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2006 Character Boats Coastal Whammel

Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom

£11,450

The Character Boats 'Coastal' Whammel is a shoal draft, gaff rigged day sailer based on the renowned Morecambe Bay Whammel working fishing boats. 

Well maintained and continually updated, this very pretty day sailer is presented in excellent order with recent mast, bowsprit, rigging and an excellent suit of Jeckells sails.  Offered for sale complete with two wheel braked road trailer and a lightweight Yamaha 4hp Outboard.

Basic Boat Info

Make: Character Boats
Model: Coastal Whammel
Year: 2006
Condition: Used
Category: Sail
Builder: Character Boats, Lytham St Annes
Construction: Fiberglass
Keel Type: Full Keel

Dimensions

Length: 17'3 ft / 5.27 m
Length Overall: 21'3 ft / 6.47 m
Length Of Deck: 17'11 ft / 5.47 m
Waterline Length: 15'6 ft / 4.73 m
Beam: 6'2 ft / 1.87 m
Max Draft: 1'7 ft / 0.48 m
Displacement: 550 kg

Engines / Speed

Engines: 1
  • Make: Yamaha
  • Fuel: Gasoline
  • Engine Power: 4hp
  • Type: Outboard
  • Year: 2008

Other

Boat Class: Daysailers

Contact

Howard Ford
Howard Ford Marine Sales

Office

Howard Ford Marine Sales
Tidemill Yacht Harbour
Woodbridge, Suffolk, GB, IP12 1BP
Tel:+44 (0)1394 385577
Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.



Mechanical Systems

Yamaha 69M 4hp 4 Stroke Outboard (2006)

Cover

Trolley

External fuel tank

Sails and Spars

Gaff sloop with Varnished Spruce wooden spars and bowsprit (mast and bowsprit custom made by Collars Ltd in 2017) Stainless steel standing rigging (2017). Terylene running rigging. Slab reefing to mainsail. Bowsprit with Aero Luff headsail furling system (new 2017) 

Mainsail (Jeckells 2017) - very good

Genoa (Jeckells 2017) - very good 

Spare genoa (Jeckells 2019) - Unused

Deck Equipment

Spray hood

Various warps and fenders

Boat hook

Winter cover

Sail cover

Mooring cover

Anchor, chain and warp

Tiller taming systems x 2

Cuddy canopy frame & hood

Canvas rudder bag

 

Navigation Equipment

Steering compass

Construction

Built in 2006 by Character Boats of Lytham St Annes. Light ivory simulated clinker GRP hull. Pale cream GRP cockpit and deck. Iroko rubbing strake.  Long keel with stainless steel stem band and protective keel banding. Iroko slatted seating, teak gratings. Tiller steering to transom hung Iroko rudder. Hull copper coated beneath waterline.

Comments

The Character Boats 'Coastal' Whammel is a shoal draft, gaff rigged day sailer based on the renowned Morecambe Bay Whammel working fishing boats. 

Well maintained and continually updated, this very pretty day sailer is presented in excellent order with recent mast, bowsprit, rigging and an excellent suit of Jeckells sails.  Offered for sale complete with two wheel braked road trailer and a lightweight Yamaha 4hp Outboard.  Viewing by appointment only through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

Additional Equipment

Two wheel, heavy duty galvanised steel, braked road trailer.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.