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Wayfarers for sale
(last updated: 7 September 2024)

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List your used Wayfarer here - FREE!
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.

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

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

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 centre board 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

W861 wood for sale in Halifax, N.S. updated 16 July 2024

From: tullochs@eastlink.ca [mailto:tullochs@eastlink.ca]
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2024 3:14 PM
To: uncle-al3854@cogeco.ca
Subject: wooden Wayfarer 861 for sale

Hi uncle Al,

We have not used our Wayfarer (Sawdust) for the last few years and plan to sell it. Asking $3900 CAD

Wayfarer 861 in excellent condition, with measurement certificate. Fully equipped for racing or cruising. Minimum weight. Proctor spars. 2 mains, 2 heads ails, 2 spinnaker. Paddles and oars.

Trailer, hinged type with licence.

Outboard available.

Email: tullochfoxpt@gmail.com or call 902-802-3576 or 902 857 1560 for details

W8263 Abbott Mk III for sale at Conestoga SC updated 13 August 2024

From: Scott Ramsay [mailto:wtspman@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2024 9:06 AM

Subject: Wayfarer Mk III for Sale - Conestoga SC

I am selling Wayfarer 8263, St Brendan, a Mark III built by Abbott Boat Works in the early 1980s.

It comes with the following:

2 complete sets of racing sails: mains and jibs by Evolution sails (one set new in 2010, and the other in 2013); spinnakers, one by Sobstad (pre-2006), and the other by Evolution (2013)
Milanes foils (new in 2012, refinished twice since)
Gottschling One Design cover (new in 2018)
Dynamic dolly (new in 2016)
Sport Pal trailer (new axle and wheels in 2017)
Paddles and throwing line

When I bought the boat in 2006, it was set up as built: a decent cottage boat. Over the years, I re-routed all the running rigging to make it work better for racing, including double-tailed control lines run back to the thwart. I replaced the forestay, shrouds and spreaders around 2017. I also added stabilization to the mast (side chocks, and a custom milled step) for better power transfer from the sails to the hull. The improvements have made it a capable racing boat.

The boat has been stored indoors over winter every year since I have owned it. It hasn't been sailed since 2019.

The boat is at Conestoga Sailing Club, near Kitchener-Waterloo.

I am asking $5000 CAD.

Contact: Scott Ramsay [mailto:wtspman@gmail.com]

Wooden Wayfarer 398 for sale in Ottawa, ON confirmed 28 April 2024

Builder: Small Craft, Southampton, UK, 1961

Canadian Importer: Croce and Lofthouse, Toronto

Purchased privately in 1968 by current owner

Hull and Deck: Brunzeel Regina Mahogany marine ply

Mast and boom: Abbott Boats, Sarnia (former Canadian Wayfarer builder). Original

spruce boom included. Original mast slightly warped.

Centreboard: Abbott fibreglass, original wooden board included.

Sails: Three sets. Newest are by North Sails (2003) in good condition,

North sails (1979) main and jib in serviceable condition, Original sails (1961) antique condition.

Spinnaker by North in serviceable condition.

Spinnaker pole by Proctor

Anderson bailers (Elvstrom type)

Hull: 3 coats of West Epoxy (1981), painted

Paint: Petit Marine Easypoxy

Decks and interior: varnished

Bilges: Painted

Hogs (on either side of centerboard trunk) and external keel professionally replaced (2007) all repairs checked by Wayfarer Measurer

Measurement Certificate (1969) plus update after centreboard hogs and external keel replaced

Always stored inside during winters

Two covers

Seitech beach dolly with large tires for rough ground and a third articulating wheel at front

Wiscot tilt bed trailer 1961(est). In serviceable condition.

Located Ottawa, Ontario

W 398 has been sailed and raced extensively in many Canadian locations including

Lake Fanshaw, Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay, on the west coast on English Bay, Howe Sound and Indian Arm, in the BC interior on Lake Okanagan and the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. For the last 18 years she has been sailed on the Ottawa River.

Price $7,000 CAD

Contact: heatheves@bell.net

Abbott Mark 1 W7381 for sale in Timmins, Northern Ontario confirmed 12 March 2024

From: Justyna Mittelstaedt [mailto: justmittel@gmail.com]

Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:48 AM
To: uncle-al3854@cogeco.ca
Subject: Abbott Mk 1 Wayfarer For Sale

I have a Wayfarer for sale. I am located in Timmins in Northern Ontario but I can travel down South with the boat.

I am located in Timmins but I travel a lot down south so I can try to arrange meeting.

I will be in North Bay beginning of April, Ottawa end of April and Toronto in May and June

On Kijiji I put Sudbury (More central than Timmins).

The boat is ready to sail, has the trailer and brand new mainsail (worth about $1000).

Asking $2000 CAD

Justyna Mittelstaedt [mailto: justmittel@gmail.com]

Mark III Wayfarer 9654 for sale near Montreal

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.

And a short video:

Mark IV Wayfarer in East Lansing, Michigan updated 8 June 2024

m: Marc Bennett [mailto:marc27732b@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2023 7:07 PM
Subject: Mark 4's for sale in Lansing, Michigan

Marc Bennett has the following for sale Contact him at marc27732b@gmail.com

Mark 4 racer only sailed 2 times fully rigged with comfort foam for the skipper. $15500.00 USD

Wayfarer 6379 Voiliers TM Mk 2 for sale in Peterborough, ON

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.