This is an early Tinker Traveller. There is no number on the sale or details plate. There is a plate stating it was built by Paul Tilley. I have owned it for around 30 years and in this time it has had very little use and has always been stored inside.
All the accessories are included, electric pump, mast, rudder, daggerboard, oars, sails and launching wheels.
The condition of the hull and accessories can be seen from the photographs. It was inflated for the first time for 5 years to enable the photographs to be taken.
The Seagull outboard runs and I have a video of the motor running in a tank of water that I can send you on request.
A lovely example of the classic British Tinker Tramp inflatable dinghy, offered with its sailing equipment and a good range of original/useful accessories.
The boat has recently been fully assembled and rigged so that the condition and completeness of thesailing setup could be checked and photographed. It presents very well for its age and would make a characterful sailing tender, compact family dinghy or classic Tinker for an enthusiast.
Most importantly, the dinghy has just completed a 24-hour inflation test successfully. It was photographed at the beginning and end of the test, with the time and date visible on a wristwatch, and there was no noticeable loss of pressure.
Included are inflatable Tinker Tramp dinghy, mast, boom, sails, rudder, tiller, daggerboard/centreboard, floorboards, wooden seating/fittings, oars, pump, lines and associated rigging shown in the photographs.
The tubes, fittings and sailing equipment show age-related cosmetic wear, as you would expect from a classic used inflatable, so please study the photographs carefully. It is being sold as a used boat rather than represented as restored or ‘as new’.
A particularly appealing feature of the Tinker design is that it packs down far smaller than a conventional rigid sailing dinghy while still providing a proper sailing setup.
Plenty of detailed photographs are available, including the boat inflated, the individual components, the fully rigged sailing configuration and the before/after inflation-test photographs. Collection preferred. Sensible questions and viewings welcome. Happy to show the complete kit to a serious buyer.
Reluctantly for sale. Tinker Tramp, sail number 2572. All good condition, recent new diaphragms , holds air very well. One small repair to port tube by previous owner.
Includes original foot pump, aluminium oars, rowlocks, collapsible Tinker launching trolly and recently replaced storage bag.Near Ross-on-Wye
Yellow sailing Tramp Number TR 5031 with a Tinker boat bag and a Tinker zip up sailing kit holdall.
First sold by Henshaw’s in 1993 to her one previous owner, the dinghy comes with a mainsail and jib, jib jamming cleats, dagger board, tiller, foot pump, a set of stow away easy-launcher wheels and a pair rigid wooden oars with Tinker fittings.
The standing and running rigging are in working order and the dinghy is in reasonable condition for her age. I have mainly used her as a yacht tender because she rows so well.
Price £500.
Location near Godalming in Surrey. I would need a day or so’s notice to get her ready for inspection. A buyer would have to collect.
