The Wooden Ships website is the only place on the web dedicated to advertising and selling small traditional boats, dinghies, cabin boat and river launches. The team is fortunate to have some of the world’s most beautiful small wooden boats for sale. We consider it both a pleasure and a responsibility to guide you in selecting the boat that is your perfect match.
Browse our portfolio of small wooden dinghies, yachts, rowing boats and powerboats for sale today, or contact us to find out more information.
Enquire about Iain Oughtred Wee Seal II Sloop
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Wee Seal II from the board of the late Iain Oughtred. The designed himself altered the designs of this boat for the commissioning owner, giving her bilge keels instead of a centreplate enabling her to dry out with no fuss. Professionally built hull and decks, fitted out by the owner. Recent cosmetic refit plus new outboard engine. Good condition road trailer. Small but mighty design perfect for weekend exploration and camping in quiet spots at the head of the creek.
- Designer: Iain Oughtred
- Year: 2012
- Location: Devon
- Length on deck: 18'3"
- Beam: 7'3"
- Draft: 1'8"
Enquire about Fairlie Yacht Slip Motor Launch
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Classic clinker motor launch built by the Fairlie Yacht Slip, one of a pair of motor launch tenders built for a converted ex. Admiralty MFV. Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine, recently serviced. Complete with road trailer with new bearings and hubs. Smart boat all ready for the summer.
- Designer: Fairlie Yacht Slip
- Builder: Fairlie Yacht Slip
- Year: 1978
- Location: Argyll & Bute
- Length on deck: 12'
- Beam: 5'
Enquire about Norwegian Sjekte
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Norwegian Sjekte
£6500
Built by Adrian Morgan of Viking Boats, Ullapool to a 1934 Norwegian design by Karsten Ausland. Based on the Norwegian fishing Sjekte but with finer lines and a fractional bermudan rig, she is a fast boat and extremely pretty. Planked in larch on oak frames, hollow mast by Collars and sails from North Sea Sails. All in tidy condition but not used for a few years. Complete with trailer, rig and oars she is a particularly nice little boat.
- Designer: Karsten Ausland
- Builder: Adrian Morgan
- Year: 2002
- Location: Staffordshire
- Length on deck: 18'6"
- Beam: 5'8"
- Draft: 1'7"
Enquire about Bantham Motor Launch
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Bantham Motor Launch
£6000
Clinker motor launch built in the village of Bantham, south Devon and used on the local Avon River since new. Lombardini 11hp diesel inboard engine.
- Designer: Traditional
- Location: Devon
- Length on deck: 16'6"
- Beam: 6'7
- Draft: 1'6"
Enquire about Varnished Clinker Motor Launch
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Varnished motor launch built in 2004 but not finished and launched until 2015. Based on the Beer fishing boats with full bow sections and generous beam. Nanni 14hp diesel engine. Extreme road trailer in excellent condition. Complete with mooring warps, fenders and cover. Sensibly priced for a quick sale.
- Designer: Traditional
- Year: 2004
- Location: Devon
- Length on deck: 14'9"
- Beam: 6'6"
Enquire about Rossiters Rowing Skiff
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Rossiters Rowing Skiff
£5995
17' clinker mahogany rowing skiff designed and built by Rossiter Yachts in Christchurch. Built for the present owners and yard maintained to a high standard. Complete with oars and all over fitted cover. Immaculate boat ready to go afloat.
- Designer: Rossiter Yachts
- Builder: Rossiter Yachts
- Year: 2000
- Location: Dorset
- Length on deck: 17'
- Beam: 4'6"
Enquire about Paul Gartside Skylark
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Paul Gartside Skylark
£5750
Paul Gartside Skylark dinghy built by Jim Higginson at the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy in 2013. Built to a very high standard with excellent materials, proven by the beautiful tight grained douglas fir planking that was chosen for the planking and other elements of the build. Built with a lug rig, the current owners had built a gunter sloop rig to the original Gartside design so the boat comes with 2 separate rigs, both complete and ready to go. the Skylark is an interesting design with a wide beam that is carried a long way aft to give excellent buoyancy and stability. complete with a fitted all over cover and galvanised road trailer. A stunning and well maintained dinghy.
- Designer: Paul Gartside
- Builder: Jim Higginson
- Year: 2013
- Location: Devon
- Length on deck: 14'1"
- Beam: 5'10"
Enquire about Salcombe Yawl
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Salcombe Yawl
£4950
Salcombe Yawl No.36 built by Stones of Portlemouth in 1961. Professionally refitted in 2010 with new decks. Complete with Bramber road trailer and combination launching trolley and 2 sets of cruising sails. Very smart example of the class.
- Designer: Traditional
- Builder: Stones of Portlemouth
- Year: 1961
- Location: Sussex
- Length on deck: 16'
- Beam: 7'
Enquire about American Motor Skiff
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American Motor Skiff
£4750
Newly built motor skiff originally designed by American Edwin I. Schock in 1952. Strip plank hull sheathed in epoxy glass cloth externally with utile furniture. Complete with cover, road trailer and 6hp Tohatsu outboard motor. Capable little boat which will do 8 knots quite easily. Only launched for sea trials, now ready to tow away and go in the water for the summer.
- Designer: Edson I. Schock
- Year: 2026
- Location: Kent
- Length on deck: 14'6"
- Beam: 5'
Enquire about Pearns of Looe Fishing Boat
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Traditional Cornish inshore fishing vessel built by Gerald Pearn of Looe in 1954. Mercedes-Benz OM 636 diesel engine. Large open cockpit with seating and open backed wheelhouse. Pretty boat perfect for coastal exploration, fishing trips and beach visits.
- Designer: Traditional
- Builder: Gerald Pearns of Looe
- Year: 1967
- Location: Cornwall
- Length on deck: 24'
Enquire about Racing Keel Boat
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Racing Keel Boat
£4000
Designed by Dave Hollom of Americas Cup fame and built by the owner in 2013. She is similar in many ways to the Flying 15 and will plane easily in 12 knots of wind. Strip plank hull with carbon fibre spars and a retractable lead bulb keel, this is a boat with excellent performance and good pedigree given her designer. The rig and sail plan was designed by the team at Goacher Sails will all Harken fittings, 2 sets of sail and spinnakers. Complete with a Bison electric outboard and custom road trailer. A fun and exciting boat to sail, fully equipped, tried and tested, ready for her next owners.
- Designer: Dave Hollom
- Year: 2013
- Location: Derbyshire
- Length on deck: 22'
- Beam: 5'
Enquire about Iain Oughtred Guillemot Lugsail Dinghy
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Professionally built Oughtred Guillemot lugsail sailing dinghy first launched in 2021 and used only sporadically since. Complete with rig, oars and combination launching trolley/road trailer. Very smart condition and ready to go afloat with everything needed to start sailing.
- Designer: Iain Oughtred
- Builder: Tavy Wooden Boats
- Year: 2021
- Length on deck: 12'2"
- Beam: 4'6"
- Draft: 8"
Small boats for sale
People use small boats for sailing, rowing, fishing and tenders for larger vessels. They are easy to transport, affordable, and a great way to get afloat. Small boats are perfect for as a small fishing boat, small sailing boat, motor cruiser or sports cruiser and popular for recreation. We have spent some of the best family days pottering up and down the estuary in our sailing dinghy.
Small classic sailing boats are great for people wanting to start sailing. They’re relatively affordable and classic in style, and you can often find older examples for a fraction of the cost of a new boat. Plus, they’ll still provide you with years of enjoyment.
Classic boats are also a great option if you’re looking for a project boat. Many of these boats have been well cared for and only need a little TLC to get them back into sailing shape. With a bit of elbow grease, you can often have your dream boat for a fraction of the cost of buying new.
Some of the cheap small sailboats for sale on the Wooden Ships website include dinghies, day boats and river launches. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about any small boats featured on our website, or if you’d like to sell your boat.
Wooden Ships classic yachts brokers have an extensive database of small boats for sale. With a wide range of sail boats, classic yachts, motor yachts and small classic boats, Wooden Ships has one of the largest selections of traditional wooden boats and yachts for sale in the UK.























