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For Sale: Solway Dory Avocet Open Sailing Canoe in excellent condition: ‘Tara’

One or two person sailing canoe
Only two years old
With sloop and ketch rig
Dark green fibreglass hull, white interior
Side buoyancy tanks
Adjustable seats with optional backrests
Ash foils, gunwales and thwarts
Aluminium spars

Many extras, including;

Solway Dory gull-wing outriggers with dark green floats
Toe-straps
Carbon fibre rowlock supports
Oars

Tara can be sailed, paddled and rowed.

She is great for pottering, day sailing, expeditions and racing.

The hull design and small sail area means that stability, without the gull-wing outriggers, is very good and fine for most purposes. The outriggers provide extra stability when needed.

Easily transportable on a car roof rack.

A versatile, well designed and fun ‘sail most anywhere’ boat for canoeists and dinghy sailors*- of all ages and abilities.

Great sailing performance. Out-sails a Mirror dinghy in most conditions.

A bargain at £1500

Situated on the South Coast

Delivery by arrangement is a possibility.

*Note for the sceptical dinghy sailor: Sailing canoes have a 160 year history. The canoe hull has less righting moment than most dinghy hulls but a great virtue of the canoe hull is very low drag. This means that a significantly smaller sail is needed – hence less healing moment and good overall stability. Additionally, the Solway Dory Bermudan rig can be quickly and easily reefed while afloat.