Suggestions - Lifting keeler, approx 28ft, sub £15K

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Basic requirements:
  • Lifting keel - suitable for exploring the East Coat rivers
  • Two separate cabins - hence 28ft suggestion
  • < £15k
  • At least half decent sailing ability - say PY <1100 or thereabouts

So far have identified the following possibilities:
  • Seal 28
  • Jeanneau Symphonie
  • Stag 28
  • Limbo 9.9
  • Evolution 25
  • Gibsea 28
  • Oday 30
  • Dehler 25
  • Parker 235
  • Trapper TS240

Would be nice to have a keel which retracts completely so as to allow full drying mooring, not all of the above do that, however that might have to be a requirement which cannot be fulfilled within this price range.

Can anyone think of anything else I should be looking at?
 
Jeanneau Fantasia checks the boxes too although I think the bilge keel variant has the same min draught as the lift keel with the keel up.

Some others, although perhaps smaller than your spec: Etap 26, Gibsea 76.
 
I had a Feeling 720 which I loved however the keel mechanism didn't ever work properly. The damn thing was either stuck up or stuck down.

If you could get one in good condition with an overhauled keel then you will have a great boat.

If, on the other hand you come across one that has not been looked after then avoid it like the Clap as they were built in such a way that they are very hard to bring back to health.


Ice never sailed a Hunter Delta but having sailed a Sonata and owned an Impala, I should think the Delta will be a great boat.
 
I have a kelt 8.50 lifting.It has a lot of space for its length,it also has a cast iron plate underneath to dry out on and protect hull.
 
Thanks for all your suggestions.

roblpm:
Parker 27 would be very nice but doesn't look like we will find one within budget unless they come down a lot during the winter.

cid:
Kelt 850 looks interesting. No separate fore-cabin from what I can see but maybe has a separate aft-cabin instead, bit difficult to establish the layout from google photos.

paul-essex:
Yep, I think we saw that Southerly 28 listing. Look like nice boats but with a PY of 1275 maybe more of a motor sailor than a cruiser/racer.

Twister_Ken:
Benny First 260 Spirit may be a bit expensive but accommodation looks only just about adequate, not sure if she has standing headroom or not.

TheCharteringClasses:
Both Jeanneau Fantasia and Gibsea 76 fit the bill.

FullCircle:
Hunter Delta ok but not sure about standing headroom. Anderson 26 good suggestion, believe it or not there is currently one for sale in Essex. Evo 25, very much liked Clive's Sirenia.

Judders:
Feeling 720, is another good addition to the list but as some others not sure is she has a separate fore-cabin.

Kelpie:
Super Seal 26 good but I think a little cramped accommodation.

Lots of google search for me now to get more info on all of these suggestions.
 
FullCircle said:
Hunter Delta .....
Anderson 26 but only 6 made


Highly recommend Evo 25, I had one for a long time.
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Actually about 16 Anderson 26's were made, some info about them on the website in my sig below - I don't now of any for sale right now though there could be, I mainly get A22 contacts.

Beware fully retracting keels, as it means the hull will settle on anything nasty and pointy on the seabed, even just stones could be bother.

My A22 has a 9" deep ballast bulb below the hull when the keel is retracted yet she settles completely upright in mud.

The Etap 26 takes this too far though, the keel only partly retracts so doesn't settle well even in soft mud, it's more of a draft reducing thing.

The Anderson 26 uses a different lift keel format to the 22, the larger boat has a long ballast keel with the plate going through a slot in it, like say the Seal 28.

I know a family who travelled far and wide in a Seal 28, good roomy family boat happy on mud.
 
NickC said:
Thanks for all your suggestions.

roblpm:
Parker 27 would be very nice but doesn't look like we will find one within budget unless they come down a lot during the winter.

Kelpie:
Super Seal 26 good but I think a little cramped accommodation.
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Just as an fyi...

The Super Seal 26 and Parker 27 are the same boat, The Parker 27 was when Bill Parker brought the moulds, and changed the marketing (he included the rudder in the overall length :-). The later 275 and 285 are tweaks to the topsides and deck to increase interior headroom.
 
Seajet said:
Actually about 16 Anderson 26's were made, some info about them on the website in my sig below - I don't now of any for sale right now though there could be, I mainly get A22 contacts.

Beware fully retracting keels, as it means the hull will settle on anything nasty and pointy on the seabed, even just stones could be bother.

My A22 has a 9" deep ballast bulb below the hull when the keel is retracted yet she settles completely upright in mud.

The Etap 26 takes this too far though, the keel only partly retracts so doesn't settle well even in soft mud, it's more of a draft reducing thing.

The Anderson 26 uses a different lift keel format to the 22, the larger boat has a long ballast keel with the plate going through a slot in it, like say the Seal 28.

I know a family who travelled far and wide in a Seal 28, good roomy family boat happy on mud.
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http://www.boatwizardwebsolutions.c...nits=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=31304&url=
 
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