12ft NEW Smacks Boat
Lugsail Smacks Boat built to order!
NEW 12ft Smacks Boat sailing dinghy, BUILT TO ORDER, single lugsail with varnished spars, wooden seats and sole boards, lifting keel and rudder, tailored to your specification, trailer to order.
Complete - around £8250!
Essex
The Smacks Boat was first produced in the early 1970’s from one of the last wooden dinghies built by master craftsman Alf Last of Cooks Barge Yard Maldon, and it has been evolving ever since. Early versions were sold to yacht and smack owners as tenders and many shells were fitted out by enthusiastic amateurs.
By the late eighties the mould was worn out and an injection of cash and enthusiasm was needed. That was when Brian Kennell (Shipwright and Boatbuilder) acquired the mould and rights to produce the Smacks Boat. Since then he has been steadily building Smacks Boats for an enthusiastic East Coast clientele and further afield. Every boat built by him has been fitted out to the client’s individual specification. Only the amount of buoyancy remains the same, as there can be no compromise on that. Often he has incorporated an owner’s good ideas into subsequent dinghies until the Smacks Boat produced today is simple and elegant in its functionality and grace on the water.
In this case we are acting as Brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective Buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part. Life-saving appliances do not form part of the inventory and it is for the buyer to ensure they are in date and suitable for their purposes.