Marketing Description
Purple Limpet, hull number 956, is a beautifully presented example of the ever-popular Mk2 Cornish Shrimper 19 – a classic gaff-rigged sailing boat that combines traditional charm with modern practicality. Built in 2005 and first launched in 2006, she has been lightly used and carefully maintained, offering a wonderful opportunity to acquire one of the most admired small yachts in her class.
The Shrimper’s reputation for seaworthiness, ease of handling, and shallow-draft versatility makes her ideal for coastal cruising, estuary exploration, and family day sailing alike. Purple Limpet features the desirable inboard Yanmar diesel engine, providing reliable auxiliary power and effortless manoeuvring in harbours and marinas. She is currently ashore on her sought after combination road trailer and launch trolley.
Mechanical
- Yanmar 1GM10 inboard diesel engine
- 2 blade fixed propeller
- Rope cutter - knife type
Electrical
- 1x 12V battery with isolator - Yuasa 80Ah
- Solar charging
Rigging
- Gaff sloop rig
- Wooden mast and spars - professionally refurbished September 2025
- 1x19 standing rigging
- Slab reefing mainsal
- Sailspar roller reefing spar for genoa
- Whisker pole for genoa
- All halyards led aft to cockpit
Navigation
- Raymarine ST40 depth
- Silva compass - can be mounted internally, on deck or hand held
Deck
- Aft cockpit layout
- Tiller Steering
- Tiller extension
- 7kg plough anchor with chain and warp located in forward anchor well
- Cockpit cushions
- Cockpit table (removable)
Safety
- Stainless steel folding boarding ladder to transom
Canvas
- Sprayhood
- Cockpit enclosure
- Boom cover
- Overall winter cover - new 2025
Miscellaneous
- Combination road trailer and launching trolley
Accommodation
- 2 plus loo configuration
- Twin berth layout
- Berth extensions
- Jabsco toilet
- Single gas stove
- Cedar side linings
- Saloon table (removable)
Construction
- GRP hull and deck
- Teak rubbing strake - refurbished 2025
- Transom hung rudder
- Coppercoat antifouling
Documentation
- Bills of sale dating back to original sale
- Invoice evidencing UK VAT paid
- Builders certificate
- RCD certificate
Disclaimer
For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old
Please note that as the broker/agent, we cannot guarantee or warrant the serviceability of any safety equipment included within the inventory, including but not limited to the condition, operation, or service dates of such equipment. It is the responsibility of the buyer to thoroughly inspect and assess the condition of all safety equipment prior to purchase.
NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.