1958 Booma Class Sailing Cruiser

CONSTRUCTION: Clinker, mahogany on oak

YEAR: 1958

DIMENSIONS: LOA 18′ 0″ (5.5m), BEAM 6′ 6″ (2m), DRAFT 3′ 6″ (1.1m)

KEEL TYPE: Lift keel

COLOUR: White with a dark blue cove line and superstructure

INTERIOR: 2 berths plus toilet

ENGINE: Seagull Silver Century 5 hp outboard

RIG TYPE: Sliding gunter

MAST/SPARS:Timber, in a tabernacle

SAILS: Main, working jib and storm jib, all tan, in Egyptian cotton and in good order, by Jeckells of Wroxham

EQUIPMENT: Internal: The boat has a pleasant cockpit with seating to either side and a locker under the aft-deck. In the cabin, there is a Portapotti toilet immediately to starboard and two full-length settee berths. There is a removable table which fits onto the top of the plate-casing. Upholstery is comparatively new and is in heavy cotton. Navigation equipment: The boat is fitted with running lights. External: The boat’s deck equipment looks to be in excellent order. Her tabernacle has been re-galvanised and the mast-pad replaced. She carries a 10lb Danforth anchor and has a manual bilge-pump. There is also a road-trailer, suitable for taking her to and from moorings each season, that could be available by negotiation.

REMARKS: This boat has been the subject of extensive renovation, this work including a new plate-casing and transom, 40′ of planking and a new hog. The new plate-casing was made and fitted by Jack Chippendale, a boat builder of very high renown. The boat was built by the firm of Percy M See, a company with a strong boat building pedigree stretching back into the 20s and earlier. The owner has a history of the company, which will be provided with the boat.

OUR OPINION: Very nicely presented small 2-berth cruiser from an old-established builder. Well worth seeing and seriously for sale.