The THRIFTIEST LIVE-ABOARD SAILING BOAT You Can Buy is up FOR SALE! | Wildlings Sailing

Colvic Sea Rover 28 1967, Asking Price £8000 or best offer…

1m draught (triple keel), 3 meter beam, 28 feet (7.9 meters on official documentation making very cheap in marinas)
Proof of Vat Paid
Recent Survey (2016)
In Cap D’ail Marina (fee’s are 140 Euros per month in winter)

Propulsion:

Beta 20 20hp
New in 2001
919 engine hours
50 litre fuel tank
Regularly serviced and never misses a beat

Sails and Rigging:

Crusader Sails Slab reefing Main (New in 2018)
Crusader Sails Roller reefing Genoa (Good condition)

Symmetrical Spinnaker, guys and pole
Spare Main sail

The mast was taken down and had all its rigging inspected and tensioned
before putting back up in July 2020. We also changed the spreader root
fittings for much stronger ones.

Accommodation:

Large forward V berth
Port berth and aft quarter berth.
Starboard fold out dining table and seating which can be converted to
another Berth

The interior was entirely refitted in 2018 so its a very clean feeling saloon.

Galley:

Plastimo Neptune 2000 2 burner stove, grill and oven.
Large galley for this size of boat including a sink with hot water tap (when shore power is plugged in) and space to prepare food as well as storage above and below the worktop

Other bits and bobs:

electric bilge pump
New Jabsco Manual Bilge Pump
tack-tic wind speed
clipper depth
autohelm tiller pilot (new in 2019)
Dinghy (new 2019)
reliable and recently serviced 2hp Yamaha outboard
life jackets
diesel heater, not fitted but everything there to get installed
150 watt solar panel
1 engine and 1 leisure battery
2 anchors 7.5 kg Bruce and 10 kg Danforth
35 meters chain, 50 meters rode
shore power and 20 meter cable
new toilet 2019
antifouled in July 2020
stuffing box restuffed 2020
New Vhf antenna installed 2020
standard horizon dsc vhf
all warps and fenders
new upholstery 2019

General:

This very spacious Colvic ready to go sailing or live aboard. We have lived aboard for the last 2 years, Sailing her from
Wales to Monaco through the French rivers and Canals. She has stood up to some rough weather and always kept us safe.
She is a heavy boat and very seaworthy for a boat of this size. The engine never misses a beat and has only 919 hours
of use. with her shoal draft of 1m and with a triple keel, she can explore inland waterways with ease. her mast can be removed
quite easily as it’s on a tabernacle and will ‘fold down’

As with any boat of this age she shows signs of cosmetic wear…

Good Tidings is ready to sail away for more adventures however there are a few bits and bobs that would make her perfect
or ideal for a DIY entususiast. The hull although structurally sound has some scuffs and scrapes from dirty fenders and
it could do with a good polish. It was sand blasted, painted and resin shielded about 6 years ago so although in some places
a bit scruffy, its very solid. The deck paint could also do with going over as its looking a bit tired in places. And the
‘foamy teak’ is also looking a bit tired in places. this coud be neatened up or taken off and repainted. We have tins
of international anti slip paint for this.

Battery 2 (leisure battery) could do to be replaced as its been losing its charge very easily through the shorter winter days.

There is also a very good survey from 2016.

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