26ft Nordic Folkboat Cyril White, 1959, Ardroyal
Price: £4,500 GBP
Location: Heybridge Basin, nr. Maldon Essex
Make: Nordic Folk boat by Cyril White Year: 1959
Condition: Good condition, laid up ashore
Category: Sail Class: Antique and Classics Keel Type: Long full ballast Keel
Description
26ft Nordic Folkboat, clinker wooden construction .Built by the renowned Shipwright of Brightlingsea, Cyril White in 1959.
A very simple and practical vessel. easily handled , sea kindly manner with her long keel. Built and registered as a Nordic Folkboat.
The Folkboat is popular as both a racing yacht as well as a cruising yacht with a traditional classic look, and it sails like a dream.
Ardroyal is out of the water, sat on a launching trolley, the mast, has been given a fresh coat of varnish ready for 2025, stored in mast rack.
She sails as a British Folk boat and has an RYA YTC Certificate.
Restored in, 2015, an extensive undercover project taking her back to sound bare wood. Applied with Epoxy paint, inside and out. The wooden keel stepped mast was replaced, new rigging and a new suit of sails .
Wooden Boatbuilder Adrian Riva, inspected her in 2023 wary of epoxy, he confirmed that the work had been done well.
In 2024, she sailed up and down the East Coast, mostly without any engine assistance. She has also won races on the Rivers Blackwater and Orwell.
Measurements
Nominal Length: 7.67m
Length Overall: 7.92m
Length Of Deck: 7.62m
Length At Water Line: 5.94m
Beam: 2.18m
Draft: 1.14m
Air Draft: 9.14m
Max Draft: 1.14m
Hull weight: 1,930 kg (4,250 lb.)
Accommodation
Berths: 2 Cabins: 1 Passenger Capacity: 2
Builder/Designer
Builder: Cyril White of Brightlingsea
Designer: Tord Sundén Year
Boat Name: Ardroyal
Hull
Hull Material: Clinker wooden
Hull Design: Single displacement hull.
Construction:
Clinker planked hull. Long keel, external iron ballast keel. Transom stern, Rudder blade hangs off the transom. Tiller steering.
Epoxy sheathed, painted decks and hull planking, epoxy coated both inside and out.
Varnished sliding hatch and washboards in the companionway.
Open aft cockpit, two slatted open bench seating. 2 x open stowage lockers.
2 x panelled sole boards with nonslip tread.
Engine
Engine Model: 2hp Mariner outboard with a side bracket. Integral fuel tank. Pull start.
Accommodation:
2 x single Bench Berths in One open cabin. Two full length berth cushions for port and starboard slatted berths.
Storage available in a large wooden box which also serves as a step into the cabin, plus two shaped boxes to port and starboard at the companionway.
Built in Glass/mug racks, Portable gas stove.
Equipment:
Canvas cockpit cover. A ridge pole and full winter cover
Spade anchor in large bucket with chain, stored in front of mast, a hause pipe through deck.
Boarding ladder. Boathook, Flag staff and deck holder. Pair of oars, Fenders and warp.
Original beaching legs stamped with her name with leather hull pads, complete.
Sails:
Varnished wooden mast, keel stepped.
White main sail with lazy jacks and furling jib from Jeckells, an older hanked on jib. Main sail cover.
2 x sheet winches. Stainless steel main horse. Later internal addition of stainless steel chain plates.
Sail bags. Wire standing rigging. Synthetic running rigging.
Navigation Equipment:
Wooden varnished tiller. Windex mounted on mast. Through bulkhead compass
Clipper depth sounder and speed gauges, a swinging bracket for the instruments.
Safety Equipment:
Grabrails on cabin top.
Life line “O” ring fitting.
Manual Whale bilge pump.
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