Description

General Specification

Builder: Wright and Co, Ipswich, Suffolk
LOA: 3.66m (12ft 0in)
LWL: 3.61m (11ft 10in)
Beam: 1.35m (4ft 5in)
Draft min: 0.46m (1ft 6in)
Air Draft: 4.88m (16ft 0in)
Keel: Centreboard

Construction

Wood clinker construction
Mahogany on oak (all copper riveted)
Varnished hull finish
Varnished mahogany marine ply decks
Varnished mahogany transom
Varnished mahogany thwarts
Varnished mahogany centreplate rudder and tiller
Barn stored for better protection

Mechanical & Electrical

No engine included in sale
Rigging & Sails
Bermudan sloop rig
Varnished spruce box section mast and spruce boom
Keel stepped mast
Stainless steel standing rigging, shrouds and forestay
External bronze chain plates
Mainsail (2017, Jeckells, tanbark colour, premium woven dacron, good condition)
Jib (2017, Jeckells, tanbark colour, premium woven dacron, good condition)
Spare mainsail & jib (white, age and maker unknown, useable condition)
Additional spare mainsail & jib (blue, age and maker unknown, useable condition)
Mainsheet track across the top of the transom

Equipment

Combination steel road trailer and launching trolley in fair condition (new wheel bearings 2023)
Heavy duty all over cover, white, waterproof (c. 2000, East Anglia Covers, fair condition)
Bronze through deck fairlead for mooring line
Grapnel anchor and rode
Pair spruce oars with bronze chocks
Pair galvanised rowlocks
Buoyancy bags
Horn

Remarks:

In very good condition for her age, this Twinkle 12 has been in the same ownership for the last 50 years. Enjoying light summer use with the grandchildren, she has been barn stored ashore when not in use since 1975! She benefits from recent suit of sails (and two sets of spares) as well as a combination launching trolley/road trailer.

Built by Wright and Sons Ltd, Ipswich to Twinkle 12 design, these boats are known for their good sailing performance and classic appearance and were particularly popular at the Burnham Overy Staithe Sailing Club which still maintains an active fleet.

The owner comments:

The Twinkle 12 has often been described as an ideal family boat. Roomy, kind, forgiving and a smart sailor. Described as ‘a boat forever’ in ‘A Month of Summers’, (Dalton, 1994). That time has nonetheless come, and the owner hopes another family will enjoy and care for her (as I have done) for 50 years. Beautiful, sound and seaworthy with no known vices, she has never come to harm and should now be loved by another family.

She has been well maintained locally for the last 50 years with support from professional (LBTC trained) shipwrights. She would benefit from a small repair to the foot of the mast and the hull and spars are due for re-varnishing but is otherwise in very good condition.

Please Note: Photos supplied by the owner (August 2025)

Specifications

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