1953 Grebe River Cruiser Class #274

• Mahogany and Larch on Oak construction
• Oak keel
• Oak floors
• White painted hull
• Glass fibre sheathed plywood decks over pine deck beams; all deck and beams ahead of forward cabin bulkhead renewed winter 2025/26
• Mahogany cabin and cockpit sides
• Cast iron ballast keel with Douglas Fir deadwoods
• Stainless steel keel bolts
• Full professional restoration 2010 and well maintained annually by highly reputable yard since
• 2010 survey available on request

• Torqeedo Cruise 2.0 FP pod drive with folding propeller (Installed 2018, last serviced 2025/26)
• Torqeedo 26-104 lithium battery
• Shore power charging
• Throttle/speed control under the starboard cockpit seat
• Separate 12V leisure battery plus spare
• Solar panel to charge/maintain leisure battery

• High Peak Gunter rig (modified White Boat rig)
• Counterbalanced mast stepped in oak tabernacle (new 2010)
• Douglas Fir spars (new 2010, all re-varnished 2021, mast & bowsprit 2024))
• Standing rigging (2010)
• Running rigging (2021) 
• Mainsail can be raised/lowered from cockpit or at mast
• Wykeham-Martin head sail furling gear
• Mainsail (2010, Jeckells, fair condition)
• Self-tacking jib sail (Jeckells, re-made from previous genoa 2020, serviceable condition)
• Self-tacking jib boom (Colin Buttifant, new 2020, re-varnished 2025/26)
• Genoa (2018, Jeckells, little used and nearly new condition)
• All sails valeted by Jeckells winter 2025/26
• 2x Tuph winches
• Winch at mast with detachable handle
• RCC handicap -27%

• 2 berths in 1 cabin (with occasional berth in cockpit)
• Single berths to either side of cabin (each with two drawers) and with infill to create double
• Berth infill can also be used in cockpit to create occasional berth for 1 adult or 2 children
• Mattress foam all new 2019
• Bulkhead clock & barometer
• Lifting cabin roof – raised & lowered by winch at mast
• Full blackout curtains with velcro fittings
• Dometic Origo 3000 2-burner bioethanol  stove 
• Selection of pots and pans in space under cooker with further drawer under
• 50L cold box with assorted freezer panels
• 2x 5 gallon plastic freshwater containers with manual hand pump
• Separate heads compartment with Jabsco sea toilet (no holding tank, serviced 2025)
• Folding dining table to fit between berths or in cockpit
• Fitted cockpit cushions
• 12v LED cabin and cockpit lights

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate until March 2030
• Boom tent with windows/blinds (Very good condition, fully refurbished by Wilkinson Sails, Faversham 2025/26)
• Navigation LED lights
• Electric bilge pump
• Plastimo Safety ladder
• 2x fire extinguishers
• Carbon monoxide alarm
• Smoke alarm
• Quant pole
• High & low mast/boom crutches
• 2x rhond anchors
• Mud weight
• Assorted fenders
• Assorted warps

Fully restored in 2010, this charming and much loved classic Broads yacht has since been professionally well maintained by a highly reputable boatyard. Major work has included a new transom in 2014, replacement hull planking in 2018 and a number of ribs in 2023. A major refurbishment of the hull and deck ahead of the forward cabin bulkhead was done in 2025/26 at a cost approaching £15,000.

Traditionally a 2 berth cruiser, a set of infills has been thoughtfully created to turn the cockpit into an occasional berth when needed.

A reluctant sale owing to the passage of time and living some distance from the Broads.

Her owner remarks:

With her choice of self-tacking jib and full genoa she provides easy handling either single handed or with a crew of two or three.

Her electric propulsion system provides silent motoring without the noise,  fumes and  risk of contamination or worse of petrol or diesel power. The Torqeedo pod drive incorporates a  folding propeller and is mounted direct to the hull astern of the keel and ahead of the rudder and powered from a lithium battery in the portside cockpit locker. There is no physical penetration of the hull beyond the two power cables. Forward, reverse and speed control is by means of a throttle mounted under the starboard cockpit seat. The installation incorporates an integral charger with shoreline allowing charging from a private mooring supply or from any of the outlets available on Broads Authority free moorings. System management is via a display on the throttle housing or, more conveniently, by the Torqeedo app on a mobile phone. Range fully charged is dependent on weather conditions and speed but most places on the northern and many on the southern Broads can be and have been reached on a single charge.

She has proved an ideal cruising yacht for two and has over the years visited every extremity of the Broads from Coltishall to Beccles and Norwich to Horsey. Although perhaps at her best in lighter airs, she has competed in every Three Rivers Race since 2013, completing the course on no less than six occasions. She has also finished the Yare Navigation Race a number of times, twice winning plaques for 3^rd in her class, and is a regular entrant in Horning Week and other Horning Sailing Club events, always giving a good account of herself thanks to her generous RCC handicap.   With her compact but comfortable accommodation, she allows  the  sailor to recapture the magic of Broads yachting of earlier generations and always attracts admiring comments wherever she goes.

MOORING: It’s understood that both a mooring and winter storage may be available to the purchaser by separate negotiation (direct with the mooring owner) at the vessel’s current northern Broads location.