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Free Boat -Ohlson 35

CORSAIR´s design was developed around 1955 as a 35ft boat very much with the US market in mind. The design became the big success commercially for the company and was soon extended to 36′ soon, allegedly to make her eligible to the Bermuda Race. She was designed as a cruiser but quickly proved to be a good racer which gave her the name “THE RACING MACHINE”. 

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PAGAN- Wild at Heart

A mythical past of heroic journeys, survival against the odds, human cargo saved from the abyss, home-comings of Homeric proportions: Resurrections! PAGAN is yours for nothing — a giveaway.

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Free Boat

She is not currently in sailing order but has had considerable work done on her over the last 15 years. If you are prepared to do a little more, and respect timeless design and irrefutable provenance, you could do a lot worse than take a look at this 32ft double ended gem.

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Free to a good home - GLAD TIDINGS

The Tancook Whaler is one of those boats which evolved over many decades to do a particular working job, in this case to fish off the rough coast of Nova Scotia in all weathers and which at the same time took on a shape which is a thing of beauty. They were fast and seaworthy and kept on moorings off the rocky coast all year round.

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