Falmouth Working Boat For Sale

Here's some news I hadn't seen coming: my old shipmate; Ian Heard, the painter and sometimes writer, is selling his boat. He isn't giving up ("swallowing the anchor" they used to say) but is downsizing to sail his 16ft mahogany clinker dinghy, 'Jenny'.  She's undergone an extensive restoration at Marcus Lewis' yard in Fowey.

Sadie Dalton is a 23ft Falmouth Working Boat, built by his father, the late and lamented, Terry Heard, and has been in the family since her launch in 1980. She's a fibre glass hull but deck, spars, coachroof, everything else is wood. I've sailed this boat - so has Sir Robin Knox Johnson - and I can testify she's a great sail, lively, responsive but steady as a 5 toner would be. I've sailed her in big seas where the end of the bowsprit is in the back of the wave in front, and sat on her round bilges, high and dry on sneaky mudbanks. None of these adventures ever giving cause for alarm. I'll let Ian (aka 'Hargreaves') tell his story…

Sadie Dalton, our 23ft Falmouth Working Boat is for sale. My father built her in 1980 and she’s been in the family ever since. Much loved and enjoyed over the years, we’ve decided she deserves a new, active and somewhat fitter young crew. She was built as an open working boat though primarily for racing and still carries a racing rig (around 600sq ft) In 2000 we converted her to a pocket cruiser with cabin, bunks etc and have sailed locally as time and work permitted. She’s a great boat for classic pleasure sailing and exciting racing. She’s well balanced and will honestly sail herself with the sheets let go a little. She’s still basically an engineless gaff cutter but does sport a fairly new 9hp outboard. (short spec below)

If you’ve seen David Dimbleby’d Rocket on BBC TV recently, and want a classic cruiser with pedigree and potential; this is your boat.

Currently laid up at the Multihull Centre, Millbrook, Cornwall. Offers in the region of £14000

For more information contact:
Ian Heard
01822 617337
studio@heardsdesign.com

Falmouth Working Boat, “Sadie Dalton”

23ft falmouth working boat, built in 1980 by Terry Heard for his own use and owned by the family since. Converted for short cruises in 2000, now with 3 berth cabin (including extending double bunk) Heads, galley and chart area. Fore peak sail storage. Original racing rig: mains’l, stays’y, 3 x jibs and tops’l. Sail cover and boom tent. New bowsprit, new gaff (2013). New rudder 2010. New standing rigging (2 years), running rigging all replaced in past 5-6 years. New 28lb CQR. Engine: Tohatsu 9.8 outboard. Currently on River Tamar.

If you're looking for a good looking, handy classic, Sadie Dalton is a beauty.  Did I say; she's named after the designer Percy Dalton's youngest and she launched her too. If I was in the market for pocket cruiser, it'd be her, but I ain't. You'll know I have a somewhat larger vessel in France and she takes all me time. Now the Jenny, there's a boat I'd steal for.  Best of luck with the sale, Hargreaves. Happy days, fondly remembered and many more to come. See you in the summer.