Island Swift For Sale

It is with great sadness that I announce that we have now sold Island Swift

End of a very happy era.

She will be very much looked after by her new owners.

All sails set - main, topsail, staysail, jib and jib topsail

Island Swift

'Island Swift' is a 35' Gaff Cutter (Wylo II), fixed keel, steel hull and deck, designed and built in 1996 by Nick Skeates fitted and out by John Richardson (first owner). She's one of the few examples of a modern Gaff Rigged cruiser, designed to sail around the world. She is easy to manage, safe as well as beautiful and was purchased by us in 2013. But now is the time to pass her on to another family who want to take her sailing.

She is a low tech boat and currently has no fridge or chart plotter.

Island Swift is currently out of the water in Brittany, France.

Boat description                    35ft Wylo II,  Steel, fixed keel, Gaff Cutter

Port of Registration              Penzance                    

Registration                           British / Class 1

Location                                 Brittany, France

Length                                   35ft / 10.74m

Depth                                     4ft 6” / 1.64m

Breadth                                 10ft / 3.07m

Gross Tonnage                     10.59 tons

Sail Area                                712 m2

Year Built                              1996

VAT Status                            UK and EU VAT paid status - see below

RCD                                      Not applicable, boat in use prior to 16 June 1998

Where Built                          Isle of Wight

Construction                        Steel hull and deck

Color of Hull                        Black

Engine                                   28hp 3-cylinder Volvo Penta 2001 diesel, overhauled in 2018

Sailing on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Olga

After a strange and difficult summer I finally went sailing this September on the beautiful Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Olga. Oh dear, I hope Island Swift does not get jealous, but I am in love! She is a gorgeous Pilot Cutter, built in Porthleven, in Cornwall in 1909. She sails like a dream and is so very well behaved. She is owned by Swansea Maritime Museum, has been loaned to Sailing Tectona CIC and has a special relationship with Mount Kelly School.