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1934 39 ft cutter under restoration, available for free due to medical reason.
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1934 39 ft cutter under restoration, available for free due to medical reason.
1928 Herreshoff 12 1/2 (No. 1084, Alouette) in excellent condition. Fully restored by IYRS in 2007. Sailed and maintained annually by current owner.
16’ Swampscott Dory - Northern white cedar on white oak frames, sheer strake, rails, thwarts, sheets, and centerboard trunk finished bright in Honduran mahogany. West system and bronze fittings.
Mahogany inboard. New varnish & bottom paint. Newish 383 (500-hp). 50 mph. New upholstery. New cockpit sole. New fuel tank. New gauges. New: starter, alternator. New: injectors, plugs, wires, rotor, cap, coil, temp sensor. Rebuilt transom. New king Trailer. Ski tow-post.
Egg Harbor Sport Fisherman. Reconstructed hull. Cold molded bottom. New mahogany floors, engine bunks, laminated ribs. Over $60,000 in professional rebuild. Client’s illness forces quick sale. Make an offer.
The Town Class Sloop was originally designed in 1931 and built by Pert Lowell Company in Newbury, MA. The original construction consisted of lap-strake cedar planking on oak frames. The Landing School builds these boats with epoxy-bonded marine plywood and epoxy-laminated frames.
36' 6" L.H.F. ketch that's a joy to sail and beautiful from all angles. Designed for world cruising but easy for one to daysail or for extended cruises. Yanmar 210 hr 30-hp diesel, new main and mizzen, double headsail rig on rollers. If interested reach out for more info.
She's FREE to anyone who can take on the project. Beauty is currently at Spaulding Boatworks in Sausalito (SF Bay Area), out of the water. Engines and tanks were removed and sent to recycling (Both engines had their heads off and were salted over when I began looking at her.
Beautiful Swiss Staempfli Sculling Single from 1976. Classic lightweight rowing / racing shell in Spanish Cedar in near perfect original condition. As published in The WoodenBoat Magazine, #134 January/February 1997 in an article “The Call of Wooden Racing Shells”, by Daniel J Boyne.
Built by the Burr Bros in 1960, this 36' beauty with a 10'9" beam was restored over seven years and includes (from 2014) completely new interior, new wiring, new mast, new Beta Marine 25, new sails and refastened below the waterline in 2022.
Mahogany over oak. Comfortable cruiser with 4 berths. Purchased in 2005 and sailed every summer until 2017. Extensively restored throughout the off-seasons - list available.
19 Ft. gentleman's racer/ runabout. 383 Chevy power cruises great slow, and mid-range , and when you want a thrill it will also go over 50. This boat turns heads everywhere it goes! Boat is turn key and go! $30,000 or best offer.
1964 Celebrity Sloop #575. Built in Holland. 19’8”, 6’4” beam, 800 lbs. Centerboard, draws 3’. Cold-molded, African Mahogany; outer hull fared in West System epoxy and Kevlar. Topside and cockpit ~ brightwork; topsides freshly varnished. 25’ Sitka spruce mast. Marconi rig, 172 sq. ft.
Custom Build 18'. Cold-molded method, cedar, Dynel, west systems. 15-hp Mercury EFI, 30 hours. Three seat positions. Bottom painted for salt/fresh. Ray Marine Axiom chart plotter, depth, side-scan, fish-finder. New trailer. Boat was used 30 hours. Health issues. Will deliver.
Lobster Yacht / Picnic Launch made by Wharton Ship Yard now Jamestown Boat Yard in 1958, 28' L, 8.5' W, 4.5' D, a semi-displacement hull made of mahogany planking over white oak frames, in water last 30 years, good condition. PRICE REDUCTION $14,500.
Restored in ME by Jonathan Minott (seen in WB "Launchings" July/Aug 2009). Includes new yoke, decks, gunwales, seats and caning. New Shaw & Tenney oars and locks. LOA is 16', 42" beam. Flag Blue topsides with porch ceiling blue inside. It's a beauty. Used only a few times.
1996 36 x 11 x 4 , picnic cruiser double ended. Cedar on oak bronze fastened.
Beautiful 1945 26' Luders 16 sailboat #18, excellent condition. $15,000. New topsides paint this year, marine plywood/ fiberglass/ epoxy replacement of original deck, also new paint. Original sitka spruce mast, ten sails. Varnished hull inside, with built in cabinetwork.
Built by Cottrell Boat Builders in Maine and shipped to San Diego, CA.
36' Custom Victor Carpenter 1980 yacht built for racing and cruising.
Built in 1933 as a commercial fishing vessel ,Sylvia II was designed as a deadrise Core Sound sha
Built in 1972 by Trumpy Yachts in Annapolis, MD overall length is 72’ / 21.95m, with a beam of 18