WEEKEND TRAILER SAILERS
Draught Dry weight Ballast SA Keel Motor Sail plan New price* Used price0.45-1.22m 1150kg 400kg 27.40m² Pivoting CB 6hp OB Gaff or Berm cutter £30,250.00 from £16,000
0.55m 1100kg 450kg 21.50m² Fixed 5hp OB Gaff sloop £27,900.00 from £18,0000.45-1.20m 1500kg 440kg 18.02m² Pivoting CB 6hp OB/9hp IB Gaff sloop £32,120.00 from £9,000
0.25-1.20m 451kg 380kg 20.60m² Pivoting CB 6hp OB Bermudan ketch £40,895.00 n/a
0.70-1.78m 1245kg 300kg 25.50m² Lifting 10hp OB Bermudan sloop £29,350.00 around £20,000
0.51-1.20m 1300kg 420kg 19.70m² Pivoting CB 6hp OB/10hp IB Gaff sloop £50,090.00 around £29,000
0.20-0.89m 1160kg 400kg 18.70m² Twin d’board 6hp OB/9hp IB Bermudan sloop n/a £7,500-£12,500
0.30-1.60m 1150kg 390kg 23.10m² Pivoting CB 6hp OB/9hp IB Bermudan sloop n/a £7,500-£15,000
*Prices: Includes basic spec boat, sails, trailer and outboard. All boats RCD Category CCornish Shrimper 19
The Roger Dongray-designed Shrimper 19
has the classic multiple chine with
lapstrake planking style GRP hull which,
together with her gaff rig, wooden spars,
low-profile coachroof, gentle sheer line
and raked transom make her a very pretty
little boat indeed.
Beneath her waterline is a long, very
shallow keel, which is just deep enough to
keep her on the straight and narrow
downwind. She has encapsulated internal
iron ballast beneath the sole plus a heavy
galvanised steel centreplate to keep her
powering to windward with the minimum
of heel and leeway.
As standard, she has an offset well for a
5-6hp outboard motor, although unusually
for a 19ft (5.79m) boat, the Shrimper 19
offers the option of having an inboard 9hp
Yanmar diesel engine and shaft driven prop- though this increases the towing weight.
She has a long and deep, self-draining
cockpit with tall seat backs and all the
sheets and centreplate tackle are within
easy reach of the helm for single-handing.
Below she offers two layout choices –
classic, with two quarter berths and a large
galley in the forepeak, or 4-berth vee-berth
and a smaller galley. The latter has space for
a portaloo under the vee-berth.
She is available as the traditional
Shrimper, with a high-peaked gaff mainsail
and spruce mast and spars. Alternatively,
there’s the Adventure 19 with alloy spars
and a modern Bermudan sloop rig.
Contact Cornish Crabbers, 01208
862666, http://www.cornishcrabbers.co.uk
Jeanneau Sun 2000
This modern, ‘no frills’ centreboarder had
a sailing performance to match many
racing yachts in her time. Just under 22ft
(6.71m) and 1,150kg (2,535lb), she is
trailerable with a large car, but you might
need help at the slipway.
Though good value, the standard spec
was rudimentary. Owners wanting to race
usually bought better sails than the
standard Dacron wardrobe, but skimped on
an outboard. She’s so slippery, however,
that just 4hp is enough to reach hull speed.
Below she has just 1.3m (4ft 3in)
headroom, a child-sized vee-berth and
two adult quarterberths. Between the two
there’s a small sink and a galley unit, but
stowage is limited to beneath the berths.
The ‘Comfort Pack’ included ‘luxuries’
such as water tank, portable loo, battery,
lights, saloon table, etc. A large forehatch
lets in light and air, and is also ideal for
quickly dumping the spinnaker.SECONDHAND BOATS
Red Fox 200
The 1993 David Thomas-designed Red
Fox 200 was available as the RF200/200E
(cruising version), the RF200S (sport,
larger cockpit, lower coachroof, twin
rudders), the RF200T (twin fixed keels)
and, after Select Yachts took it over, the
Hunter 20. The twin daggerboard design
was the same in all except the 200T and
greatly simplified launching and
recovering, as did the mast A-frame.
She had a solid GRP hull and a sheathed
plywood deck, later changed to a GRP/
foam sandwich. Internal ballast is bonded
in beneath the floor. A vertical stem andHer self-draining cockpit is 2.4m (7ft
10in) long, with stowage under the seats.
Side decks are wide, and she even has an
anchor locker and bow roller. With her^7 ⁄ 8 ths
fractional sloop rig, swept-back spreaders,
adjustable backstay and removable
bowsprit, she’s well set up for sailing. The
mainsheet is easily reached by the helm, but
the genoa winches are on the coachroof,
which isn’t ideal. Under sail, speeds of
over 6 knots are common, planing
downwind at 10 knots not unheard of!transom gives her the volume of a 25-footer,
further boosted by the lack of a keel box.
The open-plan layout has a small vee-berth
and two adult settee berths. Headroom is a
generous 1.83m (6ft) under the hatch and
she even boasts a private heads.
She has a modern fractional sloop rig
with alloy mast and boom. Under sail she’s
quick, with minimal leeway. The boards are
asymmetric, providing lift and allowing her
to point higher. Downwind you can lift both
halfway to reduce drag. While swapping
boards adds another procedure to
tacking, the reward is worth it.
Depending on model the outboard is
either mounted off-centre on the transom,
or in an outboard well ahead of the rudder.David HardingDavid LewinPopular Cornish
Shrimper 19Red Fox was a
David Thomas designNo frills, but fast- the Jeanneau
Sun 2000