Thanks for showing the Corribee. They're fine little boats. I owned one and really enjoyed it. There are a few very nice ones around which have been cherished.
Yes they are and have a rich history too. I was just back at the boatyard last week and it's still there! I hope someone picks her up and sorts her out, but it will be a big job.
With your editing skills, and practicality that boat would be a goldmine for your channel. So much video footage there. The vast majority of people aren’t interested in flash boats, more . . how you turn a wreck into something to be proud of. Why don’t you take a vote?
I think one day I would love to do that, but right now I think maybe this one is a bit too much for me to restore. I would to have a nice yacht like this one day tho
Thanks for the reply Dave. Looking forward to the time you get a bigger yacht. Until then I will continue to watch your excellent videos. Your editing and content has come on leaps and bounds since you started. Good luck mate you’re great.
These are wonderful boats. There are some Corribee's for sale in beautiful condition with extensive inventories where their owners have already poured love and money into them. This example needs more than £1000 just to get back in a usable condition and it would be easy to spend £2000, most likely more to make it really safe. Corribees are now more than 45 years old and many were home completed from kits to varying standards. If they haven't been completely refitted and strengthened in the last 10-15 years, then they need doing. Take my word for it, I'm halfway through a very major refit on mine and the backlog of to-do's is still pretty long.
Oh don't!!! It's alovely boat isn't it but too much for me to sort I htink. However there's a few of these about. With all the bad weather this current season I am wondering whether something a little more seaworthy is the answer!
I understand your interest and enthusiasm Dave...I nearly bought a Corribee myself in 2016. Very pretty boats...but *good grief!* That cabin is a rabbit hutch! I did the same as you - I sat on the sofa to imagine spending time aboard...and even at 5ft 8", my head was touching the ceiling. 😂 There are beautiful examples for £2,000. *That* one is a wreck on shore. If you value your time, buy a nice one and enjoy ownership from Day One. It costs just as much to berth and insure a terrible example, so buy one you'll want to sail. There are thousands of really rough old glassfibre boats for sale, it's amazing that so many men are daft enough to think "but it's cheap!". It's never cheap...the cheaper it seems, the larger the sum you'll need to spend before it's anything like what you hoped.
Many thanks for the comment. I agree, I think I need something in a bit better condition. I swing between a cheap yacht on a mooring and a better trailer sailers but I think being able to sell a boat is important too. So many yachts that never seem to sell!!?
Dave thinks carefully. I had small cabin boat, nothing worse than being stuck in cabin in pouring rain I sold it and bought a Lugger again best thing I did, a fair weather.
Ha, thats like the opposite of me. I do like the open boat of the Lugger, but I yearn for a cabin!!! I think for me, I want to get out in different weather and be able to get down under for sleeping etc when I need to. This boat isn't the next one, in fact I think I still need to stick to a proper smaller trailer sailer but one with a cabin!
Good decision, we had friends with a Corribee back in the 70's and it was a lovely boat but to get that back up together would be a lot of work and frankly they are dreaming if they think it's worth £250! You would need to get it surveyed to check Keel bolts and look for osmosis at the very least and that would be more than £250,I'm sure. Running costs would go up exponentially too as it's not a trailer sailor and you would need a big vehicle to tow it.
What Roger, the "Sailing With Dave" Walk on deck test isn't good enough for you!!! Seriously though you;re totally right. i think in all honesty it would go for free, but someone else told me I should be paid to take it. I htink it'll be staying in the boat yard for a while yet!!
Wise move Dave to let this one go. It's difficult to let logic override emotion with boats. I enjoyed my Traileze 15' gunter so much that I bought a second one identical to the first. Clever, aren't I. 🚴🥳
Hi Benjamin. Wise words indeed! In fact I don't think I really want any kind of boat that requires a mooring or pontoon. The amount of boats, including small ones in good condition, that sit on moorings all year not selling scares me away from them. I wouldn't want to get stuck paying fees not able to sell a boat. I think for me the best next boat is probably something on a trailer thats easy to launch and store at home if needed. Basically a Lugger thats faster, has a cabin and is still quite light to launch solo.
@@SailingWithDave Ahaha, yes. You're looking for the best of all possible worlds in fact ;-) But I quite understand. Have you considered the Drascombe coaster ? I don't know how much of a cabin you're looking for, and I don't know if it is any faster either.... I myself have settled on the lugger. I spent quite a few years of my life working (and living aboard) much bigger, obviously much faster, classic sailboats and when it came time to settle down and buy my own boat I decided that I wanted something I could handle by myself easily enough, both while my kids are still around and also once they grow up and I find myself older and alone. But I wasn't able to get my lugger in the water this year, instead have spent the spring, summer and fall sanding and varnishing, making new parts, working on repairs, cutting a new centerplate and trying to design a new rudder that sits further aft without getting in the way of the mizzen or outboard. One of the things that I like about the lugger - besides it's simplicity and versatility, is all the room for tweaking or just improvement. I don't know if I am going to get it to sail much faster, or more comfortably, but I'm going to try. In the meantime I'm watching your videos with envy....
@@benjaminblakely3421 When I bought Lulu, I was actually looking for Coasters mainly due to the cabin. But in a way i'm glad I went for the Lugger as she's been a perfect stepping stone from the Mirror. Still light enough to man handle and like you say, she's just so easy to sail and play and tinker with. What I think is that i'm still quite young in sailing years and I don't think i've found my feet yet with the perfect boat. Whilst I love the Lugger a few things are missing for me, such as a cabin and i'd like something with a little more sailing ability, especially in lighter airs. That would open up the weather a bit more to me sailing on the sea. As much as I love the boat, I don;t think my sailing journey will end here.....you'll need to watch this space I guess!
Small yachts are not easy to sell, bare in mind I know of 2 on the river Hamble and 2 in Christchurch that are being sild for £1 each by the council's. Mooring and storage each year is more than they are worth. That being said, a corribee is a good boat. However for me, I would be looking at a lifting keel boat, yes it often intrudes in the cabin, but it means you can trailer and launch it easily, meaning you don't necessarily need a costly mooring.
Yeah I agree with that. My perfect boat would be a Bayraider expediont or Baycruiser 20. 400KG boats, large dinghies with cabins. but they are a tad expensive. So many smaller yachts out there around the 2-3K mark. I agree with lifting keels too. A lot of people don't like them but I love the idea of cruising up creeks in 10" of water. One big thing that has put me off bigger boats is that you see them for sale for years. What do you then do with a 30ft boat that you can't sell?
you dont know untill you take a look , but at least you know what they are about , thats too much of a project tbh , and its sad that such a good boat has been left , i think if it were free i wouldnt take that on , good luck with the hunting
Yeah, I think so too. What you can see is usually only about 1/3rd of what you need to do and I would need a Hazmat suit to clear the inside. Stuff been in there for decades!! The other issue is that even if free, you need a trailer which is probably £5000 so its not going to happen this time. I do like the idea of this calibre of boat. Despite not being a trailerable design, its very seaworthy and with the summer we've had this year, it has been very difficult to get Lulu on the water safely, wehreas this boat would be fine in most conditions.
@@SailingWithDave not sure you would want to be trailer sailing this size of boat around all the time , over 21ft and quite heavy , but on a mooring , would be ideal , the £5k would be better spent on repairs llol (eventually) still some on apollo or FB market
@@Spud63 Yes, too heavy to trailer and even with bilge keels its not ideal to slipway it into the sea. You'd need a Landrover and that would get knicked off the drive in about 3 weeks where I live!!! (Along with the trailer probably!). Moorings around here are hard to find though too.
I agree Jeff. There are so many decent boats for like £2K out there that it makes getting one like this really not worth the hassle, unless you want the project of course.
I always think it's such a shame to let a boat get into that state of neglect. The Corribee's were super little boats - didn't Ellen MacArthur have one in the past?
Yes I think so and Roger Taylor, famously had 1 (maybe 2), called "ming Ming". He heavily customised his, changing the rig to a Junk rig and sealing up the cockpit so he could steer from inside, but other than that he sailed one to Iceland and further on to the arctic cirlce I think in some huge seas. His books are brilliant.
Thanks for showing the Corribee. They're fine little boats. I owned one and really enjoyed it. There are a few very nice ones around which have been cherished.
Yes they are and have a rich history too. I was just back at the boatyard last week and it's still there! I hope someone picks her up and sorts her out, but it will be a big job.
With your editing skills, and practicality that boat would be a goldmine for your channel.
So much video footage there. The vast majority of people aren’t interested in flash boats, more . . how you turn a wreck into something to be proud of.
Why don’t you take a vote?
I think one day I would love to do that, but right now I think maybe this one is a bit too much for me to restore. I would to have a nice yacht like this one day tho
Thanks for the reply Dave. Looking forward to the time you get a bigger yacht. Until then I will continue to watch your excellent videos. Your editing and content has come on leaps and bounds since you started. Good luck mate you’re great.
These are wonderful boats. There are some Corribee's for sale in beautiful condition with extensive inventories where their owners have already poured love and money into them. This example needs more than £1000 just to get back in a usable condition and it would be easy to spend £2000, most likely more to make it really safe. Corribees are now more than 45 years old and many were home completed from kits to varying standards. If they haven't been completely refitted and strengthened in the last 10-15 years, then they need doing. Take my word for it, I'm halfway through a very major refit on mine and the backlog of to-do's is still pretty long.
Yes this one is definitely beyond my skills and certainly my time. Nice to have a look though, I love looking at different ones!
Buy it, buy it, buy it 😀Thanks for all the vids
Oh don't!!! It's alovely boat isn't it but too much for me to sort I htink. However there's a few of these about. With all the bad weather this current season I am wondering whether something a little more seaworthy is the answer!
This is the best video you've uploaded yet. I'd love to visit a ship yard one day. I'd buy a cheap boat and bring her back to her former glory.
Thank you very much Jono!! If only everyone were as satisfied as you!! Normally everyone wants me in 6ft waves, drowing and calling for the RNLI!!!
@@SailingWithDave You could have a series called "I Can Fix Her"
@@Jono1982 To be honest Jono, i'd love to fix up an old boat like this. Perfect size really. But my issue is so little time!!!
I understand your interest and enthusiasm Dave...I nearly bought a Corribee myself in 2016. Very pretty boats...but *good grief!* That cabin is a rabbit hutch!
I did the same as you - I sat on the sofa to imagine spending time aboard...and even at 5ft 8", my head was touching the ceiling. 😂
There are beautiful examples for £2,000. *That* one is a wreck on shore. If you value your time, buy a nice one and enjoy ownership from Day One. It costs just as much to berth and insure a terrible example, so buy one you'll want to sail.
There are thousands of really rough old glassfibre boats for sale, it's amazing that so many men are daft enough to think "but it's cheap!". It's never cheap...the cheaper it seems, the larger the sum you'll need to spend before it's anything like what you hoped.
Many thanks for the comment. I agree, I think I need something in a bit better condition. I swing between a cheap yacht on a mooring and a better trailer sailers but I think being able to sell a boat is important too. So many yachts that never seem to sell!!?
Dave thinks carefully. I had small cabin boat, nothing worse than being stuck in cabin in pouring rain I sold it and bought a Lugger again best thing I did, a fair weather.
Ha, thats like the opposite of me. I do like the open boat of the Lugger, but I yearn for a cabin!!! I think for me, I want to get out in different weather and be able to get down under for sleeping etc when I need to. This boat isn't the next one, in fact I think I still need to stick to a proper smaller trailer sailer but one with a cabin!
Good decision, we had friends with a Corribee back in the 70's and it was a lovely boat but to get that back up together would be a lot of work and frankly they are dreaming if they think it's worth £250! You would need to get it surveyed to check Keel bolts and look for osmosis at the very least and that would be more than £250,I'm sure. Running costs would go up exponentially too as it's not a trailer sailor and you would need a big vehicle to tow it.
What Roger, the "Sailing With Dave" Walk on deck test isn't good enough for you!!!
Seriously though you;re totally right. i think in all honesty it would go for free, but someone else told me I should be paid to take it. I htink it'll be staying in the boat yard for a while yet!!
Wise move Dave to let this one go. It's difficult to let logic override emotion with boats. I enjoyed my Traileze 15' gunter so much that I bought a second one identical to the first. Clever, aren't I. 🚴🥳
Haha, well if I lived alonbe my garden would just be one big boat yard. You can easily get addicted!
Have a look at a Newbridge Venture it’s a step up and has better height in the cabin 5’5 and are towable bilge Keeler. It’s just slightly bigger to
I will do that! That cabin is a bit pokey on the corribbee!
@@SailingWithDave I’ve a few videos of the inside as I currently own one. All I would say is Newbridge boats are very tough little ships
@@andrewvaites6743 Ooh I will go and have a look on your channel Andrew. Many thanks for that.
If you know what you want definitely try to find one in better condition.
Hi Benjamin. Wise words indeed! In fact I don't think I really want any kind of boat that requires a mooring or pontoon. The amount of boats, including small ones in good condition, that sit on moorings all year not selling scares me away from them. I wouldn't want to get stuck paying fees not able to sell a boat. I think for me the best next boat is probably something on a trailer thats easy to launch and store at home if needed. Basically a Lugger thats faster, has a cabin and is still quite light to launch solo.
@@SailingWithDave Ahaha, yes. You're looking for the best of all possible worlds in fact ;-) But I quite understand. Have you considered the Drascombe coaster ? I don't know how much of a cabin you're looking for, and I don't know if it is any faster either.... I myself have settled on the lugger. I spent quite a few years of my life working (and living aboard) much bigger, obviously much faster, classic sailboats and when it came time to settle down and buy my own boat I decided that I wanted something I could handle by myself easily enough, both while my kids are still around and also once they grow up and I find myself older and alone. But I wasn't able to get my lugger in the water this year, instead have spent the spring, summer and fall sanding and varnishing, making new parts, working on repairs, cutting a new centerplate and trying to design a new rudder that sits further aft without getting in the way of the mizzen or outboard. One of the things that I like about the lugger - besides it's simplicity and versatility, is all the room for tweaking or just improvement. I don't know if I am going to get it to sail much faster, or more comfortably, but I'm going to try. In the meantime I'm watching your videos with envy....
@@benjaminblakely3421 When I bought Lulu, I was actually looking for Coasters mainly due to the cabin. But in a way i'm glad I went for the Lugger as she's been a perfect stepping stone from the Mirror. Still light enough to man handle and like you say, she's just so easy to sail and play and tinker with.
What I think is that i'm still quite young in sailing years and I don't think i've found my feet yet with the perfect boat. Whilst I love the Lugger a few things are missing for me, such as a cabin and i'd like something with a little more sailing ability, especially in lighter airs. That would open up the weather a bit more to me sailing on the sea.
As much as I love the boat, I don;t think my sailing journey will end here.....you'll need to watch this space I guess!
One man's trash, is another's, treasure... It does come with the exclusive Titanic Railing though... Something to think about... 🤪
For sure! I think most of the rail was falling off on this boat though!!
a lot of work....
but not to much😀
Hmm, I htink there could be alot hiding under all that rubbisj inside!!
Small yachts are not easy to sell, bare in mind I know of 2 on the river Hamble and 2 in Christchurch that are being sild for £1 each by the council's. Mooring and storage each year is more than they are worth.
That being said, a corribee is a good boat.
However for me, I would be looking at a lifting keel boat, yes it often intrudes in the cabin, but it means you can trailer and launch it easily, meaning you don't necessarily need a costly mooring.
Yeah I agree with that. My perfect boat would be a Bayraider expediont or Baycruiser 20. 400KG boats, large dinghies with cabins. but they are a tad expensive. So many smaller yachts out there around the 2-3K mark.
I agree with lifting keels too. A lot of people don't like them but I love the idea of cruising up creeks in 10" of water.
One big thing that has put me off bigger boats is that you see them for sale for years. What do you then do with a 30ft boat that you can't sell?
@@SailingWithDave spend loads of money on mooring and storage, that's all you can do!
you dont know untill you take a look , but at least you know what they are about , thats too much of a project tbh , and its sad that such a good boat has been left , i think if it were free i wouldnt take that on , good luck with the hunting
Yeah, I think so too. What you can see is usually only about 1/3rd of what you need to do and I would need a Hazmat suit to clear the inside. Stuff been in there for decades!!
The other issue is that even if free, you need a trailer which is probably £5000 so its not going to happen this time.
I do like the idea of this calibre of boat. Despite not being a trailerable design, its very seaworthy and with the summer we've had this year, it has been very difficult to get Lulu on the water safely, wehreas this boat would be fine in most conditions.
@@SailingWithDave not sure you would want to be trailer sailing this size of boat around all the time , over 21ft and quite heavy , but on a mooring , would be ideal , the £5k would be better spent on repairs llol (eventually) still some on apollo or FB market
@@Spud63 Yes, too heavy to trailer and even with bilge keels its not ideal to slipway it into the sea. You'd need a Landrover and that would get knicked off the drive in about 3 weeks where I live!!! (Along with the trailer probably!). Moorings around here are hard to find though too.
My vote. Pay the money for decent boat. Go sailing. You have enough to do with a good one like the one I just finished renovating for 5 months!
I agree Jeff. There are so many decent boats for like £2K out there that it makes getting one like this really not worth the hassle, unless you want the project of course.
Too much work for me! I wouldn’t pay £250 for it! I think you could easily find one in better condition.
Yeah I agree. I think this one needs a lot more time that I can give.
I always think it's such a shame to let a boat get into that state of neglect. The Corribee's were super little boats - didn't Ellen MacArthur have one in the past?
Yes I think so and Roger Taylor, famously had 1 (maybe 2), called "ming Ming". He heavily customised his, changing the rig to a Junk rig and sealing up the cockpit so he could steer from inside, but other than that he sailed one to Iceland and further on to the arctic cirlce I think in some huge seas. His books are brilliant.