Sailing yachts
Heard Tosher 18 Lugger
(REF: 5644)£6950
Full specification
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.
Excellent 2025 survey available.
Length on Deck 18’6”
Length Overall 24’5”
Beam 6’3”
Draft 3’6”
Displacement 2000kg
Rig
2 mast standing lug rig on keel stepped pine masts. Spars were with the boat when purchased and have been overhauled as necessary.
New retractable varnished wooden bowsprit. New retractable varnished wooden bumpkin.
Stainless steel standing rigging to external stainless chain plates. Rigging thought to be new in 2016 but has been little used.
Wykeham Martin furler for the jib at the end of the bowsprit.
Mainsail and mizzen in tan Duradon. Superb condition sails evidently with very little use.
Terylene jib new in 2025.
Loose footed mainsail sheeted to a stainless horse on the aft deck.
Pair of Tufnell snubbing winches on the side decks.
Machinery and systems
Engine
Vetus M2.C5A202A twin cylinder 10hp marine diesel. Installed as a second hand unit in 2024.
New heat exchanger and lift pump with full service and all new belts etc.
New iroko engine beds.
Mechanical gearbox to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. All stern gear, shaft and prop new in the refit. Rope cutter fitted to the shaft.
Tank
33 litre plastic fuel tank in the aft locker. Water separator filter.
Batteries and Electrics
Single 12 volt battery charged from the engine alternator.
Construction
GRP hull with a heavy layup. 2 areas of thickened layup on the topsides probably reinforced to protect the hull from hauling pots. Topsides recently painted in single pack paint.
Internal captive ballast in the keel. Internal trimming ballast in the forepeak.
Wooden plate bilge keels glassed to the hull.
GRP decks and small bulwark all round. Iroko capping rail on the bulwark.
Iroko coamings around the cockpit finished with International Woodskin.
Iroko thwarts in the cockpit and iroko seat lockers.
Iroko T&G insulated engine box. Fiddle rails on the engine box lid so it can be used as a table.
Larch sole boards laid over new iroko sole bearers glassed into the hull.
New bulkhead fitted forward to create a small forepeak/anchor locker.
Transom hung rudder on new stainless steel hangings. New rudder in sheathed marine plywood with iroko cheeks copper rivet fastened through.
Equipment
Steering compass
NASA Stingray depth sounder
Tiller pilot
Fortress FX-7 anchor with 10m chain + warp.
Mooring warps
Fenders
Inshore flare pack
LED flare
Auto electric bilge pump
Fire extinguisher
Fitted cockpit cover
Boat hook
Spars and rigging
Mainsail
Mizzen
Jib, Rowsell Sails 2025
Wykeham Martin No.2 furling gear
Trailer (could be made road legal with new brakes etc.)
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These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Classic Yacht Brokerage cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
