Erbas is up for sale with Clarke & Carter at Burnham on Crouch and available to view six days a week (they're closed on Sundays but arrangements could be made)
1976 Sabre 27 For Sale
Get in quick, she's generating a lot of interest!
Saturday 30 April 2016
For Sale! The best 27 footer on the market :)
Well that's what we think anyway
Erbas is up for sale with Clarke & Carter at Burnham on Crouch and available to view six days a week (they're closed on Sundays but arrangements could be made)
1976 Sabre 27 For Sale
Get in quick, she's generating a lot of interest!
Erbas is up for sale with Clarke & Carter at Burnham on Crouch and available to view six days a week (they're closed on Sundays but arrangements could be made)
1976 Sabre 27 For Sale
Get in quick, she's generating a lot of interest!
Thursday 14 April 2016
The Final Voyage
A final round of removing the odds and ends I'd missed over the last couple of days and one last wipe over the inside saw "Erbas" ready for her last trip under my command (if everything goes to plan!).
I set off down river on the last of the ebb and made good time to Burnham Yacht Harbour where I moored up on the allocated berth.
Then it was up to the brokers office to do the paperwork and that was that.
"Erbas" is now up for sale with Clarke & Carter and priced to sell at £10,950 but we're open to sensible offers.
Then it was up to the train station for the short trip back to Fambridge and the long walk to the Yacht Station. The walk was shortened by a lift down Ferry Road from Wiggy who was on his way to do a job in the yard.
I'll no doubt see "Erbas" again as I intend to pop down to Burnham around once a week to keep her aired and clean. That's assuming she doesn't sell quickly given that the broker was on the phone to a potential buyer to say she had arrived as I left the office!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Erbas" has given us enormous fun and pleasure in the short time we've owned her and she's looked after us when things have got sticky. She'll hopefully find a new home with people who'll appreciate what a fine boat she is
I'm not particularly emotional about the parting. It's not as if we're giving up sailing and we have a new pride and joy to get stuck into. But I will always look back on our time with "Erbas" fondly
Goodbye old girl, here's hoping you have many more miles to go with a new crew ....
I set off down river on the last of the ebb and made good time to Burnham Yacht Harbour where I moored up on the allocated berth.
Then it was up to the brokers office to do the paperwork and that was that.
"Erbas" is now up for sale with Clarke & Carter and priced to sell at £10,950 but we're open to sensible offers.
Then it was up to the train station for the short trip back to Fambridge and the long walk to the Yacht Station. The walk was shortened by a lift down Ferry Road from Wiggy who was on his way to do a job in the yard.
I'll no doubt see "Erbas" again as I intend to pop down to Burnham around once a week to keep her aired and clean. That's assuming she doesn't sell quickly given that the broker was on the phone to a potential buyer to say she had arrived as I left the office!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Erbas" has given us enormous fun and pleasure in the short time we've owned her and she's looked after us when things have got sticky. She'll hopefully find a new home with people who'll appreciate what a fine boat she is
I'm not particularly emotional about the parting. It's not as if we're giving up sailing and we have a new pride and joy to get stuck into. But I will always look back on our time with "Erbas" fondly
Goodbye old girl, here's hoping you have many more miles to go with a new crew ....
The Penultimate Cruise
It's been two days of clearing out and cleaning to make Erbas ready for her last trip (if all goes to plan) down to Burnham Yacht Harbour today
It's amazing how much "stuff" you can cram into a twenty seven footer! And apart from some out of date or nearly so galley stores every bit of it is stuff we need and use!
As each item was removed I asked myself "do we use this?" and "do we need this?" and the answer was yes every time.
At the end of the exercise Erbas was floating a good inch higher in the water as evidenced by the visible weed line!
Pagan, of course, swallowed the lot without a hiccup but she looks like a bomb has hit her! That's not the top priority right now.
Once everything was cleared out, which took most of Tuesday, it was out with the pressure washer yesterday. After the chilly weather of late, washing the decks and cockpit in the sunshine in a T-shirt was rather pleasant!
Then it was down below with the cleaning materials for a thorough spring clean.
High tide was around six in the evening so shortly before I fired up the engine for the first time in several months and went for the aforementioned penultimate cruise. All of about 30 yards to raft Erbas up outside of Pagan!
Big sister and little sister!
The similarities between the two boats are obvious! Same hull colour, teak interior, classic seventies styling etc. It's no wonder really that Pagan was an instant hit with us.
(We said we wanted a bigger Erbas and we found one!)
But it's only when you put the two boats side by side that you realise how much bigger Pagan is
She's twice as much boat near enough when it comes to internal volume.
And it was laughable how many times I hit my head whilst cleaning inside Erbas! For two and a half years I've managed perfectly happily on board her but how quickly one gets used to the extra space and headroom!
There's a few final jobs to do this morning and then I shall set off on the final voyage. The brokers already have people interested in her and she isn't even technically on the market yet so hopefully she won't hang about.
It's amazing how much "stuff" you can cram into a twenty seven footer! And apart from some out of date or nearly so galley stores every bit of it is stuff we need and use!
As each item was removed I asked myself "do we use this?" and "do we need this?" and the answer was yes every time.
At the end of the exercise Erbas was floating a good inch higher in the water as evidenced by the visible weed line!
Pagan, of course, swallowed the lot without a hiccup but she looks like a bomb has hit her! That's not the top priority right now.
Once everything was cleared out, which took most of Tuesday, it was out with the pressure washer yesterday. After the chilly weather of late, washing the decks and cockpit in the sunshine in a T-shirt was rather pleasant!
Then it was down below with the cleaning materials for a thorough spring clean.
High tide was around six in the evening so shortly before I fired up the engine for the first time in several months and went for the aforementioned penultimate cruise. All of about 30 yards to raft Erbas up outside of Pagan!
Big sister and little sister!
The similarities between the two boats are obvious! Same hull colour, teak interior, classic seventies styling etc. It's no wonder really that Pagan was an instant hit with us.
(We said we wanted a bigger Erbas and we found one!)
But it's only when you put the two boats side by side that you realise how much bigger Pagan is
She's twice as much boat near enough when it comes to internal volume.
And it was laughable how many times I hit my head whilst cleaning inside Erbas! For two and a half years I've managed perfectly happily on board her but how quickly one gets used to the extra space and headroom!
There's a few final jobs to do this morning and then I shall set off on the final voyage. The brokers already have people interested in her and she isn't even technically on the market yet so hopefully she won't hang about.
Tuesday 12 April 2016
Mixed feelings and more to come
I've spent today transferring all our gear from "Erbas" to "Pagan". Excited as I am about our new pride and joy, seeing "Erbas" as an empty boat was quite sad really.
Mind you, she's floating rather higher in the water!
"Pagan" is a shambles as a result, kit everywhere that needs to be found a home be it permanent or temporary
Tomorrow I get to clean "Erbas" inside and out and on Thursday I move her downriver on what will be my last voyage with the boat that has done us so proud over the last two and a half years
She'll be up for sale with Clarke and Carter at Burnham Yacht Harbour by the weekend and they've got a potential buyer already lined up to come and look at her
I hope she finds a new owner or owners who'll have as much fun with her as we have. Our ownership has been a short period in our boating life but an important one as it is "Erbas" that has convinced us to move on and up to a bigger boat and spend most of our time afloat
Mind you, she's floating rather higher in the water!
"Pagan" is a shambles as a result, kit everywhere that needs to be found a home be it permanent or temporary
Tomorrow I get to clean "Erbas" inside and out and on Thursday I move her downriver on what will be my last voyage with the boat that has done us so proud over the last two and a half years
She'll be up for sale with Clarke and Carter at Burnham Yacht Harbour by the weekend and they've got a potential buyer already lined up to come and look at her
I hope she finds a new owner or owners who'll have as much fun with her as we have. Our ownership has been a short period in our boating life but an important one as it is "Erbas" that has convinced us to move on and up to a bigger boat and spend most of our time afloat