder has been made and is to be re-fitted. New leeboards are under construction and there is a shipwright commissioned for a new mast. Built in 1881 by G H Curel at Frindsbury near Strood, In 1988 she was sold to her current owner, who used her as a pri... read more

Widgeon, built in 1901 as a Gaff Cutter in Southampton by Fay's to a J.M Soper design. She has been in her present ownership for over 40years, used as a family cruising yacht. Making passages around the UK, Ireland, Northern France both sides of the North Sea, in to the Baltic, the Netherlands. She was converted to carry a Bermudan rig in 1956. A Carvel planked hull of Teak, above the waterline, a Pitch Pine planked, underwater hull. Laid teak decks. She came ashore some years ago and has since been stored in a dry Farm Barn. Viewings by Arrangement.... read more

30ft Bermudian Cutter, a substantial vessel. A robust Pitch pine carvel planked hull. Accommodation for 2 plus 2 and a dog! Standing headroom in the saloon. Bright and airy cabin. Re-engined in 2008. To be Sold afloat, in commission, refitted and serviced "Ready to Go" Mid May 2024. Insurance survey March 2024. TRY AGAIN is an ex working Channel Island Pilot Cutter, originally constructed circa 1870, in her lifetime has been completely rebuilt two/three times in her long history. MCA registration 1907. Newspaper articles of her major rebuild in 1953. Her rig was re-des... read more