Archives: Small crafts

Wooden Ships Comments on this 15′ Clinker Dinghy

Built by Cyril White of Brightlingsea in the 1960’s although her exact history is unknown.

No doubt designed as a stout boat for local use, she has 2 rowing positions and can take an outboard on the transom.

Excellent freeboard, stiff bilge sections and good beam make her a stable, capable and safe boat for family use.

Complete with trailer and outboard engine.

Length              14’9”

Beam                 5’6”

Wooden Ships Comments on this Kittiwake 14 Yawl

Kittiwake 14 yawl built by Kittiwake boats in 1995.

The boat was built for TV presenter Alastair Dickenson and has been well cared for in the present ownership.

She had a professional refit in 2022 where she was completely re-varnished along with new running rigging.

She is complete with a brand new 2023 winter cover and good quality road trailer.

A lovely little boat ready for the summer

Length on Deck            14’3”

Length Overall             15’10”

Length Waterline         14’

Beam                               4’10”

Draft plate down         3’

Designed weight          320kg

Wooden Ships Comments on this Windermere Char Fishing Skiff

Built as a Windermere Char fishing boat, her age and exact origins are unknown.  Boats of this design were used for fishing the Arctic Char in Lake Windermere, using long rods over each side.

This boat was found by the owner on a bonfire heap and seeing her for what she was, bought the wreck and started a complete rebuild.  The boat was names Phoenix after her close encounter with the flames.

The hull planking was largely intact, but all the frames were replaced and the hull totally re-fastened.  She had a new stem, all new gunwhales and thwarts, new sole boards and a rudder was fitted using 100 year old pintles from another skiff.

The work has been completed to a very high standard and the boat has only been used lightly since her re-launch.  She has a galvanised road trailer and 2 pairs of sweeps.

An eye catching skiff in excellent condition, complete with road trailer.

Length              17’4”

Beam                 5’ + 8” for the outriggers

Wooden Ships Comments on this Moorman Bros Clinker Rowing Dinghy

Built by Isle of Wight boat builder Peter Moorman of Moorman Bros, Isle of Wight, in 1966.  She was commissioned by and built for an uncle of the present owner, the original purchase invoice is still with the boat showing a total of £115 including extras of the side benches and the foredeck.

Designed as a stable and safe fishing dinghy for use around the Isle of Wight, she has always been kept and used on the island.

Kept undercover and launched when used, she seems to be in very nice condition and is a complete package with launching trolley, engine and cover.

Length on Deck            12’

Beam                               4’6”

Wooden Ships Comments on this Solent Scow

Solent Scow sailing dinghy built by Adrian Stone on the Isle of Wight in 1989.

Recent professional refurbishment including all new alloy spars and a brand new sail.

The Solent Scow is said to have been developed in Edwardian times when local yachtsman Captain Nicholson found his blunt nose pram dinghy not suitable for the choppy waters of the Solent.  In 1912 he instructed local boat builder Dan Bran to build a dinghy that was in effect a small pram with a conventional stem.  The design took off in the 1920’s and 1930’s with fleets all around the Solent, all with slight variations.  They were built in their hundreds by various yards around the Solent including Berthons.

In late years the design was built in GRP and from the mid 1980’s another slightly altered design came out, the brain child of boat builder John Claridge, which has seen the Scow become a popular racing fleet in several harbours around the Solent to this day.

This particular boat is unusual as she is one of the later boats but built from wood rather than GRP.  Probably commissioned by an individual who wanted to race with the scows but did not want a GRP boat, she is a particularly nice example in very nice condition.  She benefits from the modern Scow rig with alloy spars and an as new sail from Sanders Sails, plus she has the modern Scow rudder and centreboard design.

The boat was given a recent refit with a complete new rig, sails and mast step.  The hull was stripped externally to bare wood and re-varnished and the inside of the hull sanded back and re-varnished.

Length                        11’3”

Beam                        4’8”

Wooden Ships Comments on this McNulty Longstone Sailing Dinghy

McNulty Longstone clinker sailing dinghy built by McNulty Boats to their popular Longstone design.

As usual with McNulty the build quality and materials are first class.  The hull was antifouled this year and is varnished inside and out.

Complete with a recently bought road trailer with a piggy back launching trolley and fitted cover.

Pretty boat, easy to row and sail, perfect for family adventures up the rivers and creeks.

Length on Deck                 12’

Beam                                    4’10”

Weight                                    180kg

Sail area                                 78sqft

Wooden Ships Comments on this Mears of Seaton Clinker Motor Launch

Built by Paul Mears of Seaton in 2008 to a traditional Beer lugger design.  The Beer luggers have been used as local fishing boats for many years, launched and retrieved from the beach with large winches and wooden rollers.  Because of this they are built very robustly and have a very conspicuous shape to the hull with high freeboard, a sharp turn to the bilge for stability and small bilge keels to keep them upright on the beach.

Originally built with a lug yawl rig.  The rig was removed by the present owner and she has been used simply as an open motor launch, but all the fittings are in place to take a rig if that was desired.

This is a very stable and spacious boat for her size, capable of coastal passages and with space for a good number of people.

Length on Deck                 18’

Beam                                    6’10”

Draft                                      2’

Wooden Ships Comments on this 20′ Nick Smith Clinker Motor Launch

Clinker motor launch built by Nick Smith of Salcombe in 2004.  Based on the lines of a Salcombe Bass Fishing boat from the 20^th century with typical lines of straight stem and elegant sheer line.

Nick Smith has been building and repairing boats since 1980 and has forged a name for himself in recent years building high quality motor launches based on the traditional Salcombe fishing boats.

This boat has been professionally maintained and repaired as necessary and is being sold in smart condition ready for use next summer.  She comes with a good road trailer and all over cover.

A very beautiful looking boat in good condition.

Length on Deck          20’4”

Beam                           6’

Draft                           1’6”

Wooden ships Comments on this 25′ Motor Launch

Believed to have been built on the Clyde in 1910 as a steam powered motor launch.

She has since had a Bukh diesel engine fitted.  This is a very fine elegant boat in need fo some refit work before being used.  There is a full and detailed survey carried out in April 2022 that details the exact condition and what work is required.

The boat comes with an excellent SBS road trailer that is ready to be towed away.

She would make a fine project for someone to return to steam power, or simply use her with the existing diesel engine.

Length on Deck                      25’

Beam                                       6’

Draft                                       2’

Wooden Ships Comments on this 21′ Sport Fishing Boat 

21’ Sport Fishing Boat to an American design built by Dartmouth boat builders B. & A. Pomeroy.

This is a demonstration model aimed at securing orders for new builds to the same design.

Built to an American design and launched in 2022, this is a demonstration model used by the builders who are offering further builds of the same design, constructed to an owners exact specification.

A new commission would be to exactly the same hull design, but the internal layout, engine and systems could all be specified by the owner to suit their needs.

The design is very interesting with a lot more internal space than any modern RIB, comfortable seating and excellent sea keeping characteristics.  The design of the hull makes her a stiff boat, responsive at speed and able to handle rough weather without concern.

Any enquiries for new build boats to this design will be passed to the builders who can discuss your requirements.

Price for a complete boat with engine is £55,000.  For a bare boat with no engine but everything else complete the price is £39,000.

Length             21’

Beam               7’10”