1937 Waif Class Broads Sailing Cruiser

• Wood carvel construction
• In private ownership with just one family since leaving hire in 1955
• Substantially renovated over past 20 years, including:
  • New keel and stainless steel keep bolts
  • New stainless steel rudder
  • New epoxy decks, plus some new deck beams
  • New bespoke coachroof
  • New tabernacle
  • Re-planking as required
  • All seams above waterline epoxied
  • All seams below waterline Sikaflexed
• Varnish and paintwork all in excellent order
• Moored in wet shed during sailing season for last 30+ years
• Wintered ashore annually
• Last surveyed 2007 for insurance purposes

• 5hp Mercury four stroke outboard motor (~2016, serviced regularly, very low hours)
• Tiller (varnished laminated wood) steering
• No 12V system currently installed

• Gaff rig
• Wood mast, boom, gaff and bowsprit
• Mast counterbalance for easy lowering/raising
• Running rigging all in very good order
• Mainsail (Jeckells, Terylene)
• Jib (Jeckells, Terylene)

• 2 berths in 1 cabin
• Lifting coachroof with large sliding hatch to provide maximum headroom
• Baby Blake sea toilet (fully restored, no holding tank)
• Space for stove (none currently fitted)
• Original twin leaf table
• Lockers under all berths, plus at foot of each berth
• Maximum headroom approximately 1.73m (5ft 8in) with roof raised
• Berth cushions
• Curtains

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to May 2022
• Fire extinguishers and fire blanket
• Overall cover (2018)
• Cockpit cover (2013)
• Cotton cruising awning
• Winter storage tarpaulin
• Quant pole
• High and low boom/mast crutches
• 2 x rhond anchors
• 4 x mooring lines
• Various fenders

With her distinctive yellow sails and shining brightwork, this is a truly lovely little two berth Broads yacht! Built in the winter of 1937 and number 7 of a class of 11 Waif yachts built over an extended period between 1927 and 1954, “Urchin” started life along with the other early yachts of the class in hire with Alfred Pegg of Wroxham before being transferred to NBYCo and then later still to the Martham Ferry fleet. She was released from hire in 1955 when purchased by the mother of the current (sibling) vendors – and amazingly she has remained in the ownership of the same family ever since! Substantially renovated over the past 20 years by the vendor (who trained at IBTC, Lowestoft) under the guidance of one of the very best boat builders in the county, this little sailing cruiser is beautifully presented and understood to be in great structural condition throughout. Clearly a very much loved vessel, and very sadly offered for sale due to the vendors having use of another Broads yacht, “Urchin” is now looking for a new custodian with which to begin a new chapter of her life.

MOORING: Use of a wet shed mooring until the end of the 2021 season may be available by separate negotiation.

PLEASE NOTE: This yacht has never to date been registered with the River Cruiser Class although she should be fully compliant with class requirements.