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Dinghy for sale
Estimated price for orientation: 850 $
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I have received an offer of $850 and the sale will be suspended until this offer is confirmed on Monday evening.The price will reduce by $100 from noon next Monday and every subsequent Monday until the craft is sold. Get your offers in.A Phil Bolger designed rowing dinghy, 3.1 x 1.1 metres."Amesbury Skiff Mippet" from his "Small Boats" book.Multi chine plywood epoxy construction, freshly painted, "Sea Mist". Fore and aft buoyancy tanks. Stainless steel handles/reinforcement fore and aft. Keel shod with stainless strap to allow dragging up a concrete ramp without damage. Seats 3 maximum, 2 rowing positions plus skulling position.Suitable for yacht tender duties, easy dry tow. Self flooding water ballast tank (can be closed off) holds 40kgs of momentum ballast giving very easy progress in choppy conditions. Row ashore in all weather. Craft is light to manage on land or to lift aboard. Vertical transom to take a tiny outboard, preferably electric. Pair of 1.8 metre spoon blade oars included.Buyers should be aware that this is a working dinghy so it has had some bumps and knocks and while in very good condition it is not mint. It is not a piece of furniture. Plenty of touch up paint included.This quote from the designer explains why I built it. "With a single man, or a woman and two small children, or some such load, she will live in a really terrifying sea if the oarsman has some idea of what he (or she) is about".0499 977 229 Gavin.