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"Blythe Kyte" - £3,500
Type: West Wight Potter AX: 2 berth epoxy ply pocket cruiser built Martin Pook 1996
LOA 15’ 2” Beam 5’ 6” Draught 7”/3’1”. Weight Approx 295kgs. Removable lead ballast. With galvanised steel centreplate.
Sails: Main, Jib (both tan colour), Ghosting Genoa, full cockpit tent – slab mainsail & roller furling headsail. Single handed mast raising gear.
Engine: Tohatsu 3.5hp Long Shaft 2 stroke outboard. Spare propeller. Equipment: Compass, Superb framed cockpit tent, 2 ring gaz burner, Log & Echo Sounder, 2 Anchors, Warps, Fenders, Oars,
Trailer: Single axle galvanised purpose built galv. Trailer with winch & jockey wheel. New tyres prior to sale. All up weight around 650kgs.
An absolute delight - "Blythe Kyte" is a complete - ready to go trailer sailer package which will win the hearts of everyone who sees her. Life with a West Wight Potter could not be easier and with an infinite number of waters awaiting exploration - you could cruise the west coast of Scotland one week - and then take her by road and ferry to France the next - the prospect of doing so with a larger yacht would cost a fortune - but not with a Potter!
Small enough for one person to handle easily - light enough to tow with a modest car - simplicity and style are the keys to the Potter's charm.
Built by Martin Pook, the Wight Potter AX - AX signifying roots in the original ‘A’ but with extras – 14 inches longer on deck than Smith’s original 14 foot design and beamier. The West Wight Potter was designed as the smallest possible boat to offer overnight accommodation and is small enough to be wheeled into the average home garage on her trailer. They have a self-draining cockpit with non-return valves and are suitable for creek or estuary sailing with good sailing performance. The AX is constructed of specially selected Finish birch plywood (with 5 laminates as opposed to the usual 3 – saturated in epoxy) with glass fibre and epoxy jointing and an overall epoxy coat. Pook is quoted as saying “I didn’t want to build a plastic boat, and there was no logical reason to do so when plywood bonded and sealed in epoxy resin is so much easier to maintain in first class condition” – Classic Boat Magazine, September 1994.
“Blythe Kyte” is a testament to the builder’s words as she really is in lovely condition – the sort of condition that will attract much admiration from onlookers – and yet will not make you too frightened to use her.
