At 42ft, Cygnet is a half sized wooden sailing barge. After several years of continuous sail cruising, she has been bought into a Barge Boatyard in North Essex. Her present owner has decided to sell her, the hold has ben cleared out , the engine has been removed, she's now presented as a blank canvas for a refit / rebuild......A new rudder has been made and is to be re-fitted. New leeboards are under construction and there is a shipwright commissioned for a new mast. Built in 1881 by G H Curel at Frindsbury near Strood, In 1988 she was sold to her current owner, who used her as a pri... read more

MAREN, Alan Buchanan design built in 1962. A long keeled keeled Masthead Sloop. Her present condition rebuild project requires finishing. 2023, a 18hp Volvo twin cylinder diesel engine with a stainless steel shaft and a Darglow folding propeller have been professionally installed. New engine beds and re configuration of the cockpit had to carried out, to enable a successful installation. Her restoration started 2008 at St Osyth Boatyard, Essex where she was built by Shipwright Denis Barnes in 1962. A new mast and boom have been commissioned and built, (working from the original Buchan... read more