StrayCat a Strider Club

We have had great fun sailing StrayCat as a family but kids grow up and interests change. So, it is time to pass her on to somebody who will get more use out of her.

She can sleep two people in each hull and has storage space for a chemical toilet. In addition, there are five other storage spaces.

StrayCat is currently afloat in Poole Harbour. All photos were taken in Aug 2024. Additional photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vg3sLN6LZdysJLKA7

StrayCat was built in 1989 by Palamos but not launched until 2000.
LOA 24ft BOA 14ft 2ins Draft 1ft 10ins Sail area 202 sq ft
Construction is GRP hulls, deck and superstructure.
Engine: Tohatsu 6hp 4 stroke (Long shaft Saildrive) with 25litre plastic petrol tank

Work carried out by the current owner:
CopperCoat applied in 2016 and touched up in 2024.
All the, stainless steel, standing rigging replaced in 2023.
Gooseneck replaced in 2023.
Sacrificial strip on jib replaced in 2023.
Main halyard, topping lift and jib sheets replaced since 2021.
Trampoline replaced in 2024.

Equipment: Zodiac 3m dinghy Outboard harness and derrick
7 fenders Life buoy
Boat hook Compass
Various warps

Price GBP7000 ono.
Contact: John Russ, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07887952191

Swing Cat is a performance cruising catamaran with a bridgedeck. It is a Richard Woods Eclipse design measuring  9.9m in length and 5.9m on the beam.  It is built of solid wood and marine plywood and sheathed in biaxial glass fibre cloth impregnated with West-system epoxy resin.  The performance aspect of the boat comes from having daggerboards (rather than low aspect ratio keels), outboard motors for auxiliary power (rather than two inboard engines) and laminated tri-radial sails including a drifter (on a bowsprit) and a spinnaker.

Swing Cat has beaching keels and kick-up rudders so is happy drying out in tidal creeks.  Its wind generator and 6 solar panels charge 500Ah of battery storage which provides electrical energy via 12V DC and 240V AC distribution.  One can live off the grid with a high level of creature comforts while remaining connected to the shore via computers and mobile phones (if desired!). 

When on shore power in a marina, full use can be made of a microwave, toaster, electric kettle and electric heating.

The interior accommodation consists of a double cabin in the stern of each hull and single cabins in the bow of each hull, giving sleeping accommodation for 6.  The bridgedeck cabin provides comfortable seating around a large table and access to both hulls.  A cockpit awning, together with cockpit cushions, provide further shady seating in the cockpit as well as shelter from any shower.  The trampoline forward of the bridgedeck, between the hulls, is a favourite place for sunbathing, watching the sun go down, or for watching dolphins on passage.

The hulls and cabins are fully lined and insulated ensuring a cool interior on hot days and a cosy interior on cool days.  When at anchor on cold evenings a wood burning stove is available.  

Swing Cat is designed to have minimal impact on the environment.  The sources of renewable energy means there is no need to have a fossil fuel generator.  There is an electric motor for the tender.  

There is no discharge of sewerage from the boat and no conventional holding tank.  An ecological toilet ensures the separation of liquids from solids with both being captured, and disposed of, separately.  The absence of urine in the solids tank, together with the use of mechanical ventilation, ensures that using the heads is a pleasant experience!  

Swing Cat also has a grey water tank for cruising in environmentally sensitive areas. This tank retains washing-up and shower water until it is OK to discharge it – for example when dried out on a beach, grey water can be discharged only when the tide is in and the boat is afloat.

With forward-looking sonar, broadband radar, AIS Tx & Rx, VHF radio, Echomax radar reflector, electronic chart plotter, full size chart table and safety equipment, including lightning protection, Swing Cat is fully equipped for creek crawling or bluewater sailing.

Swing Cat was built by its owner starting in 2011 and was launched in 2016.  The website documenting the build and its sea trials can be found at www.swingcat.co.uk .  The reason for the sale is that the owner and his family no longer have as much time for sailing as they did previously.

Price; GBP69000

Location: Multihull Centre, Millbrook, Cornwall, UK

Contact details:

John Saunders This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mob: 07563 807869

Oran Mara - Woods Elf 26 - Built 2019 – Ashore at Ardfern Yacht Centre, Argyll, Scotland
£25,000

Oran Mara is the most recent updated design by Richard Woods and was professionally built by Elf Catamaran SRL in 2019 to Richard Woods specification. She was rigged and fitted out by Ardfern Yacht Centre in Argyll, Scotland, and has been cruised occasionally and day-sailed on the west coast of Scotland.

The Elf has a large open deck with accommodation for four. The high-roach mainsail offers an easily managed but powerful rig with slab-reefing, assisted by lazy-jacks and bag. Roller reefing controls the genoa, and there is no need to leave the cockpit for reefing either sail.

The low aspect ratio keels have a draught of 0.65m and allow access to many shallower anchorages and easy beaching.
A Yamaha 9.9hp outboard (long shaft) is fixed to the centre of the aft cross beam and provides ample power.

The boat is suitable for short / single-handed sailing. She is stable, light, very responsive on the helm, fast, and points high for a catamaran. In moderate winds, speeds of 10knts are easily reached. The accommodation and equipment are suitable for short cruises and day sailing.

Hulls and Decks
The hulls are hand laid up in GRP to Woods Designs specified layup with white gelcoat finish. The hull topsides and decks are of sandwich construction using PVC contour foam. The gelcoat, resin, glass fibre and foam used are Lloyd’s certificated.
Hulls
There is a single berth with stowage beneath at each end of each hull. There are 4 single berth cushions with covers, a chemical toilet in the starboard hull, and a draining wash basin.
Cockpit
Open rigid cockpit. Forward safety net.
Anchor and sail lockers are incorporated into the forward end of main crossbeam.
GRP 2 gas bottle in a GRP housing
Seat to starboard side.
Tiller steering, S/S tiller bar and two tiller extensions.
Mast and Rigging
Fractional rig with Plastimo roller reefing
Z-Spar Aluminium Mast and Boom.
Fully battened mainsail with 2 reefs and lazy jacks with bag and cover
Main and jib halyard cleats, 2 Barton winches and 2 winch handles
 Electrics
Two batteries for engine and domestic use. Solar panel with regulator
Interior lighting
Int 12V sockets and USB charging points in both hulls.
Navigation lights
Electric panel with switches and fuse

Equipment
Deck:
Mooring cleats fore and aft on each hull
Autohelm 2000 with custom bracket and remote controller
Engine controls on port hull
Lofrans Dorado 6mm electric anchor winch
Mantus 11kg anchor with 30m chain and 30m multi plait cable
Bow roller in S/S
Solar charging panel 10w with regulator in mast beam locker
Battery compartment, switches and fuse box in mast deck beam locker
Chain and cable in starboard mast beam locker
Six fenders
Four mooring lines

Port Hull
Fore and aft berths
Fire Extinguisher
Gas and smoke detector
Switch panel – nav lights, autopilot, cabin lights and sockets
Bilge pump with moveable hose
Sink and folding single gas burner on worktop unit with galley storage under
Folding nav table

Starboard Hull
Fore and aft berths
Fire Extinguisher
Smoke detector
Bilge pump with moveable hose
Chemical toilet
Wash basin

Sails (by Boatshed Wales)
The mainsail is fully battened with adjustable tensioners at the luff end. Two deep slab reefs are fitted and the sail is lowered into a bag guided by lazy-jacks.
The mainsheet traveller extends widely across the stern and can be used to flatten the sail in stronger winds before reefing. A kicking strap is also provided to help flatten the sail and control the boom.
The genoa is hoisted with an external halyard on Plastimo roller reefing gear controlled by a line leading to the port mast beam and a cleat. The sheets are led to an adjustable track on the cockpit floor to Barton winches on each side and secured on cleats.
Sail and fender lockers are built into the mast beam.

Electrics
Two x 12v batteries in the port side mast beam locker. These are charged automatically by the engine and by a small solar panel on the port side mast beam locker. One battery serves the engine starter, the other supplies all navigation lights, depth sounder, cabin lights, fixed VHF radio, the autopilot, charging sockets and 2 x bilge pumps. The switch panel is fixed inside the port hull by the companionway.
There are two electric bilge pumps, one in each hull, connected to roving hoses that can be used wherever needed.
The Lofrans Dorado anchor winch is supplied by the domestic battery and has its own control unit and circuit breaker in the port mast beam cockpit locker.

Ground Tackle
There are 2 anchors. The bower anchor has 30meters of 6mm chain spiced to 30 meters of multi-plait rope. It is lowered and recovered using the electric anchor winch, or by hand.
The second anchor is a CQR pattern and provided with a rope cable only.

Instruments
A portable Silva steering compass is provided. Compass holders are fixed to each hull by the main hatches, allowing the helm to move the compass on each tack to see the heading.
A depth sounder is fixed to the mast beam underneath the mast foot, and the transponder is fixed to the port hull skin, ahead of the forward berth.
A wind direction indicator is fitted to the mast head.

VHF Radio
An ICOM fixed DSC VHF radio is fitted under the switch panel in the port hull.

Tiller Pilot
The Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot is fixed to a bracket on the port hull connected to a waterproof socket inboard. The pilot can be controlled with the remote control from either hull.

Accommodation
There are 2 berths in each hull, with storage lockers underneath the mattresses, and in the port hull forward berth, there are additional storage nets.
USB charging points and reading lights are fixed next to each berth.
A chemical toilet is provided in the starboard hull.
There is a sink / stove to the side of the worktop. Gas is piped to the burner. Water is not plumbed to the sink but a drain is fitted and empties above the waterline. Water containers are stowed on deck and at the head of the port aft berth for ready use.
In the port hull, a folding table is fitted for chart work and / or food preparation / dining. Food and crockery stowage is under the worktop.

Havcat 27 light weight cruising / racing catamaran, APATAKI designed by Lars Oudrup (Denmark). Sail number D24M

8.3m x 4.5m x 0.5m (dagger boards up). Lifting rudders.

Built 1980 Number 23 of production Series of 25 boats in Denmark. Solid GRP layup beneath the waterline, foam sandwich GRP elsewhere. Anti-fouling is a copper system.
She had a full interior refit in 1995/96 including new floors, cupboards, light fittings, wiring, plumbing and deck cleats. New polycarbonate sliding main hatches and new marine ply washboards were fitted for 1999 season. The boat has been continuously maintained and improved by present owner.

The boat is equipped with large daggerboards enabling good upwind ability. The 1996 ones were professionally rebuilt in 2015. Rudders and housings, and front crossbeam have all been upgraded, ie. Replaced with stronger Mycat 28 units in consultation with Lars Oudrup the designer.

Owned by a friend since 1989, and present owner since 2000. Previous owner sailed the boat from Kiel to Swansea, stopping at Ramsgate Harbour to pay UK VAT.

In 2001 present owner sailed her across Biscay past Portugal to Spain, wintered afloat for two winters in Mar Menor, Murcia, then ashore at Almerimar Marina. In 2004 she was sailed to Balearic Islands, Sardinia and on to Malta where she wintered ashore each year until June 2017. For winter 2017/2018 she was in the very sheltered Porto Turistico Marina di Ragusa, Sicily before cruising to Ionian Islands of Greece in summer 2018. She winters ashore at Preveza, Greece.

Open air living is the feature of this design with large T shaped cockpit, to which can be added the wooden folding dining table (stored against hull side in navigation area) when not sailing. Below large double berth on bridge deck is accessible from each hull. Starboard side has sitting / dining area and galley plus quarter berth (currently used for fridge and storage). Full standing headroom in central part of each hull.

Port hull has navigation room with large chart table and electrics control panel Also a storage place for an outboard motor for dinghy (there is no motor), heads / toilet with sink and vanity unit., sail locker and stowage, plus quarter berth. Standing headroom in the hulls. Galley has two burner SMEV stove and grill. Galley was professionally rebuilt in 1995/96 including stainless steel sink with hand pumped water tap, and storage cupboards and spaces. New galley floor (2017). Each hull has a flexible water tank.

Fully battened main, 1998 Ratsey sets well, Jeckells genoa, 2004 (UV protection strip replaced 2018) – good condition, No.1 (very good condition), inner staysail, spinnaker. Approximate sizes main 18 sq m, genoa 23 sq m, jib 15 sq m, staysail 10 sq m.

Sailspar genoa continuous line roller reefing system – 1996
Standing rigging was replaced in 2005.

MOTOR - NEW 2018 YAMAHA HIGH THRUST 9.9 hp longshaft, electric start, tiller steering / controls kit, alternator (cost about 3700 euros). The ability to steer the motor allows good manoeuvrability.

Coppercoat antifouling 4 coats -2019, upgrading from previous copper system from 2000.

2.5 m RIB (2016)
2 x 105 amp hour leisure batteries - 2021. Charging by two connected portable solar panel set of 120 watt -2019.

Isolator switch in navigation area allows one, other or both to charged and be used.

New Victron solar controller 2024.
Garmin Chart plotter / gps (2016),

Lowrance VHF radio (2016)

Battery monitor -2019

Autohelm, Davits, various equipment. Full cockpit sun awning can be erected when not sailing.
Present owner added 4 opening Lewmar ports (opening to cockpit) and Lewmar catamaran escape hatch in bridgedeck.
Improved Interior includes replacement of most headlining with higher insulation material. Much other work was done in winter 2017/18. Interior decor continues to be updated.
New genoa sheets 2017. New mainsheet track control rope 2018
New spinnaker guy – 2018
Main anchor Bruce with chain and warp.
2nd anchor 10 kg Hall with 15m chain and warp - 2018
Two new mattresses for quarter berths (2016) - 207 cm x 87 cm (max). Almost unused.
Waeco 35 litre portable fridge, mains and 12v. (2017) This is really efficient and is left running 24 hours a day. Built in thermostat controls it.

Non skid deck paint renewed 2024.

Ongoing grp repairs and painting as necessary

Prepared and afloat sailing -June 2024. Available from July 2024, Greek cruising tax paid to September.

Registered as British SSR, fully legal in Greece since 2018.

Previous asking Price 23,500 euros VAT Paid

REDUCED PRICE 18750 euros

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Living in Florida, I chose to build the open deck version of the Strike 18.

As advertised, this boat is light and nimble, making it a joy for single handed sailing. The boat has seen three sailing seasons only on fresh water. With low aspect ratio keels, sailing where dagger boards fear to go is not a problem, as well as easy beaching.

The boat has plenty of room for you and a few of your friends. An extra storage compartment was built into the rear of the main hull.

The outriggers are Quattro 16 amas built for this boat. The entire boat was built new using Okoume marine plywood, Douglas fir solid framing. All plywood surfaces covered with 7 oz. Fibre Glast fiberglass and epoxy.

The spars and rigging were designed and built by US Spars. The sails, supplied by UK Sailmakers have standard rigging. The main sail 150 S.F., the jib 50 S.F.

The boat includes a Suzuki 2.5 H.P. four stroke outboard motor. The boat is trailered on a Magic Tilt aluminum trailer.

The boat is located in Tallahassee, Florida.

Asking price $15,000 O.B.O.

Contact:
John Clark
1 (850)510-0069
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Wanted - Strike 16

I am looking to purchase a Strike 16. I would prefer a professional build but would consider anything that is sound. I would prefer a complete trimaran with a trailer if possible. Please send details to Tony Bertram email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FOR SALE -  MIRIAM - WOODS SAGITTA CATAMARAN BUILT 1997  - £39,000

Miriam is moored in Penzance, Cornwall, UK for this season. Construction - Professionally built at Foss Quay, Millbrook, 1997 in Western Red Cedar Strip/Epoxy hulls with Marine Ply decks and superstructure, all coated in epoxy and glass fibre as per Woods Designs. LAR keels. Unsinkable. Anti-osmosis treatment - epoxy construction - plus Copper Coat 10-year anti-foul 2015.

Engine

 Yamaha 9.9hp extra-long shaft high thrust (June 2011). Steerable with the tillers or wheel, charging 25 amp hour starter battery. 3 x 12 litre fuel tanks in cockpit locker.

Rig

Z-Spars with twin-grooved furling gear. Bomb-proof rig with caps, intermediate and lower shrouds and diamonds plus front beam whisker stays- all renewed April 2021. Sails - Fully battened mainsail (Westaway 2006) plus original Dick Batt sail (1997), re-furbished in 2006, as spare. Jib headsail (Solo 2015). 82 sq metre Spinnaker (Solo 2015) and 45sq metre spinnaker, set from bowsprit or bow turning blocks.

Electronics

Solar panels charging 3 x 80amp hour domestic batteries. DSC VHF radio (2011).

Chartplotter. AIS. Autohelm connected to wheel drive unit for self-steering.

Wind, speed, depth units with display.

Galley

Fresh water electric pump to sink fed from 60 litre rigid tank under starboard quarter berth. New LPG oven and grill plus 4 burner hob and s/s sink, all with flame failure. 12v front load fridge (2021). Fire blanket. Sheriff gas detector with sensor. LED lighting.

Saloon

Two opening forward hatches. Removable table transferable to the cockpit for al fresco dining or to form king-size berth. 2 fire extinguishers. LED lights above table.

Heads

Jabsco toilet (2008) with new twist & lock pump 2016. Wet locker housing Carver P4 lpg heater supplying warm air to saloon and quarter berths (not used for many years so needs servicing).

Fresh water pump for basin fed from 60 litre rigid water tank beneath port quarter berth.

Cabins

Two quarter berths. 6ft 2in doubles with shelf unit in each plus netting for clothes etc. Side tables, LED lighting, USB phone charging outlets.

Navigation Desk

Port side ½ size Admiralty chart desk. Barometer and chronometer. Full standing headroom in quarter berths, nav. station, galley, heads and cockpit tent.

Ground tackle

12kg CQR on 10m chain and 50m' 18mm anchorplait warp. Aluminium Danforth-type (from Richard Woods' original Sagitta) on 5m chain and 30m 18mm anchorplait warp.

Cockpit

2 Lewmar 30 main winches plus 2 Lewmar 15 Spinnaker winches. Wind, speed and depth instrumentation. S/s wheel alongside Yamaha engine controls. Steering is detachable to enable tiller steering from either port or starboard seats when sailing. 2 x Navico compasses. Life ring. All lines led back to cockpit for reefing without leaving the safety of the cockpit. Full-width pram hood connectable to full cockpit tent to extend living space for dry winter warmth or summer bimini shade. 6 cockpit drains. 5 lockers with fenders, warps and spinnaker lines. Manual bilge pump. 3 Propane gas bottles with regulator. The cockpit tent has not been used for 12 years.

Ancillary

Zodiac 2.6m inflatable with Yamaha 2.5 4-stroke outboard (2012). Four person life raft (in bag) service due 2021.

Low and sleek, the Woods' Sagitta is classified as a Cruiser/Racer, however, Miriam is fitted out for cruising, but is still capable of consistent beam reaching at >10 knots (max achieved 14 knots) under spinnaker. She returned from cruising the coasts of NW Spain and the French Atlantic coast in 2008 and has since been maintained and sailed in Mounts Bay and the Isles of Scilly.

Price: Reduced to £39,000

Contact: Jeremy Gilbert This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.(at)btinternet.com

Woods Elf 26 for sale.

 

Strike 20 Trimaran

2015 built, French registered on 08/12/2015, category C with 4 crew, used from April 2016 mostly on fresh water

Pictures :

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Performance:

Speed to windward 11/12 kt , 15/16 kt downwind as attested by video records (Camera with GPS Garmin VIRB X :

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Construction :

Mainhull Okoume marine ply/Oregon pine/glass/époxy, hull exterior, cockpit and decks sheathed with glass / epoxy.

Aluminum 6061 T6 anodised swinging beams , 100 x 3 mm sections .

Vectran waterstays covered with polyurethane. (4 x 6mm each)

Outriggers and daggerboard from Nacra 5.80, F18 central rudder.

Custom Bainbridge trampolines .

9,60 m rotating mast from Hobie Cat 21, 150 x 80 mm section . Carbon boom and tang.

Sails :

Tri-radial mainsail 19,5 m² , two reefs (2016, Tri-lam PXT 15/20, 1/10 purchase mainsheet Harken blocks on 2 m Harken track) , 8 m² jib (2016, tri-radial PXT 15, Harken furler) made by VB Sails.

18,5 m² Gennaker from Forward Sailing on Ronstan furler, 30 m² Spi 2019.

Equipment :

Foblight mooring warp

Trailering :

Road trailer ROCCA, rolling weight 650 kg, registered new 12/2016

Trailering possible by swinging beams and outriggers above mainhull (high center of gravity)

or lying outriggers on berths alongside the mainhull, only beams swung (lower c.g.)

Price as described above 6900 Euros

Boat is lying in Sanguinet, 40460 France. Contact Patrick at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mobile phone number is 0033683191075

Optional :

Suzuki 2,5 CV 4 strokes long shaft 2016 (mostly fresh water use). 700 Euros

F18 Marstroem Rudders on outriggers, carbon heads + coupling tubes,700 Euros

GPS Velocitek speed Puck and Tacktik fluxgate compass 200 Euros

The boat features safe and comfortable walkways all around and has a large comfortable cockpit.