Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this 40′ Bermudan Cruising Ketch
40’ Bermudan ketch designed by Irishman G. O’Brian Kennedy, better known for his popular little sloop the Lymington Slipway.
The keel was laid and the hull built by well known yard Harold Kimber, Somerset in 1964 but the yacht was never completed.
She was finally completed and commissioned by Tideway Marine, Salcombe in 1980 for a Hampshire hotel owner who cruised the boat to the Med and used her for light charter work.
In the present ownership the yacht has undergone some significant refit work, including a new deck in 2015, and has been cruised extensively with trips to the Med, Azores and numerous voyages around the UK and northern European coasts. Much of this has been done single handed proving her as an easily handled and safe yacht even in very severe weather conditions that she experienced.
A very tough and capable yacht that has proved herself in classic regatta events as well as long distance ocean sailing with a well documented refit history.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Ferro Cement Gaff Schooner
52’ gaff schooner with lines based on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters. Professionally built Ferro cement hull from Skua Marine, built by ‘Mick the Brick’ of Gweek, Cornwall for himself in 1989. She was not rigged and sailed until 2000.
Since being commissioned she circumnavigated to globe and more recently went on a 2 year Atlantic circuit between 2020-2022, sailing with a family aboard and regular supply of extras keen to join this stunning ship.
The boat has been a family home for the last 16 years in which time they have covered many thousands of miles around the world, proving the boat as a safe, comfortable and enjoyable floating home. The boat has been kept deliberately simple, from her marinized Fordson Major tractor engine to the manually pumped fresh water from a repurposed beer tap which means she is easy to maintain and a cost effective boat to cruise with.
The ferro cement hull is not to everyones taste, they say the only people who love a ferro boat are the people who own them, but the boat has proven to be well built, very strong and a good sailing yacht with elegant traditional lines.
For those wishing to live and cruise a traditional boat on a budget, here is a ship which could be made ready to circumnavigate once again without vast investment, and is offered for sale at a reasonable and accessible price.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Nicholson 36
Nicholson 36 designed by Charles Nicholson and launched in 1962.
The hull was built by Halmatic who were experienced with the new GRP material. The design featured GRP frames laminated into the hull for added strength making this an incredibly robust and capable hull. The finished hull was then fitted out and completed by Camper & Nicholson to their exacting standards. She has a wooden deck, coachroof and cockpit giving her the look and feel of a true classic yacht.
Her first owner, Peter Nicholson, raced her in the early years and she competed in a Fastnet in the 1960’s.
In the present ownership for 16 years, she has cruised the UK and down via Spain to the Mediterranean where she spent a few seasons exploring the Balearic islands and south of France.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Maurice Griffiths Golden Hind 26
Golden Hind 26 designed by Maurice Griffiths and moulded by Golden Hind Marine in 1999. The hull was then fitted out by Ray Cox and the boat was launched in 2004.
She is No.14 of the class and the last boat to be built to this design.
The construction and finish of the boat is to a high professional standard with an excellent choice of materials and top quality fittings. A full record of the build including all invoices has been retained. Since her launch she has had only 2 owners and has been meticulously maintained and upgraded to create a very comfortable and capable cruising boat. The cabin has a lovely ambiance, fitted out with high quality joinery throughout to give the feel of a traditional classic yacht.
The current owners have explored most of the south coast and northern Europe, finding the boat to be impeccably well behaved and easy to handle even in poor weather conditions.
With a heavy ballast keel and healthy ballast ratio she is stiff and steady at sea, while her shallow draft and bilge keels allow her to take the ground and explore far upstream into shallow waters off limits to many boats her size.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Memory 19
Memory 19 built in 1975 by the Liverpool Boat Co.
The Memory in its various forms has become a very popular boat with their attractive lines, good sailing qualities and ease of ownership.
The design offers extremely good value for money because of the potentially limited running costs. The mast can be stepped by hand without the need for a crane and boatyard costs. The boat can be launched on a slipway off the trailer, again negating the need for crane costs. With her shallow draft the choice of reasonably priced moorings is plentiful so a Memory 19 owner can find themselves with very acceptable annual running costs in a capable and attractive boat that offers a lot in terms of capability and sailing fun.
This particular boat is arguably the pick of the bunch and is surely one of the most complete and ready to sail examples to be offered on the market in a long while. The boat has undergone an extensive refit in the last 12 months and is currently on her trailer ready to tow away and is absolutely ready to launch and sail next season.
The 2024/2025 refit included the following works:
New beaching legs and bolts
New varnished boom crutch
Centre plate pivot pin replaced
Bobstay eye bolt replaced
New running backstays fitted
New varnished washboards
New 12v battery and storage box
Complete re-wire
Bronze centreplate lifting winch fitted
Centreplate box clad in varnished iroko
New cockpit sole boards
Complete repaint and varnish
New Lewmar forehatch
New topsail Yard
New chainplate bolts
Bronze chain pipe fitted
New running rigging
Rudder hangings re galvanised
Re-furbished road trailer with new axle, brakes, wheels and tyres (never been submerged)
Bronze Wykeham Martin furling gear fitted to both headsails
Lead ballast recast to fit neatly against hull and secured in place
Custom supports made to carry spars in transport
New remote fuel tank for the outboard with securing tray in the cockpit
The boat was towed to France and sailed in the La Semaine du Golfe du Morbihan boat festival this summer.
This is the best example of a Memory 19 we have seen and is absolutely ready for her next owner to enjoy with all the hard work completed.
The cabin has 2 full length berths of 6’6” making her a very comfortable weekend boat for coastal exploring.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Sparkman & Stephens Deb 33
Sparkman & Stephens designed Deb 33, built by Tyler Boat Co. in 1969. Fitted out and finished by Deacons Boatyard Ltd, Southampton.
Originally launched as wooden design, later 50 boats were built in GRP and have seen great success. This particular boat has previously completed and Atlantic circuit in a previous ownership.
Yachting Monthly said of the S&S Deb 33 in 2016 “For those who like to sail hard in all conditions, and often either short-handed or solo, this is a cracking yacht. She looks lovely on the water, her overhangs and sheer give her the classic styling that owners of more mass-produced boats often envy. She’s stiff under sail with a generous ballast ratio, but has the bonus of a centreboard for finer pointing ability to windward, while retaining the benefits of shoal water sailing and creek-crawling. In all, she’s a solid, seaworthy and sensibly laid-out offshore yacht with the ability to make good passage times on all points of sail and take her owners across oceans.”
In the present ownership the boat has been upgraded with a virtually new Beta engine, batteries, rigging and sails.
A fine modern classic yacht, easily handled and ocean capable.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this 1964 E.G. Van de Stadt Pioneer 9 Masthead Sloop
The Pioneer 9 is a robust, seaworthy classic yacht designed for serious cruising and blue-water sailing, often praised for its solid build quality, stability in rough seas, and manageable sailing characteristics. While it offers a secure and dry cockpit, its interior may feel cramped compared to modern yachts, lacking large living spaces but featuring practical elements like a large heads and a handy wet locker. Reviews highlight its strength, good performance for its size, and ability to handle heavy weather, making it a reliable choice for offshore voyages despite its age.
The Dutch 9.10m Pionier 9 – often spelt Pioneer 9 in English – was designed by van de Stadt and the first production GRP yacht in Europe. More than 600 were built after the first was launched in 1959. UK versions were moulded by Tylers and finished by Southern Ocean Shipyard in Poole.
The capabilities of the Pionier 9 were proven beyond doubt 12 years after it was first launched, when Nicolette Milnes-Walker became the first woman to sail single-handed across the North Atlantic, completing the voyage from Pembrokeshire, Wales, to Newport, Rhode Island in 45 days.
This example has sailed cross channel to Guernsey, Sark and Jersey. To St Malo and along the Coast. To the Solent and many occasions South West
Surveyed and Coded in 2017 for CAT 4 Daysail training in her locality, kept in code to 2019 before moving to Teignmouth.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Golden Hind 31
Designed by Maurice Griffiths, these GRP versions of this popular family cruising boat were built by Terry Erskine yachts. This boat was launched in 1976.
The Golden Hind was originally designed for amateur construction using plywood, the hard chine hull was relatively easy to construct using plywood sheets and made for a cost effective family cruising boat. Latterly a plug was made the design was built in GRP with many produced by Terry Erskine of Plymouth.
With only 2 owners in all her years, this has been a well loved and used yacht, in present ownership for 26 years. Sadly due to the owners advancing years she has been put up for sale.
In the first few years of the current ownership she had a major refit including a new engine and a re-modelled interior creating a comfortable and spacious cabin with 5 berths and over 6’ headroom.
This yacht has the ketch rig which makes her more adaptable for short handed cruising with more sail plan options.
A good honest cruising boat with a lot of volume for the length and sensibly priced.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue V131
Laurent Giles Vertue No. V131 built by Robertsons of Woodbridge in 1965.
This is another example of a long voyaging Vertue, yet again proving their worth as superb offshore cruising boats. Her second owner set sail from the UK for Cape Town via the French inland waterways and Suez Canal. She reached her destination but not after being hit by extreme weather in the Indian Ocean. She changed hands in South Africa, bought by a Ron Atkinson in 1071 who cruised and raced her extensively up and down the east African coast up to Mozanbique. He renamed her Zingela after a Zulu warrior.
In South Africa her rig was changed for an alloy mast to a more conventional masthead Bermudan sloop configuration, differing to the usual Vertue slutter type rig.
She was then sold back into UK ownership and shipped home in 1993 where she has remained, being cruised around the south coast.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Buchanan Saxon Class Sloop
The Saxon Class was designed by Alan Buchanan as a development of his very successful Vashti as a smaller more manageable yacht but with many of the same attributes.
This boat was built by RJ Priors and Son of Burnham in 1962 to Lloyds 100A1 and was kept in class until quite recently.
The dimensions and volume of the Saxon make her an ideal size for many owners, easily single handed, but with 5 berths and space for a good size crew when racing, she is large enough to take some nasty weather if required without being unmanageable. The current owner has carried out some significant repairs including rebuilding the aft deck and transom. She is now looking smart and ready to be commissioned by a new owner in the spring.
She comes with a very smart fitted all over cover, keeping the winter weather away from the bright work and allowing the hull to breathe.
A very attractive boat with lovely sailing qualities, nicely presented and ready for the coming season.
