1991 GRP Lug Sail Half Decker/YBOD-Type & Trailer - £8,950

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : Ernest Woods, Cantley (1908)
Builder : Kingsley Farrington
LOA : 6.1m (20ft 0in)
LOD : 6.1m (20ft 0in)
LWL : 5.49m (18ft 0in)
Beam : 1.91m (6ft 3in)
Draft : 0.76m (2ft 6in)
Keel : Fin

Construction

• GRP construction (Yare & Bure One Design/YBOD/White Boat hull with slightly reduced draft)
• Original gelcoat finish
• All woodwork recently sanded back to bare woods and re-varnished (~6 coats)
• Antifouled 2022
• Wintered ashore annually
• No recent survey report
• Presented in excellent condition throughout

Rigging & Sails

• Lug sail rig
• Single lug sail (valeted 2022, painted with electric blue Demoseille - a large damselfly)
• Mast/rig replaced mid-2010s
• Recent new oak tabernacle
• Recent new oak blocks
• Running rigging renewed as required 2022 (all in very good order)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 2.5hp Mercury outboard motor (serviced 2020 by MarineTech, South Walsham, only ~4hrs use since)
• Removable outboard bracket

Equipment

• Purpose-built galvanised road trailer (recent new tyres)
• Overall cover (April 2022, Storm Force Covers)
• Quant pole
• Boat hook
• 2 x paddles
• Manual bilge pump
• Mudweight
• Rhond anchor
• Various fenders
• Various mooring warps

Remarks

This Kingsley Farrington built GRP half decker is based on a 'White Boat' (Yare & Bure One Design). With a slightly reduced draft designed for shallow water sailing, she was commissioned in the early 1990s by Eric Smith (Broads sailor, sail-maker, co-founder of Snowflake Sailing Club and instigator of the Three Rivers Race) for use on Hickling Broad. Offering sparkling and responsive performance thanks to her Ernest Woods heritage, and with an easily handled lug sail rig, she is ideal for both single handed or family sailing. Recently renovated with all new oak blocks and a new oak tabernacle, she is being sold complete with a purpose-built road trailer, enabling her to be over-wintered and maintained at home if space allows, and a new overall cover.

A really special half decker, presented to an extremely high standard. For sale due to the purchase of a narrowboat/change of cruising area.

MOORING: The vessel's very desirable northern Broads mooring may be transferable subject to agreement from the mooring owner (currently paid to March 2023). Winter barn storage arrangement may also be transferable if required (approximate cost £250 for 6 months). The vessel's trailer is currently stored off site approximately 3 miles away.