For Sale

‘Albonita’ is a Hardy 25, built by Hardy Marine in Norfolk in 1984 (yard no 1222). In excellent condition, she was bought by the current owner in 2021, but since then has been stored in a barn whilst the owner has been carrying out a programme of checking and improving the boat. Sadly, he has decided that he is too old now to complete the few jobs that remain, and so has decided to put her up for sale. 

The blue hull and white deck and cabin topsides are in good condition, with the gel coat being recently cleaned and polished. The deck has a non-slip finish. The underwater hull bottom has been epoxied and CopperCoated, ready to go afloat. 

The cockpit and cabin have standing headroom. The cabin is in its original layout, providing sleeping for three adults (2 in the Vee-berth up forward). The galley has a 2-burner gas hob with stainless sink and draining-board, with shelving and storage for kitchen equipment and provisions. Hot water is provided by a gas water heater. Please note that neither the hob nor the water heater have been tested. The cabin has been fitted with new carpet. 

The Jabsco heads unit has been stripped, cleaned and re-assembled, and has a pull-out basin and shower. 

The cockpit has two swivel chairs, plus comfortable seating at the back, which has new cushions.  

Underneath the cockpit Is a large storage locker containing shore-power cable, two boat hooks, lifebuoy, warps, fenders, spare anchor with chain and rope, mud weight etc., with room for more. The cockpit has 2 cockpit pram hoods, plus external wheelhouse canvas window covers. There are two boarding ladders which need to be fitted.  

Bilges are kept dry by a new Johnson 12v bilge pump, float switch and strum box, located in the deepest part of the bilge. 

All navigation and cabin lighting have been checked to be working, and there is a new mast and steaming light. The 5kg anchor and chain is controlled via an electric winch. 

Propulsion and power are provided by the original diesel Yanmar 3GM30F diesel engine. This was run briefly at the time of purchase and deemed to be sound. Since then it has been turned over by hand every month. It is fresh water cooled, and the Jabsco seawater pump has been cleaned and a new impeller fitted. The Venus seawater filter has been cleaned. Two new diesel filters have been fitted, one with a water-trap. There are two 12v 85-amp batteries, currently off the boat and kept charged at the owner’s home. On board there is a Sterling 240v battery charger for use when connected to shore power. 

The Sonic outboard leg has had its oil changed, three new anodes fitted, new rubber gaiters and stainless-steel clips fitted, and the leg locking mechanism cleaned, overhauled and fitted with a new release spring. The three-bladed prop is in good condition. 

The few jobs that remain to be completed include: 

• The instrument panel has two gauges that need either to be replaced or have new glass fitted; 
• The starboard wooden rubbing strake (supplied) needs to be re-fitted; 
• The traditional rope rubbing strake needs to be procured and fitted (stainless steel clips are fitted); 
• The Jabsco seawater pump has not been refitted to the engine; 
• Gas hob, water heater and associated pipes need to be tested; 
• Two wooden grab-handles (provided) need to be fitted. 

The boat is currently sitting on a twin-axle, braked yard trailer in good condition, and this is included in the sale. 

This is an excellent opportunity to acquire a rugged and seaworthy boat that is easy to handle in most conditions, with just a few jobs to be completed. It is ideal for river and coastal trips with family and friends, as well as sea fishing trips (holders fitted). 

Sea Swift is a classic Van de Stadt offshore cruiser/racer in excellent original and well maintained condition. She was built by the Tyler yard in UK and fitted out by the Anne Wever yard in the Netherlands. GRP Hull, Mahogany coach roof and interior, teak decks.
All timber work has been well maintained and all varnish is in very condition having been recently renewed. This is a beautiful example of a classic Trintella 29 1a.
Yard number 672
Built 1973
8.8m LOA, 2.52m beam, 1.31m draft.
Displacement 3850 Kg
5 berth (including 2 x saloon, 2 x forepeak and 1 x pilot berth.
Aluminium spars
Very good condition and meticulously looked after. Ready to sail.
Recent upgrades to instruments, electrics and equipment.

Sea-Swift Inventory
• 4 warps plus 2 shorelines
• Fenders
• Day shapes
• Whale - fitted bilge pump
• Kedge anchor Fortress SX 11 (2020) plus 5m chain and 50m multiplait warp - in anchor bag
• Gimbled Sestrel steering compass - original
• Tiller cover
• Main sail cover
• Sprayhood
• Main anchor - Danforth and chain - 50m
• Original sheet winches - serviced recently
• Harken mast winches serviced recently
• Standing rigging 8mm, new 2020
• Jack stays
• New 2023 Lewmar main track with sliding car
• 45 litre diesel (full)
• Volvo Penta MD2a 25hp engine - serviced annually, with renewed gearbox 2010, and alternator 2021
• Fixed two blade bronze propeller
• Electrics upgrade 2023
• New Raymarine i70 instruments
and transducers fitted 2023 (wind, depth, log /speed)
• Furano GP31 GPS
• icom M3230 DSC VHF
• Gimbled ‘emo’ two burner stove
• Vented gas locker and renewed hoses etc 2019
• Autohelm ST1000
• Shore power with RCD protection
• 12v socket/charging
• LED bulbs throughout
• Recent engine(x1) and domestic (x1) batteries with digital charge indicators
• Eberspacher diesel heater
• 2Kg Fire extinguisher and blanket
• Clock and barometer
• Raritan Heads - serviced 2023, with original slide out sink
• Cold water foot pumps to galley and heads
• Hanging Locker
• Water tank - 160 ltr, cleaned annually
• Horseshoe lifebuoy with light, plus John buoy
• Curtains
• Saloon bunk cushions replaced 2018
• Genoa, No1, No2, No3/storm jib, spinnaker
• Cruising main with 3 reefs
• Mast and boom - with slab reefing
• Original mast lowering frame
• Stern boarding ladder
• Heavy duty Winter cover

1970s 12’6” Shakespeare Mini Clubman Speed boat/Ski boat.
This boat is in original gel coat finish which has faded in some areas and there are minor imperfections that are usual with a boat of this age as it has been well used.
Included is a galvanised trailer complete with a bow winch, with new bearings and tyres.
The boat is sold with an 50hp Yamaha Outboard. Complete with cable steering.
Recent service
Complete with a good overall cover

'Hangover' is a red, wooden English Folkboat, built in 1961 by Woodnutts of Bembridge, IoW. The carvel-built hull has been epoxy sheathed to make it watertight. Stripped teak deck. The rig is similar to that of a Nordic Folkboat.

Traditional mahagony fitted galley /dining/navigation area with cooker and heads.  Dog-house with extended headroom.

Extensive sail wardrobe, plus spare fittings and equipment.

Inboard diesel engine is a Yanmar 1GM10.

The boat is currently stored on her trailer in an open-sided barn. The trailer is a galvanised, braked, 4-wheel trailer in good condition.

'Hangover' was extensively rebuilt in the 1990s, and there is a lot of documentation from this and previous history. In recent times, she has been looked after by the Aldeburgh Boatyard since 2012.

This boat has been sailed across to Holland and back several times.

New reduced price!

'Kate' is a Kite trailer/sailer, designed by Andrew Wolstenholme and built by us at Demon Yachts. Originally built as our demonstrator, she is in excellent condition, and is in full racing trim with many extras.

This boat has unique provenance, being currently owned by an ex-Olympic sailor, so she has been optimised in a way that only an Olympic medal-winning sailor can!! In the Nore race she came 2nd out of 1100 boats!

Nevertheless, she is equally suitable for lake, estuary and coastal cruising with family and friends.

Mostly sailed on the East Coast, she has also taken part successfully in OGA events on the south coast and the West Country. She has a current IRC certificate.

She is fitted with a Torqueedo electric outboard, which has a new spare battery. The extensive inventory includes a fine selection of covers for all situations including a boom tent enabling full use of the large cockpit, as well as an all-over winter cover (see pictures).

'Kate' has a braked, galvanised trailer in excellent condition.

‘Kate’ also has her own ‘dry dock’ which can be included in the sale, and which provides hassle-free dry sailing!

The extensive inventory includes:

The extensive inventory includes

- Road trailer

- Torqueedo electric outboard, including new additional battery

- Antifouled with hard racing antifoul

- Carbon whisker pole

- Depth sounder

- Manual and automatic electric bilge pump

- New jib never used

- Light and heavy jib sheets

- Road and mooring boom crutches

- Grapnel anchor, chain and warp

- Current IRC certificate

- All-consuming winter cover

- Tent cover

- Boom cover

- Trailing boom cover

- Tiller cover

- Bowsprit cover

- Three fenders

- Bow and stern lines

For more general information about Kite yachts, please go to http://www.demonyachts.co.uk/kite/

This is a rare opportunity to buy a pre-owned Kite, as these boats hardly ever come up for sale!

'Gean' is a Loch Long One Design keelboat, built in 1957 by Nunns of Waldringfield. Approximately 12 years ago she was fitted with a new coachroof, which although different in design to the original, has been accepted by the class. Since then the boat has been laid up, and is now in need of some TLC to bring her back to pristine condition. 'Gean' can be raced with the Loch Long One Design fleets on the Alde in Suffolk as well as the Clyde in Scotland. Alternatively she will make a very rewarding day-sailer for friends and family.

Designed in 1927 for the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club by Johan Anker, the Dragon class soon established itself as an international class, with fleets across Europe and Scandinavia. The initial concept was for a Bermudan-rigged keelboat that provided rudimentary accommodation, and in this way could be used to sail and sleep on, from one regatta to another, as well as cruising for pleasure. After WWII, in 1948, the class was selected for the Olympics, and from that point onwards Dragons were built solely for racing.
However, 'Laju' was built in 1933 in Sweden and has retained the features of a pre-Olympic Dragon. In so doing she provides a very attractive cruiser to be sailed in classic yacht regattas, or simply for cruising in a boat that is a delight to sail. She is in excellent condition, having been fully restored in Devon by John McShea. You can read a bit about Laju's restoration at his website https://devoncraftsman.com/2016/11/25/just-a-little-background/
'Laju' is currently in the Aldeburgh Boatyard having her topsides and brightwork refreshed, and will be ready to sail as soon as the new season comes around! She has her own 4-wheel, braked trailer, which has been regularly serviced with new tyres fitted, as well as her own rowing tender. There is an extensive inventory.
This is a rare opportunity to own a classic, wooden yacht that sails magnificently, as all Dragons do!

Here is a rare opportunity to buy a very exciting boat! She has had all the main structural work to her hull and deck completed to a very high standard, and now needs finishing off to be an exciting and beautiful classic yacht!

'Jill' is Tumlare no. 26, and is one of the batch of six Tumlaren that were the first of their class to come the UK, arriving at the Aldeburgh Yacht Club in 1935.

In Uffa Fox's Second Book, written in 1935, he described the Tumlare as 'a very advanced type of cruiser, in fact I should think she is the most advanced in the world ...'

'Jill' was built in Sweden to a high standard in Hjalmar Johannsen's yard in Gothenburg in 1935 using only very fine materials, and to illustrate this, to date none of her mahogany planking has needed to be replaced.

The current owner has had much structural work carried out, including replacing the galvanised steel floors with stainless steel replacements, and replacing the decking. In the process of renewing the deck the mast has been modified to be deck-stepped, making for more room in the cabin.

If you would like to find out more about this boat, then please contact us at Demon Yachts to have a chat.

"Ganymede" (GBR1) is an 8mR racing yacht, designed by Juliane Hempel, currently one of Germany's most successful yacht designers, for yard owner Peter Wilson. Peter built the boat at the Aldeburgh Boatyard in 2007, and the hull is cold-moulded using spruce strip planking with has been sheathed. The deck is laid Douglas fir on composite plywood. Spars are from Z-Spars, and the rigging is stainless steel rod-rigging. Since she was built she has been campaigned successfully on the 8mR circuit, and is now back at the Aldeburgh Boatyard where she can be viewed.