New Boats

If you are interested in purchasing a new Tideway please contact one of the licensed builders: For GRP Tideways: http://www.tidewaydinghies.co.uk or for Wooden Tideways: http://www.goodwoodboat.co.uk

Secondhand Boats For Sale

The boats listed are as described by the owners and the details have not been independently verified. Purchasers should satisfy themselves that boats are as described, that the boat is in class, that the Vendor has clear title to the boat and is entitled to offer it for sale. The TOA will take no responsibility for any errors in description or problems with title howsoever caused.

The TOA are happy to list any Tideway, Tideway 10’s and 14’s that are for sale and you do not need to be a member to advertise. Just use the ‘Other’ section on the Websites Contact Us Form and we will get back to you with more help on how to place your advert.

WARNING – BOATS ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS BEING TIDEWAY’S OR TIDEWAY ‘LIKE’ ON SITES SUCH AS EBAY, GUMTREE ETC WHEN THIS IS NOT THE CASE. IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF A BOAT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THEN USE THE ENQUIRY FORM ON HERE TO CHECK THAT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY A TIDEWAY.

(See further guidance on this subject at the bottom of this page)

The TOA does not offer a Brokerage service. If you are interested in any of the boats listed please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE and we will pass your details onto the relevant owner.

TW 515

Tideway 12 sailing dinghy, GRP hull, wooden deck and trim, Gunter rig, one of 2 models prepared by makers for the Boat Show, excellent condition. “Swallows and Amazon’ type.  Beautifully maintained mahogany deck and seats. Launch trailer fits into combi-trailer for towing. Photos available here

£4000  Lying – Bosham Dinghy Park, Chichester harbour


 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

TW 95 ‘PELICAN’


Walker Tideway Super. Very well maintained, with varnished interior deck to outer top planks. Royal Blue hull. Gun metal fittings. Lightly used tan sails. Regularly sailed with all rigging and gear included. 4 Bouyancy bags, oars, fenders, row locks and outboard bracket. Wants for nothing. Sits on Haylings combo trailer with new suspension units and detachable extended jockey wheel. Full cover and boom up cover. Very interesting history.


Must sell…. £1950 Lying Woodbridge Suffolk.


 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

TW 387  “Brian”

GRP hull built by Paul Gray (Tepco Boats) 1992, open deck version with oiled mahogany timber and topsides re sprayed cream in 2014. On West Mersea combi road trailer with new wheel bearings and spare wheel, all tyres in good condition with recent tubes. Lighting board and adjustable trailing strap provided also spare tiller and jib stick. Recent mast up cover by Rain & Sun also foredeck spray cover. Two suits used sails by Rockall(original), Kemp(later) and unused suit with Genoa by R & J sails.  All will be prepared for the new season. Photos available on request. 

£2950 - Lying Benfleet, Essex


 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

                                                                                                          

TW143 ‘Pickle’                   

Varnished wooden Tideway built by LH Walker, lovingly cared for and fully equipped dinghy, including both oars and paddle, anchor, chain and line, with canvas cover and purpose-built fully supportive Sovereign road trailer.  Sails in good condition with additional storm jib.  Stored under cover in boat shed.  Sale reluctantly caused by owner's advancing years. 

 

£1500 lying - Fishbourne, Isle of Wight.


 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

                                                                                                          

TW 99 ‘Roxy’.

Circa 1963 L H Walker Tideway Super. Mahogany on elm. Varnished inside and out. Buoyancy bags, rowlocks and oars. Red sails by Jeckells. Combi launching and road trailer. Stored in garage. Photos available on request.

£1400 ono Lying – Glasgow.

 


 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

                                                                                                          

TW167

Mahogany on oak, c1970, repainted and varnished 2019, oars, rowlocks, anchor and chain, combi road and launching trailer, buoyancy bags. Relatively new boom up cover by Rain and Sun, stern locker, foredeck, one set of sails (originals), stainless steel centre plate, ready to sail. Stored on a farm. Photos available here.

 

£1500 Lying – near Witney, Oxfordshire.

 If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

TW 051 ‘Eaglewing’.

 

12 plank Tideway popular. Complete with road trailer. Reconstructed stern and some ribs doubled, but in good form for a 60+ year old boat. Extras include topping lift and  gunmetal fittings. Original oars and gunmetal rowlocks, bottom boards and good sails. Anchor, chain and rope. Mast up cover. With LH Walker builders plate. Advancing years mean that I have to sell. Photos available.

 

£1500 – lying Nairn

If you are interested in this boat, to be put in touch with the owner please use the Boats for Sale enquiry form by clicking HERE

NOW SOLD

TW383

TIDEWAY DELUXE – A rare chance to acquire one of only two Tideway’s built in plywood. This is the latest plug for the GRP version of glued ply construction with all the ease of maintenance that this offers. Finished in white gloss outside, a varnished interior, foredeck and spars and with bronze fittings. Built by Paul Gray the Tideway registered builder in 2002. Fitted out with white sails, Buoyancy bags, Oars, Anchor and bailer, on a combi trailer. It has a boom-up cover’ Pictures available here

NOW SOLD

TW 417

GRP Tideway. All gear and sails (including Genoa) in excellent condition. The dinghy has been dry stored  and has had very light use for a number of years. The boat sits on a galvanised combi trailer, which has new wheels, tyres and bearings. Photos available on request.

NOW SOLD

TW50 ‘Windup”

Tideway Super 1963. ‘Windup’ is of TOA historical interest as she was purchased from new by the TOAs first chairman John Glenister who along with Lew Walker founded the TOA at Thames Estuary Yacht Club. Included in the sale are, Mast, rigging, spars, sails, rudder & tiller plus a road launching trailer with winch and jockey. Revarnished and centreboard case resealed in 2020. Dry stored for a year so may need attention before use. Photographs & further details available on request.

NOW SOLD

TW 438 "Solwarra Meri"

GRP , cream, open deck version with oiled mahogany timbers and topsides. Boat is complete  with mast, spars, rudder, tiller , oars, rowlocks, buoyancy bags , fenders, rigging and mast- down cover, launching trolley.  One suit used sails by Jeckells of Wroxham.  Overall condition is only fair due to scratches and scrapes to the hull, gunwales and transom, the stern storage cover is missing, some damage to the  floor boards, and the chainplate on the starboard side is bent  but useable.  Photos available on request.  A Torqeedo Travel 1003CL electric outboard is available by separate negotiation. 

NOW SOLD

TW 111 ‘Gobbin’.

1964, L H Walker Tideway Super. Lovely boat, looking good for her age, in complete oak and mahogany finish. Comes with combi launching and road trailer and is fully rigged including sails, buoyancy bags, anchor, oars, fenders and mast up cover. Ready to sail and enjoy!

NOW SOLD

TW353

Tideway 12, No. 353, built by LH Walker in 1977, was fully stripped and revarnished in 2019 by Nick Gates & Co. White sails with number & logo, also a plain tan set of sails, airbags, leather collared wooden oars, overall cover by Rain & Sun, 2021 Trident combination trailer, excellent condition with spare, complete with jockey wheels. A beautiful looking, traditional wooden cruising dinghy, open to offers.

Determination of a Tideway dinghy.

Q. Is my boat a Tideway?

A. Each year there are boats brought to our attention which, while very nice 12ft dinghies in their own right, and which owners or prospective owners have been told are Tideways, are not. Sometimes photographs are enough to establish the provenance, and sometimes an inspection of the boat is required. Essentially there are a few basic tests.

  • Tideways have only been built by a limited number of boat builders – L H Walker, Tepco, The Watershed, The Boatyard, Tideway Dinghies and Good Wood Boat Co.

  • Tideways will comply with the measurements laid down in the Class Rules and the certification measurement sheet for the purposes of registration of a sail number, and will be constructed either of mahogany planks on oak ribs, or GRP

  • Boats will have either 11 (typically) or 12 (earlier wooden Tideways) planks.

  • Tideways have a steel centreboard plate controlled by a lifting tackle – not a dagger board – and the casing does not extend beyond the aft of the centre thwart.

  • Tideways will have either a gunter or a bermudan rig with the mast stepped into the forward thwart – no other rigs are within the Class Rules. Sails are not loose fitted, but are on bolt ropes fed into grooves on both the gaff and the boom.

  • Tideways have a distinctive profile with a rising prow.

  • The aft edge of the foredeck (if fitted) is straight.

  • They always have a skeg