22ft wooden open launch with rig,1970’s

                   

Price Details

Price: 2995 GBP
Location: Emsworth Hampshire GB
Make: Other
Year: 1965
Condition: Good condition, laid up ashore
Category: Small Boats
Class:
Keel Type: Centreboard

Description

A lovely 22ft John Leather open dayboat  Clinker wooden, traditional design.. Her mast and rig have been  kept undercover and are in good condition, as are her sails.

She has not been used as a sailboat for at least 10 years, used more as a launch/ picnic day boat.  Open boat with a cabin forward, under the foredeck.  The foredeck was replaced 15 years ago.
The vessel was re painted, Autumn 2025 and cleaned up for these pictures.  Yanmar  1GM10. inboard in engine box.
She is well built, in really good condition, apparently nothing wanting structurally.

She is sat ashore on her old but strong road trailer, old, with manual winch. Twin axel , for towing, anywhere.
Owner deceased.

  An Example of type 

Length

Nominal Length: 6.71m
Length Overall: 7.01m
Length Of Foredeck 2.70m
Length At Water Line: 6.68m

Measurements

Beam: 2.44m    Draft: 0.76m
Keel Up: 0.30m     Keel Down: 0.76m

Specifications

Fuel Tank Capacity: 25 ltrs
Dry Weight: 1500kgs
Cruising Speed: 4 knots
Engine Power: 9hp    Number of Engines: 1

Cabins: 1  Fore cabin
Passenger Capacity: 4

Builder/Designer

Builder: unknown    Designer: John Leather    Boat Name: Ketura

Hull

Hull Material: Wood  Clinker Iroko planking.  Hull Design: Displacement    Hull Speed: 6knots

Engine

Engine Model: Yanmar GM10  diesel:  9hp
Shaft driven  with triple bladed fixed rudder.

Controls, ignition under the centre thwart.

Stainless steel fuel tank.
 

Construction:  A freshly painted external hull, all clinker Iroko planking. All painted out interior the  Ribs/planking/  frames and removable sole boards. A long wooden keel.

Engine sited amidships in engine box , aft is a small box to house the centreboard.  Transom stern with pintels to hung the rudder and tiller.

Blocks and pully mechanism for the centreplate.

 

 
Underwater hull cleaned/ primer where necessary, ready for new anti fouling.

Accommodation:

Forward cabin. under foredeck. Originally would have had space for a pipe cot. Clear Perspex skylight illuminates the cabin.
Large open cockpit with bench seating. A central engine box doubles as a table.

Equipment:

Twin axle road trailer . Fisherman’s anchor. Pair of oars

Galvanised main horse aft on the transom, a bar fore horse attached to the foredeck for the foresail. Bowsprit to attached the jib to .

Fenders,  Spare tillers.

Sails and Rig: 

Gaff cutter rig.  Sails dry stored in good condition, All tan. She has not been used as a sail boat for some years. Gaff Main sail. Furling Fore sail and jib, a short fixed bowsprit.
Varnished Pine mast. Mast hoops. Natural fibre ropes, sheets and warps, all dry stored. Traditional rig
Mast stands in galvanised tabernacle housed on the foredeck. Mast support post sited under the deck to the keel.

Navigation Equipment:

Transom hung rudder with tiller steering .

Safety Equipment:    Stainless steel pulpit,  Manual bilge pump.

 

Disclaimer: Disclaimer: The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel.

A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.