1993 Tela 16 Dayboat/Daysailer & Trailer

• GRP construction
• 7.5oz (213g) hull lay up, doubled up in keel
• Seats, rudder, rubbing strakes and pin rail in iroko
• Coaming and top of centre board box in teak
• Marine ply decks, glassed over and painted with non-slip deck paint
• Bottom boards in stained deal
• Brass belaying pins
• Lockable stern locker is designed to store and hold outboard motor firmly in horizontal position
• One owner from new
• Professionally maintained
• Annually wintered ashore in boatyard shed
• Re-varnished, painted and anti-fouled in April 2015

• 3.3hp Mariner 2 stroke outboard motor, regularly serviced, rarely used (new 2003, overhauled by CC Marine November 2013)
• Removable, side-mounted, galvanised outboard motor bracket

• Gaff rig
• New mast in Columbian pine in 2012 (by Hunters Yard)
• New bowsprit in Columbian pine in 2012 (by Hunters Yard)
• Boom and gaff in Douglas fir
• New shrouds in 2012 (by Hunters Yard)
• New bobstay, forestay and topping lift in 2012 (by Hunters Yard)
• Mast stepped in stainless steel tabernacle (by Colin Buttifant) for easy lowering/raising
• Wykham-Martin furling gear
• Jam cleats for jib sheets
• Total sail area 150 sqft approximately, plus topsail on bamboo spar when required in light winds
• New cream mainsail, jib and topsail in 2012 (by McNamara Sails)
• Spare cream mainsail and jib (130 sqft approximately) plus topsail, all in good condition (by Penrose Sailmakers, Falmouth, Cornwall)

• Galvanised, single-axle road trailer with lighting board and straps
• New cockpit awning in 2012
• Fire extinguisher (not guaranteed in date)
• 2 x mast crutches
• Paddle
• Bowsprit toll plate
• 2 x licence plates
• 2 x rond anchors
• 2 x mooring ropes
• 4 x fenders
• (Boat Safety Scheme certificate not required)

The Tela was first designed in 1910 and was one of a number of sixteen footers operating as small pilot boats in the Bristol Channel. Reproduced in GRP since 1990, the Tela is equally at home on the Broads or in an estuary. She is easy to handle single-handed, but can comfortably accommodate 3 or 4 people in her spacious cockpit.

This Tela has been owned by the current owner since new, and is professionally maintained and wintered ashore. With her removable thwart (held in place by wing nuts), it is possible to camp on board, the flat floor being approximately 8ft long. She is easy to tow behind a car and is being sold with her trailer, which offers the convenience and potential cost savings of maintaining and over-wintering her at home, should her new owner choose to do so.

Having been varnished, painted and anti-fouled in April 2015, she is ready to sail!

NOTE: A newly commissioned Tela built to a standard sailaway specification (i.e.: without trailer or outboard) currently costs in excess of £16,000 making this example, which has clearly been maintained to a very high standard, very good value.