Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Heard Tosher 18 Lugger
Heard Tosher 18 built by Gaffers & Luggers in 1979. She is from their standard 18’ Tosher mould which is based on an original Mevagissey Tosher working boat.
The boat was bought by the present owner as a project in 2019. She had been used for line bass fishing and was generally in a very poor state of repair. The basic hull and decks, both GRP, were in sound condition but the hull was gutted out completely and built back up to the boat we see now. The project was completed in the spring of 2025.
Unusually she has plate bilge keels enabling her to sit almost upright on the sand. This feature is not common on these Toshers but is a very useful addition for many people who might intend to keep the boat on a drying mooring.
These boats are light enough that she could be trailered on the road with a suitable vehicle, possibly helping to reduce running costs for the right owner. She comes with a yard trailer that would need brakes fitting to make it road legal.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Morgan Giles 30
Morgan Giles 30 designed by Morgan Giles Ltd. Hull built by Somerset Plastics UK and finished by the Morgan Giles yard in 1975.
Bought by the present owners and sailed to Portugal where she was berthed for nearly 10 years before being sailed home recently.
Classic lines with a long keel displacement hull and stern post hung rudder. With a healthy ballast ratio in an encapsulated ballast keel she has all the attributes of a proper cruising yacht, a sea kindly manner and good performance for a yacht of this length. Morgan Giles have decades of boat building and design history, with the advent of the new GRP material they made the transition by building proper yachts of classic lines in the new material. These were successful boats and have proved themselves as excellent and capable cruising yachts.
Sensibly priced, the money is not the most important factor for the owners, they simply want to find a good home for the boat.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Mevagissey Tosher Lugger
Mevagissey Tosher built by Gaffers and Luggers of Mylor, Falmouth and launched in 2014.
This is the standard 20’ Mevagissey Tosher hull used by the yard and is usually fitted with a gaff rig, however the commissioning owner of this fine yacht wanted a 2 mast lug rig. The finished boat is a real head turner, able to spread a decent amount of canvas that gives her superb performance.
She is however surprisingly easy to handle. The lug rig is incredibly simple and she can be reefed down with ease so short handed/single handed sailing is no issue and the owner regularly goes out sailing on his own.
The large open cockpit is nice and deep with high coamings all round for a sense of security when at sea. She has various weather tight lockers for gear and equipment.
A very attractive looking boat with an impressive rig, kept up in nice condition. All the wood work is finished with a low maintenance stain keeping winter refit work to a minimum.
VAT paid boat complete with all the necessary paper work for RCD conformity to category C.
Classic Yacht Brokerage comments on this Saltram Saga 40
The Saltram Saga 40 was designed by Alan Pape, well known Cornish naval architect and owner of boatyard Curtis & Pape. He was known for many successful boats including the Sagas and the Ebbtides, both of which are proven offshore cruising yachts.
The Saltram Sagas were built by K.R. Skentelbery & Sons Ltd of Plymouth.
This is one of the last boats built, the hull was delivered to the commissioning owner in 1990 and he completed the fit out of the interior and systems, first launching the boat in 2006. Since then the boat has done a couple of cruises around the UK but has generally been used very little. The current owners are only the second owners and are very experienced marine professionals who worked on the boat before taking her on a voyage to the west coast of Scotland. Time pressures now mean they will not be able to use her for the extended cruising they originally planned so she is being put up for sale.
The boat was fitted out by the first owner over a 16 year period and completed to a very high standard. The interior joinery is all teak including solid teak sole boards. It is clear the owners passion was the project, more so perhaps than actually going sailing which is why he only carried out a couple of voyages after the launch.
The Saga 40 is an ideal blue water cruising yacht and represents superb value for money compared to the more expensive but comparable Halberg Rasseys and Malos. The hull is very strongly built with a heavy lay up of GRP. She has a long keel with a high ballast ratio in the external ballast keel. Internally the hull is supported by enormous structural floors across the centreline which is not common in most GRP yachts. She has terrific volume and in many ways makes an absolutely superb offshore cruising boat, whether that is for a family or a lone sailor.
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Bermudan Ketch Motor Sailer
The hull was built by boat builder Charles McElroy in Ardboe, N. Ireland and launched in 1991. She looks very similar to a Fisher motor sailer and is often mistaken for one but is in fact a more substantial design with more attractive underwater hull sections giving her good sailing ability.
The uncompleted hull was purchased by local man Aiden Riley, a lifeboat mechanic, who completed the build with the help of cabinet maker Vincent Murphy.
Plans for the completed boat were drawn up by naval architects Barr & Associates with stability analysis by Strathclyde Maritime Design.
She is largely based on traditional fishing boat lines, however her fore and aft sections are finer giving her a good grip in the water and better sailing performance than a round bilge fishing boat.
The RNLI connection is evident throughout from the aluminium wheelhouse to numerous high-end fittings, attention to details and the general no nonsense finish.
Bought by the present owner in 2014, a thorough rolling refit commenced with upgrading of much of the equipment and systems. Most of the rig is new, all electronics, nav systems and a Beta 90hp engine fitted in 2022.
In recent years she has been used for cruising the west coast of Scotland and the Hebrides, where she has proven herself as a very capable and comfortable sea-going boat, well known and much admired in many places. Her hull shape is most interesting with good grip in the water, giving her rather impressive sailing performance. Although a motor-sailer at heart, she has a big sail area and can stand up to her canvas. She will easily make 6/7 knots on a beam reach.
This is a very impressive yacht, superbly well equipped, and ready for any extended cruising. Her large wheelhouse gives excellent space and shelter. Dedicated sleeping areas in the forward and the aft cabins separates sleeping space from living space.
Very favourable April 2024 survey available, insurance company have confirmed they will cover a new owner with this report.
Classic Yacht Brokerage comments on this Van de Stadt Harmony 31
Van de Stadt Harmony 31 designed by the famous dutch design office. Hull built in 1967 by Tyler Boat Co. Ltd who were known as the leading manufacturers of GRP boats in the early years the material being used. Survey in 2022 available.
The design of the Harmony 31 was very much inspired by traditional yacht design and despite being built in GRP she had all the attributes of the wooden yachts we had come to know. She has a long keel displacement hull with relatively short overhangs. The encapsulated lead ballast keel of 2000kg gives a very healthy ballast ratio nearly 42% which helps give the design its reputation as an excellent and very capable sea boat.
This yacht has been well maintained in previous ownerships, the hull was epoxied in 2015 along with a new engine in the same year. She has an attractive inventory list with modern navigation instruments, new rigging and sails and a smart interior.
This boat represents exceptional value for money as a very capable cruising boat, really well equipped and ready to go with her new owners. Whether you want to potter around the local coast or sail off over the horizon, this yacht is more than capable and ready to go. Only for sale due to sudden and unexpected health issue in the family.
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.
