CLASSIC WOODEN LAUNCH – SEAFARER – A Peek Down Below + 4sale SOLD

Todays woody is very familiar to me having hauled out alongside her at Devonport Yacht Club on several occasions. Several times I contemplated asking to be not postponed alongside her – why? Well her owner is one of those people that can do just about anything on a boat and to a standard thats 10/10. I would be embarrassed with my efforts but her owner was very generous with his advice. 

Seafarer is for sale on tme and at $25k, is a bargain, if I was in the market I’d buy it without a survey, she’s that good.

Some background – SEAFARER has impeccable genes – was designed by John Brook and built by Walter Deeming of Deeming Bros. boat builders in Opua, Northland, using local kauri for its carvel construction. 27’6” in length she was launched as a motor sailor in 1963. Her owner has had her since 2012 and over the next several winters major restoration and overhaul was undertaken. This included the stripping of all internal and external paintwork and re-caulking the hull where needed. She was completely rewired with 2 new AGM house batteries and a new start battery. A new Beta 43 engine, new shaft, thrust bearing and prop were installed. A new toilet, holding tank and small refrigeration unit were put in.

SEAFARER has been used every summer to cruise the Hauraki Gulf and been on the hard every winter for ongoing projects to be undertaken.

If you’re in the market for smaller classic wooden launch- act quick, she will be gone very quickly. SOLD – IN A RECORD TIME- BUT I EXPECTED THAT ✔️