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 / Wanted
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 139 ‘Tern 2’.
GRP Tideway built by Tepco Marine in the 1990’s. Cream hull, slightly faded. Sails used but good, just serviced over last winter. Interior woodwork in very good condition. Road trailer (not combi) old but serviceable. Separate launching trolley. Spars all good. Extra buoyancy bags. Mast up cover and flat cover, both excellent. All ready to go. Could deliver in Essex or Suffolk area. Photos available on request.
Lying West Mersea - £3000
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
TW 319 ‘Sibrwd’
This once lovely Tideway 12 deluxe has sadly been left in the Bosham dinghy park for some years so needs work. She is complete and in the view of a local boat builder is save-able. She will need a complete strip and revarnish and refixing of planks to the transom. She needs a new boom, sails and cover. She has a functioning launch trolley but no road trailer. The name Sibrwd means whisper in Welsh. Photos available of her as she was and is now. Click here to view.
This project is free to a good home. Lying Bosham, Chichester.
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
New Wooden Tideway 564
A unique chance to own the latest wooden built Tideway 12’ Popular ( Khaya with oak ribs). Built by Goodwood Boats (class builder). in 2023. For the ease of maintenance, it has; hull painted white and oiled inside but retaining eye catching varnished areas; removable solid seats both forward and aft. It comes with new sails, gun metal fittings, four new buoyancy bags, removable cleats for jib, new mast-up and trailing cover, a pair of oars and rowlocks, paddle, combi-trailer (in good condition) with attached spare tyre amongst other features. Photos available here
Lying Haywards Heath, West Sussex £16,000
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 24 ‘Amy’.
Planked and gunter rigged Tideway 12. Rigged and varnished masts but no sails. Snipe trailer in good order with good electrics and tyres included. Dinghy refurbished in the 80s and 90s. Dry stored for the last 15 years. Photos available.
Lying Hertfordshire - £1400
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
TW114 ‘Missy C’
1964 De-Luxe Walker Tideway 114 signed by builder Pete Chandler 21st April 1964. This is an absolutely fabulous example having front slatted side benches added by Paul Gray. Extras include a topping lift, removeable outboard mounting, gunmetal fittings, jib furler. Sails and trolley were new in October 2020 and in very good condition, mast up and flat covers both a few years old but still serviceable. My pampered 'Missy C' was sailed twice a week until last August when I changed classes. Also comes with a set of white sails and the original cotton sails.
Photos : https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBddGb
Lying North Norfolk – £3600
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TW62 ‘Dobbie’.
Walker Tideway built 1962/3. I have owned and sailed her for 40+ years. Featured in Spring 2023 TOA magazine. Varnished throughout, on a good galvanised road trailer with winch, mini wheels with new tyres, spare wheel, brace, jack etc.. Oars and gunmetal rowlocks. Bottom boards, original boathook. Anchor, chain and rope. 2 sets of sails, complete with a Genoa. 4x 100lb buoyancy bags under seats. Fixed rope fender all round the top of the hull, plus extra fenders. Under foredeck picnic shelf. A box of spare shackles, cleats and other bits of rigging spares. Usual Walker extras.
Lying Sheffield – £4750 ovno
If you are interested in this boat, you can see photos by clicking HERE. 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
TW144
A Walker Tideway 12 Deluxe c1967. Mahogany on oak. Ribs and planking in good order. Outer hull newly varnished with 3 coats of roll/tipped International Classic. Good Jeckells sails. White. Jib on hanks and main with slab reefing. All brand new professionally hand whipped and spliced running rigging by Pinbax. Brand new stainless standing rigging by Pinbax also. Oars, rowlocks and anchor. Usable trailer cover. Painted Rapide T frame road trailer with new hubs/bearings. Unused spare. New rubber bunks, ratchet strap, thwart savers etc for safe stowage of rigging for transport.
£2500 - lying Bury St Edmunds
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
TW95 Super ’Pelican’
Walker Tideway. Well maintained example, with varnished interior and outer top plank, with Royal Blue painted exterior. The fittings are gunmetal and the side and foredecks have been replaced. Lightly used Tan Sails. Regularly sailed with all rigging and gear including Anchor, 4 Buoyancy bags, Oars & Rowlocks, Fenders, and outboard Bracket. Sits on a Hayling Trailers Combi with new suspension units, a spare wheel and it has an extended Jockey Wheel. Travelling flat cover and a Boom Up Cover. For photos click here.
Almost new 4 stroke 2.3hp Honda outboard available separately.
£2850 –Boat lying in Woodbridge
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TW Tra
Walker built Tideway Super 12. Fore, stern and side decks with gunmetal fittings. Tra has been subject to much work this season. Scraped, sanded and refinished inside and out. Her bottom primed and anti fouled. Topsides varnished in Tonkinois as used by the French navy. Re painted inside with Danbolin with revarnished bottom boards, benches and thwarts. Complete with all tackle, Jeckells sails in reasonable condition, grapnel anchor, fenders and mast up cover. Serviceable combi trailer. Growing family forces sale. Photos available. A beautiful boat in great condition. A perfect Swallows and Amazons dinghy.
£3250 – lying Lustleigh, Devon
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TW024
L H Walker built Tideway Super. Oiled mahogany, white anti fouling. Good sails. Includes oars and rowlocks, sail cover, CQR anchor and warp. Road trailer with winch.
£1090 ono – lying near Harwich
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NOW SOLD
TW 287 ‘Mayfly’
“Tideway 12ft, built by Walker in 1974. Needs work around keel planking as dried out very badly during Covid lockdown. New sails recently, with a spare set, excellent trailer. Photos available here and also video on demand showing water take up. Fully equipped, all original spars, rudder, tiller anchor, buoyancy bags etc.
NOW SOLD
TW559 ‘Holly’
Built by Tideway Dinghies, Maldon, and first launched in 2017. Cream GRP Deluxe. Very lightly used in inland waters only and consequently in lovely condition throughout. Welsh Harp combi trailer recently serviced. Sadly, retiring from the water so masses of gear including boat cushions, two covers, outboard bracket, anchor plus chain, fenders and warps etc. Photos available on request.
NOW SOLD
TW386
(Numbers refer to Numbered Photographs here)
1 Tideway 12’ GRP 1991- Class Certificate. 2 Professional refinish - 5 coats - original colour. 3 Mahogany stripped - revarnished - 6 coats. 4 New colour coded ropes - oars - tiller cord - slab reefing. 5. Centre mainsheet option - topping lift and c/board (enhanced system) cleats. 6 Easy reversion to class mainsheet - remove beam shown (2 bolts) - same mainsheet rope. 7 Fwd stowage. 8 Aft Locker 9 Heavy duty trolley wheels 10. Removable outboard bracket. 11 Trolley towing arm with hitch - solid nosewheel 12 Winch - boat onto trolley 13 Winch - trolley onto combi 14 Docking arms - swivel jib cleats 15 Topping lift to vertical - kills sail. 16 Mast up cover. 17 Mast down cover - on combi.
NOW SOLD
TW 449 ‘Avril”.
12Ft deluxe Tideway in GRP. Built by Tideway Dinghies in 2001. Avril is in excellent sailing condition and the sale includes detachable outboard bracket, Danforth anchor and bag and combi trailer with new solid wheels. Photos available here.
NOW SOLD
Tideway 14’ - TW48
GRP Tideway Deluxe, foredeck and stern locker. Green hull. Complete with fenders, built in buoyancy, double topping lift, reefing mainsail, anchor with warp, oars and paddles, quick lift rudder, brass fittings, Suzuki 2.4 hp outboard, Rapide Combi trailer with winch, Flat cover. Electric towbar winch available. Bouyancy aids included. Photos here.
NOW SOLD
TW525
GRP Tideway Deluxe (foredeck and stern locker). Cream hull with red stripe. Built in 2010 by Tideway Dinghies, Maldon: one of the last produced by Tim South. One owner since new. Complete with fenders, buoyancy bags, double topping lift, double reefing mainsail, anchor with warp, oars and paddles. Stainless rigging renewed 2021. Floorboards can be raised as sleeping platform for cruising potential. Sovereign road trailer with winch and launch trolley. Flat towing and mast up covers.
NOW SOLD
TW 206 ‘Cello’
Cello is a Tideway 12 Super built in 1967 by Walkers. She has 12 planks a side and is varnished throughout. I bought the boat in 2013 and I am only the second owner. The boat is well known to older members of the TOA and comes fully equipped with a combi trailer/trolley, cover, oars, buoyancy etc etc. Although usable, the boat, like all old wooden boats, will require some work. She is a much admired pretty old boat that would benefit from some tlc. Viewing essential.
NOW SOLD
TESSA
A Walker Tideway 12 De-luxe, bought from the Boat Show in 1958 by my parents. She has not been in the water for 8 years but has been stored inside. The boat builder in Wells has given her a thorough checking over and could not find any major problems, but she does need some doing up to make her look really good again. A nice winter project maybe? She had a new mast built for her in 2011 and rust/red sails in the late 70s in reasonable condition and bottom boards.
Wooden Tideway Second-hand parts for sale:
If members have Tideway spars, masts, oars or any other Tideway parts that are surplus to requirements, the Association would very much like to receive and store them, to sell on to members looking for spares.
All proceeds to TOA – Contact sec@tidewaydinghy.org
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