TRADITIONAL WOODEN BOATS
for sale in Australia and the Pacific

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BUILDER
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DESCRIPTION LYING AT

s/v Merganser

 

Euro 100,000
(Approx $145,000)

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Eugene Cornu/
C N Vandernotte Shipyards,
Nantes, France
1961
LOA--40'-0"
LWL--34'-6""
Beam--11'-6"
Draft--5'-4"
Displ. 7 1/2 tons

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

This Australian-registered double-ended cruiser/racer is a comfortable live-aboard vessel.

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.

Presently on cruise in Thailand, but contactable via email.

s/v Phyllis

 

$89,000

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Alfred Blore/
Neaves Brothers,
Battery Point,
Tasmania
1928
LOA--48'-0"
LWL--40'-0""
Beam--12'-6"
Draft--5'-0"
Displ. 17 tons

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

Phyllis is a gaff yawl motor-sailer, built originally for the Tasmanian Governnment. She is capable of 9 knots under steam or sail.

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.

New South Wales
North coast

s/v Silver Gull

 

$26,250

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John Searle
Birkenhead, South Australia
1952
LOA--30'-0"
LOD--28'-6"
Beam--9'-0"
Draft--3'-0"
With a raised-topsides design inspired by Maurice Griffiths' vessels, this spacious ketch provides a comfortable cruising vessel for four.

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.

Queensland
Brisbane

M/L Giselle

 

$47,250

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Builder William Sergeant,
Ray Mead Boat Works,
Boulters Lock, Maidenhead, UK,
circa 1890.
LOA--36'-0"
Beam--7'-8"
Draft--2'-8""
This magnificent motor launch was shipped to Australia in 1908 and has been in the present owner's hands for more than forty years. She comes with a full 120 year history and photographic record.

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.

South Australia
River Murray

Gentleman's launch

 

$155,000 ready for launching

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Professional east coast shipwright LOA--30'-0"
Beam--10'-6"
Draft--3'-6"
This vessel is presently under construction. She is destined to become a classic gentleman's motor launch, and is available for sale either at launch-ready state or completely fitted out.

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.

New South Wales
Sydney

S/V Kristin

 

Euro 110,000
(Approx $160,000)

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Bieritz shipyard, Meldorf, Germany LOA--59'-0"
LOD--44'-3"
Beam--13'-0"
Draft--5'-9"

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

Originally built in 1937 as a shrimpnetter by the Bieritz shipyard, Kristin was converted for cruising in 1978, and again refurbished in 2002 by the Danish yard of Christian Johnson. She is built of oak on oak, with pitchpine deck planking and Douglas fir spars. She is fully coppered below the waterline.The hull was recaulked and recoppered, and the deck also recaulked, in 2008. Kristin is in survey and presently registered in Germany.

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.

Presently on cruise in the Carribbean, but contactable via email.

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


Aileen Louisa CLINKER DINGHY

 

$6,800

Tom Whitfield /
T&C Whitfield
LOA--15'-0"
LWL--15'-0'
Beam--5'-0"
Draft--0'-9" c/b up,
2'-9" c/b down

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

Aileen Louisa is a traditional plumb-stemmed clinker dinghy built in Victoria in 1986. This vessel is constructed of kauri on silver ash frames, with a jarrah keel and stem and mahogany transom, all copper- fastened. She has a removable bowsprit.

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.

Australian Capital Territory
Canberra

S/V Swallow

 

$60,000

A MacFarlane /
A MacFarlane
Sparred length--48'
LBP--36'
LWL--30'
Beam -
-10'
Draft--5'
Displ--9.5 tons

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

Cruisng ketch

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.

Victoria
Port Phillip

S/V Faoilean

 

$33,000

Iain Oughtred /
D Grewar
LOD--19'-9"
Beam--6'-8"
Draft--1-6" (c/b up)

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

"Eun Na Mara"

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.

Queensland
Brisbane

S/V Sanderling (ex Hilda D)

 

$17,000

Alan Buchanan /
B Spooner
LOD--20'-0"
LWL--17'-0":
Beam--7'-9"
Draft--2'-9"

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

YM 3-Tonner, launched 1973.

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.

Victoria
Western Port