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 486 ‘FLICKA’
Built by Tim South in 2006, Cream deluxe GRP Hull. Mahogany seats, thwart and gunwhales. Outboard plate and removable bracket. Gunter and Bermudan spars and sails. Lightweight aluminium trolley with matching Sovereign trailer. Mast up cover and mast down flat cover. Log book and measurement certificate. Photos available here.
£3950 - Lying Bosham near 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
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 024
Tideway circa 1960. Taken back to bare wood, varnished, bilge painted, anti-fouled. All the usual kit – oars, rowlocks, anchor. New mast up cover. Nearly new launching trolley. Separate road trailer. A lovely example of this classic craft. Photos available here.
£1995 – lying Norfolk
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
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
£3750 – lying near Chichester
3.5 Tohatsu outboard available separately.
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 223, ‘Dreamcatcher’
LH Walker Tideway Super. 1968 Mahogany on Oak ribs, Foredeck, Side decks, Slatted seats, Stern locker, Gunmetal fittings, Tan sails. Comes with 4 Bouncy Bags, Fenders, Oars, Small Anchor, Flat Cover. Included is a Canvas Boom Tent in very good condition. Photos available here. She sits on a Mersea Combi Trailer and Trolley with a Winch. Especially made for wooden boats and is only two years old.
£2,600 - lying Halesworth, Suffolk.
Also available is a Torqueedo Travel 1003, short shaft electric outboard, with mounting bracket. £650.
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 54 ‘Jolybods’
Built in 1962 by Walkers of mahogany on oak, a gunter rigged Tideway Super with foredeck and sidedecks. Owned by one family from new, she is regularly maintained to a very high standard by Ryan Kearley. Varnished throughout and always stored indoors, Jolybods is watertight and in superb condition. She has recently purchased white Batt sails with roller reefing and an additional genoa. She comes fully rigged with removeable outboard bracket, boat cover and mast up cover. The road trailer with launching trolley are from Mersea Trailers and there is a frame for a piggy back boat above, if required. Winner of the TOA Challenge Trophy and Best Kept Boat award. See photos here.
£3000 ono - Lying near Winchester
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 314 ‘Patch’
Here we have a Delux Mahogany on Oak Tideway as built by L.Walkers of Leigh-on-Sea. She comes with a Combi-trailer and recently purchased cover. New standing rigging this year accompanies colour coded lines and sheets. Re-decked in Mahogany faced marine ply, International 'Original' varnish outside and some coppercoat below, Le Tonkinois for inside. White Jeckells sails with associated reefing. Oddly the previous owner added a detachable bow sprit, although this item is definitely not in class for racing. Patch has been set-up to ease some of the issues faced by single handed sailing and when set, trips along at an unworried pace. Photos here.
£1500 – lying near Southend on Sea
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 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!
Photos available here
£2300 – Lying Leicestershire
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
TW27
Mahogany on oak, varnished throughout, oars, rowlocks, anchor and chain, combi road and launching trailer, buoyancy bags, boom-up cover, stern locker, foredeck, two sets of sails - original and new, stainless steel centreplate, new standing rigging, all ready to sail, stored in garage.
£1250– lying Surbiton, SW London
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
TW62 ‘Dobbie’.
Walker built 1962/3. I have owned and sailed her for 40+ years. Varnished throughout. Gunmetal fittings. On a good galvanised road trailer with winch. Mini wheels on new tyres. Oars and rowlocks. Bottom boards and original boathook. 2 anchors, chain and rope. 2 sets of sails plus a genoa. 4 x 100lb under seat buoyancy bags. Boom up and road canvas covers. Fenders. Under foredeck shelf. A box of spares. Usual Walker extras. Dry stored and ready to sail. No repairs necessary - just find some water and sail away.
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