Wooden Ships Comments on this Swedish Pilot Cutter.
Designed by Albert Andersson (1853-1926) who was a professional colleague of Colin Archer and clearly took much inspiration from his colleagues designs.
Built at Lundbergs & Karlssons shipyard, Gothenburg and launch in 1893. She was one of 5 pilot cutters built for working in the Gothenburg Archipelago. It is also thought she participated in the Dunkirk evacuations but no clear proof has been found.
Major rebuild in 1989-1990 where the hull was completely re-planked in oak, with all new galvanised bolt fastenings. The deck layout and rig was put back as close to the original as possible by using original plans.
In current ownership since 2018, she was used as a liveaboard cruising boat in the Baltic before heading to her current berth in Gothenburg. Not sailed much in the last few years and currently in need of some time ashore to tidy her up.
Last professional survey carried out in 2020.
A fine looking original Swedish pilot vessel with all the features and hallmarks one would expect of a vessel of her type.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Kidby Oyster Smack CK348
Kidby Oyster Smack built in Brightlingsea on 1907. One of only 2 remaining Kidby & Sons boats still sailing.
Fishing number CK348, which denotes her registration in Colchester Creek.
Complete professional rebuild in Maldon completed in 2003 with all new planking, frames and deck.
In current ownership since 2010, she has been thoroughly upgraded with new spars, sails and rigging, engine installation and a new interior. In the present ownership My Alice has been raced regularly and successfully with the east coast Smack fleet, known to be a fast boat and one to beat.
The engine installation comprises a main engine with hydraulic drives to a separate leg and propeller each side. This set up has minimal impact on her sailing performance but allows for excellent close quarter handling with 2 widely spaced propellers.
A very impressive smack in fine fettle, only offered for sale due the owners health.
2024 survey report available.
Registered with National Historic Ships.
Length on Deck 46’
Length Overall 68’
Beam 11’7”
Draft 6’
History
My Alice was built by Kidby & Sons in Brightlingsea to the order of Captain Fred Stokes of Tollesbury. Stokes was a local fisherman and one of the many sailors from this area of the country who were employed during the summer season to race the big J-class yachts on the south coast of England and beyond.
Stokes became a successful racing skipper in the big class yachts, earning himself a good deal of prize money on top of his wages. Between 1905 and 1908, he earnt as much as £100 per season in prize money, plus wages of £3/week. This was the equivalent to the price of a good house which gave him enough money to commission his own smack to his own specification.
Stokes knew what he wanted, a racing smack that would be able to fish but could be pushed hard with excellent performance. Her lines are exquisite with a very elegant counter that is slightly narrower than many of her contemporaries. Her underwater sections have a smooth run aft, good hull form midships and fine fore sections with good bite for windward work.
My Alice was his pride and joy and as known from the beginning as a fast boat, but she was also a very successful fishing vessel, In 1930 she broke the record with 130 barrels of sprats caught in one tide with a single net. It is thought she still holds this record.
Between 1993 – 2001, My Alice was completely rebuilt by a yard in Maldon with 3 highly respected shipwrights, led by Brian Kennell, working on her. All the frames, planking and deck was renewed with little of the original structure left. This work was well documented.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Harry Feltham Gaff Cutter
Designed and built by Harry Feltham in 1930.
Major rebuild in previous ownership around 2000. This involved nearly 50% new planking, new deck and deck beams, new coachroof and complete new cockpit. Floors across the centreline replaced in laminated timber to remove issue of corroding metal straps.
The vessel was then sadly damaged by fire after a nearby boat caught alight. The damage was fairly superficial and confined to just one side. Purchased by the current shipwright owner, she was repaired to a high standard, including replacement of all the keel bolts using proper wrought iron.
4 berths with good headroom in a very comfortable interior. Nicely fitted out with plenty of light, this is a comfortable yacht to be aboard. The rig is set up for short handed sailing, including furling headsails and self tailing winches.
A smart yacht that is very sensibly priced. 2020 survey report.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue V2
Laurent Giles Vertue No.2 built by E.F. Elkins of Christchurch in 1937.
This was the second Vertue ever launched after Andrillot, built by the well known Elkins yard who became prolific builders of Vertue yachts.
These early examples of the Vertue differ to the later boats that were more common and only 8 examples were launched. They have a slightly lower freeboard, more exaggerated sheer line and a lower coachroof with no doghouse. They are widely regarded as prettier boats than the later sisters, but have less volume inside and only sitting headroom.
The sea keeping qualities of these yachts is legendary, perhaps the most accomplished small cruising design ever built, the Vertue is a superb boat at sea and in heavy weather where they will out perform many bigger boats and give their crew an incredible sense of security and safety.
Sally II is built from excellent materials, pitch pine planking, lead keel bronze keel bolts and bronze strap floors, all of which will ensure her longevity.
Recent mast from Noble Spars and a good suit of sails.
The current professional owner has had the boat for 30 years, cruising first from the Solent around Brittany, the West country and the Channel then on the west coast of Scotland for the last 20 years. A 2019 survey gave her a clean bill of health from a structural point of view.
A very special boat with lots of detailed history, original blue book, builders invoices and associated documentation. She has been on the Lloyds register since new.
Wooden Ships Comments on this 33′ Fantasi Yachts Sloop For Sale
33’ Bermudan sloop built by Fantasi Yachts of Sweden in 1967.
Built for the importer of Fiat cars in Sweden, she was designed as a spacious and capable cruising boat for northern waters.
Fantasi Yachts is a well-known yard that has designed and built many boats, including some much larger yachts. The build quality of this yacht is superb and a testament to the yard that built her. Her previous owner carried out a major boat refit sometime between 2006 and 2010.
The current owner bought her in the Lofoten Islands, Norway and sailed home via Scotland, Ireland and the West Country. Since then she has been professionally maintained by a very good specialist wooden boat yard and has had work done to remedy the small issues raised by a 2016 survey.
List of main jobs done in recent years:
New mast from Collars – 2017
New standing rigging – 2019
New halyards – 2019
New guard wires -2019
Completely re-wired with new charger and inverter – 2021
New batteries – 2021
Small hull repair with 1 new plank
Deck re-caulked and re-payed, then coated with Coelan
Hull stripped to bare wood and re-painted above and below waterline – 2021
Recently undergone extensive works in 2023 and 2024 total cost approximately £15,000
Rebuild Deadwood following removal of Engine and Shaft
Fit 9 new Stainless Steel Bolts
Refit lower Rudder Pintle
Repaint under engine tray
Install new Whale MRV bilge pump
Hull repainted in Epifanes White and Blue Antifoul
Regular annual maintenance
An elegant and very spacious yacht, a very capable cruising boat that has been proven and used properly. Ready to go this season
Wooden Ships Comments on this 28′ Steel Gaff Cutter
Conceived and designed by the current owner, who employed professional naval architect Dave Marsh (formerly of Dixon Yacht Design) to overview and fair the hull lines.
The owner then built the boat between 1994-1997 in Southampton, taking her to the east coast and now to Cornwall, during which time she has been a live aboard and a cruising home.
The internal volume of this yacht is impossible to portray in photos, she is a true tardis and offers and very comfortable and spacious interior for a yacht of only 28’ LOD. The flush aft deck allows space for an enormous aft cabin giving a large double berth. Headroom throughout is very good with distinct and separate spaces to the interior, the design of which makes excellent use of the space.
With generous beam and freeboard, yet only 4’ draft, her design is very clever indeed.
The boat presents like a much newer yacht, she is seemingly in superb condition with no signs of corrosion and bleeding, proving she was constructed very well and properly coated from the beginning.
A very clean, tidy and impressive yacht, begging to be taken on longer voyages and adventures over the horizon. This is a yacht that would make an excellent cruising home and is very obviously a capable cruising boat.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Holman and Pye Motor Sailer
Designed by David Cooper of Holman and Pye, built by Whisstocks of Woodbridge in 1964.
Sold by Wooden Ships to the last 2 owners, she has spent recent years in Falmouth cruising the local area. Her experienced owner has been working to upgrade and improve the boat each season so that she is now in great condition and really up to scratch ready for her next owner.
She underwent a major refit in 2013 with a previous owner which included a new Beta engine, complete new wiring, all new galley equipment and an upgrade of her systems and equipment. She has been sailed extensively around the south coast, West Country and Northern Brittany and has been a very comfortable home from home for her various owners.
It is believed in a previous ownership she undertook a trip to Norway and the island of Jan Mayen which proves she is more than just a coastal cruising yacht. Her shallow draft of only 3′ however allows her to access waters not available to larger yachts.
The rig is small for her size, but this makes it easy and safe to handle. She is not a performance boat and relies on her engine, especially in lighter airs, but she is comfortable and safe, ideal for a cruising couple not looking to break speed records but to simply enjoy being afloat in comfort.
She has hot water, refrigerator, shore power and cabin heating to make life very comfortable while afloat. The cockpit is very large, perfect for sunny summer days, but with a very effective canvas cover it can be used as an extension to the living space even in the rain.
A delightful yacht in superb condition with a well documented recent refit history. Full out of water survey in February 2021, after which a number of jobs were completed to bring her up to a very good standard.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Spirit Yachts 42′ Gaff Yawl
The Spirit 42G is a gaff yawl rigged yacht designed and built by Spirit Yachts Ltd for the present owners.
She is the only gaff rigged yacht built by Spirit Yachts and is a unique blend of tradition and modern construction and materials. She is a real head turner, winning the Concours d’elegance at Antigua Classics Regatta 2014 and winner of the Classic Boat awards “Spirit of Tradition over 40’ “class in 2015.
The owners wanted to upgrade to a larger yacht and wanted to stay with gaff rig, so started discussions with Sean McMillan, then CEO of Spirit Yachts, to build a performance gaff yawl combining classic elegance with modern design and construction techniques.
Like all Spirit boats, the construction is strip plank wood epoxy creating a light and stiff hull. The design incorporates a long fin keel and blade rudder giving a modern underwater hull shape for improved sailing performance.
RCD compliant to Category A-Ocean. Her ballast ratio of 38% gives good stability and stiffness. She can be pressed hard if needed and has the strength and design to stand up to severe conditions if required.
Professionally maintained with a complete refit of exterior varnish in 2023/2024. The vessel has been wintered undercover whenever possible. She has sailed in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and UK waters covering many miles, many of which have been with a husband and wife crew proving she is an easy boat to handle. Her interior volume and space makes her a very comfortable live aboard cruising boat with space for extra crew and friends to join for those special adventures.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Harrison Butler Englyn Design
Harrison Butler Englyn design built by the KOK yard, Netherlands in 1934. This boat is actually an extended Englyn design, slightly larger in all dimensions.
Almonde was commissioned, in 1934, as a present for the retiring Captain of the Dutch Royal Yacht, the Piet Hein. Her name has nothing to do with nuts; she’s actually named after the 17th century Dutch Admiral, Philips van Almonde. There’s a lavish memorial to him in Saint Catherine’s church in Brielle, Rotterdam. It is said that the children of the Dutch royal family learned to sail in her.
Almonde is a slightly enlarged interpretation of Harrison Butler’s Englyn design, built in Holland by the KOK yard who planked and decked her with best Moulmein teak. She has 3 berths and a deep sail bin where there was once a 4th berth. And, exceptionally for a yacht of her age, comfortable heads in their own heads compartment up forward. As a consequence of being built by barge builders, all her fittings and scantlings are rather more substantial than is really necessary, but it does make her exceptionally strong.
Inevitably, she has undergone restoration over the years; her deck is now teak laid on marine ply, while the cutter rig, although renewed, is very close to the original with the exception of rolling furling headsail fitted in 2018. Most important is the new lead keel, cast and fitted in 2017. The original disappeared in the 1939/45 war only to be replaced with a steel box holding loose lead ingots. It left Almonde significantly under-ballasted. The new keel has brought her back close to the original displacement and ballast ratio.
Regular maintenance and upgrades in the present ownership, along with good use every summer, have this rather special yacht in very nice condition, turning many heads wherever she goes.
Laurent Giles Brittany Class, designed by Jack Laurent Giles and built by R.A. Newman and Sons in 1939.
Built for Col. Ormonde Derby, she was the first of the celebrated Brittany Class to be built, they are highly sought after and do not come on the market often. Very elegant lines with a nicely proportioned dog house, beautiful sheer line and excellent performance.
This boat was purchased by the current owner in 1991. The bottom 6 planks each side had been replaced in 1986, however many of the frames were in a poor state and these were replaced early in the current ownership, followed by a new teak deck and all new strap floors throughout.
A true pedigree classic yacht that has been well maintained and exudes class.
Recently featured on our page with some teaser photos, this superb yacht STELLA is now officially on the market with full details available in the link below.This is a magnificent yacht in every sense, designed, built and maintained by a master shipwright in Germany, the passion and pride that has gone into this yacht is evident at every turn when you look about. Cruised extensively by the husband and wife owner with voyages to Norway and the Med, she is a well proven cruising yacht and totally set up and ready for her next custodian to head for the horizon. This is a very high quality yacht in excellent condition being offered at a sensible asking price. Located in northern Germany.woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yacht/spirit-of-tradition-bermudan-cutter/... See MoreSee Less
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