My Classic Boat. Willow Bay Shilling. 17. 2008
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- This little beauty has stayed well under the radar. She may be called a Shilling (old money, 12 new pence) but at only 17ft she'll cost you a few shillings to buy. She's a gaff rigged cutter and is owned by a very proud Jeremy Retford. You have to take your shoes off to go aboard. We first caught up with Jeremy at the Yarmouth OGA - then followed him down to posh Sandbanks for a sail. You'll love this one - a real treat full of passion.
Copyright as always, Bob Aylott, My Classic Boat. Extra pictures Jeremy Retford. Music: Sleepy Dogs by Dave Houghton and Pip De Ste Croix. Please share and subscribe, and thanks to our 3.3 million viewers for tuning in.
I love how brutally honest this guy is
Yeah, he’s not going to remove his sleeping bags for some interviewer
Beautiful little boat.
17' Gaff Rigged.
Tow-able behind an Average Car
There's a lot to love about this.
Wonderful attitude to life buying something (not just a boat) because it's what you want and not because the herd has other ideas. Love the boat love the mindset .. L'amour est dans le coeur.. UK
I just fell in love with that boat, she is beautiful.
What a beautiful swan of a yacht and judging by the exquisite maintenance, clearly loved. I only hope she will be just as loved by any subsequent owners.
Am restoring a 1954 sailboat ...going to enlarge the cabin and use the layout of yours .... the chairs changing to beds ....absolutely great
I admire people like yourself I wish you all the best!
Well done Jeremy can't think of a better reason for buying a boat, enjoy
I saw the photos initially and loved it! Thanks for the video
What a beauty! She's about the same size as my CLC Northeaster Dory, but is splendidly kitted out for cruising and camping. A delight to the eye, and I'm sure a delight to sail.
Just seeing this, Feb.8, 2025 for the first time. Lovely to look at, well thought out. Thanks for sharing. I sail a Crocker Stone Horse, a twin headsail sloop, here the Pacific NW, USA. I rigged my staysail on a boom for one less string to pull. Self-tending while tacking and makes close quarter maneuvering so easy. There's a single block on a bronze traveler rod, up to a block on the (jib) boom, then back to the cockpit. A video of the Crocker design Salle Rover shows the set up in detail and underway.
One of the prettiest boats I've ever seen. And the bright work looks a credit to the owner!
I love your video and agree that your boat is beautiful . She has a lovely spring in her sheer and is a nicely proportined seaworthy design. The designer reveals an understanding of the goodness found in nature. Fair winds or foul , you boat will endure.
Paul , an old salt in Canada
Pristine and smart lines. Very good video and tour, thanks for sharing. 👍🇺🇸
Very nice boat. Classic is always beautiful, I wish you a pleasant day.👍
Absolutely stunning little yacht :-)
What a beautiful yacht!
very nice boat and skipper its great english boat design ... and a good concept for single-handed people
She is beautiful. Quality and Regal
What a stunning boat, and you've done a great job detailing it. Cheers from New Zealand.
it is beautiful
This yacht looks new, like the owner ;-) Thanks for making this great video.
Lovely yatch, nice owner, and very clean and smart cabin design! 👍
Memories of wonderful Bowness in 1984, what a pretty boat and a happy owner. Thank you.
She is very pretty!
Cool boat! Everything you need.
Lovely little boat. You can take it home and still admire the beautiful workmanship and tinker about all in cooee when required for home duties.
Another fantastic video by the great interrogator Bob Aylott. Would've been nice to see if a man fits into that berth. Will have to take his word for it.
Nice little boat.
Bowman 26 - long keel boat you still here?
Yes, waiting for my marching orders, but fear that they may never come.
We’ve changed are minds - you can stay- get your tin hat we’re going to crash out with a bang- about time too
Boris could save your bacon
My Classic Boat there is little chance - I am neither a woman nor blond.
Beautiful ,the toilet is simple and easy, no complications there mate.
one of best designed boats Iv seen on this channel.....really love the cockpit area
Definitely a beautiful yacht, I love the design so much and is really a perfect size for just a man and his boat
I love my West Wight Potter 15 but this is gorgeous. The best things are in small packages. To touch the water from the cockpit...
25k for a handmade to order boat of that quality and design seems like a bargain ! Lovely boat and skipper who tells it like it is. Would be great to see some of your trips in her 🙂
I have a Google blog called "sailing Margherita". Not put much on lately, but there are loads of pictures - including the build - if you trawl earlier posts.
@@jeremyretford3101 She's a beauty! A work of art for sure. You're lucky to have her and she you!
What A beautiful vessel, how do You manage to keep your wood work so fine
The boat is now 11 years old. Paintwork is original, varnish gets done a bit each year on a three year cycle. All 2 pack.
i love the looks aof that boat - classic lines and a cutter rigg - nice
Lovely boats.. i will take that if I could afford it over fiberglass one. Enjoy it...
Just a very handsome an manageable yacht. Love it for what it is this is my kind of sailing.
Brilliant....beautiful Cutter!
What a fantastic boat! I've got a fishing kayak which I've converted with a sail. But one day hope to have one like yours. That's the dream 👍
She's gorgeous, and a perfect single hander. Reminds me of our old clinker built 23' gaff cutter, also a center boarder.
That is a beautiful boat!
That's how you do it!!!
Lovely little boat!!!
Absolutely lovely.
Wonderful video. Absolutely adorable boat!
Awesome, a beautiful boat. Cheerio. 🇦🇺🍺👍
I'm impressed by these pretty little boats and the people who own them.
A lovely boat ! You fit very well together .
All the boat I’d ever need. Lovely
Cozy little sailboat indeed. I wish I could own one but I haven't sailed for decades -week-end golf took over.... Regards from Uruguay
charming sailor with a lovely boat.
Such a beauty.
Absolutely beautiful.
How the cabin is situated, with the seating for/aft, is a fantastic idea.
Bravo!!. Cheers, fair winds, and aloha y'all.
Brilliant! Dear Santa, from across the pond.
Very nice looking boat. Well worth 25k.
beautiful yacht
I like that boat
Nice . That's a sweet 17
"Some of the snobby ones" Ha Ha.
Lovely little boat.
This is a happy little ship !
Beautiful little boat and a great video thank you for sharing
Beautifully done!
Lovely little ship
So nice 👍
Fantastic video and great little classic yacht
Excellent. Thank you for posting
Beautiful boat, dearly maintained and sailed. Great design which should continue in production.
I would say that this would be my ideal boat.
beautiful boat !! A feast for the eyes :) I understand comments about modern outboard looking out of place, but as Jeremy stated it is a necessity in some areas with strong tides or currents ... I am right now struggling to make decision what to put on my transom ( an old British-built bilge keeler 20' LOA) because I hate the look of modern small outboards.... and I do not understand why a 4-5HP outboard must look (and be heavy) as an old 50HP 2-stroke outboard !! it is true that 4-stroke engine has (a few) more parts, but 5HP outboard which is coming close to 70-80 lbs is just beyond my comprehension ....
What a beautiful boat!
Beautiful
love at first sight
excellent video, thanks for that
That luu gives a new meaning to the word bedpan
Poucas vezes tenho visto um veleiro tão bonito e com tanto cuidado na construção.
Lovely....
great boat.. great story..
Nice boat 🙂🙂
I love it!
What lines yoiu can tell right off shese nice. I have an old Nordica 16 still cleaning her up but cant waite! and the sails !!!
My Dad would have loved one of these boats if they had been made in he's day He owned two Driscombs a drifter and a crabber I learnt to sail at my Daddies Knee (he was 1 page ahead of me in the instruction manual)
Nice lines
This little boat would likely clock up many more nautical miles than the larger "snob factor" behemoths berthed inside a marina longing to be used.
Nice boat.
My word, what a gorgeous little ship!
Something magical about those wooden sailboats couple with the charming accents.
How long would I have to live in your part of the world before the accent would rub off on me?
Might be planning a move. :)
-Ben
Sailboat Story we’re born with them . Thanks for watching
Land Cruiser yesss... standard kit in Australia.
Of all the elements that go into a boat, the one that can't be compromised is beauty. Life's too short to own an ugly boat - quite. Lovely proportions, and a super vessel that suits the type of sailing you wish to do - kudos. Fair winds.
Too small for me , but I'm somewhat of a lard a*#e! Saying that it suits a purpose and looks great. Thanks again CB for another sterling Vlog!
She looks good, but she's technically a sloop because of the location of the mast. The fact that you added a stay sail doesn't change the basic rigging of the boat.
In America maybe, but in UK a sloop is generally taken to have one headsail and a cutter two (or more).
Fantastic boat...I wonder how she’d fair in rougher water in 25/30 knt wind?
I have recently sailed her in gusts of 28kts, with two reefs in the main and jib only (staysail furled). It was in the Solent, with wind over a spring ebb tide and I was beating to windward. It was a bigger squall than expected and very much on the limit of what I was happy with. But, but spilling wind in the biggest gusts, I got from Cowes to Lymington (5 miles) safely and without any gear failures - albeit very wet and rather shaken about. My normal self imposed "happy" limit is about 16-18 knots with one reef in and she is fine with that.
Well Jeremy, even if you aren’t the owner, that was a good overview 🤔
Yeh. Perfect touring boat. Love the tent as well yet think I would try to fashion a crapper in the cockpit someplace and if you held the tiller whilst about your business who would know anyway(morning vicar - lovely day) He needs to get a vintage outboard as the one he has spoils the look but I can see the appeal of having such trailering ability plus it is very pretty taboot. )
The object of the solution I designed was to avoid having to crap in the cockpit. I have done this on occassion, but generally, there are too many other boats about!
Porta potty on deck forward of the mast then with some fashioned vanity curtain maybe. Forward affords a bit of privacy as well and needed distance from the action when you have guests. Lovely lines by the way and can see why she caught your eye.
Are there any videos of small Herreshoff designed boats (both Nathanial and L. Francis) such as the 12 1/2 and the Fish Class, Marlins and S boats?
Another example size does that matter what matters is lovely and Grace and of course a wine Locker
Sadly Origo Stoves are now out of production! So the cooking on board options are getting more complicated.
The single burner butane stoves are very inexpensive and safe.
Beautiful boat. A shilling was 12 old pennies which is 5 new pence....also known as a Bob.
Shilling number five is named Five Bob and number 10 is Ten Bob!
And twenty of them equals a pound. Twenty one of them was a guinea!
Very nice boat. How much would it cost?
Hello Mick. You had best ask Dick Phillips who now runs Willow Bay Boats in Lyme Regis (Google him) but Margherita took 8 months for (mostly) one man to build and had about £12K of materials in it. I would estimate that to build one to the same level of fitout and finish now would be close to £30K. Plus trailer and engine!
I want one
Lovely boat, but something wrong with the lower rudder pintle? Look carefully around 2min 20 secs.
thanks but no, the pintles are fine
Does/Can she come with a gaff topsail?
Hi Lac. No she does not. Sail area is fine as is and that would be too much hassle for single handed sailing. Gaff peak us high anyway.
@@jeremyretford3101 Many thanks for your reply Jeremy. She is a beauty, I must say, even without one. If ever you are looking for a buyer, let me know.
🎈fits in the water well