Finesse 24

Alan F. Platt, an Essex boatbuilder, designed and built both the Finesse 21 and the Finesse 24. The larger Finesse 27 was also built by Platt, but she was designed by Maurice Griffiths – that’s according to Sailboat Data.com.

I have here two grainy photos of a Finesse 24 moored on a mud berth at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. A friend of mine, who has sailed one, says she was not much cop to windward, but I doubt owners of these shallow draught wooden cruising yachts are too fussed about performance on the wind. If they find the wind is contrary, they will be happy to sheet in the main, roll up the jib, and let the reliable Yanmar diesel engine help out. When they arrive back on the mooring they will be comforted by the warmth of her varnished saloon that is fitted with a four-seat dinette and a generous galley.

Links

Finesse 24 – Sailboat Data.com

http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_id=4897

Finesse Owners Association

http://www.finesse-owners-association.co.uk/

Practical Boat Owner Review – Finesse 24

 http://www.finesse-owners-association.co.uk/publications/pbo-1970/

 

Watercraft Magazine Article about the Finesse 24

http://www.finesse-owners-association.co.uk/publications/wc-1997/

A F Platt (Finesse) Ltd.

http://www.mylocalservices.co.uk/Essex/Boat_Builders_and_Repairs/599135/A_F_Platt_Finesse_Ltd.html

Finesse 24 for Sale £3,250 (Reduced)

http://hamble.boatshed.com/finesse_24-boat-174333.html 

Finesse 24 for Sale £5,000

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/advert/finesse-24-plymouth/41765217

Finesse 24 for Sale £6,495

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/advert/finesse-24-poole/41974596

Finesse 24 for Sale £8,000

http://www.boatshop24.co.uk/advert/finesse-24-finesse-24-caley-marina/41893215

‘Drifter’, a Small Sailing Cruiser, perhaps a Finesse 21

http://bills-log.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/drifter-small-sailing-cruiser-perhaps.html