Description

26ft Nordic Folkboat, clinker wooden construction .Built by the renowned Shipwright of Brightlingsea, Cyril White in 1959.
A very simplw and practical vessel. easily handled , sea kindly manner with her long keel. Built and registered as a Nordic Folkboat although she hasn’t been measured for a modern certificate and thus sails as a British Folk boat. She has an RYA YTC Certificate.
She was restored in, 2015, An extensive undercover project taking her back to sound wood. Then epoxied inside and out. The mast was replaced, new rigging and a new suit of sails. Wooden boatbuilder Adrian Riva, inspected her in late 2023 and although many traditional boat builders are 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.
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.

Specifications

Accommodation

2 x single Bench Berths in one open cabin.
Two cushions for port and starboard berths.
Storage in a large wooden box which also serves as a step
plus two shaped boxes to port and starboard at the companionway.
Glass/mug racks Portable gas stove.

Construction

Clinker planked hull. Long keel, external iron ballast keel. Transom stern, Rudder blade hangs off the transom. Tiller steering.
Epoxy sheathed painted decks, hull planking all epoxied then painted 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.

Equipment

Canvas cockpit cover.
She has 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
Her original beaching legs stamped with her name and complete with leather hull pads

Navigation Equipment

Wooden varnished tiller.
Windex mounted on mast.
Through bulkhead compass
Clipper depth sounder and speed gauges, a swinging bracket for the instruments.

Engine(s)

Engineless Hull.
2hp Mariner outboard with a side bracket. Integral fuel tank. Pull start.

Sails & Spars

Varnished wooden mast, keel stepped. .
white main sail with lazy jacks and furling jib from Jeckells
an older hanked 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.

Mast step

Electrics

12v heavy duty battery to power the instruments.
a USB charging point.

Safety Equipment

Grabrails on cabin top.
Life line O ring fitting.
Manual Whale 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.

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