Classic Boat – August 2019

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Getting afloat

Phone +44 (0) 1752 851679, trelugganboatyard.co.uk

This is the first of the special, salvaged boats. Very
little is known about her, but shipwright Will Stirling
at the nearby Covered Slipway in Plymouth thinks she
might date from the 1870s or 1880s, judging by the construction – the hog,
for instance, is fastened to the keelson by trunnels. She’s about 27ft long, straight-
stemmed, and with an extravagantly long counter. Treluggan is o„ering the boat
as a project for completion, but buyers should be aware this is a big project. £POA

HOLMAN 26

The Holman 26 (right)

was Kim Holman’s 37th

design, dating from 1960.

She’s a simple, fractional

sloop, like his more

famous Stella of 1959 but

in carvel, a touch longer

and with deeper draught

and a doghouse for

better accommodation.

She was the answer, back

then, for clients wanting

something like a Stella but a little larger, and her nickname in the Holman

and Pye oƒce was the “Stellabut”. These are reputedly very seaworthy

yachts, with deep draught and high ballast ratio, and thought by some to

be faster than the Stella. This one, built of mahogany planks on oak

frames, has no rig and a seized engine (Yanmar 2GM20). She clearly

needs at least some planking work as well. Asking £500

HALCYON 23

She might look like someone’s nightmare right

now but the Halcyon 23, designed by Alan

Buchanan in the early 1960s, scrubs up well as an

attractive little ‘glassic’. They were built between

1965 and 1975 by O’shore Yachts, and a Yachts

and Yachting article in the 1970s commended

them for their decent, if unremarkable sailing

characteristics, “better than average interiors” and

ease of working, with 10in-wide side decks. This

one (left), is a

bilge-keel variant

(they also came with

bulb keels), and has

no engine and no rig,

but looks in

reasonable condition.

Hard to argue at the

asking price of £100.

MARY

Mevagissey-built tosher

The second of the salvage projects, Mary is a

Mevagissey-built tosher of about 19ft. She dates

from the 1880s, and needs everything above the

waterline redoing, and possibly some work below

it, too. Like Pierette, this is a big project, although

simpler, as she’s an open boat with a rig in good

condition ready to go on. £POA

PIERETTE

A real gem to save

The Treluggan Boatyard in Cornwall

is having a clear-out and has a number

of GRP project bargains, as well as a

couple of very special, older boats, that

it has salvaged for the right buyer