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For Sale  Ekaterini, Coromandel No. 10, Hull No. 8273, 1982 (posted Sept 2025)

Sunbird 2000 rig with hinged alloy battens. Hinged alloy mast. Tohatsu 6hp 4-stroke with workshop manual, remote controls and wired for battery charging. 30 watt solar panel and MPPT controller also charging the battery. 2 Fuel tanks. Seafarer echo sounder. Stowe log. Plastimo steering and hand-held bearing compasses. Cobra floating vhf radio. Garmin GPS. Navigation and interior lights. Cockpit mounted Whale Gusher bilge pump. Horseshoe buoy. Harness strong point. Boom crutch. 15lb CQR main anchor and bower anchor with chain and cable. Various warps and fenders. Stainless steel pushpit/pulpit and stanchions. Sprayhood. Boathook. Bucket and sponge. Ensign and pole. New (unused) chemical toilet. Fire extinguisher. Sink/cooker unit (gas). Electric pump supplies water from under-cockpit tank to sink. Stainless steel kettle. Factory original chart table and swinging table/worktop. Original hatchway swinging instrument frame. Clock and barometer. Curtains. Hammock hooks. Jaycar ultrasonic anti-fouling. SBS trailer – under 1000 road miles and never immersed. Rudder removed and greased since last use afloat. Boat currently stored under cover near Whitchurch in North Shropshire. Running rigging in need of cleaning/jetwashing and sail cover needs replacing. Full details of Sunbird rigging (about 25 pages!) supplied. Formerly owned by the late Colin Blain of Sunbird Marine. Current owner since 2010, unfortunately now in my 70’s and affected by a heart attack and anno domini, it is time to see Ekaterini with a new owner to enjoy sailing her. 

Price – £3500 ono. 
Contact  – victrigg@gmail.com

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For Sale – Corribee 21 – Bilge keel (posted August 2025)

Ready to sail but needs some renovation, good engine, main and jib average condition, spinnaker hardly used, VHF radio, 70hr battery plus solar charger. Compass. Depth sounder, fenders mooring ropes, new running rigging, wind instrument but masthead unit broken. Selling due to health issues.

Southampton area afloat.

£1400 or nearest offer.

Contact – focused120@sky.com

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For Sale – Corribee 21 mk2 – Twin keel (Posted April 2025)

A good example of the classic and attractive Newbridge Corribee 21 Mk 2, masthead sloop. In seaworthy condition and ready to sail. In original and complete condition, with a twin bilge keel. Sleeps up to four persons and ready to sail. Complete with sails which are in good clean condition with no repairs, sail bags, sheets, furling foresail, fenders, interior cushions, lifebuoy, navigation lights, large box of spares and external lifting outboard motor mount, an outboard motor is not included. No water osmosis or damage. Currently out of the water on a heavy duty twin axle trailer. Parking (berth) is available in its current location near Ashbourne, Derbyshire (£35/month approx.) for as long as you want. Open to sensible offers. Payments by cash or BACS.

Price – £1350 or nearest offer

Contact – 07394 923 444 or ortaq41@gmail.com

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For Sale SOLD – Corribee Mk2 (Dusty of Inverkip), 344, with trailer (posted April 2025)

‘Dusty’ is for sale on the Clyde, and is currently available for inspection on her own trailer. She is complete with mast, all sails, rigging, electrics, instruments and fitting in good working order. She has previously had a Yanmar 1GM10 inboard diesel removed awaiting repair and has more recently been used with fitted outboard bracket and Mariner 2.5hp four stroke outboard. The advert/ price is for the boat and trailer but the outboard or Yanmar engine are available with negotiation. This boat is a (nearly) completed project that was planned to be launched April 2025, but a larger boat has forced sale. Mainly cosmetic work remaining
Dusty comes with:
Clipper Duet – speed/ depth
Cobra VHF radio (and ariel)
Standing rigging renewed in 2022
2 ring gas stove (and 2 bottles)
chemical toilet (in locker)
spinnaker (new condition)
main sail (good condition)
genoa (good condition)
outboard bracket
swimming/ boarding ladder (chrome)
Solar charging panel/ charge controller and batteries
shore power connection and leads
battery charger
2x manual bilge pumps
anchor/ chain
fenders/ lines and boat hook.
navigation lights (new)

Price – £750 -priced for quick sale
Contact – (contact details redacted – Ed)

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For Sale SOLD – Corribee ‘Conni Bee (posted Dec2024 sold 2025)

Corribee Conni Bee is looking for a new home. She has been kept afloat in Eastbourne, used, and maintained ashore regularly in her current ownership. She has been refitted twice with windows rebuilt, new chain plates, standing rigging, internal fuel tank and filter among many other items.

She has now been brought back “home” and is kept undercover awaiting a new owner. Some deck and cockpit paintwork needs attention. Some spares are included.

The inventory includes a braked trailer, a serviced 6 HP Tohatsu Sail drive outboard, internal fuel tank and filters, two headsails, two mainsails, a spinnaker, a furling headsail system, and a collection of warps, sheets, halyards, fenders, and other items. Battery, shore power hook up and charger, (more than is shown in the photos.)

Accommodation includes two small berths with cushions, water tank and tap. Cabin lights, red and white. She has a DSC VHF, mast head ariel, nav lights, GPS antenna (not unit) fan heater.
She has been sailed on the south coast between Ramsgate and the Solent.

Additional photos and videos can be supplied on application and any questions answered by calling (contact details redacted – Ed)
Price: £ 2,950.00 or best offer. Delivery of the vessel by the vendor to a location within England can be discussed.

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Wanted – Help with Corribee Trailer (posted Oct 24)

Hi everyone. Can any of you wonderful members help an old sailor out? I’m in the throws of purchasing my dream boat. She’s a Coromandel. My problem? I live down in Cornwall (near Falmouth) and the boat is afloat up near London. 
A friend has offered the loan of a suitable towing vehicle and I have a storage space near my home all ready and waiting. I’m told there’s a slipway near the boat. You can see what’s missing!

So, can anyone help?  Ideally I’d like to buy a trailer, although funds are limited to say the least. But I’m open to anything that gets the boat home. Oh, and I really need to get something sorted by 17th of this month!

Contact –   nhawkesford@gmail.com  or phone 07873 591288

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For Sale – Corribee Mk2 Bilge Keel (posted July 2024)

New Kemp Sails 2018 & laundered 2023 Sails & Rigging in good order Four Stroke 4HP Mariner Outboard Original Yellow Gelcoat Inside very clean & tidy.

Anchor, Bilge Pump, Garmin Striker  Sounder Garmin GPS, Buoys & Mooring Lines, Galvanised Trailer

Price – £2850 complete ( or will consider sale of boat only )
Contact – office@nhyc.org.uk

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For Sale SOLD – Corribee ‘TAMARA’ (Posted July 2024 Sold November 2024)

Road trailer. 
2005.  Two-wheeled but fully adequate. Tows comfortably with a 110hp Citroen Dispatch van.
Sails.  
By Kemp, 2016:  Mainsail with 3 slab reefs & cover; Cruising Genoa; tri-radial light/dark blue Cruising ‘Chute; orange Storm Jib (needs baby-stay – not fitted).  
By Westaway, 2001: Full Genoa.  Alloy double-ended whisker pole.
Furling gear. Plastimo, c.2019.
Auxiliary Power.  2016.
Inboard diesel, fresh water/air cooled, 4hp Kubota EB200-SAE with electric (& backup recoil) starting.  Hurth gearbox fwd/rev.  Aqua-Drive double CV coupling and thrust bearing, Stauffer type greaser accessed thro’ lazarette.  Achieves 4.5kt @ 2100rpm & c.0.75 litres/hour, 5kt @ 2400 rpm & c.1litre/hour.  Diesel tank capacity 23 litres.  Deck filler.  
For engine instrumentation see above. Flexofold 2-blade 12″ x 7″ folding propeller with rope-cutter. 2 x sacrificial anodes wired to shaft via AquaDrive.  
The cooling air is exhausted from beneath the cockpit  sole to the lazarette by a variable electric fan (usually run at 3/4 speed).  Running temp. is 86deg. at 2100rpm (4.5kt in calm                                          conditions).  At 2400rpm to punch a head wind & sea,  96deg.  The fresh water radiator is engine-fan cooled and has c. 20% more cooling capacity than that fitted as standard.
N.B.  This installation was designed and executed by myself.  The machine drawings are available to view for the various additional components required to mate engine to gearbox and mount both to the concrete fill over the  ballast keel.  This solid mounting minimises vibration.
Facebook link to full pictorial record of engine marinisation/installation:-  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.983514251770302&type=3
Standing rigging.
2005.  SS stays & shrouds, also stemhead fitting with bow roller.  Backstay tensioner.
Instruments.  
Plastimo Mini Contest 2 bulkhead steering compass & Iris hand-bearing compass.
NASA Clipper Duet log/depth fed thro’ twin hull paddles, port & stbd., with B & G auto changeover according to heel. VHF dsc radio with GPS lat/long, Standard Horizon, 2024.
Nav. Lights.   
Masthead tricolour (LED); Bow & Stern running lights (LED); Steaming light (LED), Deck floodlight, 50 watt halogen.
Cabin Lighting.  
3 x white (5 watt) or red (1 watt) LED strip lights, individually switched. 2021/24.
Electrical.
2024.  12 volt, 105 amp hr., deep-cycle battery, charged by engine alternator @ max 2 amp and by solar panel, permanently connected, @ max 0.63 amp.
2 x USB phone charging ports.
Fresh Water tank.   
30 litre actual capacity flex. tank fitted fwd. of head. Deck filler. Supplies Whale hand pump over galley.
Galley.   
Origo 3000 spirit stove in gimbals, 2 x 2kW burners.
Sliding table c. 24″ x 24″.
2 large food storage lockers beneath table.
2 small food storage lockers.
Blue enamelled crockery in custom storage.
Whale water pump.
Head.  
Simpson Lawrence SL400 WC inc. spares.  Bronze seacocks.  Accessible under way.
Navigation.   
Sliding chart table above stbd 1/4 berth, takes A2 (Admiralty Small Craft) charts. 3 x Admiralty Small Craft chart sets, Falmouth to Solent.
VHF radio supplies GPS pos’n continuously.
Ground Tackle.     
5kg Bruce bower anchor in chocks on foredeck.
50m chain.
Fisherman kedge with plait cable.
7 mooring lines, 2 x 5m; 3 x 10m; 2 x 30m.
5 x fenders stored accessible from cockpit.
2 x Beaching Legs plus stays.  These rig speedily to lugs port  & stbd. See opening photo.
Tenders.     
1 x SeaGo 2.3m inflatable stored rolled in forecabin at sea, on lazarette at night.  c.15kg.
1 x Plastimo c.3m inflatable used only for harbour access. Stored ashore. Launching trolley.
Steering.  
Wooden tiller & extension, skeg-hung rudder with removable lower bearing.
“Mister Vee” pendulum vane steering gear (SS & carbon-fibre version) acting on tiller via Dyneema lines. This unit steers better than I can up to F4.
Raymarine ST 1000 autohelm.
Cockpit Controls.   
Topping lift;  Main- & Fore-sail halyards; Lazy-jacks; Vang; Cunningham.  2 x Antal sheet winches. Main, Fore & Spinnaker sheets.
Safety.   
Inshore flare pack dated to 2026; DSC VHF radio;Throw line; Boarding ladder; SS jackstays & 2 x lifejacket harnesses. Self-inflating lifejackets x 2;  Musto waterproofs, 2 sets leggings &                               jackets. Bilge pump within self-draining cockpit.
Berths.   
Nominally 3 adults plus child – because fuel tank shortens port 1/4 berth – but realistically 2 adults as 1 fwd berth is  stowage for sails, beaching legs and clothing.
Sundry.  
Clock, Barometer, Boom tent, Sprayhood, named Dodgers, Under-bunk storage x 4 berths, shelved lazarette(heated by engine cooling air). 4 x grab-handles in cabin.  Cockpit cushions  & backrests, 2021. New Royal Blue 2-part epoxy paint to topsides, 2023.

Sailing Qualities.    
Because of the added skeg and fractionally enlarged rudder (trailing-edge fairing piece) TAMARA is exceptionally light on the helm, though always positive, i.e. with weather helm.  With significantly reduced drag from the properly faired rudder, folding prop and fingertip helm balance she easily achieves hull speed.  She can be steered with one finger in F4 with 2 reefs & full cruising genoa, at 5kt close-hauled. A real delight.  The chute, plus goose winged main & cruising genoa will give 5 kt in F2.
Reefing guide, close hauled:  Up to F2.5, full main & large genoa;   F3, full main & cruising genoa;   F4-4.5, 1 or 2 reefs & cruising genoa;   F5gF6, 3 reefs & full cruising genoa;   F6, 3 reefs & 1/4 rolled cruising genoa.  Will give 5-6kt at 20deg heel in F6 and feels very safe.  NB:  theoretical hull speed is 5.6kt.

Price – £6500 Lying Brixham, available autumn

Contact – (contact details redacted – Ed)

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Wanted – Coromandel (Posted April 2024)

Wanted – a good quality Coromandel.  Prepared to consider a tired one with good bones.

Contact – atlpr1@btinternet.com

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For Sale SOLD – 1983 Corribee Mk11 ‘Cara’ – 21ft sailing yacht with bilge keel (Posted April 2024, sold April 2024)

Ready to sail. Everything works as it should except the depth sounder. 
SBS 1300 Trailer with spare wheel. Done less than 500 miles and only put into the water once.
Mariner 5hp long shaft ‘Sailmate’ 4-stroke petrol outboard. New in 2018 with FSH. External tank
X-cut Genoa 102 sq. ft with furling reefing. 3 batten mainsail with slab reefing
3 winches
CQR anchor and chain
VHF Cobra radio with masthead aerial, Handheld Garmin GPS 
Leisure battery, kept topped up with a solar panel
Boat hook Fenders and warps Boarding ladder Horseshoe lifebuoy  
Lots of accessories, including lifejackets, if required

A Corribee is an excellent boat for single-handed sailing and to learn to sail in. It has a rightly deserved reputation for stability and safety and is renowned for several notable passages, including Dame Ellen MacArthur’s single-handed circumnavigation of the British Isles. Based near Knighton, Powys

Price: – £1750
Contact: – (contact details redacted – Ed)

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Wanted – Coromandel

I really like this boat and would love to own one. Planning on spending the summer aboard after retiring, Cash buyer at market price for the right boat. Thanks.

Contact – rogerandrewharris@btinternet.com

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Wanted – Fin keel Corribee (Posted Sept 2023)

I’m based in NW Scotland, so anything up north preferred.

To be open, I am currently looking with an intention to buy in the Spring of 2024. Then to be able to sail straight away. Boat needs to be seaworthy, possibly only cosmetic needs taking care of.

Contact Matthew matt.thompson2018@gmail.com

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For Sale – Corribee  ‘Little Wing’ Mk 3 Bilge Keel (Posted June 2023)

I have owned it for about 6 years but still never used it. It is bilge keel sat on its jerry built trailer near Southampton. I believe it is a mk3, 1982. It is perfectly sailable, the stanchions and rigging were replaced by previous owner. Sails are excellent.  Lovely Honda bf5a longshaft to push her along. Do run this up occasionally and always sweet. The boat is in good condition but the cabin still needs sorting. New leisure battery and bilge pump last year.

Price – £2500

Contact – phone 07909090194 or email  tinhill@hotmail.co.uk

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For Sale SOLD – Corribee 21 Twin Keel – (Posted November 2022, Sold Jan 2023)

Seagoose – Well Maintained. Lying ashore Essex. £2300  SOLD. Sail Number 342, so probably built around 1979-80. Ready to Sail for next season. Now ashore. Suzuki 6HP already serviced by dealer and winterised for collection next spring or sooner if required. Hull was stripped back and repainted in 2020. Sails are fair (main and furling genoa) and were refurbished end of 2021. Light use by current owner as day sailer. A lovely dry boat.
New battery, fire extinguisher, life buoy, stowable ladder, 7kg plough anchor. Boat comes with various warps, fenders, anchors (x3), flares, Origo Stove. Depth and speed log, but navigation lights need replacing. Ground tackle available at current club location if required as well as a servicable GRP tender, oars and rowlocks (no trolley), all included in price. More pictures on request. Does not come with a road trailer.
Contact (contact details redacted – Ed)

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Wanted – Spray Hood for Corribee (Posted Sept 2022)

I’m looking for a second hand Spray Hood and frame for my Junk Rigged Corribee. Any condition, as I will have a new canvass one made, alternatively just the frame, and I will get the canvass and windows made. Will pay a good price, as it will be cheaper than getting one made from scratch. The boat is in a boatyard in Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Will pay for packing and transport or will collect. Thanks

Contact –  George. Mobile: 07551405074 or email gfokias@yahoo.co.uk

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Wanted – Bilge Keel Corribee (Posted August 2022)

I am after a twin bilge keel Newbridge Corribee. Something with an A1 road trailer and boat in very good working order. It will be located to Bala, so offers close to this area if possible.  

Contact – email Kev on kjs173275@gmail.com

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For sale – Corribee 21 (Posted July 2022)

Newbridge Corribee 21 yacht. On a strongly made car trailer with good tyres. Lying South Lakes. Needs tidying up. Offers invited.   

Contact – tel 07886 409719 or email davidcuthbertson75@gmail.com

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Wanted – Corribee MkIII in the Med (Posted July 2022)

I used to own a Corribee until 2004 which I had sailed from the Netherlands into the Med in 2001. This time I would like to buy one that is already in the med as sailing a 21 foot boat through the Bay of Biscay was a gruelling experience I do not wish to repeat.

Contact – opischke@googlemail.com

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For Sale SOLD – Corribee 21 Mk III Bilge Keel (posted May 2022 Sold June 2022)
Hull number 85109. SSR16173. Sail No 1019, Lying Tollesbury Marina Essex

Late Corribee 21 Mk III with lots of upgrades including Tohatsu 4hp outboard (new in 2017 – very little hours and boat not used in 2020) with longer tiller handle and gear change on the front which makes for much easier use than a traditional engine. 2 x 85Amp/hr leisure batteries with solar panel and NASA battery charge monitor.), sprayhood and stackpack and wireless Clipper wind. Also SBS road trailer!

Fixed VHF radio with masthead aerial, chart table with light. NASA wireless Clipper Wind instruments (fits into bottom section of companionway), Navco TP100 tiller pilot, navigation lights.

Stainless steel pushpit and pulpit, Antal W7 winches, MJ Mussett sprayhood and dodgers (2014), polycarbonate washboard, mooring warps and fenders. Manual bilge pump.

Slab reefing mainsail (Kemp – recent) with 2 reefing points, lines lead aft for easy furling. Stack pack mainsail cover (Kemp) with lazyjacks. 140% furling Genoa (Kemp – recent) with foam luff so flattens sail when furling. All lines lead aft. Plastimo single line drum furling for the genoa (two arms fitted to prevent line coming off of drum) and also comes with a whisker pole for polling out the genoa downwind. Spare sails including an asymmetric spinnaker. Alloy mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (2005)

Built in 1985. GRP construction with twin keels, blue topsides and white superstructure, self draining aft cockpit with tiller steering, transom mounted outboard, Bermudan sloop rig and 2 berth internal layout with sitting headroom.

Contact – (details redacted – Ed.)

Price – £3250  SOLD

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For Sale – ‘Rosa’ MkII Corribee Bilge Keel (Posted April 2022)

Fully refurbished Mk2 bilge keel Corribee for sale, fully refurbished and in excellent condition. 
Yamaha 4hp four stroke petrol engine (new 2009). 4 berths. Reefed Crusader mainsail and genoa (both new 2017), spinnaker sail with pole. NASA duet speed/ depth instrument. ICOM IC-M323 DSC VHF radio. Gas Stove. Road trailer included. Lying North Wales

For full details and lots of photos go to www.dougedwardsyachts.com

Price – £3950

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Wanted – Coromandel (Posted March 2022)

Buyer looking for a 20 to 22ft Junk rigged yacht, preferably in the South West of the UK.  The Coromandel would be my first choice but any bilge keeled Junk rigged will be considered.

If you have anything for sale or have something coming up shortly, please email steve@ccgc.org.uk of call 07525689120.

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For Sale – ‘OpusToo’, Corribee mkII (Posted Oct 2021)

In June 2021 I bought my Corribee, which was called Opustoo. It is featured on this page.
I bought as a reclaim from Thornham Marina, near Emsworth West Sussex.
I spent in excess of £3500 in a 3 month period to resurrect her, this cost does not include the time spent during the refit.
I now realise that the boat is too small for myself and 2 boys. An opportunity has arisen to buy a Westerly Centaur for an amazing price. This more suitable for us as a family.
I am happy to reduce the cost of my Corribee to £2375 for a quick sale. 
Opustoo sat on the hard for about 3 years, deteriorating.
Extensive work has gone into her, as the plan was to keep her for a few years, so no expenses were spared.

New running rigging, new seacocks, new 20w solar panel, battery, new depth gauge, compass, 1 main sail, Genoa, new cockpit drains and new hose. Vhf radio connection, but will need the actual radio, as the previous was registered to another boat, but kept going into an emergency mode. 
All of the wood work on deck was sanded down and varnish (6 coats) I am happy to do another coat of varnish for the new buyer at no extra cost, before or after the winter season.

Price – £2375

Contact – alanweston@outlook.com or phone number 07775718186

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For Sale – Windrush, Corribee 21 Mark III 1983  Bilge keel with combination road trailer and launching trolley

Windrush underwent a full restoration in 2018 with lots of new fittings including new tabernacle, stanchions, bow fitting, reconditioned windows and internally new headlinings.  She has a completely reconditioned engine with many new parts and new electrics.  She has a good suit of sails and is ready for an adventure. Currently lying on shore at Hayling Island.

4 birth, Tall rig
Inboard Lister Petter 6hp diesel engine – recently reconditioned with new Vetus electrics, new fuel system including  25L fuel tank, new exhaust system and new instruments.  There is also a bracket for an outboard if required. Separate 12v starter battery and 110Ahr leisure battery with split charge relay and solar trickle charger with 2 battery solar controller. 240V shore power with onboard battery charger and socket.

CQR anchor with 30m of chain Bilge pump with flood switch, Fenders and warps, Horseshoe buoy and light

Navigation: Autopilot, Clipper Wind speed and direction, Clipper compass , Clipper log, Clipper depth, VHF – Horizon AIS with new antenna and wiring
Sails:  Main with slab reefing, roller reefing genoa, spinnaker and pole, Mainsail cover
Twin burner Origo stove, Inboard water tank with pump and tap.
A selection of road rigging including straps and lighting board – she is ready for the road if needed. For winter storage the mast detaches fully from the tabernacle and there is a large tarpaulin which covers the whole boat.

Contact: nigel.comfort@ntlworld.com

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For Sale – Two MkII Fin-keel Corribees (posted August 2021)

I have two Mark 2 fin keel Corribees for sale, both in Shell Bay Boatyard on the Studland peninsular side of Poole Harbour , beside the chain ferry terminal.
Having now retired just before my 70th birthday and been granted freedom to travel I intend to spend six months every summer on my bigger boat in the Med and it seems selfish, as well as extravagant, to keep two idle in England.
Lets’ start with Mashua:

My girlfriend and I have loved sailing Mashua since I bought her in Pin Mill in May 2014 and sailed her single-handed round to Poole. She is well equipped with a full set of main and as many as 5 foresails all in decent condition. A 7 hp Honda outboard also regularly serviced and running well is available by separate negotiation. Her electrics are powered by a 12V solar panel on the companionway hatch-cover.  All interior cushions professionally renewed 2015;  she was regularly raced on the Orwell and is a slippery boat but I’m no racer now. Her hull and decks are currently being professionally recoated.

Cara may be, if anything, an even smarter boat and a different story.

I bought her right up in Lochgilphead in 2017.  I had been looking for a trailer for Mashua with the idea of taking her back and forth to Blakeney in Norfolk rather faster than my first voyage down from Pin Mill in Mashua.  I saw both boat and trailer plus launching trolley advertised, and thought I might have one in Norfolk and one in Dorset. So I towed Cara down to Dorset with a pal which was an adventure in itself (old tyres and two blowouts in the first 50 miles). Cara belonged to a retired RAF engineer who had spent a couple of years preparing her for long distance cruising off the west coast of Scotland.

He had completely stripped and recoated hull, decks and interior, renewed all the rigging and all the electrics, revarnished the brightwork etc etc.  On the trailer he had stripped down and renewed both sets of wheel bearings and serviced the jockey wheel and legs, and serviced the launching trolley. But, sadly, just as he was finishing the job he was diagnosed with a medical condition which meant he couldn’t sail off shore.  I can’t today guarantee the condition of the trailer because despite two new tyres that have only done one trip and a complete overhaul in 2017 it has spent the last 3 years being manhandled about the yard by staff who are, shall we say, sometimes a little careless.

My initial idea was to take Mashua up to Norfolk but first to Coppercoat Cara and leave her permanently afloat in Poole Harbour (which tests by Coppercoat suggests is possible) so I could sail her in the winter,

So I had her sandblasted and bought the Coppercoat ,but the chaps who’d said they’d do it were always too busy and I, despite my advanced age, found myself called on to work in the City rather more than I had anticipated and nothing happened for 3 years until Lockdown. The Coppercoat is also in Shell Bay if required.

So Cara also comes with good sails, an outboard with 12V alternator (by separate negotiation) and a brand new interior fitted to RAF standards and a new DSC VHF radio. 

In my opinion either boat would very happily sail across the Atlantic with very little additional preparation- but perhaps stocking up on fresh water and provisions would be wise.

Contact – any expressions of interest please to Tim Altham at honnormarineuk@gmail.com.  

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For Sale – Corribee main sail (posted August 2021)

Corribee main sail, fully batoned with 2 reefing points, bent on but no wear, kept as a back up, just a few dirty marks.dry stored. Number has been peeled off.

Price – £195 plus £15 postage UK

Contact – dewalsgrove@aol.com

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FOR SALE SOLD – mkII Newbridge Corribee, 21 ft, 1978 (posted Aug 2021, sold September 2021)  

Mk2 Newbridge Corribee, 21ft, bilge keel, draught 2 ft 2 ins.  Built 1978 (PAA 55434), hull number 7878.     Currently ashore for viewing, on her road trailer, near Cheddar, Somerset

Carmina is a typical seaworthy, tough little Corribee – a great starter boat for day sailing or inshore cruising, or for single handed sailing.   I have been sailing her lightly in the Bristol Channel (Portishead and Burnham on Sea) for the last eight years and have done quite a bit of work on her.   Now sadly selling because I am fully committed crewing on larger yachts.  

INTERNAL: Four berths in a single cabin. Two single berths forward and two single quarterberths aft.  The interior is clean and tidy, with blue fitted cushions and cream headlining, with LED cabin lighting.   The interior layout has been substantially modified, with a removable chart table over the galley on the port side, and small locker on the starboard side.  There is a Thetford Porta Potty chemical toilet under the cushions between the forward bunks.

SPARS, RIGGING & SAILS: Sloop rigged with deck-stepped alloy mast and boom and stainless steel rigging.  Both main and genoa are roller reefed – the main on a rotating boom, the genoa on a Plastimo roller reefer. There is a good set of sails – genoa, main, jib and storm job (all old but perfectly serviceable), with a nice red/white cruising chute (almost new).    The running rigging is simple – main, genoa and spinnaker halyards and topping lift only.  Sheets in good condition, and a good set of warps.   

HULL:  The hull is blue, with a few scratches, and some minor osmosis on the port bow panel, but this has never given me any problems. There are some old fibreglass repairs around the running strake (before my time), but she is sound and dry throughout.  

ENGINE:   Mariner Sailmate 8HP 2-stroke long-shaft outboard (1998, Ser No 09989640.  This engine is designed specifically for yachts.  It’s in good condition, recently serviced and a sweet runner – very reliable.  This is a powerful engine for a boat of this size, but will give her 5+ knots – useful in the Bristol Channel tides. It has a 3KW rectifier battery charger, which is OK for top-up but won’t charge a flat battery. There is a large (20L) removable fuel tank in the lazaret, which should give you around 6 hours motoring.    

There is a good set of ancillaries: 
Clipper Duet combined Log and Echo Sounder, with cockpit read-out
Handheld/clip-on compass
Cobra Marine MRHH 325 handheld/clip-on VHF radio
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablet, loaded with Navionics + UK & Ireland navigation app 
Charging socket for tablet/phone
Gas alarm 
Raymarine ST 1000+ Tiller Autohelm (works OK in a gentle sea, but can’t cope with rough weather)
All new electric wiring

Contact – (Contact details redacted – Ed)

Price – £2300

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For sale – 1970 MKII Corribee ‘Blue Siren’ – (Posted July 2021)

This is a project boat as can be seen from the photos, but is basically a very sound vessel with no osmosis or issues with the mast compression beam etc. Bought as a project about 2 years ago, including a mooring on the River Exe, as her previous owner had been unable to use her for a couple of years. I have done some of the work required (refinishing of some of the exterior wood, replacing two of the three windows, rubbing down the paintwork and wood, valeting the sails) as well as getting her safely off the Exe and buying a very good road trailer (heavy galvanised construction with no rust, twin braked 1000kg axles with four new tyres and a new tow hitch and new wood bed for the keels to stand on). However, my time and energy levels are low as there is lots going on so she needs a new home.
Jobs left include repainting, tidying the interior, rewiring, reattaching the outboard bracket and fitting the engine. I bought a very nice Suzuki long shaft four stroke 4HP engine from a local dealer to power her, which is about 12 years old but has literally not been used – just serviced annually by the previous owner and not used since I had it serviced and brought it home last year. I also have remote control cables and a throttle/gear lever for the cockpit plus the remote fittings for the engine, and a 12 litre remote tank, all ready to be fitted.
The sails are in good order and quite new (still ‘crisp’, though the UV strip on the genoa is a bit worn) and there are fenders and an anchor and some warps, all the interior cushions etc. so it’s all there and just needs someone with the time and energy to finish her off.
I’m asking £1,700 for the boat, trailer and engine as a complete package, but would split so long as Blue Siren goes to a new home. If you are interested in the mooring I am also happy to sell as an extra ‘add on’. It is located just a few hundred metres off the Exe Sailing Club in area 2 of the Lower Exe Mooring Authority, and you can get on and off in Blue Siren two hours either side of high water. I renewed the ground tackle in March 2020 just prior to lockdown mark 1.
Contact:  alungwernanjones@gmail.com

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Wanted – Mast (posted July 2021)

Replacement mast in reasonable condition needed for a Mk II Corribee.

Please contact g.marchant.53@outlook.com

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Wanted – Bilge Keel Corribee (Posted June 2021)

Hello everyone, We are a couple from Portugal and inspired by Roger Taylor and some other simple sailors we  dream of a bilge keel Corribee to start some adventures together.
We’ve been looking for a long time and it just seems impossible to find one in Europe…
We are unfortunately on a limited budget so we would agree to negotiate a corribee even if it is in very poor condition. We are willing and we now have the knowledge, time and space to restore.

The ideal would be Portugal, Espana or France and we would be available to bring it by road if it is in bad condition.

If you know someone who knows someone, we would be very grateful.

Contact – Martim & Natália  email martim@martimramos.pt

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Wanted – Jib for Mk2 Corribee (Posted June 2021)

Furling foresail/jib wanted for a bilge-keel Corribee, or a recommendation for somewhere to buy one.

Thanks, Dan Ciobanu, email danutzeus@gmail.com

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For Sale – Mk II Fin keel Corribee – (Posted May 2021)

Not sure year of make but sail number is 310 (1978 approx?). A lovely boat very seaworthy, great fun to sail.

Sale includes 4 Horse Mercury outboard engine -Sail Drive and well maintained. Sails include:- Roller reefing main and Roller furling jib. Various warps and fenders 2 anchors – Compass –  Depth sounder – navigation lights – Icom 411 VHF.  Life jackets – cooking utensils etc etc. A boat stand/cradle for ashore or transport on a flatbed lorry which can be stripped down to fit in a car.     

Boat at Hopeman Harbour on Moray Firth, Scotland. Boat could be sailed away, however, due to be craned out on 10 May. Sails are in worn condition. Sorry to let her go. £1500

Contact: email JsCorribee@gmail.com 

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For Sale SOLD – 1982 Bilge Keel Corribee (posted Apr 2021, Sold August 2021)

Corribee Mk II bought at 1982 Boat Show, still original owners.  Now ashore near King’s Lynn.  Bilge keels, blue hull, sadly selling due to my old age and a bad fall!  Lightly used mainly on Norfolk Broads and East Coast.

Blue cushions all in good condition, blue winter cover for mast up or down, cockpit ridge pole and winter cabin hatch, includes much extra vinyl not used.

Roller furling jib, main, original jib and storm jib.   Excellent SL400 sea toilet with many spares.  Dolphin Mk I engine, two batteries with solar charging, skeg supported rudder.  Origo double burner stove.  Many accessories eg compass, barometer, battery monitor, bilge alarm, temperature alarm, manual bilge pump, fenders, stern ladder, CQR anchor and chain, mudweights, petrol tank, kedge anchor, fitted laminate floor, mooring lines, LED cabin lights, fire extinguishers, tools, two lifejackets, horseshoe life ring.

Sturdy custom two wheel trailer with straps.  Seagull 2hp outboard with many spares.  After a lifetime afloat I am being forced to come ashore and will include everything boat related I have accumulated over many years.

Price: £3900 o.n.o.
Contact: email to (details redacted – Ed)

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For Sale SOLD – 1978 Mk II Bilge keel Corribee (Posted Feb 2021, Sold April 2021)

I have a 1978 bilge keel Corribee that has been sat in my garage in Newcastle upon Tyne for several years and I’ve not had time to finish the work to get her back on the water.
I have never sailed the boat but i believe she started life in Itchenor (original name was “Itch”) and then was sailed on Ullswater in the 80s. She is sat on a trailer which isn’t at all road worthy and was delivered to me piggy backed onto another trailer.
Inventory:
Mast, Boom,
Main sail, Jib, Storm jib and spinnaker
Vire 7 engine still in situ and is a runner, although the original metal fuel tank is gone.
Cabin headlining and cushions are good.
Rubbing strakes and coach roof handles were rotten and have been removed
The companion way door and housing has been removed as it was rotten, but i have a newly cut surround ready to be fitted.

She’s a lovely boat in need of with a bit of TLC. (The photos are all oldish pics because I would need to clear my garage to get some decent new photos). To be fair she is in no worse condition now than she was in 2012.
Price – £750 ONO
Contact – Robert at (contact details redacted – Ed)

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For Sale SOLD – 1978 Newbridge Corribee Mk.2 Bilge Keel ‘Winegum’ (posted Oct 2020, sold Dec 2020)

Good example of this popular design which needs no introduction. Corribees have made plenty of big passages! Owned by myself since June 2016, Winegum underwent a lot of refurbishment and was relaunched in May 2017 after sitting ashore for 3 years. Work undertaken during this period includes:
– Standing rigging replaced including rigging screws and U-bolts
– Running rigging replaced
– Stemhead replaced and stainless steel plate and strap added down stem (known weak point on Corribees)
– New Vetus forehatch
– New bronze seacocks and skin fittings including pipework for cockpit drains and sink
– New bronze tiller head fitting
– Lines led aft through organisers and Lewmar clutches
– New Jeckells mainsail
– Masthead combined tricolour/anchor LED light
– Window perspex replaced
– Spinlock tiller extension
– Remote control for outboard in cockpit

After relaunching over the last couple of years she’s also had:
– New Hank on 120% Genoa and Working Job
– New stanchions and guard wires
– New battery, switch panel, solar panel and charge controller
– Replacement rubbing strakes made of synthetic teak
– Fixed vented 33l fuel tank for outboard with filler fitted in lazerette
– New sink, hand pumped tap and water tank with deck filler

She has a 6hp Tohatsu long shaft outboard which previous owner bought new in 2005 and is very reliable. She’s ready to sail with just a bit of tidying up below.
The boat is currently afloat on it’s berth at Brixham Marina but will be lifted out on Monday 26th October from when on she’ll be ashore at Topsham. I’m selling as I’ve bought a bigger boat for a growing family!
I’m sure there’s stuff I haven’t mentioned but best to come take a look. Open to offers…!!

Contact – (details redacted – Ed)
Price – £2500

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For Sale – SOLD Mk1 Corribee for restoration (Posted Sept 2020)

She is available for free to a good home as a project. The mast, boom & sails are also available but not photographed. Not sure of the condition of sails.
There is a boat trailer for sale also if the buyer is interested. Also an outboard which may need a little TLC as well.
We live 8 miles south of Aberystwyth. She was a lovely boat to sail & sadly time has overtaken us. Maybe someone will have the time & energy to do her proud.

Contact – (Contact details redacted – Ed)

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