A Traditional Dutch styled 6m GRP open sailing dinghy. - a Friesian Tjotter. Tan sails, pair of leeboards. The builders specify her weight as 385kg, well under 750kg. Sat ashore under cover on her purpose built road trailer, tows easily with a medium to large sized family car. Aqua Sprint built around 8 Friesch (Friesian) Totters during the late 1970s early 1980s from moulds imported from Holland and fitted out to a very high specification at their workshop in Teynham, Kent. The oak fit out featured lots of ornate carved work in the traditional Dutch style and the best materials and fit... read more

24m Steel lighter hull, Beam 5.4m, Draft 2ft 6inch. Converted in 1987 used for 20years as a youth hostel for adventure holidays, offering accommodation for 16 young persons. On the deck level there's a large training room/ lounge/ club room/dining room. A full size commercial galley. A large Reception, Heads facility (chemical toilet only). A flat roof terrace on top. Below decks the sole has been removed to clean out and clear the bilges. It has the potential for a commercial use/ Air BnB accommodation or a full refit / conversion into a substantial dwelling houseboat. Vessel ... read more

Dorothea, 27ft Wooden Gaff Yawl built along the lines of the West Country Falmouth Quay Punts. 27ft 3ins deck length, 5.66 tons registered weight. Built and designed by W.E.Thomas of Falmouth in 1909. A carvel planked displacement hull of Pitch Pine planking on Oak. A Traditional Gaff Yawl rig, main mast and mizzen with auxiliary engine. A solid Classic wooden vessel, offering accommodation in one open cabin with headroom of 5ft 8ins. Presently, out of the water being refitted. Some recaulking, topsides repainted , antifouled, March 2026. She underwent a major restoration 15 years ago, th... read more

32ft wooden ketch,1964, Sovereign Class, Holman design built by Uphams Boatyard of Brixham. built to A100A1 grading. She has been kept on the East coast, sailing in and out of West Mersea with Gowens Sail makers, who were best friends and contemporaries of her designer/ builder Kim Holman. Kings Boatyard of Pin Mill, co owned her for 18years, much of this time under cover, shipwrights spent time refurbishing her, replacing the decks, the engine, the navigation gear and the interior. She sold again to her present owner, who has spent his time and money getting her into full commission &quo... read more

A 80ft engineless, wooden Thames Sailing Barge, 1881. Registered in Rochester, Kent. 1882. Built for carrying a cargo of bricks from Medway to the Thames. She crossed the Channel over to France and Holland, around the coast as far south as Southampton and Devonport. Re surveyed in dry dock June 2024, all was found to be in good order. She was at this time re-antifouled. George Smeed has been completely rebuilt / restored over last 30 plus years. The present restoration was started back in 1976, with a continuous maintenance programme continues to date. A National Historic Vessel, has a w... read more

A Boston Smack Yacht built by the renowned Gostelows Shipyard in 1932. A Traditional Gaff Cutter rig, her lines based on the sailing Fishing/ working vessels of the day, working off the Lincolnshire / Norfolk coast lines. Her shape has similarities to the Essex and Kent Smacks or the Prawner/ Nobbies of the North west... Built as a pleasure yacht: Wooden construction, top quality materials. She has been very well maintained. Axillary power, Bukh twin cylinder diesel inboard. She offers accommodation for 4 persons. Total external refit just completed. July 2025 Lillibullero is to be relaunch... read more

A forward keel stepped mast and a traditional tan canvas square lug sail. Tiller steering , two part rudder hangs from her transom, Purported to have been a tender / lifeboat in the early1900's. She carries a Builders plate with the name Tula Pipi ex Thistle, dated 1926. She underwent a complete restoration in 2017 by Kings Boatyard Pin Mill ,nr Ipswich. |Her present owner has spent having her kept re-varnished and re painted. To be sold with her: a simple road trailer. A PVC cover her to keep out the elements. Two rowing points, two pairs of Naval type rowlocks. 1 x pair of Oars. ... read more

28ft wooden Smack Yacht, bought as an open boat from Portsmouth,1985. REDUCED Testers Boatyard, Hollowshore, Kent, sold her on, as a "restoration project" to her present owner in 1986. Originally, she was a twin masted Lugger, built circa 1895. It was decided that she would be re rigged to carry a Gaff Rig, A new rig was made, new spars and sails, and an engine was installed, The Boatyard built her a deck and a simple coach roof over a cabin. The restoration was completed, and she was back sailing in 2013. Old surveys were made of her in 2014 and again 2018. Afloat on a pontoo... read more

REDUCED TO £55,000 Martine is a 40m Belgian Spitz motor river barge, built in 1956. Constructed of rivetted and welded steel, hull, decks, crew accommodation aft, the wheel house alone is constructed of wood and glass. She was bought straight from trade. The huge hold area has a headroom of over 2m. It is covered with removed able aluminium hatch covers. The hold is currently being used as a wood store, partial filled with ton bags of ballast too. She has been sitting on the present mooring for approx 9yrs. She was motored to Essex under her own power. Accommodation, offered at ... read more

Classic Bermudan sloop, built to the exacting requirements of her original owner. Built as a 2/3 berth yacht, seaworthy for the Thames Estuary. She is in only her third ownership in 70 years...... 1999- 2000 she underwent a professional refit, work included all the keel bolts being replaced with new, a new centreboard casing made. at the same time she had a new Beta Marine engine, gearbox and stern gear installed. Stored ashore and undercover Mast un stepped. Topsides repainted August 2024. Reduced to Sell. £3,950... read more