The Dabber is back on the market, just purchased a bigger boat. The Dabber is an absolutely fantastic boat, a great daysailer with significant sailing capabilities. The boat has been upgraded and is ready to sail. Recent additions include:
New Mercury 3.5 hp 4 stroke outboard motor
Roller furling headsail
Custom cockpit cover
Additional flotation added
This is a great boat in all conditions for sailing single-handed and seats four adults comfortably.
The boat can be sailed, rowed, or powered by a small outboard motor.
Great in the lightest breeze, exhilarating in higher winds, and easy to reef by just dropping the mainsail, when necessary. This is also a great boat to just motor around in or fish from.
The Dabber has a high freeboard and is beamy, so she is ideal for children who can stand, walk around, and lean over the side. Small children are often anxious when the boat heals to one side or the other, which is not a problem if the boat is sailed with just the jib and mizzen.
Her shallow draft means this is an excellent boat for exploring shallow waters where keel boats cannot go. The heavy walled hull and centerboard means you can relax a bit about grounding.
These iconic boats are still being manufactured in the UK, where they currently sell for £19,500 or $24,500 USD new (plus shipping from the UK), and are rare to find over here in North America.
Boat Specifications
Length 15 feet 6 inches
Beam 5 feet 10 inches
Over all length 23 feet 4 inches (with bowsprit and boomkin)
Draft 8 inches (with centerboard up)
3 feet (with centerboard down)
Weight with gear 550 lbs.
Rig
Yawl rigged with a standing lug mainsail
Mainsail 83 square feet, one set of reef points
Mizzen 14 square feet
Jib 21 square feet
Total working sail 118 square feet
Storm jib 11 square feet 7 inches
Equipment
Mounted compass
Two belaying pins
Two sets of brass oarlocks
Two sets of oars
Anchor and 50 feet of rode
Bilge pump and bailer
Two fenders
Cloth sail bag
EZ Loader Trailer
Worry-free towing and can be launched single-handed
Bearings and lights maintained by Mitchell Welding, Winnipeg
Spare tire
Winch for off-loading and recovering the boat
Fitted boat covers and frame
Mast transport blocks and straps
Condition
Tanbark red Terylene sails made by Rockall Sails in excellent condition.
Stays, sail halyards, flag halyards, sheets, and other rope work in excellent condition.
Sitka spruce masts and spars varnished and in excellent condition.
Brass traveller fitted for main halyard and strop fitted for main yard.
Bowsprit re-rigged with brass fittings.
Centerboard and its rig work perfectly.
Teak is original and in great shape.
Teak trim recently treated with Deks Olje.
Original GRP gelcoat hull with no cracks or structural issues.
No significant scaring, chipping, or salt water exposure.
