(1) Trio, first production glass fibre boat (refurbished Oct 2010)

This was the first Trio out of the moulds, built June 2009, with an identical
hull shape to the current model, but a few differences to the internal fit out,
most noticeable being:
- Seats are solid planks, rather than the current strips of wood/black caulking
- More visible reinforcement to the centre section floor than production version. 

The woodwork is Iroko and has been well looked after. The buoyancy tanks
are as standard version, apart from the way the removable stern seat mounts
(it is slightly less "integrated"). The hull is standard glassfibre layup and has
been used, with some cosmetic scratching but nothing serious and virtually
invisible being a white hull.

This boat has just undergone extensive refurbishment and, whilst it doesn't
look brand new, represents a one-off opportunity to buy a fairly standard Trio
in good condition at a very significant saving, with no waiting time, at £1,450 (£1,000 off the current new retail price). Most options that can be specified
from new on other Trios could be retrofitted to this boat, at standard prices.

It would also go very nicely with a Torqeedo 1003 electric motor, which we
could do as a package with this boat at £2,500 all-in - or a 401 Base Travel
with battery at £2000 all-in.

(2) NestingLite NN10 Evaluation Boat

We imported this boat from the Canadian builders NestingLite in January 2010,
with the idea being to show her over here, take orders and start production in
the UK. That didn't happen in the end - not least because we developed our
own 9ft nesting stem dinghy (click here: 9ft Clinker Stem Dinghy) - so our
little-used evaluation boat is now for sale at £2500 including sailing rig/VAT.

More information on and pictures of this boat can be seen here: NN10 

The price of £2500 is not far off half what it would cost to import one of
these directly yourself, including VAT, customs, import duties, packing
and freight.

(3) Cold-moulded mahogany 8ft 8" Pram Dinghy. This was the original prototype for our current production glassfibre Pram Dinghy. She was built in 2008, using two layers of diagonally opposed mahogany veneer (each 3mm thick) with a glass/epoxy layer on the outside for abrasion resistance. We built her with little consideration of cost and there are several features - such as the mahogany/cedar decks and beautiful hog plank - that would never be viable commercially.

She hasn't been used a huge amount but is currently sanded, with all the
fittings removed and awaiting re-fit including a new coat of varnish (internal)
and paint (external). In this condition we are asking £2500, including a mast, 
yard and leeboards suitable for our sprit rig, but no sail or rudder/tiller.

She could be adapted to the lug rig and/or a daggerboard if preferred, but
this would obviously cost more. Similarly we could carry out the re-varnishing
and painting if specified. 

However at £2500 as-is for a custom-built wooden boat she is excellent 
value and refitted would make a very beautiful tender to a classic yacht.

(4) Cold-moulded mahogany Pram Dinghy, hull only.

This is the hull we took the moulds from for our production pram dinghies. Constructed from double-diagonal mahogany as (3) above, but with no
internal fitout (thwarts, buoyancy tanks etc) and measuring 8ft 2" by 4ft 3".

We could help out with any of the fittings you might need to finish her off,
from joining bolts and alignment hooks to a sailing rig.

The outside is for the most part exceptionally well-finished - as you would
expect from a hull that was used to make moulds - although there are a
few chips that would need repairing (nothing difficult) where the mould stuck.

The materials cost for this boat was over £1200, plus over 200 hours of
labour... at our asking price of £1100 she is quite simply a bargain for someone
with the appropriate skills to finish her.