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Wooden Ships Comments on this Rowing Skiff

Rowing skiff built by Justin Adkin of SeaSabre in Axminster, east Devon.  One of 6 boats built, she is clearly a professional quality build by the level of finish and attention to detail.

Used sporadically by previous owners in various rowing races, she has always been a very fast boat and slips through the water with ease.

Complete with an all over cover, carbon fibre oars and a road trailer, she is ready to be used and is in extremely smart condition.

Length                  14′

Construction

Fibreglass hull with red gelcoat.

Laminated mahogany stem and keel bonded to the hull.

Varnished mahogany gunnel and rubbing strakes all round with a varnished mahogany top strake on the transom.

Varnished mahogany centre thwart with sawn mahogany knees for support.

Varnished adjustable foot stretcher.

Aft and forward thwarts bonded into the hull and double as a buoyancy tanks

Equipment

Pair of carbon fibre sculling oars with gates

Galvanised road trailer

All over cover

Painter

Full details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this McNulty rowing dinghy

McNulty dinghy built for the late owner, build number  2543.  The boat has been stored indoors its entire life as a static exhibit, never launched and is in immaculate as new condition.

McNulty dinghies were built to a very high standard and this is no different using choice materials with a high level of finish.  Her lines are exquisite with an elegant sheer and a fullness in the bilge which will give her buoyancy and stability.

Fully equipped with a road trailer, cover and oars.  She also has lifting eyes and a bridle which have been used to hang her in the roof but would serve equally well to sling her in davits on the side of a larger yacht.  A unique one of a kind dinghy.

Length                  9′

Beam                    4′

Construction

Clinker planked in mahogany, all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Varnished mahogany transom with a bronze rubbing band on top and a sculling notch.

Laminated mahogany stem with a varnished grown oak breast hook.

Varnished oak rubbing strake and gunnel.  Reinforced rowlock positions with bronze rowlocks.

Varnished mahogany thwarts on a mahogany full length stringer.  Centre thwart supported by grown oak knees.

Slatted oak sole boards

Equipment

Galvanised road trailer

All over cover

Pair of Collars oars

Pair of bronze rowlocks

Sole boards

Wire lifting bridle for use with davits

Full details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Sennen Cove Lugger

Built by the Falmouth Marine School in 2004, one of a number of these boats built by students under the supervision of professional shipwrights.

The design is a replica of a Sennen Cove crabber from 1892 which means she is a solid, stable and capable sea boat.  The original working boats fished for crab and lobster off Lands End with trips to the Isles of Scilly in fair weather, this was a harsh environment and these boats were designed and built to withstand everything the sea could throw at them.

With inboard engines,  a 2 mast lug rig and a large open deck she is a versatile little vessel.  Although heavy and solid, the boat is light enough to be towed on the road behind a suitably sized vehicle.

In present ownership she has had a thorough refit between 2019 and now, including an engine overhaul and new gearbox, new sole boards and bearers, a new foremast, new wiring and a complete cosmetic refit.  She is now in smart and solid condition, ready to be sailed.

Length on Deck                 22’4″

Length Waterline             22′

Beam                                    7’8″

Draft                                      3′

Construction

Planked in larch on oak frames.  Bronze screw fastened into the sawn oak frames in futtocks, copper rivet fastened into the intermediate steamed timbers.

Full length wooden keel.

Full length stringer at the thwart level. Thwarts are heavily built in larch with solid supporting knees, all copper riveted through.

Painted gunnel with 2 rowing positions using thole pins through the gunnel.

All new Douglas Fir sole boards on new bearers.

Painted wooden engine box midships

Small aft deck, replaced in 2019.

Rig

Two mast lug rig on solid wooden keel stepped masts.  Standing  lug mizzen and dipping lug mainsail.

Foremast was new in 2019.

Mizzen sets to a large removable bumpkin over the transom.  Masts, yards and bumpkin in varnished wood.

Traditional 3 strand running rigging with varnished wooden blocks.

New mainsail in 2013 by North Sea Sails.  Mizzen by Patrick Selman in 2004.  Both in excellent condition.

Machinery

Beta Marine 14hp twin cylinder diesel installed new in 2005.

Single lever controls with stainless shaft to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.

New Technodrive gearbox fitted in 2019.

New engine mounts installed and new salt water pump fitted in 2019.

Engine serviced in April 2020.

Stainless steel fuel tank under the aft thwart.

2 x 12 volt batteries for domestics and engine start.  New 4 way switch panel installed.

Inventory

Mainsail (2013)

Mizzen (2004)

All running and standing rigging

Beaching legs

Pair of oars and rowlocks

28lb Fishermans anchor with 3/8″ chain and warp

Fenders

Mooring warps

Box of tools and bosun’s stores

Full details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this 16′ Motor Launch

A well built and sturdy launch which had a thorough refitin the previous ownership and has been well cared for in the last few years.  Excellent structural and cosmetic condition, she has just been launched and is in regular use by the owners.

The large beam means she is a very stable launch with a lot of carrying capacity for her length, but at only  16′ long she is suitable for dinghy berths and landing pontoons making her a very useable river launch.

Construction

Clinker planked in Larch all copper fastened to steamed timbers.

Varnished mahogany sheer strake, rubbing strake and gunnels.

Varnished mahogany thwarts with plywood knees.

Solid larch sole boards painted with non-slip paint.

Small sheathe plywood aft deck gives a good size storage locker beneath.

Machinery

Lister  2cyl raw water cooled diesel with a stainless shaft to a 3 blade bronze propeller.

Recent professional engine overhaul .  New starter motor and water pump.  Injectors serviced.  New remote stern greaser fitting and remote water intake filter.

New plastic  fuel tank under the centre thwart with an in line fuel filter and water separator

Twin batteries under the aft deck.

2 new electric bilge pumps and 1 manual.

Equipment

Fenders and warps

Lister diesel

2 x 12 volt batteries

2 auto eletcric bilge pumps

1 manual Whale bilge pump

Spare fuel can

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Salmon Netting Rowing Boat

Built in Padstow in 1977 as a Salmon net boat.  She has been in same family her entire life, used for Salmon fishing on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall until 2017 when she was laid up.

A substantially built boat with good beam and plenty of buoyancy, wide in the stern which stops her sitting low in the water when being sculled.

Generally a sound boat, well built and with a nice history, she will need a little tidying but would make a lovely family boat.

Length Overall                  13’9″

Construction

Clinker planked in Larch, all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Oak transom with sculling notch and outboard pad.

Heavy gunnels in larch with a white rubber D-section rubbing band.

2 rowing positions with larch thwarts supported by sawn oak knees.

Aft thwart and grey painted sole boards.

Equipment

Pair of oars and rowlocks

Sculling oar

Sole boards

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this North Quay 19

Built by North Quay Marine in 2008 to a Ted Spears design, the largest in the range of open day boats built by North Quay at the time.

Bought by the present owner in 2016 from the first owner who had had the boat maintained to a very high standard as the boat was frequently used by North Quay as a display boat at shows and festivals.  In 2017 she had work done to the deck, complete re-varnish and a professional re-spray of the topsides.

The North Quay 19 is a very clever design resulting in a versatile, capable but easy to sail day boat, with a huge cockpit giving space for 6 adults while sailing but also offering quite exciting performance, especially when sailing off the wind.

The trailer sailer concept is more popular now than ever before, and with a total weight of less than 1.5 tons she can be towed behind a moderate sized family car making her very versatile.  Storing a boat at home over the winter and even being able to launch on a slipway will reduce yearly running costs enormously while still having a very pretty and fun boat to sail.

Her accommodation is limited but she can sleep 4 adults under the camping awning giving scope for family weekends away.  Her exceptionally shallow draft with the centreplate up allows access to the heads of the creeks where nobody else will be anchored overnight.

A very smart and well kept example of this popular day boat, complete with everything required to get sailing immediately.

Length on Deck                 19’3″

Length Overall                   23’7″

Beam                                    7’1″

Draft                                      1’10”

Draft plate down              3’2″

Weight                                 975kg/2150lbs

Sail area                               242sqft

Construction

Strip plank 12mm Western Red Cedar hull, epoxy glued.  Sheathed inside and out with epoxy glass cloth.

Marine plywood frames bonded to the hull at 500mm centres

External iron ballast keel of 250kg with stainless steel bolts.

Laminated backbone and stem.

Solid mahogany transom, varnished externally.

Galvanised steel centreplate raised with a reduction wheel.

Epoxy sheathed marine plywood deck, finished in non-slip paint.  Varnished mahogany coamings all round.

Douglas Fir beamshelf and deck beams

Transom hung rudder on bronze pintles.  Rudder is made from marine plywood with solid mahogany cheeks.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a hollow Douglas Fir varnished mast mounted in a tabernacle on deck.

Varnished Douglas Fir boom, gaff and bowsprit.

7×19 stainless steel standing rigging, tensioned with lanyards to stainless eye bolts on the side decks.

Simply rigged with a single cap shroud each side, swept aft so she has no running back stays.

Both staysail and jib are on bronze roller furling systems with a captive forestay in the luff of the sail.

All blocks and rigging gear are from Barton.

3 strand traditional appearance running rigging.  Halyards fall to bronze belaying pins on forward cockpit coaming.

Sails all from Jeckells in 2008 include Mainsail, staysail and jib.  All in very good order, new sacrificial UV strips on the headsails in 2019

Machinery

Honda 5hp 4 stroke outboard engine sits in a well in the aft deck.  Protrudes on the centreline forward of the rudder.  Engine was new in 2010, serviced regularly.

Gives 4.5 knots cruising speed.

10 litre remote plastic fuel tank.

Electrical output from the engine charges the battery.

Single 12 volt battery in the forepeak, new in 2017.  Supplies power for a 12 volt socket and the sounder.

Accommodation

She has a spray hood with a zip on back, plus an additional camping tent which when put together cover the whole cockpit.

Cushions for a single berth either side on the forward thwarts going under the foredeck.

The aft central sole board can be lifted to bridge across the aft thwarts creating space for a double berth under the camping awning.

Thetford chemical toilet stows in the locker in the forepeak.

Equipment

Plastimo Offshore 75 compass

Target 2 depth sounder

ICOM IC-M&! handheld VHF

Garmin GP12 GPS

15kg Danforth anchor with ample chain

4kg Grapnel anchor with 20m of warp

Mainsail staysail and jib by Jeckells Sails

Mainsail cover

Cockpit cover (new 2018)

Sprayhood with back

Camping cover for aft cockpit

All over winter cover (new 2019)

Single axle galvanised trailer, new 2016

Honda 5hp 4 stroke outboard

Remote 10litre fuel tank

12 volt battery

Rudder and 2 tillers

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments

Built to the Aber design by renowned French naval architect Francois Vivier, he first conceived the design in 1985 with inspiration from the Breton working boats.  She is designed as a fast boat for up to 3 people, fun to sail with superb looks and easy to launch on and off a trailer.  The bow sections were made more full than some of his earlier designs to give more buoyancy and better sea keeping.  The powerful lug rig makes this a very fast little boat with a high peak yard typical of the Breton working boats.

This particular boat was professionally built for the current owner in 1994 by John Moody of Traditional Sail in Salcombe.  Moody built a small number of Abers around this time and they have become highly sought after for their exceptional build quality.  This boat was commissioned by the owner to celebrate the Douarnenez 1992 festival of the sea and is aptly named Dz.

This boat, Dz, was chosen by Classic Boat magazine as one of their top 150 designs of all time in the 150th edition of the magazine, it is not hard to see why when looking at the beautiful lines and finish on this particular boat.

She has been dry stored all her life and comes with a very good quality road trailer and is complete and ready to tow away.  A very special boat in exceptional condition.

Length                  14’2″

Beam                    4’10”

Draft                      2’10” plate down

Weight                 275kg approx

Construction

Built from 14mm strip plank cedar, glued and edge fastened with bronze nails.

Mahogany sheer strake plank and gunwhale.

Widely spaced steamed oak ribs, copper rivet fastened.

Stem, keel and transom of mahogany.  Sculling notch in the transom.

Finished externally in gloss Epiphanes black, varnished internally.  Cove line and name carved into the hull and picked out in white.

Varnished mahogany thwarts sitting on a mahogany stringer with sawn mahogany knees.  2 rowing positions.

Varnished mahogany sole boards.

Marine plywood centreplate box with plate operated by a rope out of the top of the box and cleated off.

Rig

Standing lug rig on a keel stepped varnished Douglas Fir mast.

Varnished Douglas Fir yard.

Mast stepped though the forward thwart onto the keel.

Downhaul for the tack comes aft to a block and tackle to get the required tension.

Mainsail in cream terelyne, loose footed

Main halyard falls to a cleat on the starboard side of the mast.

Equipment

Galvanised road trailer with winch, light board and spare wheel.

Pair of oars and bronze rowlocks

Sole boards

Rudder and tiller

Mast, yard and mainsail

Guardian G5 anchor with warp

2 folding anchors

2 Inflatable buoyancy bags

Mooring lines and fenders

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Pram sailing dinghy

Clinker pram dinghy built by Wootton Bridge Industries on the Isle of Wight in 1965.

Beautifully restored by the current owner and finished to a very high level, complete with oars and rig.  She has 2 rowing positions depending on what loads you are carrying and can easily be sailed by adults and children alike.  Ideal for the youngsters to learn on the water but also very suitable as a smart tender to a larger yacht.

Very smart dinghy in ready to go condition.

Length                  8’2″

Beam                    3’9″

Construction

Clinker planked in mahogany copper rivet fastened to steamed oak timbers.

Brass rubbing strips on the hull to take the ground.

Varnished mahogany transoms with oak lodging knees

Varnished mahogany rubbing strake and coir fender.

Varnished mahogany thwarts with 2 rowing positions.

Varnished pine sole boards.

All bronze fittings

Varnished mahogany centreplate and centreplate box and transom hung rudder with bronze hangings

Rig

Spritsail rig on a varnished pine mast with varnished pine boom and sprit.

Simple stainless steel standing rigging with a pair of shrouds and a forestay.

Single sail in white terylene.  Main sheet to a rope horse across the transom.

Halyard and sprit downhaul make up on bronze cleats on the mast.

Equipment

Mainsail

Running and standing rigging

Mast, boom and sprit yard

Rudder, tiller and centreplate

Pair of oars with copper tips

Bronze rowlocks

Road trailer

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Clinker plywood rowing dinghy

Built in Portscatho, Cornwall approximately 50 years ago and spent most of her life in Cornwall.

Refurbished by Fowey boat builder Marcus Lewis in 2015 and varnish regularly.

A very pretty rowing dinghy which moves nicely through the water.

She has a generous beam giving good stability and volume making her ideal for a family or as a stout and sturdy tender.  the Plywood construction makes her relatively light but still stiff and strong.

Attractive boat on a good road trailer with oars and rowlocks.

Length                  11’6″

Beam                    6′

Construction

Clinker planked in edge glued marine plywood

Steam bent oak timbers fastened with copper rivets.

Solid oak stem and transom

Grown oak breasthook and quarter lodging knees.

Varnished pine thwarts supported by hanging knees

Hardwood gunnel and rubbing strake with 2 rowing positions.

Heavy rope fender all round

Equipment

Tyrone Snell galvanised road trailer

Pair of 210cm oars

Pair of rowlocks

Rope fender

Painted sole boards

Bruce anchor with chain and warp

Boat hook

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this 8′ Stirling and Son rowing dinghy

Clinker dinghy designed and built by Will Stirling of Stirling and Son in 2009.  Built for the current owner but used very little and garaged the majority of the time

Very high quality professional build, still in immaculate condition and ready to use.

Length                  8′

Construction

Clinker planked in mahogany copper rivet fastened to steamed oak timbers.

Varnished oak sheer strake, gunnels and rubbing strake.

Oak stem, keel and transom

Varnished oak thwarts and supporting hanging knees.  Aft, centre and forward thwart.

Slatted varnished sole boards

Equipment

Pair of oars

Rowlocks

Launching trolley

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.