We’ve had years of pleasure (mostly) successfully selling many wooden and other boats.

We pride ourselves on our ability to find good homes for your boat, at sensible prices. We also try to find good homes for boat related gear, such as trailers, dynastart units, outboard motors, fittings and equipment, construction materials, tools etc. 

To find out how we can help you, please phone or email us.

If your boat sells for over 40,000 as a result of our direction, then there would be a 7.5% commission. More time goes into this stuff than you might imagine.

If it sells for less than that, as a result of our direction, it would be a 10% commission. Thats because it takes the same time to convince people for less return!!

You also supply an inventory list and condition statement, as well as anecdotes around the life of the boat. Pictures with people, especially families in them are good.
We will never 'hype' the boat in order to get a sale.

If we think its crappy, or wildly over priced we will say so, but we will also suggest ways that it may be rectified, if we believe it can be.

Robert Ayliffe

Really well built demountable, trailerable ocean capable Kelsall KC 27.

Derek Kelsall's legendary Atlantic capable KC 27 ‘Equinox' was very well built in Port Lincoln by Richard Sickert as a comfortable family cruising boat, successfully sailing between Port Lincoln and Adelaide, and frequent holidays around the Port Lincoln, Coffin Bay area.

The whole build made excellent use of the Bote Cote ‘liquid welding' and sealing of all of the components and the premium plywood all surfaces.  The result 20 years later is a highly desirable completely sound, stable, modern coastal and open water capable extended cruising and family boat that is ready to go now, with a new owner.

New Yamaha. 9.9 hp High Thrust out board. Set up with prop wash direct to rudder.
Good ground tackle
Metho 2 burner stove in galley area.
Big strong trampoline forward, spacious deck aft.
Double capable berth in aft of hulls.
Sails, standing rig and running rig in good condition. 
Cop R Bote easy maintenance original extreme long life anti foul, 20 more years to go!

Lots of storage space

Offers around $22,000

Very good build, all premium materials.  Cruised St Vincent Gulf over 20 years.  Cop R Bote permanent anti foul.  Ken OBrien (Australia 2) sailmaker tan sails.

Custom single axle Premier trailer. Honda 3hp Outboard.  Air cooled centrifugal clutch.  Brilliant.  Alloy spars.

Adelaide South Australia.

$15,000

1 set easy mast folding alloy tabernacles available to retrofit. $3500.  

Elegant build. Easy folding mast  tabernacles. Great racing record in South Australia.  

Tandem Premier Trailer. 6 HP out board motor. (more power than is needed, 3 is plenty!  Ken OBrien (Australia 2) sailmaker tan sails.  

Extra set of carbon/mylar near new racing sails.  Alloy spars and tabernacles.

Goolwa South Australia.

Offers around $33000

Superb rowing whitehall style machine.

May be rowed 1 or two up.  May be set up for sail.  Possibly the best built Acorn 15 in Australia.  All Okoume plywood, All Hoop Pine trim, etc. epoxy construction by master craftsman Chris Rebecchi.  

Price includes trailer, but this boat may also more conveniently roof topped on good roof racks.  

Oars included.

Boat in NSW.

Really well built (almost complete) from one of our kits. Includes trailer, new 2 pairs English Bronze Rowlocks. CB, Rudder Blades, birds mouth mast, Epoxy Resin.

Neat trailer set up

Gift at $4000

Hartley 18’ half cabin planing hull open water capable cruiser. Galvanised Premier Trailer. Built circa 1965.

Two excellent Volvo Penta motors, one as spare; gear box, prop shaft and prop. Serviced, ready to be put back in boat. 

Unused South Lakes Marine Upholstery full head room  convertible storm proof canopy kit. Unused  windows and screen, waiting be fitted. Tidy strong build.  Sleeps two, inside cabin.

Under sole and inside cabin stripped ready for Bote Cote epoxy sealing.  Needs to have 'the bits' put back on.  Volvo Penta manuals and parts catalogs included.

And much more.

Part built NIS 26 hull, cabin furniture and cockpit framing on crappy but useful trailer . Okoume plywood. All epoxy filleted and coated.  Glassed outside. CB case in place.

Currently in northern NSW,  still in build.  The owner has been doing a careful job of her, using the best materials.  We know, we supplied them!

However as sometimes happens. life itself outruns the original reason to build.  The owner had intended to build  her with electric drive, and to cruise with his enthusiastic younger family.

They kinda grew up, along the way, and priorities have changed.

The boat and her stories would have been sensational. She also might have been the first NIS 9.5 in the world with our unstayed carbon masts booms and tabernacles. 

To have been called, Santa Maria, she now awaits somone else to pick her up, and carry her to where she might be finished, and make the dream real.

There is a lot of materials and equipment with her.

Enough Bote Cote epoxy resins, glass fabrics, Okoume plywood etc etc to finish her.

She is still upside down on her building frame.  

She is pretty much ready for lifting off the build frame, tuning and fitting out of the interior.

The owner may be able be able to lift her onto a big traytop truck or semi trailer.

Sound well equipped ready to go cruising/club racing.
‘Karma2’ is an NZ built (Compass Yachts) fibre glass cutter interpretation of the famed Herreshoff H28, slightly stretched and enlarged to 9M. Full headroom throughout a spacious interior set up. In her owner John’s 15 year custodianship of Karma 2 he has probably won more club harbour and open water events than any other yacht in the fleet at the Port Adelaide Sailing Club.

‘Karma2’ is in very sound condition, and comes with a long list of good gear.

Teak trim throughout. Need s new owner to take her to new horizons and great family experiences.

Very comfortable and fast. Big enough to live aboard.

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