37ft Traditional Essex Oyster Sailing Smack , A gaff cutter with auxiliary engine. Long keel, Lute stern, flush decks. Traditional rig, solid mast and spars. Tan sails....Lister 30hp diesel engine. Built in 1844 and rebuilt between 1996 and 2000 Crew accommodation below , basic sitting headroom. 6 berths, double gas hob and a sea toilet.... read more

Built in 1912 by Gann & Palmer, Teignmouth as a Gentleman's Yacht her lines taken from the local working fishing boats, the Falmouth Quay Punts. White Cloud has pitch pine planking on elm frames. She was ashore for over 12 years, re-launched September 2013 after a thorough restoration by Les Weeks lasting nearly six years. For which he received a Transport Trust Restoration Award. She is a rel credit to his craftsmanship and woodworking skill. New Beta engine, new rig and sails by James Lawrence of Brightlingsea 2015-16 Rigged as a Gaff Yawl. She has generous accommodation fo... read more

Stadats , a converted Sailing Lifeboat, makes a very practical home afloat. Lifeboat vessels like this are unusual in their shape and the conversion has been done in a clever way in order to maximise the internal space. She has an enormous deep and safe cockpit. The deck space is very generous despite the large coach roof, Inside there up to 7 berths. Bought in 1965, as a bare hull, fitted out with the new deck and coach roof, new engine, rig and interior fit out, she was then used as a live aboard for many years and as a family yacht, cruising the east coast and taking part in the... read more

44ft topsail gaff yawl, ex sailing smack Daisy CK12 when built by the Aldous Brothers of Brightlingsea in 1883. she has gone through 3 rebuilds, the most recent overhaul refitting work was carried out by Robertson's Boatyard of Woodbridge 2014-5. Summary of works carried out: Removing and refurbishing the mas s and spars, overhauling / rebuilding the engine,overhauling/ repairing the Heads, exterior brightwork scraped back and re varnished. Dusmarie has been much written about by her long term owners the Dixons , her travels through the Canal du Midi to Gallippoli, included in her sa... read more

Merewif, deemed to be hull number 2 of the Sovereign Class, C.R. Holman design built by the renowned Uphams Boatyard of Brixham. Listed in Lloyds Register built to A100A1 grading. Much of her youth was spent on the East coat in and around West Mersea with Gowens the sail makers, best friends and contemporary of the designer/ builder Kim Holman. She spent 18 years under cover in Kings Yard before being Sold again to the present owners who have lavished their time and money into her. Merewif has been restored to near new condition again. All the planking was checked out by a qualified shipwr... read more

A Maurice Griffiths Barbican 33 a substantial GRP cruising yacht, set up for solo sailing. A Sea kindly vessel with the centreboard which gives her a draft of upto 2.44m, yet as shallow as 4ft... long keel, so very comfortable and safe. Her present ownership for 16years, she is annually taken out of the water. Spending the summers on a swinging mooring This Winter she is undergone a major tidy up & refit, this included the removal of the old gas water heater....Pipework remains in situ. Wheel steering from a deep open aft cockpit, she has self steering gear . Lines lead bac... read more

Mutual Friend was built by Tyrell and Young, for John Tyrell, himself in 1983. She has a GRP hull with GRP sheathed plywood decks. Using the lines off a Traditional East Coast Sailing Smack built from modern materials Sleeps 6 persons. Headroom 6ft 2ins. She offers spacious comfortable accommodation below decks. There is a hearting system and hot running water. She is always warm and dry below decks. She has been constantly maintained in her present ownership. Part one registered and kept in very good condition. 48ft is her length overall. Deck length 36ft In her present ownership ... read more

A traditional gaff cutter, possibly built in France 1880's. Later used in Cornwall as a half-decked fishing boat until the 1940s, then converted to a two-berth pleasure yacht. Extensively renovated 1992. Regularly sailed since on East Coast rivers. Constructed of clinker planked Larch on Oak with a counter stern. Open aft cockpit. Traditionally rigged, Full suit of sails, including topsail on Cornish yard. Recently installed a reconditioned Yanmar 10hp inboard diesel engine. Re launched back into the water 1st June 2019... read more

29ft GRP professionally built hull using mould off the Tyrell and Young smack yacht ( which was originally made using the wooden sailing smack "Secret" as the former. 2000- 2003 She was fitted out, engine installed, all the interior built, teak laid decks, the mast, spars, rig and sails and domestic systems by a professional shipwright owner. She is now in the hands of another shipwright, so she has been well maintained and sailed. Gaff rig cutter. The bowsprit can be easily lifted for marina berths. She has never had a topsail. 3 reefs in the mainsail. Her mast can be easily l... read more

GRP Gaff Cutter by Tyrell and Young, 1990's. At present ashore, She has been totally revamped and restored, Her rig and interior have been completely overhauled. Presently out of commission, under cover with all her gear in dry store. To be SOLD complete including a new pair of legs!. GRP Moulded along the lines of an East Coast Fishing Smack yacht. She is a long keel displacement hull, weighing approx 5 tons.Carries a full Gaff cutter rig ,New varnished wooden mast and spars by Collars, wooden covering boards, rails, hatches and bulwarks. A professionally laid teak deck. Tiller steer... read more