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

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

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

Isadora is an Early, 85% fully restored, example of a Gaffers & Luggers, Clovelly, built by Martin Heard of Tregatreath Yacht Yard in Mylor, Cornwall, 1992 The Picarooner is a sturdy, well-built, sea-worthy 16ft gaff rig sailing dayboat, based on the old lug rigged wooden fishing boats, which sailed out of Clovelly to fish. She carries a gaff rig and galvanised steel centre-plate. She is easily trailable. A Picarooner, can be sailed single handedly, they virtually sail themselves! An ideal boat for a couple sailing together, or for family adventures on inland lakes or on and around the... read more

Contessa Juliet,1972. A Mark 1, GRP masthead sloop. Requires recommissioning, , April 2024, has been under cover for the Winter. Her sails (unseen) are crisp and in good order, there are two sets of old sails, in serviceable condition, suitable for cruising. The hull is in condition, no blistering and fair. Cooper coated anti-fouling applied in 2022 and is in excellent condition. She will have new batteries when sold, as they need replacing. A 4 wheeled road trailer is included with her. Internally she has the standard layout down, all new berth cushions, 2022. She was used competi... 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

MAREN, Alan Buchanan design built in 1962. A long keeled keeled Masthead Sloop. Her present condition rebuild project requires finishing. 2023, a 18hp Volvo twin cylinder diesel engine with a stainless steel shaft and a Darglow folding propeller have been professionally installed. New engine beds and re configuration of the cockpit had to carried out, to enable a successful installation. Her restoration started 2008 at St Osyth Boatyard, Essex where she was built by Shipwright Denis Barnes in 1962. A new mast and boom have been commissioned and built, (working from the original Buchan... 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