SMALL CABIN YACHT
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Vertue 25ft 3in (7.7m) carvel bermudan sloop, designed in 1936 by Laurent Giles: 275 built. Thought by many to be the ultimate small cruising yacht. Four berths.
7 Rossiter Pintail
27ft 3in (8.3m) carvel bermudan sloop, drawn in 1962 by Hugh Rossiter. Exceptional build quality, shallow draught and heavy displacement. See also the smaller Rossiter Heron. Four berths.
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Stella 25ft 9in (7.9m) clinker bermudan sloop, drawn by Kim Holman in 1959 as a ‘fatter’ Folkboat. 100+ built. Small classics don’t come much better than this one. Four berths.
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Blackwater Sloop
18ft (5.5m) gaff or bermudan carvel sloop. Dan Webb and Feasey of Maldon designed (1932) and built more than 60 in this and other sizes. Two berths.
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Dauntless 22ft (6.7m) clinker gaff sloop, usually bilge keel. Designed in 1945. About 400 built. Beamy, spacious and lightly built. Cheap as chips today. Four berths.
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says broker and long-time wooden boat owner Peter Gregson. “Hobbies cost money – it’s as simple as that.” Then there’s the price, which for the simple, wooden boats listed here varies greatly. Negotiation is the biggest single factor, then location, condition, financial climate, time of year, rarity value (this will count for less than you might imagine), engine, sails and trailer – or lack of it. The only way to get an idea is by trawling the web and the classifieds section of this magazine. As a general rule, a yacht needing a substantial restoration should cost nothing, or very little. This does not apply to boats by ‘exotic’ designers like Herreshoff, Fife or Strange. Though the pitfalls are complicated and numerous, there are plenty of rewards. There’s the challenge of it, resulting in a boat full of its own character and yours. You’ll also be a better seaman for knowing every plank. And at the end of it all, you know that you’ve saved a bit of maritime history.
CLASSIC BOAT JUNE 2012
10 Additional costs
Insurance For a 20 to 30ft yacht, budget £300-£400 a year.
Transport / delivery Count on £1,000 to get your boat to the yard.
Boatyard fees If you are restoring your boat on land, you will also pay about £1,000 a year for hard standing. Craning in and out costs about £100 each way.
Mooring
A marina berth in the Solent could cost £6,000, while a swinging mooring in a backwater is in the hundreds.
CB ARCHIVES
RAY LITTLE
PETER HARROLD
RAY LITTLE
C/O IAN WELSH
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