1962 Dauntless 22

• Gunter rig
• Hollow mast boom & gaff (2013)
• Bowsprit (not currently fitted)
• Mast stepped in metal tabernacle with stainless steel pole (2015) for easier mast lowering/raising
• Standing rigging (2013) in very good condition
• Running rigging (all in good condition)
• Bronze headsail roller furling gear
• Mainsail (September 2013, Jeckells, good condition and professionally cleaned winter 2024/25)
• Jib (September 2013, Jeckells, good condition and professionally cleaned winter 2024/25)
• Old slightly larger jib
• Sail cover (September 2013, Jeckells, good condition)
• All lines led aft

• 2 single berths in 1 cabin
• Berth cushions for all berths
• Forepeak (with hanging locker) currently used for storage (could be rearranged to provide small additional child’s berth)
• Varnished drop-leaf saloon table over lifting keel case
• Galley area with gas stove (two burners & grill), drop-leaf work surface and storage lockers
• 2 x propane gas tanks in cockpit locker (not full)
• Separate (privacy curtain) heads compartment with Jabsco sea toilet (stainless steel holding tank 2014) and tap (manual, cold supply)
• 30l freshwater tank
• Eberspacher diesel powered warm air cabin heating (2015)
• 4 x bronze deadlights
• 2 x bronze portlights (opening)
• Brass oil lamp
• 12V cabin lights
• Escape hatch in forepeak
• Removable cabin/companionway doors
• Huge amounts of stowage throughout enabling long stays on board in comfort

Navigation Equipment

• NASA Clipper Duet
• Navico LS200 cockpit speaker
• Navigation lights
• Clock and barometer

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to April 2026
• 12V automatic bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• Fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket

Deck Equipment

• Two-part full length awning with windows to aft and sides of cockpit section making a lovely light ‘living’ space that is weather proof when moored (2015, Jeckells)
• 2 x folding cockpit cushions (can be used flat or as seat and backrest)
• Mast/boom crutch
• Mud weight
• 2 x rhond anchors
• Various fenders
• Various warps
• Ensign

This lovely example has been recently restored to a very high standard with works done to her hull, transom, cabin and mast and a good deal of varnishing she is gleaming.

Her charming cabin offers extremely comfortable accommodation for two, with the luxury of cabin heating, a separate heads (privacy curtain) and a windowed awning providing very useful additional living space when moored up. She also benefits from the installation of a new diesel inboard engine in 2010.

Built in Essex, the Dauntless 22 is a very pretty traditional estuary sailing cruiser, ideal for the shallow waters of the east coast and Norfolk Broads. A beautiful vessel that’s ready to go!

Her owner comments:

“Ratty is a joy to sail on the broads. Although not a White Boat she can sail surprisingly close to the wind and can navigate the Bure with ease. All the sheets and halyards are led into the cockpit for ease of sailing. Down wind she flies. The lifting centreboard and rudder means you can nose into the shallowest of waters.  Once you have mastered the rather clever system for dropping the mast Ratty can navigate all the bridges on the Broads. Her reliable and economic Beta marine diesel pushes Ratty along at 5 mph at 1800 revs

Ratty has been on her current stretch of the Broads for nearly 30 years and is well known and loved by many regular Broads sailors and you are constantly receiving cheery waves and “hello Ratty!””

Please Note: It is understood she is on a private mooring which is not transferrable.

The photos of her under sail at the beginning are from May 2024, with the later ones being summer 2022/23. The photo with the awning is from April 2021.

All other photos are from August 2025