4 of the best practical classic boats for sale for under £40,000

There’s something rather enjoyable about compiling a selection of practical classic boats up for sale, writes Nick Burnham

I’ve been in the industry so long that many of the current so-called old-timers are often boats I saw back in their first flush of youth so it’s great to see that many of them are (also) still going strong.

It’s also fascinating to look back along the timeline of some major manufacturers and see what they were building in those earlier days, and how the ethos of ancestry influences (or doesn’t influence) current thinking.

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