ONBOARD Getting afl oat LADYBIRD
One-off clinker
A one-off clinker centre-boarder built in 2002 by Tim Goldstaw in Scotland, Ladybird is a real traditionalist with larch planks on grown-oak frames and a topsail gaff cutter rig – though with roller headsails which should make her less of a handful. She’s 22ft (6.7m) long and off ers basic
overnight accommodation, an inboard diesel (Yanmar 1GM10) and some tasty kit including a tiller pilot and cockpit cover and again, that lovely varnished hull look. Her owner describes her as a solidly- built cruiser but, like the others on this page, she’s trailable, which opens up a huge sailing area. And this one comes with her trailer. Asking £9,950, lying Cambridge.
Tel: +44 (0)1621 868494
www.woodrolfe.com
NORSE 21.5 American trailer sailer
An unusual addition to the marketplace for c20ft (6m) traditional GRP trailer sailers, the Norse 21.5, built in Maine, has clinker- eff ect topsides graduating to a smooth underbody, with a stub keel and fi n. She’s fl exible (sail, motor or oars), fast (10 knots on sea trails claims her builder), and carries her weight low. The carbon mast weighs just 20lbs but the lead keel and centreboard weigh 350lbs. She’s built as a trailer sailer with overnight accommodation, but can also go places: in 2009/10, one navigated the North West Passage. Price in America is $36,000 (c£23,000). Norse Boats also makes 17.5 and 12.5 versions. Interesting, unusual boats.
CHESFORD 18 River, Broads or coast
Barnacle Bill has a lot going for her for an 18-footer – she’s our favourite on a page of small favourites, not least because of her authentic old engines: a refurbished Stuart Turner P5 inboard and a Seagull outboard. She has a basic cabin for two and, another unusual plus for a classic, a decent-sized cockpit. She’s of a type known as a ‘Chesford 18’ built in Kingsbridge,
Devon, in the early 1960s. According to her owner, she would be happy on river, Broads or coast with her tabernacle mast. Her mooring near Wallingford on the upper Thames is on off er. Asking £9,750 and add about £1,000-£2,000 for a decent trailer.
Tel: +44 (0)1491 578870,
www.hscboats.co.uk CLASSIC BOAT MARCH 2012 71 Tel: +1 902 659 2790,
www.norseboat.com
TRAILER SAILERS
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