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(last updated: 8 December  2024)
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Important notes to buyers/sellers:
This is a free service provided by the Canadian Wayfarer Association.
I will appreciate your letting me know, for the convenience of all concerned,
when any boat/item listed should be removed from this page. 
Contact Kit Wallace (CWA Membership) 416-531-8470, or Uncle Al.

If you sell your Wayfarer, I ask you to make any Canadian buyer aware of the above.
note to potential buyers:
a brief synopsis of the various Marks usually available in N.A.

The only Wayfarer versions (all quite acceptable with no serious flaws) you'll usually see in N.A. are as follows:
  • Mark I (all the wooden W's plus a lot of the early and recent glass W's): full height forward bulkhead and buoyancy compartment with hatch which makes it storage-accessible and great for extended cruising. Also sounds best going through waves, since all other versions have a storage shelf under the foredeck and have a greater or lesser degree of oil drum sound effects when the boat hits a big wave or two. Four floorboards, two per side to which there are pros and cons
  • Mark II (built in the US and Canada and the UK): aforementioned bow storage shelf - oil drum sounds but no discernible effect on performance, i.e. slight annoyance factor in waves but a fine motivator to sail waves efficiently! One long floorboard on each side.
  • Mark III (built by Abbott in Sarnia only): much like the Mk II but has permanent floor and self-bailers on the side - good for leaving on mooring as rain water will drain out through the bailers if these are left open. The permanent floor creates a buoyancy tank under the floor that has been known to make it hard to keep the boat upright when it's been re-righted after a capsize - to see my experience with this, click here
  • Mark IV (built by Hartley Boats in England, represented in Canada by John Gronan, 514-706-8840, www.parallel45marine.com - roomier interior an d no aft buoyancy tank which enables through-transom draining after a capsize for much easier self-rescue. The "racer" comes rigged with all the bells and whistles you might want.
sellers beware!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Kelly
To: Al
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: Beware of fraudulent buyers

Dear Al;
 
I have my Wayfarer 8478 listed for sale with you and have received many inquiries.  Unfortunately, I accepted an offer from a 'buyer' who saw the ad on your website, but it is a fraudulent scam.  Meanwhile, I lost out on a couple of serious buyers.  My boat is still for sale. 
 
Perhaps other sellers should be warned about this scam.  The 'buyer' has a third party send a cheque for a much larger sum of money than the boat is selling for.  It appears to be a classic example of the over-billing scam, where I'm expected to send the additional funds to the buyer, who is not really interested in buying the boat at all.  I suspected this when I received the cheque and had the bank look into it, and they confirmed that it is indeed a forgery and that they are aware of this fraud occurring, especially targeting boat sales.
 
Hope nobody gets victimized by this scam.
 
Regards,
Mike Kelly.

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Wooden W1321 Solje for sale in central Michigan   8 December 2024 

details at Wayfarer North America: https://www.facebook.com/groups/410527699140357
Solje is the boat in which Gary Hirsch and I sailed the Tip of the Mitt adventure:
http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIC/Cruise.Logs/2011TOM/2011TOM_index.html


Wooden W887 Blue Mist for sale near Cleveland, Ohio   30 November 2024 

W887 Mark 1 Wooden Wayfarer (1964): Richard (“Dick”) Harrington’s “Blue Mist”, $3500 USD

Did you ask Santa for a Wayfarer this Christmas?

This 1964 Mark 1 Woodie, named Blue Mist, was assembled in England. Richard Harrington, my father, purchased her in 1991 from the original owner, and she was his pride and cruising joy for the remainder of his life. Blue Mist is located in Ashtabula County, Ohio near Saybrook, about an hour east of Cleveland.

This Wayfarer was in good condition when last sailed late in 2019. Since the Covid pandemic, poor health prevented my father from sailing so the dinghy was mostly stored with boat cover under a carport after that time.


Blue Mist comes with mainsail, spinnaker, two oars, boat cover, “boom tent”, and all the miscellaneous gear and accessories that my father acquired over his many years of cruising Lake Erie, coastal Maine, the Chesapeake Bay and so many other beautiful sailing locations. The trailer is old although still functional.

 


I'm also including just for your reference, a photo of current location (I assume wouldn't be useful for the ad), plus a copy of the original bill of shipping after purchase through a Canadian company. I found it interesting; this Wayfarer arrived in Cleveland via transatlantic shipping from London, the dinghy on cradle as one load, and the mast as a separate load. Number 887 has had only two owners: Zoltan Massanyi of Bedford, and then my dad. I'd love to see her move on to someone who will be an enthusiastic sailor and hopefully have family to share in future Wayfarer adventures.


 


One caveat to the above is that I can see, is that the line used for the trailer winch is fraying. A local friend told me that the trailer itself, while it doesn't "look nice", is otherwise fine. That rope may be okay to transport the boat for now (and I had no problem driving her to the storage unit parking space), but it's a potential safety hazard. The new owner should either replace the winch rope or buy a new trailer. Do you think I need to take care of that before sale? If so, perhaps there's someone local to Cleveland who could advise on how / where to do that? (Al's note: Tony Krauss  W11044    mailto:tony.krauss@gmail.com

He can vet the trailer, too.)

 

 

Contact info:

Patricia Harrington-Duff (for estate of Richard Harrington)

pharringtonduff@gmail.com

Cell: 240-470-0231

Located in Maryland but will make a trip to show the Wayfarer as needed.


Abbott Mark 1 W4404 for sale near Peterborough, Ontario   6 September 2024 

From: Gord and Pam Maitland <maitlag@nexicom.net>

Subject: W4404 for sale

Date: September 5, 2024


WAYFARER SAILBOAT  FOR SALE (Sail)
Sail number 4404 built by Abbott in Sarnia. We have had the boat for 2 years but never had it off the trailer. All major parts are in good shape except for the centre board. Kind friends have made us a new centreboard that needs varnish. The boat will need some gel coat for some surface repair. Serious inquiries can give us a call so you can  come and have a look.


The price is $1500.00 cash.  call Pam 705-652-7221



 


 
Mark III Wayfarer 9654 for sale  near Montreal    confirmed 20 Oct 2024

From: Michael Stumpf [mailto:micstumpf@icloud.com]
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2024 1:29 PM

Wayfarer Mark III, built in Sarnia in 1996 by Bill Abbott, Abbott Boats, 


What’s included: everything one needs to sail:

  • Sails (original ones); no spinnaker
  • Boat cover tarp in good condition (washed and cleaned every year)
  • Trailer (original)
  • Optional motor mount (no motor)

The boat was bought in 1996 and I am the original owner. 

No accidents

Had a few scratches re-painted by my local club shop

 

Boat was appraised last year at 6000$ CDN.  Negociable.

 

                  


 

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 Wayfarer 6379  Voiliers TM Mk 2 for sale in Peterborough, ON      confirmed 20 Oct 2024

price reduced to $945 CAD  8 May 2024 

From: Greg Pulham [mailto:hammyguy@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 1:30 PM
Subject: Wayfarer Mark 2 for Sale

 

I have a Wayfarer Mk II and trailer for sale in Peterborough ON. It is a 1976 based on the HIN. The sails are by Neil Pryde and are in excellent condition. The boat has been tarped but the floorboards installed by the previous owner in the late 90’s have deteriorated. We are looking for reasonable offers.

  • Fulton trailer fitted with a hand winch
  • aluminum mast and boom
  • mainsail and jib made by Neil Pryde, sail number  6379
  • Condition of foils: very good
  • Cover: none

 

Greg Pulham  hammyguy@gmail.com


https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1692874289

 







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