1979 Drascombe Dabber Yawl & Trailer
General Specification
Construction
- GRP construction
- Original gelcoat finish (pale blue)
- Galvanised centreplate in good condition>/li>
- Wooden rudder and tiller (with extension)
- Oiled teak gunwales/li>
- Slatted wooden floorboards (2021)
- Never been antifouled (so remarkably clean underneath!)
Mechanical & Electrical
- Electric outboard
- Heavy duty battery
Rigging & Sails
- Standing Lug Yawl rig
- Varnished wood (spruce) mast/spars
- Mast stepped in tabernacle for easy lowering and raising
- Mainsail (tan, Rockall Sails, slab reefing
- Jib (tan, Rockall Sails)
- Mizzen (tan, Rockall Sails)
Equipment
- 2021 Extreme Easy Launch/Recover galvanised road trailer by Churchouse Boats (fully type approved, complete with lighting set and strap, cost over £2,000 new just last year!)
- Cover (blue PVC)
- Oars and rowlocks
- Danforth anchor with chain and warp
- Manual bilge pump
- Fenders
Remarks:
Currently lying Suffolk (with the exception of the outboard and battery which are with the vendor in Scotland), but due to be moved to Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. mid-September!
This 1979 Drascombe Dabber cruising dinghy has never been painted, or indeed antifouled! She therefore has her original pale blue gelcoat throughout. She comes complete with a one year old trailer (which cost over £2.000 just last year!), tan sails and an electric outboard motor (which powered the boat nicely on Rutland Water, her most recent cruising ground, we’re told) and heavy duty battery. Ready to tow and sail! Photos coming soon!
Described as simple, rugged and seakindly, Drascombes epitomise everything that a traditional sailing dinghy should be! And with over 5000 Drascombes built in total since the first Lugger was launched in 1966, they remain as popular today as ever. The Drascombe Dabber is a little smaller than the more numerous Drascombe Lugger, whilst still carrying a full yawl rig on main and mizzen, and she is easily distinguished from her larger sister by her bowsprit and transom-hung rudder. Produced from 1971, over 900 Dabbers have been built to date.
DELIVERY: The vendor is willing to deliver the vessel within the UK for the cost of fuel and any other expenses incurred.
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