Description

Puffin a well looked after Trusty 23 in truly great condition. This boat really is like a little Ship! With fantastic build quality, Classic lines and loads of character she will really look after you and your guests in comfort and style. The full displacement Hull and centre bilge keels make her seaworthy and easy to handle even when the wind and sea get up. Viewing highly recommended.
Puffin is not only a safe sea boat she comes with a custom 6 wheel galvanized road trailer. This makes her an incredibly flexible boat to own, visiting different cruising areas as the mood takes you. (New 2023, not used for launching)
Puffin has been barn stored each winter in current ownership. She has been professionally valeted each year prior to recommission. Puffins gelcoat is almost flawless and presents beautifully with a high gloss.
Puffin was incredibly highly specified when commissioned with many extra's including teak aft deck, Inverter and microwave, freshwater toilet. Puffin has even been fitted with an alarmed seacock, making forgetting to open the seacock a thing of the past.

Specifications

Accommodation

The Puffin's accommodation is cleverly designed and well planned, packing in a lot for a 23-foot vessel, with 1.9m headroom. The Saloon is upholstered in dark blue throughout with matching curtains. There is dinette seating to port which converts to a small double/large single berth. Windows all round with opening ones on both sides; and there is a sliding cover to the opening overhead roof hatch. Plenty of storage space and sockets. Galley is arranged to starboard with stainless steel sink and pressurised hot and cold mixer tap, fridge with ice box, small microwave. Draining area/worktop space beneath hinged helm seat. Storage space and cupboard. The forward cabin double berth has upholstered back rests (so can be used as a day-lounger) with storage below. There are 4 opening portholes, with curtains, with an overhead hatch. The heads on the starboard side features a manual freshwater sea toilet, vanity hand basin has hot and cold pressurised water with a mixer tap/shower head. The shower tray has electric pump-out, and there's an opening portlight for ventilation.

Construction

Manufacturer Provided Description
Craft created for the discerning owner, packed with features and facilities normally found on larger vessels and sea kindly qualities well beyond their size. Each boat is lovingly constructed using the finest materials and equipment available to ensure the quality and durability for which the product is renown.
Sturdy in construction, and designed and built with safety in mind, Trusty boats are equally at home in the challenging sea conditions which can be encountered anywhere, or leisurely cruising on inland waterways and estuaries.
Carefully combining the latest diesel engine technology with efficient shaft drive systems and economical displacement and semi displacement hull designs, Trusty have earned a reputation for economical and low impact craft in today’s ever-changing marketplace.
Trusty boats are genuine all-weather designs with practical and durable canopies enclosing spacious and safe cockpits, beautifully made solid timber doors lead into wheelhouses flooded with natural light, the large windows giving clear visibility from the well-equipped helm stations. Creature comforts are evident in the remarkably spacious accommodation, good headroom throughout, large comfortable berths and a remarkable level of finish can be found on all Trusty’s
Back on deck, wide, well-designed walkways, high safe guardrails, and an abundance of well positioned grab rails define Trusty’s as safe and capable sea boats and confirm their “little ship” feel and reputation.
From the drawing board through the workshop to the water, we guarantee attention to detail to ensure a safe, solid, and durable boat, built to last.
History and Construction
GRP construction blue hull with white superstructure, moulded nonslip decks, cockpit teak laid. Built by the small Midlands-based company Trusty Motorboats, the T23 is strictly a displacement boat.

Equipment

Electrical System
2 x 12-volt batteries charging from the engine alternator, 240-volt shore connection with 240-volt ring main, battery charger and immersion heater.
Puffin was highly specified when under construction and is fitted with an electric windlass and a powerful inverter, capable of running the microwave when under way.

Navigation Equipment

• Compass
• Depth
• Speed/Log
• VHF Radio
• GPS/Chartplotter with integrated radar
• Electronic charts
• Navigation lights

Engine(s)

The Trusty 23 is powered by a 2009 single Yanmar four-cylinder 54hp diesel engine, last professionally serviced 2024 on layup. She has not been launch in 2025 and is currently ashore in her custom made road trailer. She has a shaft drive to a fixed 3 bladed bronze propeller, single lever control. Fitted with a bow thruster for added manageability. Puffin was copper coated in 2021 and the coating is still in good condition.

Sails & Spars

Deck Equipment
• Anchor
• Chain 10.5m
• Windlass (electric)
• Full cockpit enclosure
• Bathing platform
• Boarding ladder
• 6 x Fenders
• Mooring warps

Safety Equipment

Safety Equipment
• Fire extinguisher
• Engine room fire extinguisher
• Bilge pump

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