Hartley Boats Gull Weekender £14995 incl VAT

Gull  Weekender Package:
The most stable 12ft sailing dinghy in the world has just got better, now with its ballasted centerboard. When sailing in heavy winds the bost refuses to capsize it just luff up into the wind instead of capsizing, the boat is vertually impossibleto capsize.A lighter construction to compensate the ballasted centreboard makes handling this boat on or off the water easy,The simple and quick to reef (within seconds) slab reefing main and its furling reeable larger jib system is superb, a high boom ,easy to use controles, with twin metal balers, a tabernacle for easy mast handling. A centre main fitted and a sealed rear locker large enough to store all provisions together with a engine gives you the perfest day cruiser.

Following the success of the Wayfarer Weekender with the ballasted centreboard we have been asked many times by Gull sailors ‘when will you build a Gull with a ballasted centreboard?’ My response has always been that the 12ft Gull is renowned as being the most stable clinker-built sailing dinghy of its size ever designed, why should I need to change anything?

But, with the Wayfarer Weekender outselling the Wayfarer I now acknowledge a ballasted centreboard would give sailors when cruising single-handed out at sea that extra confidence that the boat, with this extra safety feature, will bring much more confidence to time spent on the water, the decision to fit a ballasted centreboard has been made – we will launch our new Gull Weekender at the RYA show in February. 

The only way to a new successful Gull is to repeat the Wayfarer Weekender new design planning removing the weight by building a lighter hull to compensate for the weighted ballasted centerboard.

The Development

This is not easy and only achieved by a great deal of planning, time and new build techniques. Yes, it is more expensive, we build using foam sandwich this is vacuumed-bagged to give the hull its rigidity, with special bulk heads all saving weight but costing a great deal of time, resulting in a longer boat build time, but ensuring this new Gull when built is much lighter but will also last the rigors of time, as with all Gulls. 

New Gull Weekender

Now, as with the new Wayfarer the new Gull Weekender with its 35kg ballasted centreboard fitted is virtually impossible to capsize, it just luffs into the wind. The boat comes with a higher boom giving plenty of open vision under the sail with no need to duck as you tack, gybing now in the new Gull just becomes another manoeuvre. The boat is fitted with all controls making them easy to use, a one-line operated from the boom main sail slab reefing system with a furling reefable larger jib makes it possible to reef down in under 25 seconds.

Gull Weekender complete

The boat is complete and ready to sail at a list price of £17,995.00, with a R Y A introductory show offer of £4,000.00 reducing the boat to just £13,995.00 inc vat. The boat is sold on a first come first served basis, and sold with a 4-year guarantee.

Everyone at Hartley Boats look forward to meeting you at the show and answering all your questions.

Regards
Mark & Richard