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FOR SALE Mark Chew FOR SALE Mark Chew

SCARLET-A Giles Inspired Voyager

Are you are looking for a budget boat with heaps of personality, a great design provenance and a history that you can add to? Are you ok with a couple of weeks over the year spent working on the craft, not only improving her physically but also building a emotional bond with? Are you happy to chat with the people who will no doubt engage you as they are walking down the jetty wanting to know more about her?

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FOR SALE Mark Chew FOR SALE Mark Chew

“The Little Blue Boat”

“Unremarkable little boat lives on a mooring and is little used in recent years, The family finds it too hard to look after. By this time it’s in disrepair and probably too late to sell it as a going concern”

Nothing remarkable there!

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FOR SALE Mark Chew FOR SALE Mark Chew

FAIR WINDS update

Many Thanks to all those who have contacted us with messages of support (and condolences!) on our decision to move on from FAIR WINDS. In the meantime we have created a dedicated page on SWS with all the information on her that we can muster.

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