Heard Tosher 20 built by Gaffers and Luggers in Cornwall in 1994.
All GRP hull and decks with hardwood trim. All the appearance of a traditional boat with a very traditional design taken from one of the local Mevagissey Tosher working boats.
Built for the previous owner who kept the boat for nearly 28 years, using her for single handed and family sailing. These very attractive boats have a large and deep cockpit which makes them very safe for family sailing with plenty of space to move around within the boat. There is a small area under the foredeck, not large enough to sleep in but excellent for storage space.
The boat sits on an excellent galvanised road trailer that has never been in the water. The boat and trailer weigh 3.5 tons so are a legal tow, requiring a large vehicle such as a land Rover or similar. This ability to tow her on the road can make for cost effective sailing, enabling the boat to be taken home over the winter and avoid boat yard storage costs.
Built by well known Plymouth boatbuilder Chris Rees in 1992 to his own design, an exceptionally robust construction for blue water sailing.
Rees built Pete Goss’ boat Spirit of Mystery which he sailed to Australia. The owner has a newspaper article in which Goss states meeting Chris Reece “was a match made in heaven”.
Rees sailed this boat down to NW Africa via the Azores and later across the Atlantic, up to Nova Scotia and Greenland before returning to UK .The owner has photos of her dated 1997 in Greenland against a background of rocky mountains and icebergs.
Bought by the present owner in 2006 having retired from a life of rebuilding and tuning pianos for Steinway. With only one owner between him and the builder, and after several years living on board the owner started on a prolonged refit but now time and health have caught up with him and it is time to pass her on to new energy and enthusiasm.
Now close to completion, a new owner will have the benefit of a proven, blue water yacht which with even amateur knowledge and some investment of time and money will be an exceptional cruising yacht at a very sensible budget.
All structural hull work appears to be completed. The greater amount of work left to complete is the rig and she needs a suit of sails.
This is not a yacht in the classic manner of elegant counters, scrubbed teak decks and acres of perfect varnish but an excellent example of a practical, functional and very capable yacht without being excessively large. At this price Sarah Louise is a good buy to a new owner with ambitions for blue water sailing on a budget.
Wooden Ships Comments on this St Ives Herring Drifter Pioneer PZ277
Pioneer PZ277 was built Paynters of St Ives for local fisherman Henry Hendy. She remained in the Hendy family until 1988.
Some records state her build date as 1891, some a little later in 1899.
She was the first steam fishing vessel in west Cornwall and by all accounts was not well received by the local fisherman as her steam propulsion enabled her to reach fishing grounds more quickly and gave a distinct advantage over the traditional sailing vessels. It seems this animosity towards the boat forced her to move to Penzance where she worked out of as a drifter for many years.
She was a steam boat until 1947 when a Kelvin diesel was installed, followed later by a Lister and now a Ford.
Her history is a rich and varied one, from her days breaking new ground in the fishing industry, mustered for the D-Day landing evacuations, Used in the clean up of the Tori Canyon oil spill clean up and she has eve had a childrens book written about her. The reason that she was not used in the D-Day evacuations was that the volume of coal needed aboard would have taken up too much space and not left any room for soldiers.
Bought by her current owner and refitted with some new planking, new wiring, new sails and general improvement and upgrading
Built in Falmouth by R.S. Burt and sons in 1925 as a Falmouth Quay Punt, she was however purchased immediately by a London based owner and fitted out as a yacht from the beginning.
She remained in the West Country until the late 1960’s when she moved to Cowes and then on to Suffolk.
In the previous ownership she had a major restoration in the early 1990’s with a complete new rig and many hull repairs carried out.
In recent years she has been used very little but has recently had a small refit including new keel bolts, new rudder pintles …
Wooden Ships Comments on this 49′ Alan Buchanan Bermudan Yawl
49’ Alan Buchanan bermudan yawl built by Mashords of Plymouth to Lloyds100A1 in 1962.
Now in only her 3rd ownership, she was kept in Lloyds classification until 2004 when a lack of a qualified surveyor near her then home port made classification unrealistically expensive. She is an extraordinarily well built boat using top class materials and is a testament to the skills and quality of workmanship at Mashfords Shipyard.
Bought by the present owners in 2018, she was taken to Gweek Quay, Falmouth and underwent a major professional refit to put the boat back into top condition in readiness for some planned long distance sailing. A full list of the work done can be seen below.
She has proved to be an excellent family cruising yacht, easily sailed single handed if required with the aid of her modern autopilot, roller furling headsail and numerous self tailing winches.
The cutter headed yawl rig allows for a great variety of sail combinations making her a versatile and capable yacht.
With stunning good looks and great performance, this long legged capable vessel is the epitome of the classic yacht.
Length on Deck 49’
Length Waterline 35’
Beam 12’
Draft 6’9”
Sail Area 1200sqfft
Thames Tonnage 23TM
2018-2022 Refit
Ballast keel removed, bolts checked and rebidded
Majority of galvanised trap floors removed, re-galvanised ad replaced with new bolts
Wooden Ships Comments on this 65′ Danish Gaff Ketch
Danish gaff ketch built as a fishing vessel in Denmark by Jensen and Lauridsen, Esbjerg in 1936.
Major rebuild in 1995/6 by Neilsen & co. Gloucester with many new frames, lots of new planking and a complete new deck, deckhouse and interior.
Bought by the present professional shipwright owner in 2015 through Wooden Ships, the vessel has subsequently had a major refit including major hull repairs, shortening of the deck house, a replacement engine, new rig, new interior and many new systems. The vessel is now licensed for commercial activity under the MCA to Category 2 60 miles from safe haven. She carries all gear and equipment required by the MCA.
The vessel also has a commercial cargo licence for carrying up to 1 ton of paying cargo which possibly makes her of interest to the recent sail cargo movement.
Licensed for 12 passengers and 3 crew, she is an easy boat to handle with the split ketch rig and a very handy size, big enough to give a decent interior volume and deck space but not so big as to be difficult to handle. The deck house is an unusual feature that gives a deck saloon, galley and chart area all with excellent all round visibility, a sheltered warm space making passages in northern climates much easier for the crew. It also increases the inside useable volume of the boat enormously.
An excellent example of the type, exceptionally pretty and well maintained by the professional owner.
Wooden Ships Comments on this 19′ Roger Dongray Golant Gaffer
19’ Golant Gaffer built by the current owner to the well known Roger Dongray plans. The boat was completed in 2017 but sails and rig were not fitted until 2021.
The boat has only been used a few times, all on fresh water lakes and is presented in very smart condition.
She comes with a custom made Snipe road trailer that is fitted out for easy launch and retrieval on a slipway. The mast is deck stepped and can be raised by hand meaning this boat can be launched and sailed completely independent from boat yards and associated costs.
The Golant Gaffer is a popular design with traditional lines and rig, but built from modern wood/epoxy strip plank methods which make for a low maintenance and tough hull.
A nice example in nearly new condition and complete with an excellent road trailer.
Wooden Ships Comments on this 43′ Camper and Nicholson Sloop
Camper and Nicholson sloop designed by Charles E. Nicholson and built by C&N in 1951. She was a revolutionary boat due to the method used for the construction of the hull. The plank seams are edge glued rather than caulked and payed in between making her a very tight and dry boat. Her build and early years are well documented in Yachting World articles.
Unlike her later C&N sisters, she is slightly narrower in the beam and with more sheer, making her a very elegant boat with her long counter stern.
In present ownership since 2021 she has had various jobs and refit work carried out to improve and upgrade the boat leaving her now in a good and very smart state, ready for classic regattas and cruising.
Fitted with alloy spars with in- mast furling , she is now a very easily handled boat, often sailing single handed even in stronger winds.
The boat comes with a detailed maintenance log going back to 1995, a well cared for and properly used pedigree classic yacht. May 2022 survey available.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Norman E. Dallimore Gaff Cutter
Norman E. Dallimore gaff cutter believed to be the earliest surviving example of his work.
Built by Cole & Sons of Hammersmith, London in 1912. It is understood she was purchased in 1935 by Major Cecil Crawford Lindsay Ryan, H.B.M. Consulate General, Bushire Persian Gulf and the yacht was shipped to Bombay at that time, returning to the UK in 1943 when she was sold.
Major professional rebuild between 2005 and 2007 which included major hull repairs, new deck, new sails and rigging, new engine and new interior. The boat was then not used at all after the refit and came into the present ownership about 5 years ago, at which point the refit was completed, the boat commissioned and has been used for occasional local sailing over the last 4 years.
The running and standing rigging was all new in 2018, the sails are like new and the engine has done very few hours.
Recently she has been painted and varnished so is now looking exceptionally smart with a mirror finish to the topsides.
Large amount of documented history comes with the boat making her a very special little yacht.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Kim Holman Stella 26 Sloop
Designed by Kim Holman and built by Tucker Brown of Burnham-on-Crouch in 1965.
The Stella was a very popular design, derived from the Folkboat but slightly bigger all round with more volume and a bigger rig. To this day there is still an active fleet racing on the east coast and they have proven themselves as fast, capable and easily handled pocket cruiser racers.
This yacht was owned previously by a skilled individual who undertook some major refit work carried out including dropping the ballast keel and fitting new throat bolts and keel bolts in 2013, Epoxy sheathed plywood deck in 2017, new rigging and recent sails. Brought to the south coast by the current owner, she has been used for local cruising and evening racing, maintained to a good standard and is currently looking smart and in regular use.
She has 4 good berths by virtue of the comfortable pipecot berths in the forepeak. The cockpit is spacious and comfortable, far bigger than might be expected in a 26’ yacht. These boats really are wonderful boats to sail and have a surprising turn of speed that make them en enjoyable class to race amongst.
After posting some teaser photos of Nell a little while ago, we have now formally put this fine yacht on the market. Nell is a G.L. Watson gaff cutter built on the Clyde in 1887 and completely rebuilt in Normandy, France between 2009 and 2017. This yacht is a totally unique piece of maritime history and is presented in superb condition. Her interior is her most remarkable feature and was designed by her first owner Robert Cowan Robertson. He was an artist based in Glasgow and his interior design was influenced by the fashions of the time with raised and fielded oak panelling, ionic pillasters and most notably stained glass sliding windows covering the portholes. The interior has been restored sympathetically and is largely original apart from some very small areas where damaged joinery needed replacing. The result is magnificent and sets this yacht apart as a unique piece of history. Full details and many photos available on our web site with the following link:woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yacht/g-l-watson-gaff-cutter/#classicboat #classicboatforsale #yachtforsale ... See MoreSee Less
