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Trawler Yacht 585 AFT CABIN
Designer
Bruce Roberts
BUILD FROM PLANS AND FULL SIZE PATTERNS IN WOOD / EPOXY
Free Boats
1960 16' Thompson Seacoaster
1960 16' Thompson Seacoaster w/ 1963 Evinrude 40-hp Big Twin outboard. Boat damaged by tree – repairable but more likely best to just strip hardware and salvage any mahogany. Engine last ran (and ran well) in 2012 then winterized.
Sailboats
Atkin 30' Gaff-Cutter WindRose 1979
Cedar on Oak. Entirely new Systems, Solar, Refrigeration, all wiring fully redone, New Westerbeke starter and wiring harness & LED lighting.
Extensively sailed in Maine, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland 2023-24
$35,000 USD
Power Boats
1950 Chris Craft 18' Utility 4 Project or Parts
Asking $1,250. No trailer, engine or transmission.
CLC Kaholo 12-6
Builder Name:
George Brindle
A fun and easy winter season build of the Chesapeake Light Craft Paddleboard from plans and a frame kit. I really wanted some colours that popped, hence the orange patterned cloth and blue grip pads. Total build time was probably less than 75 hours.
BONITO
Year Built:
1925
Built in Berrys Bay Sydney Australia by WM Boatbuilders in 1925 Now moored in Prince of Wales Bay Marina, Hobart Tasmania
Sailboats
1968 Mariner 40 Ketch - Lovingly Maintained!
Beautifully maintained 1968 Mariner 40. Complete rehab with many upgrades over the years including new wiring and electronics. New set of tanbark sails with only one season of use. New Yanmar 4JH57 diesel with fewer than 50 engine hours.
HEADWATER 14
Designer
Tracy O'Brien
The Headwater Fourteen [H-14] was designed and the prototype built in the Summer of 1985 to test the viability of using frameless, stressed skin construction to build a serviceable Whitewater drift boat.