Private Classic Boats for sale in England
Built Canvey Island 1959. Selling our much loved Holly Blue, a classic boat ideal for shallow waters with a lifting keel/centreboard (replaced with a galvanised plate in 2022) and lots of room below decks for those nights aboard.
Wood clinker construction mahogany on oak. Cream painted hull sanded and re-painted in 2023. Varnished cockpit and cabin, well maintained.
Double V berth in for peak and 2 single berths in main cabin, blue velour upholstery in good condition.
6 bronze port lights. Galley area with Taylor’s stove. Varnished folding table over centre board casing.
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| Year: | 1959 |
| Length: |
23' |
| Location: |
UK |
| Price: | £5,500 |
| Status: | Available |
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BOAT PROJECT - Sold 'As Is, Where Is'
This boat is a blank canvas more or less ready for painting and putting back together.
I have previous photos of what she previously looked like before in her glory years.
BOBALONG is a two berth, gaff rigged trailer sailing cruiser. Opted of additional berths with a cockpit tent for over the cockpit. Built in 1986, she was built and sailed by her original owner/ builder and it is understood it took him 5 years to complete the build. This was reflected in the quality of workmanship. It is believed the model is based upon the Lysander Class hul...
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| Year: | 1986 |
| Length: | 17' 98" |
| Location: | UK |
| Price: | £3,500 Tax Exempt |
| Status: | Available |
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A rare opportunity to become only the fifth custodian of Sudena, a beautifully preserved 1968 Bates Starcraft presented in her original and highly desirable configuration — complete with the iconic cocktail cabinet and the wonderfully quirky hip bath.
Designed for versatility and comfort, Sudena is an ideal river, estuary, and coastal cruiser. She has a proud history of cross Channel passages (including Ostend at Anchor and service as a Dunkirk support vessel) and has spent many happy seasons on both tidal waters and the non tidal Thames.
Key Specifications
• Length: 40 ft
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| Year: | 1968 |
| Length: |
40' |
| Location: |
UK |
| Price: | £80,000 |
| Status: | Available |
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Cornish Coble – Traditional Wooden Workboat with New Sails & Outboard
A charming and capable Cornish Coble, purchased last spring with the intention of sailing her on the River Exe, but unfortunately time has not allowed the project to be enjoyed as planned. She is now offered for sale ready for her next owner.
Cornish Cobles are traditional West Country working boats, clinker-built in timber and designed for inshore waters. With their flared bows and stable hull form, they are renowned for being safe, forgiving and practical boats, equally suited to estuary sailing, pottering,...
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| Length: |
19' |
| Location: |
UK |
| Price: | £1,600 |
| Status: | Available |
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Your achievable, worthwhile, affordable mini-project starts here!
RESULT: sail away this lovely classic (1920s/30s) gaff-rig dayboat or weekend cruiser, pride of the Humber where she’s been sailing from 2016 till this year.
17-foot, with bowsprit 20-foot overall, 6-foot-6 beam, 2-foot-9 draught. Carvel built, larch on oak frames, long keel, massive ballast, red sails (main and jib, 14 m2 approx), all running rigging renewed 2023 in top maritime tradition. Cabin with grab rails, can sleep two, no creature comforts. 4 x brass-framed portholes. Bracket for outboard: Mercury 5 hp 4-strok...
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| Year: | 1929 |
| Length: |
17' |
| Location: |
Brough Haven UK |
| Price: | £1,250 Tax Exempt |
| Status: | Available |
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Carimuda (RAF Pinnace 1272) is the sole surviving 60-ft Special Duties Pinnace Mk I, built in 1943 by the renowned J. Samuel White & Co. of Cowes during the Second World War. One of only nineteen constructed, she offers an exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a genuine piece of British maritime and aviation history.
Her hard-chine, double-diagonal mahogany hull remains largely original and is protected with copper sheathing installed for tropical service, reflecting the design lineage that supported the RAF’s wartime Air Sea Rescue operations. Originally allocated to RAF Gibra...
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| Year: | 1943 |
| Length: |
60' |
| Location: |
Brentford UK |
| Price: | £99,000 Tax Exempt |
| Status: | Available |
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Stunning, sought after classic Tumlare yacht for sale: "Schnapps".
A fine example of the classic Knud Reimers design, "Schnapps", sail No 12, launched as "Tinkerbelle" in around 1938 is now for sale for the best of reasons: we need a bigger boat!
The Tumlare class has a slim, long keel-hull with distinctive canoe stern and stern hung rudder. This particular boat has been moored on Windermere for at least the last 8 years and has been stored indoors over winter, although in her long past has been sailed on the south coast. This class has a rich history, desc...
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| Year: | 1938 |
| Length: |
27' 3" |
| Location: |
Windemere UK |
| Price: | £13,500 Tax Paid |
| Status: | Available |
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A rare opportunity to acquire a beautifully maintained Brooklands Dolphin 16 cabin cruiser, built in the 1950s by Brooklands Aviation – famed for their marine plywood craftsmanship and innovative small craft design. The forerunners for canal holidays.
This is a wooden boat with no known Issues.
This extremely rare now original canal cruiser Dolphin 16 boasts unique provenance, having once been co-owned by the renowned steeplejack and television personality Fred Dibnah. Many of Fred’s personal touches remain, giving this boat wonderful character and historical charm, includ...
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| Length: | 16' |
| Location: | Shropshire UK |
| Price: | £6,500 Inc. Tax |
| Status: | Available |
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This remarkable boat has all her history. Brand new NOBLE MAST BOOM BOWSPRIT..cost 9000. SAILS. in good condition.. would make fine cruising boat...relocation forces sale... lying falmouth....
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| Year: | 1890 |
| Length: |
27' |
| Location: |
UK |
| Price: | £10,000 |
| Status: | Available |
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A 2 berth boat, with half cockpit and half living space.
A new bow thruster has been fitted, and she has been repainted and varnished. Rubette has a diesel hob in the galley, with plenty of cupboard space, and a decent size head. A practical and comfy boat.
EQUIPMENT
Beta 43 hp marine diesel
PRM 260 3:1 gearbox
18 x 18 propeller
Water 2 x 20 gallon water tanks
1x 30 litre has calorifier with immersion heater
2 x 30 gallon diesel tanks
1x 30 gallon holding tank
Hot and cold to galley and heads/shower
Jabsco hand pumped toilet
Hydraulic steering
Side p...
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| Length: | 28' |
| Location: | UK |
| Price: | £18,000 |
| Status: | Available |
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