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The 37ft LOA 1930 Berthon-built race winning gaff cutter Wanda is for sale. She’s rigged as a gaff cutter.
In her earlier life was a well known RORC racer, and won the Channel race in the late 1930s. More recently, in the centenary RORC Cowes to Dinard race she came 5th in her class, and in the 2008 Round The Island race she came 4th in the gaff rig class.
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Brian Pearson spotted this beautiful 1939 Herbert Woods-built Norfolk punt for sale on eBay.
At 22ft length over all, she is carvel-built and bears the number 43, and is named Curlew.
Curlew was owned and raced by Herbert Woods in 1943 and then sucessfully raced by many notable local sailors, so she has an interesting history – and in fact even has a tropy named after her. Read her history here.
The seller says he saved the boat along with another when they had to come out of barn storage at short notice, and there was a high chance that they would have been broken up and burnt, and intends to sell Curlew to someone who will get her back on the water where she belongs. I hope he’s successful!
Thanks Brian!
Broom Captain 9 is for sale as a restoration project, due to family circumstances. Once done, though, the Broads motor cruiser would be magnificent! Find her on eBay.
My thanks to National Historic Ships for passing this one on.