Sailing Boat West Wight Potter

Up for auction due to bereavement, West Wight Potter sailing boat on trailer. This was bought in the early 1960s and was owned by the same person from then until now. It has been in storage since the 1980s and is in excellent condition for its age. This boat was always carefully looked after and is totally original. It has the original gel coat, which is in excellent condition and has no bad cracks or chips - it just needs a good wash and polish.

It is on its original road trailer, which is also in excellent condition. All tyres are good, including the spare and the brakes are in good working order. I towed it from Croydon to the Norfolk / Suffolk border near Diss recently with no problems (travelling at under 60 mph). This boat is a gunter-lug rig, with good sails and a rolling-reef head sail (the sails are the same as those in the picture of this boat in the water, which is an original photograph of the boat). This is a complete boat and comes with everything you need to sail - it even comes with a good set of wooden oars and 1960s style diver's goggles, snorkel and lifejackets!

There is also an ancient 4-stroke outboard engine, with no prop - I believe it is Italian. It comes with the boat but the condition is unknown. There are also various other bits and pieces such as a big bag of ropes, cleats, pulleys etc. The last two photographs included here are of this actual boat when it was first purchased. I am auctioning this boat with no reserve and I will not end this auction early - I intend to let it run to the end.

Buyer to collect or I can deliver locally, but there will be a fee for anywhere over 20 miles from where I live (near Diss). No time wasters please, as I will be sad to sell this. This is a great little time capsule and could be great fun on the water. You are welcome to view during the auction - please message me through classifieds board. Thanks for looking.