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Today's Shortlist  January 25, 2012

SAILING YACHTS

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CLASSIC SPIRIT, immaculate 1990 Dromor Apollo 12 sloop, Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel, 6 berths, afloat in Greece. GBP 37,950.00.Pictures

BARBARY SPIRIT, 1974 Barbary Class wheelhouse ketch 9.9m, Mercedes 42 hp diesel, 6 berths in 3 cabins afloat in North Wales GB. GBP 17,950.00.Pictures

CABALLO DE MAR, Alan Buchanan East Anglian sloop, mahogany on oak, built by Dixon Kerly at Maldon in 1963. Neglected. Owner abroad, hence sale in Lancashire GB at GBP 2,750.00. Volvo diesel. Transport available. Pictures Pictures

MARIELEEN, rare 1939 Hillyard 5 tonner, pitchpine on oak, Bermudan long keel sloop, 24.4ft, 9 hp Yanmar GM 10 diesel, 2 berths, afloat North Wales, GBP 6,000.00.Pictures

LA SIMPATIA, 1962 East Anglian Restricted long keel mahogany on oak Bermudan sloop 8.5m, 18 hp Vetus diesel, overhauled 2008. 5 berths afloat Northumberland and reduced to GBP 8,000.00.Pictures

BONNIE JEAN, 1976 Verl 900 grp fin keel Bermudan sloop 9.0m, 33 hp Vetus diesel, overhauled 2010. 6 berths in 2 cabins, on hard Lancashire, GB. SALE AGREED. GBP 7,500.00.Pictures

MAY, 1922 restored Crossfield nobby with fine history. afloat at Ellesmere Port, Merseyside. GBP 25,000.00. Pictures and history.

TAKITEZ 1978 13.5m steel motor ketch based on Robert Tucker Ryton 38 design. Owner has died. Ford 80 hp diesel, 6 berths in 2 cabins. Great liveaboard in Albert Dock, Liverpool. GBP 18,500 SOLD. Pictures

ARTHUR ALEXANDER, well-known Liverpool nobby, built 1894 Fleetwood. Now awaits rescue at a farm in Lancashire. Well equipped but requires hull repair. NOW SOLD Pictures

LA LUCHA, a fine 1965 Alan Buchanan-designed East Anglian MkII wooden sloop, built by King of Pin Mill. Excellent condition in Lancashire GB. GBP 15,500.00 SOLD. Pictures Full pictures

LA CHIQUITA, remarkable John Bain designed motor sailer built 1971 on iroko on iroko frames, double diagonal planked with teak decks. Lying Liverpool GBP 15,000.00. Pictures Full pictures

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Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, 1908.