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REDUCED PRICE!! $5,000 OBO. In need of some TLC... Pictures are when my dad had it at it's best. Package includes Red Seal Avon Boat! Beautiful "Raven!" Designed and built by legendary Bob Peterson of Shoalwater Bay, Washington in 1988. This design is based on the famous mail-carrying Commodore Monroe Presto sharpie. Great sailor; top sails upright and points high. Typical 5.5-6.5 knots speed. Motors smoothly too! Displaces 6500#, w/2400# inside lead ballast. Self-righting, stable & seakindly tho' shoal draft. Almost new tanbark sails including top sail. Gaff main w/tabernacle. Nice, new sail covers. Sleeps four plus room for two in cockpit; all 6'-6' long. Porta Potti in cabinet under forepeak. Nova Scotia Fisherman #1 Woodstove-bakes well - and neat clean English alcohol stove. Composite FFG Resin - Marine plywood construction, Sitka spruce spars, Teak/Mahogany trim. Perfectly dry bilge under holly and teak sole. Excellent ventilation throughout. Quiet, efficient 2000 Honda 8hp auxiliary in stern trunk. Draft 1.5' w/board up, 4' down. Custom tandem axle trailer w/nearly new chrome wheels, tires & bearings. Good upholstery & custom rugs. Dodger w/windows, cockpit cover and removable wings. Beautiful custom paint and all new bronze fittings, winches and ports, ready to be installed. William Garden recommended this design for publication when Maynard Bray of Wooden Boat Magazine asked him about interesting small boat designs. My dad would love to know this boat was sailing again and in great hands. |