Adams 8
Pittwater yacht designer Joe Adams set out to bring speed and fun back to weekend sailing when he drew the lines of a missile-like 10-metre racing machine some years earlier.…
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June 16, 2026
Swarbrick 20
Around the time Australian Boating editor Peter Webster was writing about the decline of the trailer yacht market in September 1984, Western Australian yacht designer Kim Swarbrick had independently reached…
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June 16, 2026
Sprite Star 21
Australia's first all-aluminium trailer sailer, the 6.5 metre Sprite Star gave the fourth division cruisers a thrashing at the 1975 Cockburn Sound Regatta — and she's cheap at $4000. A…
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June 15, 2026
Status Slipstream 580
Builder Jon Simonds of Slipstream has produced one of the nimblest and quickest small trailer yachts to be tested in some time. The design has an interesting background, tracing its…
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June 15, 2026
Nautilus 19
The Savage Nautilus motor sailer is built for durability rather than performance. Arguably the most robustly constructed trailer-sailer type vessel made in Australia, it's actually better suited to a mooring…
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June 14, 2026
Investigator 563
At just 5.6 metres overall, the Investigator, designed by Kevin Shepherd, punches well above its weight. Its combination of a shallow fin keel and a swing centreboard gives it strong…
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June 13, 2026
Hartley 18 & 21
The TS18 and TS21 are larger versions of the established TS14 and TS16. Builder Des Webb estimates home construction costs at $2,000 and $3,000 (1973 prices) respectively - figures he…
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June 12, 2026
Hartley 16 (Fibreglass)
Many dinghies were originally built from plywood, but when sailors wanted something larger, New Zealand designer Richard Hartley created a hybrid craft, part centreboard dinghy, part small cabin yacht, known…
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June 10, 2026