Morgan Giles Day Boat

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20’ keel boat designed and built by Morgan Giles Ltd of Teignmouth, Devon in 1948.

She is believed to be one of 3 boats built to this design, quite clearly a smaller version of the popular and larger West Channel class from the same designer.

She is an elegant, fast and fun day boat, easily sailed by one person but could be raced with 3 quite easily.

She went through a very detailed rebuild between 1996-8, work that was well documented in a Classic Boat article of June 2004.

The previous owner fitted a new alloy rig from AllSpars with new standing rigging.  More recently she has had an E-Propulsion electric pod drive fitted so that she has motorised power without the hassle of an outboard motor hanging over the stern.  This sleek and quiet drive system is great for getting in and out of the river, and although it does not offer long distance motoring, this is not the sort of boat that requires that sort of capability.

Twin axle road trailer for the boat so she can be easily transported on the road.  Trailer has been recently refurbished with all new axles, brakes and bearings, rated to 2.5 ton.  Her all up weight with the trailer will be less than 2 tons so can be easily towed by a moderate size car.

A great fun little boat which turns heads and brings much joy to her crew.

Length on Deck                          20’

Length Waterline                       16’

Beam                                            5’3”

Draft                                             3’4”