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| MJLewis Boatsales Ltd | |
| Downs Road Boatyard, 19A Downs Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5HG, UK | |
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A 80ft engineless, wooden Thames Sailing Barge, 1881. Registered in Rochester, Kent. 1882. Built for carrying a cargo of bricks from Medway to the Thames.
She crossed the Channel over to France and Holland, around the coast as far south as Southampton and Devonport.
Re surveyed in dry dock June 2024, all was found to be in good order. She was at this time re-antifouled.
George Smeed has been completely rebuilt / restored over last 30 plus years.
The present restoration was started back in 1... read more 
A Salcombe Yawl, an open wooden varnished sailing dinghy, in good restored condition. Number:129 on the Register of the Salcombe Yawl Owners Association.
She has a Teak laid decks, Teak grating and sole boards. She is fully equipped with a single axle road trailer, which has been overhauled. bearing / tyres etc.
A very attractive and cherished day sailer with a detachable cuddy/ hood, making her rather unique, yet she remains eligible for Class racing. Several years ago, Shipwright, Fabian... read more 
Xylonite: has been laid up for a year or so, through Covid times in West Dock London.
An 87ft Steel and Iron hulled Thames Sailing Barge with Bowsprit. Built in 1926 by F.W. Horlocks of Mistley, Suffolk.
She has been kept in sailing condition, and has until recently retained an
Exemption Certificate, for carrying up to 12 Guests, when sailing.
A rather special barge, in all her various guises throughout her life: a Cargo carrying Trading ship, owned by the same family from new in 1926 ... read more 
She has been re-blackened and has new anodes. An out of water condition report was made on her in June 2024. the findings were she requires replating, hence why the asking price has been reduced.
She is an iron hull. The engine runs well. The interior and galley is in good working order.
This Barge was originally built in 1936, as a 70ft long Butty. A steel rivetted hull which was "cut and shut" and made into two narrow boats for the Waterways Holiday Business in the 1950's. Sh... read more 
10ft McNULTY SAILING DINGHY a quality build of a traditional wooden sailing dinghy. Clinker built with a lug rig, Wagtail is a tidy example of type, annually refitted, original fit out. Offered with a Launching trolley and Road trailer.
Solid varnished spars. Traditional rig and rigging. Main mast, Traditional Tan Main sail & yard, Boom, Halliard, Sheets and Painter.
Tiller, Lifting Rudder, Centre board, 2 Sole boards, Pair of oars & Bronze rowlocks.
McNulty Dinghies ha... read more 
Constance was commissioned and built to an Albert Strange design of 1899, Wenda, modified design by Phil Bolger. Built from new, completed in 2004. By the professional boat builder Fabian Bush of Rowhedge.
Clinker planked wooden construction copper fastenings, Canoe stern, deep open aft cockpit. Lead ballast long keel with a drop centreplate taking her draft to 4ft 10ins. Varnished timber spars Keel stepped masts, 2 x gaffs, 2 x booms and a fixed bumpkin. Tiller, rudder stock through aft d... read more 
A forward keel stepped mast and a traditional tan canvas square lug sail. Tiller steering , two part rudder hangs from her transom,
Purported to have been a tender / lifeboat in the early1900's. She carries a Builders plate with the name Tula Pipi ex Thistle, dated 1926. She underwent a complete restoration in 2017 by Kings Boatyard Pin Mill ,nr Ipswich. |Her present owner has spent having her kept re-varnished and re painted.
To be sold with her: a simple road trailer. A PVC cover her... read more 
REDUCED TO £55,000
Martine is a 40m Belgian Spitz motor river barge, built in 1956. Constructed of rivetted and welded steel, hull, decks, crew accommodation aft, the wheel house alone is constructed of wood and glass. She was bought straight from trade.
The huge hold area has a headroom of over 2m. It is covered with removed able aluminium hatch covers. The hold is currently being used as a wood store, partial filled with ton bags of ballast too.
She has been sitting on the present... read more 
An Classic Bermudan sloop. Built to the exacting requirements of her original owner. commissioned to build a 2/3 berth Yacht seaworthy for the Thames Estuary. Only in her third ownership in 70 years......
In 1999 /2000 she underwent a major professional refit. All the keel bolts were replaced, a new centreboard casing was fitted. At this time, she also had a new Beta Marine engine, gearbox and stern gear installed.
Ashore for the Winter, she will be undercover once the routine Seasonal maint... read more 
9ft Hand built Pram dinghy, commissioned to be a tender too a Classic wooden Ketch, launched 1997. Built by Fabian Bush a Shipwright Boatbuilder of Rowhedge, Essex.
She has her own rig and white Lug sail. A very eye-catching dinghy, a delight to sail. Dagger board keel. 2 x Buoyancy Bags. Canvas covered rope fendering.
Varnish work, sole boards need reviving re brightening.
Dimensions 9 ft x 4’ 3” (2.7m x 1.3m), moulded depth approx 18” (450mm); all-up weight approx 120 lb... read more 
A very versatile compact GRP Motor Sailor, recently refurbished, undergone an amount of modifications during a lengthy refit during 2023- to date.
She carries a masthead Bermudan rig, Alloy mast (deck stepped and boom.)
There is accommodation 2-4 persons. A Fore cabin/ saloon. A semi covered cockpit/ helm and an aft cabin which has two full length single berths.
Vessel has been re- engined with a Yanmar 3cylinder, fully serviced March 2024 , its sited in the semi open cockpit amidships ... read more 
Boat only £5,500, a vintage Sporting vessel. Fully restored, in working condition. The vessel was bought in 2022 as a “Covid Project” she needed saving. She has some provenance, from 1990sto date but nothing about where she was built, by who and for who?.
Everything was stripped back to bare wood, repaired and refurbished. The hull has had strengthening fillets added to her, along the keel, epoxied in place and painted, aiding here waterproofness. There are hundreds of ph... read more 
A Bermudan Cutter built by Brook Motorcraft Company of Lowestoft (later to become Brook Marine in 1937).Designed by W W Downing for Mr Hamish Nichol FRCS .
This vessel has been a pet project at the home of a retired cabinet maker. The restoration is complete, except for getting her to the water stepping the mast and bending on the sails. Then she would be good to Go.
Hull is Carvel planked pitch pine on grown oak frames and American elm ribs with Burmese teak fore, aft and side decks, in g... read more 
A Boston Smack Yacht built by the renowned Gostelows Shipyard in 1932.
A Traditional Gaff Cutter rig, her lines based on the sailing Fishing/ working vessels of the day, working off the Lincolnshire / Norfolk coast lines. Her shape has similarities to the Essex and Kent Smacks or the Prawner/ Nobbies of the North west... Built as a pleasure yacht: Wooden construction, top quality materials.
She has been very well maintained
Axillary power, Bukh twin cylinder diesel inboard. She offers acc... read more 
A very attractive Classic dayboat. Built 1902 to a J Pain Clark design.
A Gaff Sloop with a Traditional rig, blocks and tackle.
Small outboard engine, used off the side deck. The fixed bowsprit gives her LOA 29ft.
She has been well maintained and restored by her owner and the Boatyard themselves. She is in good order.
Stands on her own Galvanised cradle when ashore.
Ashore each Winter, now refitted and due to be relaunched, May 2023 onto her swinging Summer mooring on the River Orwell.... read more
Stealaway is the No:1 of twenty two, 27ft Bangor S Class racer cruisers. She is the only one of type to carry a Bermudan Cutter rig. Built in Balyholme, Northern Ireland to a very high standard. She has been well maintained and underwent an extensive refit in 2018/9 by Upsons Boatyard of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Works included: New decks & frames, Keel bolts were replaced.
She was rewired, hull stripped back to bare and repainted.
New Lofrans windlass and chain. Wilmex self tailing winc... read more
Contessa 26, Mk1 version, 1972 £12,950
Contessa Juliet,1972. A Mark 1,GRP masthead sloop. She has been under cover for the Winter. The hull is in good condition, no blistering and fair. Cooper coated anti-fouling applied in 2022 and is in excellent condition.
Her sails are crisp and in good order returned from the valetters, she has two sets of old sails, in serviceable condition, suitable for cruising.
A four wheeled twin axle road trailer. She has two new batteries and the engine will be serviced before she is relaunched in early... read more 
'Almita' is 26ft LOA She has a lifting keel yacht with a spoon bow and counter stern and is rigged as a gaff cutter. Centreplate drops down through a ballast keel she only draws 2ft 6ins, when it's raised.
A previous owner for a number of years was Journalist Dick Durham, he reviewed her performance in Yachting Monthly, June 2009 -Gaff vs Bermudan'. He sailed her in both formats of rig. In her present ownership, of over 15 years, time and money have not been spared on her... read more 
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... read more 
A Used Roller Coaster 1, a marine/boat trailer made by Indespension Ltd. Bolton.
A single axle, unbraked trailer, gross weight of 750kgs. a carrying capacity of 510kg, it can carry Ribs and Cruisers, up to a max. of 5m in length.
It's construction: fully welded, galvanised chassis for max strength and durability, no rusting. Fitted with 14 soft rubber rollers, fully adjustable, therefore it suits a variety of hull shapes. The trailer is fitted with swing beams to maintain maximum roll... read more 
Widgeon, built in 1901 as a Gaff Cutter in Southampton by Fay's to a J.M Soper design. She has been in her present ownership for over 40years, used as a family cruising yacht. Making passages around the UK, Ireland, Northern France both sides of the North Sea, in to the Baltic, the Netherlands.
She was converted to carry a Bermudan rig in 1956.
A Carvel planked hull of Teak, above the waterline, a Pitch Pine planked, underwater hull. Laid teak decks.
She came ashore some years ago a... read more 
30ft Bermudian Cutter, a substantial vessel. A robust Pitch pine carvel planked hull. Accommodation for 2 plus 2 and a dog! Standing headroom in the saloon.
Bright and airy cabin. Re-engined in 2008.
To be Sold afloat, in commission, refitted and serviced "Ready to Go"
Mid May 2024. Insurance survey March 2024.
TRY AGAIN is an ex working Channel Island Pilot Cutter, originally constructed circa 1870, in her lifetime has been completely rebuilt two/three times in her long h... read more 
A traditional styled 20ft open day boat, inspired by Edwardian Pilot cutters 1890's. The Albert and Florence was built as a "one off", she carries a Traditional Gaff rig with small fixed bowsprit. 2016-18 she under went an extensive refit.
Vessel has spent the summers on a swinging mooring on the River Alde in Suffolk. Dry stored at home for the Winter.
Reputed to have been built by a retired shipwright from James & Stone Shipyard, Brightlingsea, Essex. Her design havi... read more 
January 2025 Priced Reduced to £9,750
This beautiful Classic sailing yacht has a wonderful pedigree. In her very early years, she was attributed to Harrison Butler, most likely mistaken for a Z4 tonner. Her design is rightly attributed to JW& A Uphams of Brixham, who developed her during and after the war from 1939. She is recognised as a prototype for the Waterbug Class of which 16 were built. Although similar in design to the Z4 her length overall is a little longer. She has ben... read more 
A Traditionally styled 24ft Tamarisk Gaff Cutter, a robust little yacht." In commission" and sailing. She has been in the same ownership for over 20 years. Now a reluctant sale due to the age of her skipper.........
A Composite construction, GRP hull, wooden decks and superstructure, mid-blue topsides, white cabin sides, tan sails, 6ft bowsprit. Straight stem, transom stern. Her lines liken her to the Itchen Ferries of the South Coast. Inboard Beta Marine 13hp diesel engine.
A tou... read more 
23ft Fishing motor cruiser and ideal weekender. An open cockpit for a fishing platform with a removable fitted cockpit cover and shelter deck over the helm position Engine box and access into forward cabin. Cabin is fitted with 2 single bunk berths and galley facility. Cabin can be secured.
She is a tidy example of a clinker wooden motor fishing boat, immensely strong in her construction. Built by Parsons of Leigh on Sea, Essex. in 1960,
An East Coast Potter ( crabs) , she retains her origi... read more 
Carmen has undergone considerable restoration in her present ownership, albeit around 2010, the last survey was made of her, in the main this has been mainly cosmetic. She has been languishing in a dry Barn for several years, so need attention before she is recommissioned. Work is required to get the vessel into good condition. New systems & rigging to be installed.
She does have her own road trailer and a full inventory of gear & sails.
She has recently been moved to the Fave... read more 
15ft Open dayboat, built in the late 1950's.
A 3/4 decked, Clinker displacement hull of varnished Mahogany, She has, had much of her planking replaced. As a retirement project, she languished in a boat shed for a couple plus years.
She carries a Gaff rig, white sails.
Requires commissioning, sitting under a tarpaulin ashore.... read more 
A 16ft carvel planked wooden open boat, the hull was fully restored in 2000.
New spars, sails, and centreboard were added 2019, rigged out as a Gaffer. The vessel is estimated to have been built around 1900. She has been set up for racing, a full inventory of racing gear is included with a launching trolley with Bronze bearings (wont corrode being immersed in salt). Sails against the Sailing Brigs of West Mersea carries sail number WM 99.... read more
25ft Beneteau First 25,1981 £4,950
An early model of these popular GRP sail cruisers. Easy to handle, a stable first sail boat yet very capable, good for for coastal waters.
Auxiliary power, outboard in well, 10hp Tohatsu.
Roomy interior, offering 5 berths in 2 cabins.
She requires some cosmetic attention, otherwise in the water, tidy and good to go.... read more 
A very capable GRP coastal cruiser, offers the combination of a cutter rig with a lifting keel. Two owners only, from new. Present owner since 2011. He sailed her single handed on all of the Essex and Suffolk rivers. She was the overall winner of the 2019 East Coast Old Gaffers Race and has won many other local trophies.
He has carried out several improvements on her including copper-coating the underwater hull, upgrading the deck hardware, blocks and rigging, and fitted navigation lights.
... read more 
SCOD, a simple, yet practical, unadulterated Classic Racer / cruiser, Bermudan Sloop rig. He relatively deep long keel means she copes well with heavy seas . Her simple Traditional rig, makes her easy to handle single handed. She has a full service history for the last 28 years in her present ownership.
Standing rigging has been renewed, and the mast has been rebuilt, a laminated hollow spar. Keel bolts have been drawn to keep a check , Planking re caulked and re painted, re antifouled. Engin... read more 
24m Steel lighter hull, Beam 5.4m, Draft 2ft 6inch. Converted in 1987 used for 20years as a youth hostel for adventure holidays, offering accommodation for 16 young persons with 8 x twin single cabins and 2 x communal shower rooms, a laundry, 2 x large water tanks and stores racking, all found below decks.
On the deck level there's a large training room/ lounge/ club room/dining room.
A full size commercial galley. A large Reception, Heads facility (chemical toilet).
A flat roof terr... read more 
Cirrus is an East Anglian Mk 1, designed by Alan Buchanan, built by T.C.White of Brightlingsea in 1959. A carvel wooden single displacement hull with self draining open, aft cockpit. Hull of Mahogany planking on Oak frames, superstructure of Teak . An interior of Teak and Mahogany. Much of the vessel including her mast and boom are original.
June 2024 - She is a very well presented, a Classic Yacht, "Ready to Go", in the water after her annual refit, in commission, engine serviced.... read more 
REDUCED for the Levington USED BOAT SALE, from 25th-27th, Levington Marina. A Pleasure /Fishing GRP motor vessel, ideal for coastal and river cruising. July 2024 , re launched after "works" carried out on her transom. She has been well looked after and maintained.
2018 Nanni, diesel engine,130hp, 2005 underwent a major over haul.
2018 -2020 The vessel spent time out of the water being refitted and refurbished.:
Works included. The electrical systems checked, all instruments wer... read more 
A National Historic vessel, Kitty is a wooden Thames Sailing Barge, an ex Charter vessel. A potential liveaboard vessel.
She is fully kitted out for as a rather unique venue for a business meetings, family parties, corporate entertainment or just for pleasure of a sail aboard one of these magnificent ex " Work Horses". Built in 1895 by J & H Cann of Harwich. She is 82ft long with a 22ft beam.
She held a passenger licence for up to 43 guests when under sail or 60 guests... read more 
"Quality Street" is a one off and something rather special.
She was totally stripped out of all her original outdated interior, the two moulds of the hull and the deck were re fastened and re sealed. All new gear, fixtures and fittings were installed. A new engine was installed. The work was carried out between 2001 -2002.
GRP, fin keel. A fractional sloop rig.
Stood ashore for 3 years, untouched. Owner unable, due to health reasons to use or work on the vessel.
REDUCED FOR QU... read more 
A 16ft gaff cutter, well built in GRP, 1999, finished to a high standard.
Easy to handle and a delight to sail, All lines lead back to cockpit, ideal for single handed sailing. Offers a small open cabin, generous for a vessel of this size.
Yanmar 1GM 10 inboard diesel engine. Displacement of 1.25 tons,
A well presented yacht, maintained and looked after.
Stored ashore on her mobile cradle.... read more 
A prime example of these robust little Traditional GRP Gaff cutters.
This example has undergone a massive refit which has taken two and half years. All "Works" carried out by Alan Staley, Wooden Boatbuilder of Faversham, Kent.
She was purchased in a very poor condition in 2020, as a Retirement project, sadly, due to progressive health reasons her present owner is unable to complete the project and will never take her sailing.
She must be SOLD, Any sensible offers will be consid... read more 
18ft Sea Otter, a double ended,gaff yawl built by Master Boatbuilders, David Moss of Skippool River Wyre, Lancashire. A wooden stripped plank hull, raised fore-deck version. An open aft self draining cockpit. Wooden washboards in her companionway. She has an encapsulated lead ballast keel with a steel lifting centreboard, when lowered gives her a 3ft 4ins draft.
Built and designed with the utmost attention, all of her fixtures and fittings have a specific use and purpose. She carries a Gaff Ri... read more 
26ft Fractional Clinker built Folk Boat built by the hands of Cyril White, a renowned Shipwright of Brightlingsea, North Essex. Clinker construction. Last major out of the water refit 2019. She has been kept undercover on a mud berth throughout the year. She has never had an engine fitted, carries a Folk boat outboard bracket attached to her aft deck, using a long shaft 2.3hp outboard.... read more 
This Ferrocement vessel has a circumnavigation under her belt and has clearly proved to be capable as an ocean going, passage making yacht.
She has a very generous accommodation, headroom throughout over 6ft 2ins. and she's 12ft on the beam amidships. Professionally fitted out substantial furniture and fittings.
She has been in her present ownership since 2012. He has used her as a liveaboard option, kept to coastal cruising with a trip last season over to Holland.
October 15th 2024, ... read more 
Sailing Barge Victor is a majestic, traditionally rigged 19th century sailing vessel with comfortable, facilities for guests. She has a wooden hull, flatbottomed with leeboards and a Traditional Spritsail rig. She is kept fully certified and surveyed for use as a passenger charter vessel. She is to be sold along with her successful charter business, the online booking system, the Wifi facility, card reader and the generous support of ABP Ports, Ipswich for her continued mooring and services.
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