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s/v Merganser

Euro 100,000
(Approx $145,000)

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Sails --
Full locker of sails (plus spares) including roller-furling headsail, all serviceable

She spent a good deal of her cruising history firstly in the Mediterranean and then in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans before being purchased by her present owners.

Merganser has been fully restored professionally, while still retaining her original mahogany fit-out with its bronze and brass fittings. She has a Honduras mahogany hull and a new epoxy/dynel marine ply deck.

Accommodation consists of main saloon (containing twin berths,) galley, forecabin, head, and forpeak. Interior fittings include a chart table with refurbished ice-box below, stainless steel water tank, Jabsco manual head, and built-in wash-basin. Merganser carries 6' headroom throughout.

Additional inventory includes --

* Coirot anchor-winch, with chain gypsy and rope capstan
* 100m of galvanised 10mm chain
* Brittany bower anchor, plus one each Danforth and Dreadnought anchors
* Pulpit and pushpit, together with stanchions and lifelines (the latter provided, but not fitted for aesthetic reasons)
* Solar panel plus engine-generated electric power
* Original bronze sheet winches
* Hydraulic steering
* Aluminium IsoMast with new stainless steel rigging
* Mercedes OM engine, fully serviced in 2009, and with two spare propellors
* Dinghy with outboard engine

Merganser comes with full provenance, including her original papers.

s/v Phyllis

$89,000

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Sails --
Gaff mainsail
Bermudan mizzen
Jib
Forestaysail
Mizzen staysail
Trisail

Originally flush-decked, Phyllis now has raised topsides forward and a new wheelhouse, which together provide her with very spacious living and working conditions. Hull, deck, coach-houses and wheelhouse are all of huon pine, the hull being carvel-laid on hardwood frames. Masts are oregon. She has a full-length displacement keel carrying 3 tons of lead ballast.

Accommodation consists of saloon, galley, head, fore-cabin, quarter-cabin, and large forepeak, all with full headroom throughout.

Phyllis is powered by a 46hp Gardner 4L2 diesel engine, and is fitted with all the expected equipment and accessories for a cruising vessel of this type.

s/v Silver Gull

$26,250

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Construction is of huon pine, with a fibreglassed ply deck. Spars are also of huon pine. She has a full-length ballasted displacement keel.

Accommodation consists of saloon, fore-cabin, and forepeak, and contains four berths, compression-pump head, and galley with methylated-spirit stove and built-in ice chest. As with other raised-topsides designs, Silver Gull has a superbly capacious interior

Equipment includes near-new 22.5 hp Punsun air-cooled engine (20 hours) and gearbox, plough-type bower anchor and two smaller kedge anchors, electric anchor winch, sonar, two VHF radios, CD player/radio, new mainsail, and other canvas (including spare mainsail) in fully serviceable condition.

M/L Giselle

$47,250

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Initially electrically-powered, Giselle is now equipped with a 28 hp Yanmar diesel engine (780 hours.)

Accommodation includes a forward saloon, a galley, table, head, and main helm amidships, and an after cabin with seating and a second table aft.

There are two permanent berths in the saloon, and the after-cabin table can be converted to a double berth also, allowing Giselle to sleep four. The elegant counter stern houses a spacious after deck together with an auxiliary helming position.

The after cabin is fitted with canvas drop-down screens with clear-view panels, allowing al fresco dining in fine weather and full wind protection when down.

Additional equipment includes a gas detector, air horn, depth-sounder, UHF radio, three-way refrigerator, CD player and radio, and automatic and manual bilge pumps.

Gentleman's launch

$155,000 ready for launching

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The hull has been carvel built with selected full-length spotted gum planking, copper fastenings, cotton and oakum caulking, and a huon pine transom -- making it at the same time beautiful, strong, and durable. Fit-out presently includes saloon, galley, vee-berth, and head. The cabin and decks are sealed and sea-ready. Engine beds and stern gear (bearing, tube, and gland) are also included.

This vessel will make an ideal motor cruiser, and the builder is happy to provide further fit-out, or introductions to other shipwrights who could help complete the vessel if required.

S/V Kristin

Euro 110,000
(Approx $160,000)

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Sails--

For normal cruising,
Gaff mainsail 600 sq ft,
Topsail 215 sq ft,
Forestaysail 235 sq ft,
Jib 195 sq ft,
Jib topsail 150 sq ft
Storm jib 100 sq ft

And for tradewind sailing,
Squaresail 475 sq ft,
Skysail 105 sq ft

Machinery and equipment include a 6-cylinder 150hp Deutz diesel engine, stainless steel tanks for diesel fuel, kerosene (paraffin,) freshwater, and greywater, 220v, 24v, and 12v electric circuits, refrigerator, water-maker, solar panels, wind generator, electro-hydraulic windlass, autopilot, HF radio, GPS, etc, etc.

Stern davits hoist a 10 ft. Carib dinghy with a 4 HP Yamaha outboard engine.

On-deck accommmodation includes one teak and two canvas awnings protecting the navigation position and forward and after decks, a dining table seating eight, other seating accommodation abaft the helm, and two fresh-air sleeping berths.

Below decks the midships section contains the saloon and a separate wash-room with WC, entered from the after companionway. There are also a galley and a stateroom, entered either through the main saloon or via a separate forward companionway.

Kristin is currently on a circumnavigation, and is ideal either as a live-aboard or for charter.

Air-fares to inspect Kristin may be refunded on sale.

Aileen Louisa CLINKER DINGHY

$6,800

Sails--
Sprit mainsail 100 sq ft,
Staysail 20 sq ft

She is fitted with two rowing stations, and her fine quarters, wineglass transom, and full body make her an excellent, burdensome, pulling boat. In addition, she sails well with her large sprit mainsail and optional forestaysail. (The mainsail is presently used boomless, but a boom is also provided.)

The vessel comes on a fully-adjustable trailer (included in the price,) and an optional long-shaft 4.5 hp Seagull Silver Century outboard motor may also be available if desired.

S/V Swallow

$60,000

Sails--gaff mainsail, gaff mizzen, staysail, jib

A comfortable cruising vessel, originally built in Birkenhead SA in 1917, potential live-aboard

Construction -- jarrah and kauri on jarrah frames. Laid celery-top deck.

New Kubota engine, 2001 (15 hours, freshwater cooled)
New mainmast 2002.
New galley 2003.
Refurbished saloon 2004.

S/V Faoilean

$33,000

Sails--gaff mainsail, gaff mizzen, staysail.Total sail area 240 sq ft.

Trailerable two-berth canoe yawl, launched 2003.

Built using the modern glued clinker technique, this vessel can be safely kept ashore under shelter when not in use.

Internal space is maximised by the use of twin centreboards, each case forming the face of a berth. The vessel carries 500 lbs of external lead ballast on her keel.

S/V Sanderling (ex Hilda D)

$17,000

Sails --bermudan mainsail, staysail, jib, storm jib, genoa.

Construction --
Strip-planked white beech on spotted gum frames, with merbau main keel and deadwood. Deck and cockpit are sheathed in dynel and epoxy. 1200 lbs outside ballast on a full-length displacement keel. Twin steel bilge-keels allow her to stand upright in a drying berth.

Accommodation --
Two berths, galley, chart table, fitted bucket head, sail locker, hanging locker, two sideboards, and a deep cockpit with full-length seats, lockers, and lazarette.