Madhatter
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Thank you all for posting ,lots of food for thought 
for me and others who maybe looking
for me and others who maybe looking
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Starter boat for those with limited finance's
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webcraft
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Yes, a Corrie, but he's asking silly money. You'd be paying for the label, and the shedload of inessential and third-hand gear.
BAtoo
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Vote for a Pandora. Various keel configurations - fin twin and centreplate.
Son just bought one for £600 - an abandoned project. Tatty but excellent sails. No motor ( but he is borrowing one of mine!!) or trailer (just finished renovating one total cost about £200 but free welding from friend). Had its first sail 3w ago and probably going out later today!
So it can be done!
Son just bought one for £600 - an abandoned project. Tatty but excellent sails. No motor ( but he is borrowing one of mine!!) or trailer (just finished renovating one total cost about £200 but free welding from friend). Had its first sail 3w ago and probably going out later today!
So it can be done!
dam747iam
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starter boat
my first boat was a frolic 18 like a tardis for its size, seperate heads and sailed quite well we had a lot of fun with this boat for a couple of years until went larger to snapdragon 747
my first boat was a frolic 18 like a tardis for its size, seperate heads and sailed quite well we had a lot of fun with this boat for a couple of years until went larger to snapdragon 747
David_Jersey
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I had a Corribee - still got a soft spot for 'em 
But just thought I would throw in a suggestion for a Westerly Nimrod - a quick Google suggests around £1500 (I am sure plenty above and below).
Lifting keel = drying mooring / trailerable
But just thought I would throw in a suggestion for a Westerly Nimrod - a quick Google suggests around £1500 (I am sure plenty above and below).
Lifting keel = drying mooring / trailerable
Ubergeekian
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I dunno about the Leisure 17, but I do know about the Jouster ... it certainly can go on a trailer, but it's not really a trailer sailer. A bit deep, for a start (4 feet, ish, less for the lifting keel version) and although I have done the mast myself it's really at the limits for regular manual, erm, erection.
Lovely boats, though. And remarkably economical. Especially mine (did I mention she's for sale?).
Ubergeekian
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I had a Corribee - still got a soft spot for 'em
But just thought I would throw in a suggestion for a Westerly Nimrod - a quick Google suggests around £1500 (I am sure plenty above and below)
Lifting keel = drying mooring / trailerable
On a similar note, I'd put in a word for the Hunter 490. That's the 16' wee sister of the Hunter 19. OK, I just happen to have one of them for sale at the moment as well (it's a long story) but having tried her on Loch Ken last autumn I can say that the handling is absolutely delightful and the performance sparking. Like the Nimrod it has a lifting keel with a big lump of iron at the bottom. The cabin isn't terribly spacious but hey, it's the same length as a Wayfarer!
fergie_mac66
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/5396576.stm
small enough could be done quite cheap.Cheap moorings could be had also
small enough could be done quite cheap.Cheap moorings could be had also
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. . . . .All I want to do is sail around this fantastic coastline play about in the coves and estuary's and the great adventure maybe crossing the English channel to France/channel isles or doing a Nathan.
Why don't you buy KUDU? It has certainly been tested round English waters and all the faults have been ironed out as you are obviously aware having followed Nathans adventures. I cannot think of anything wrong with this yacht, except possibly the goose-neck?
http://www.prestonmarina.co.uk/brokerage_pages/boats/KudoCorribee.html
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The Corribee for sale advert
I’m putting Kudu up for sale via Preston Marina brokerage.
Update: The paper work is signed and pending listing on their website she is for sale via the delightful people Preston Marina.
Kudu is a 1976 Mk1 bilge keel Newbridge Corribee with an extensive array of kit. She comes complete, although I would describe her as in “end of season condition”. I made a few running repairs during the trip, and although I made sure they were professional done, I haven’t finished them off. She’ll need a few hours of sanding and painting, standard pre season work really, and it IS only a few hours. There are no surprises here, I can assure you. Just look through the blog and you’ll see everything I’ve done to her. She is a substantial bit of sailing kit for the money.
Firefly
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Kestrel 22 - GRP bilge keel one, and again by strange coincidence I've got one I would take a very reasonable offer on!
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Has anybody suggested a Pandora ?
Had many happy hours of cruising and racing in one.
Had many happy hours of cruising and racing in one.
Lakesailor
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Foxcub (about £700-£1000)
Valiant 18 (about £700-£1500)
Seahawk17 (about £800-£1800)
Like David Jersey says, look locally. As they are so cheap a survey will be a waste of money so visit an owners association website and find out their faults. Then look carefully. Ignore everything the vendor tells you. On the Seahawk I just bought the vendor told me they thought the water in the bilge came from a leaky keel box. It was in fact rainwater from badly installed rear lockers (a tip from the owners website).
Carefully check sail condition, rigging etc. A £450 new main may not be much on a £6000 boat but it's a disaster on a £1K boat. My Seahawk has a shrunken bolt rope on the luff. It can be replaced for less than £80. I have a couple of other headsails that fit and are better than the existing one. Get a trailer in the deal. Don't look at boats without trailers. It can cost more than the boat is worth to have it transported. Make sure the boat and trailer weight is less than 3500Kg and that you have access to a tow vehicle with a towing capacity to cover the loaded trailer weight.
Try and get a decent outboard in the deal or allow up to £440 for a recent 4/5HP with F/N/R gears.
Try a low offer. If you want the boat and they are not budging, make sure it is spot on. It's worth a couple of hundred more to get a good example as there is so much absolute rubbish about.
Did I mention, don't trust the vendor.
Valiant 18 (about £700-£1500)
Seahawk17 (about £800-£1800)
Like David Jersey says, look locally. As they are so cheap a survey will be a waste of money so visit an owners association website and find out their faults. Then look carefully. Ignore everything the vendor tells you. On the Seahawk I just bought the vendor told me they thought the water in the bilge came from a leaky keel box. It was in fact rainwater from badly installed rear lockers (a tip from the owners website).
Carefully check sail condition, rigging etc. A £450 new main may not be much on a £6000 boat but it's a disaster on a £1K boat. My Seahawk has a shrunken bolt rope on the luff. It can be replaced for less than £80. I have a couple of other headsails that fit and are better than the existing one. Get a trailer in the deal. Don't look at boats without trailers. It can cost more than the boat is worth to have it transported. Make sure the boat and trailer weight is less than 3500Kg and that you have access to a tow vehicle with a towing capacity to cover the loaded trailer weight.
Try and get a decent outboard in the deal or allow up to £440 for a recent 4/5HP with F/N/R gears.
Try a low offer. If you want the boat and they are not budging, make sure it is spot on. It's worth a couple of hundred more to get a good example as there is so much absolute rubbish about.
Did I mention, don't trust the vendor.
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Ubergeekian
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Blinking expensive for a Corribee - particularly a Mk 1 GRP - though. I appreciate that she is loaded down with electrical gadgetry, but a nice Mk 2 GRP one sold at my club for £1,600 recently, and you can get a respectable amount of geegaws for £2k. Good luck to Nathan, but I think he might do better to transfer the whizzery to his new boat and sell Kudu for a lot less.
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BAtoo
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Yes, I did!!
Slow_boat
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There are many of boats around the 20 foot mark for around a thousand. That's what I got first. Swmbo loved the sailing but immediatley demanded a bigger boat. She loves the adventure but doesn't understand much about it, though she is getting better.
She's still demanding a bigger boat. And a smaller and smaller house.
Job done!
She's still demanding a bigger boat. And a smaller and smaller house.
Job done!
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Dan the man
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I have just completed the purchase of a Newbridge venturer 22 MkII. I got her, complete with a Yamaha high thrust F8 outboard, that onlky has 2 hours on it. The lining is beginning to come away at the edges, but ok.
it needs a good clean, that is about all, stood for 10 years, under cover. all in, 1.5k. its called ebing in the right place at the right time, for me and the vendor, she was thrilled to be rid of her!
I cant wait to sail on her. She goes well from what I remember.
Everyone seems happy.
it needs a good clean, that is about all, stood for 10 years, under cover. all in, 1.5k. its called ebing in the right place at the right time, for me and the vendor, she was thrilled to be rid of her!
I cant wait to sail on her. She goes well from what I remember.
Everyone seems happy.
toad_oftoadhall
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Achilles 24?
Flapjack
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Our first was a 25‘ Itchen Ferry cost us £6500 but was a lovely little long keeler, built like a brick out house sleeps 4 in 2 cabins separate heads and an inboard 8 hp Yanmar and 6’ head room which meant I could stand up inside which I think for a cruiser is a must, loads of storage and the more weight you put in her the better she liked it. We have had 10 people on board at one time for a day sail with no problems. Also has a very safe deep cockpit.