Two Marples/Searunner Constant Camber 3M trimarans for sale. $500/ea or best offer.  These boats are located in the Illahee area of Bremerton.

Please call or text Eric Kuhner at 206-371-2135 to view.

My father, Ben Kuhner, built these two boats about 20 or so years ago, but they have not been sailed in more than a decade. One has been primarily garaged, and one has been tarped. They appear to be complete, including mast, centerboard(s), mainsail and spinnaker. They also appear to be in relatively good condition, but will need attention to all rigging, etc. There is a trailer and a wheeled cart to enable one person to move these boats—my dad was able to carry one in the bed of his pickup and one on a trailer behind to tow for meet-ups and races. The condition of the trailer and cart is ok but tires are tbd but likely poor. A current association member had this to say about one of the boats: “Perchance is one of them a lime green boat called Slime? I remember that boat as being the best built and fastest in the class.”

This would make a great project for someone who likes to race or a parent/child project.

Bonus: small (2m?) catamaran rowing dinghy, free with either boat

As I’m sure many of you know, John Marples designed the Constant Camber 3-meter sailboat as a racing class for solo sailors.  More info here: CC 3M Trimaran

Three photographs are shown below:

             Offered at $5000 OBO

This Constant Camber 35 trimaran took us all over Puget Sound and up to Alaska.  We spent every summer vacation on this boat for years, but recently we have not been using her.  The boat will require work, and will be a very good deal for someone who wants to bring her back to her glory days.

Here is information on her condition:

She is a constant camber boat (a method of cold molding) with ply decks. The whole boat has been epoxy sealed, so any rot should be limited to the area of damage.   She is sound, but does need work. The work is mostly fiberglass work.   There are some zippers at the deck edges, some areas of the deck sheathing are delaminating from the underlying ply, and some nicks in the sheathing of the hull need drying and sheathing.   Eventually the centerboard case will need to be replaced. 

The rig is the original standard constant camber cutter, with a battenless cruising main, jib, yankee, light reacher and a 110 (?) genoa.    We have used the genny alone 80% of the time and the reacher most of the rest.  The mast is an isomat (I think) spar with slab reefing, the sails are home made by the builder (not us)) and have been good enough for us.  The genny is a commercially made sail.

The layout is close to a Searunner, with an aft cabin with a double, and galley, then a deep 4 seat cockpit, forward cabin with a double and a fairly big nav table, which I suppose could become a tight single.  Forward of that is a space that we call the boudoir, about 3 feet at the forward aka with a bench, some shelves, and sink.  Then about 8-10 feet of bow that is too narrow for much except to put " stuff.”

Wild Geese was made to cross oceans. She makes even non-sailors feel comfortable, as she doesn’t heel much, and has a big, high sided cockpit. The two cabins let the parents sleep on one side, the kids on the other. The shallow draft allows for adventures where other boats can’t go.  

If you're interested, please contact us in Olympia at:

360-561-3889 (text) 

rsrddsmcs@comcast.net

Samantha Ritchie and Dave Stewart

1997 Corsair F-28R "Kinetic Ki" has a fiberglass hull with a carbon fiber rotating mast w/ controls port & starboard led aft to the cockpit and carbon fiber retractable spinnaker pole. Sails consist of a new 2015 U/K carbon main, (used 12 times until cervical health issue prompted retirement), a Calvert main, two jibs, (one fully battened), two asymetrical spinnakers, and a roller furling screecher. Two new 2015 Anderson spinnaker winches, (same usage as new mainsail). A Honda 9.9 four stroke outboard motor, and galvanized dual axle trailer. Interior has a Wallas 800 kerosene combination stove/heater, sink w/ manual hand pump and ~ 10 gallon fresh water tank, fixed head w/ holding tank, VHF and cushions. Ground tackle is a Bruce w/ chain and rope rode. If you've sailed one of these well designed & engineered tris, then you know how safe and much fun they are to sail ! Someone else's turn to own it now. 

$55,300

Bill

Skagit, WA

kinetic.ki.bill@gmail.com