Swift Explorer Sailing Boat

We’ve had Flinders for 5 years and had many fantastic holidays with her, but kids grow up and now, reluctantly, the time has come for her to find a new home. These boats are a hidden gem for new and experienced sailors. Flinders is a 19ft GRP Cat Ketch rig (sometimes called a Freedom rig for obvious reasons) with rotating una rigged masts (fast to rig, simple to maintain no shrouds or stays to worry about), exceptionally easy to handle and sail, very pretty and fast for an open day boat. She has a long keel with encapsulated ballast and a drop centre board with an outboard well, lockers, hatches, bilge space and buoyancy bags. Really perfect for holidays, camping, fishing, beach hopping, exploring estuaries, coast lines and water ways.

Easy to sail single handed or with the family and a great boat to teach larger boat handling skills (approx weight is 700kg). Easily towed with a family saloon or even better with a small 4x4 like VW Tiguan which is perfect even on steep slipways. She’s had many upgrades and extras over the years: · Manual build pump· Electric bilge pump and battery· Automatic mooring bilge pump · 40ft running mooring line new this year· Many fenders· Twin Plastimo 105 compass with backlights· Braked trailer with stainless brake cables· Stainless steel drop centre board (30Kg) · Trailer board · Very recent wheels, tyres, bearings· Boat cover and tarp· Long boom quiver bag and sets of sail covers· 6:1 kickers· Beaching legs· Custom made mast pivots· Fold down canvas cuddy cabin and stainless frame· 2x anchors and warps· 2x collapsible paddles Excellent condition 4Hp 4 stroke Mariner out board is NOT included in auction but could be separately negotiated. These boats are now 30 odd years old so do not expect them to have perfect gel coat and be free of every knock and dent, Flinders is very serviceable and in excellent shape for her age. There are loads of tips I can share about getting her in and out of the water, rigging process etc.

Any questions please ask. Bidders with zero history/feedback, please contact me before bidding, no overseas bidders. Cash on collection or bank transfer, the successful bidder must make contact within 48 hours after the listing has finished and complete the financial transaction within 10 days