Practical Boat Owner – May 2018

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Bag a bargain

■ As a PBO subscriber and

East Coast sailor I have

always enjoyed Dave Selby's

articles and antics with his

Sailfish 18, Marlin. However in

your article last month on

'How to bag a bargain boat'

you have surpassed yourself

as I am the proud owner of

Maisie, the Nova 27 pictured.

Fame for the faithful old girl at

last! In 15 years of ownership

she has taken us from St

Mawes to Lowestoft and all

points in between including

Holland each June. An

excellent buy for £8,500.

Many thanks for keeping us

all entertained over the years.

John Kingsnorth, Pin Mill

Dave Selby responds:

Thanks for your kind words. I

always appreciate it when

readers take the time to write

in, especially when they say

nice things.

You’ve been too kind though.

The pic of Maisie was in Rupert

Holmes’ section of the article.

She looks a fine boat and

you’ve certainly sailed her far

and wide.

If you’re ever down Maldon

way I’d be happy to find you a

nice cosy berth in one of our

local yards.

■ I built my own Van de Stadt

Pioneer 10 sailing yacht,

Singleminded, and launched

her in 1998. She was a

labour of love – I originally

bought the plans in 1973!

I shall be 90 during the

coming season and my

nephew and I have decided

to donate the boat to a

charity. If there are any PBO

readers who are involved in

a suitable charity, we would

be very pleased to hear

from you.

Singleminded is a lovely,

well kept yacht looking for a

deserving home. There are

no strings attached; this

would be a direct donation

for someone with a good

heart who wishes to teach

people who otherwise

couldn’t afford to enjoy

the sport.

Jim Mason,

Gloucestershire

Email: jrmason@

blueyonder.co.uk

Calling all sailing charities

Fame at last for the

Nova 27 Maisie

Lovely LEDs

■ Lovely picture of an LED

anchor light in Andrew

Simpson’s April issue column

• it’s just what I want!
  Unfortunately he didn’t say
  where to get it or who is the
  manufacturer. Can you help?
  Nick Houlding, by email

Andrew Simpson replies: Not

100% sure about said light but I

know it was made before 2003

because that was the year we

left the UK and the photo was

taken while anchored in

Cawsands Bay. However, if my

dodgy memory serves it was

made by Aqua Signal.

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RIGHT A labour of love: the

Van de Stadt Pioneer 10

Singleminded is free to

a good home