Fairlite Gull Classic Dinghy Plus 2012 Alboat Boat Trailer

PICK UP FROM BANKSIA BEACH, BRIBIE ISLAND (QLD). Fairlite Gull Classic Dinghy with a recently serviced 4hp Mariner outboard with Owners Manual. Includes Bimini top, oars and anchor, plus an unregistered 2012 Alboat Boat Trailer. Gull has pivoting galvanised steel centerboard that gives excellent stability when lowered. Size : 3.8 metres long x 1.5 metres high (12 feet 6 inches x 5 feet) with standard 2.5 : 1 length-to-beam ratio The boat is stored in the locked garage at my holiday rental at Banksia Beach (BRIBIE ISLAND) and I am selling this for my father who doesn’t live on the island either.

Viewings welcomed, though these will need to be around my my availability to come from Brisbane to meet you. About Fairlite Gull Classic Dinghy : Released in the mid seventies and discontinued in 1990, the Fairlite Gull was based on a 1957 clinker rowing dinghy design and measured 12 feet six inches by five feet in Imperial measurement with the standard 2.5:1 length-to-beam ratio for dinghies of its length at the time. As taken from the article below : “Prices vary greatly according to hull and rigging condition and not age, as during its production period the boat changed very little. When I first tested a Gull for the Newcastle Star newspaper in May 1988 it retailed for $3900 with Felk trailer, so even if you pay $2000 to $3000 nowadays, it's still excellent value for this versatile dinghy” The Gull was unique at the time of release because it offered buyers a choice or rowing, sailing or outboarding in one boat, whereas most Australian sailing dinghies were designed for racing only. Its round bilge hull had a combination of concave entry and convex flare forward to cut through a low chop and provide excellent buoyancy in rougher water, while the hull rocker aft ensured the transom was slightly out of the water when unladen.

The bilges were firm to provide excellent reserve stability when the hull was heeled under sail. The true displacement hull form of the Gull ensured that it was very easy to push under oars or sail and because of the hull speed (the square root of the waterline length in feet multiplied by 1.5) of around 9.3kmh, any more than 4hp would be a waste of power. The sailing version of the Gull had box thwarts fore and aft with side boxes aft to sit on under sail. These were attached to the midships seat which formed a stiffening point for the pivoting galvanised steel centreboard, raised by pulling on a 1:1 tackle system with a camcleat under the midships seat for locking the board up when beaching or trailering.