This example of these robust little traditional GRP Gaff cutters has undergone a massive refit, two and half years to complete. Her restoration was carried out by Alan Staley, wooden Boatbuilder of Faversham, Kent. JOY was purchased in a very poor state in 2020, as a "Retirement project", sadly, due health reasons her present owner is unable to complete the project and will never take her sailing. Presently standing under cover ashore, in readiness for transportation. She requires "commissioning" for the season ahead.... read more

28ft wooden Smack Yacht, bought as an open boat from Portsmouth,1985. REDUCED Testers Boatyard, Hollowshore, Kent, sold her on, as a "restoration project" to her present owner in 1986. Originally, she was a twin masted Lugger, built circa 1895. It was decided that she would be re rigged to carry a Gaff Rig, A new rig was made, new spars and sails, and an engine was installed, The Boatyard built her a deck and a simple coach roof over a cabin. The restoration was completed, and she was back sailing in 2013. Old surveys were made of her in 2014 and again 2018. Afloat on a pontoo... read more

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

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. In only 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. Stored ashore and undercover once the routine maintenance is completed. Mast un stepped. Topsides repainted August 2024.... read more

9ft Hand built pram dinghy commissioned as a tender for 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 ( An Oppi). 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... 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

11m Tyrell & Young Smack Yacht, a traditionally rigged Gaff cutter, moulded GRP hull, composite construction built in 1993. Her Lines were taken off a 1922 Shuttleworth built sailing smack SECRET. She has been in the same ownership since 1997, regularly used for family cruising. Passages made from Isle of Wight to Milford Haven and around the Pembrokeshire Island. She offers comfortable accommodation for two -four persons. Wheel steering from a flush deck with a deep foot well , the mast is deck stepped in a tabernacle (it lowers within her length, using the lifting bowsprit as... 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