Nordic Folkboat ‘Good Shepherd’ | £18, 000

Boat Details

Location:	Lymington Yacht Haven
Year Built:	1998
Builder:	Folkebaden Centralen, Denmark
Sail Number:	GBR F671

Materials & Colour

Deck:	GRP white; red stripe on cabin sides with boat name in red
Hull:	GRP white with red boot top
Antifoul:	Blue

Rig Details

Mast:	Varnished, Sitka Spruce; made by Collars, Dorchester-on-Thames
Boom:	Varnished, Folkebaden Centralen, Denmark
Spinnaker Pole:	Aluminium; Super Spars
Whisker Pole:	Varnished wood; Folkebaden Centralen, Denmark

Sails Wardrobe

Mainsail:	2, Sanders 2014; North 2005
Spinnaker:	2, Sanders 2022; 2015
Jib:	2, Sanders 2022; 2014
Storm Jib:	NA
Gennaker:	NA

Engine

Make:	Honda BF2.3D
Size:	2.3hp, longshaft, 4-stroke, petrol
Notes:	New 2014. Serviced regularly by SAL Marine, Honda dealership, Lymington

Inventory

Deck Equipment

Bilge pump & handle fitted
Foredeck hatch
Two through-deck stainless steel winches
Teak boom support, also serves as paddle
Cover: Over-boom full boat cover plus spare
Cover: cockpit only
Mainsail & boom cover displaying ‘Good Shepherd’
Mainsail & boom cover – no boat name
Folkebaden Centralen transon support bracket

Running rigging

Principally Harken fittings including blocks & cleats
Harken two-speed mainsheet system 3:1/6:1
Harken mainsheet traveller system using continuous sheet
Harken jib barber haulers, Harken spinnaker barber haulers
Spinnaker uphaul, downhaul
Backstay adjustment
Kicker
Cunningham
Sheets: jib, main, spinnaker sheets & guys (heavy & light)

Navigation

Windex
Depth sounder (in hull) – Airmar adjustable angle transducer
with depth sounder. Instruction manual
Raytheon ST depth instrument. Instruction manual
tacktick Micro tactical compass: solar powered. Instruction manual

Safety equipment

Man overboard horseshoe with floating line, orange drogue
Sowester safety rescue line 15m, in bag with floating line
Sowester recovery ladder
Solent bosun’s chair & Hi Gear tool bag
Fire blanket 2x powder fire extinguishers
3x life jacket safety harnesses
Bivi bag
First Aid kit

Mooring & anchoring

Anchor (Class standard) with chain & line fitted
10mm mooring lines: 1x5m, 3x6m, 2x15m
Fenders: 3xFolkebaden (30x24x7cm); 1x (50x12cm); 1x (60x18cm)
Fenders: 2x (95x31x7cm)
Boat hook

Electrical

Battery
Solar panel (Uni-Solar) for battery charging

Other

Internal side lockers, & drawers
Blue bunk mattresses: two side bunks main cabin & the forepeak
Methylated spirits stove & ‘whistling’ kettle
Petrol can, plastic 5l with filler nozzle
Ensign & staff with stern fitting
Class flag F, Numeral pennant 1, Protest flag
Two lifting strops for the Folkboat
Spare set of mast spreaders
Loos tension gauge for the rigging
Tool for positioning battens in pockets
Sail ties – 8
Spare ropes, shackles, cleats & other gear

Ashore

Boat cradle

Owner Comments

The current owner is looking to sell Good Shepherd this spring. The previous owner purchased Good Shepherd in 2000, and raced her in The Solent every year until selling her in 2025. The first (and only other) owner bought the boat new in 1998 and sailed her from Folkebaden Centralen, Denmark to The Solent. Each year between racing seasons Good Shepherd has been laid up under cover in a barn. She has been regularly maintained by a professional boat builder. Good Shepherd can be viewed in the barn at Folkboats UK in Milford on Sea, and she has a berth at Lymington Yacht Haven.