'Free to a Good Home' - Appeal to Find New Homes for Two Ballyholme Bay Project Yachts

25th October 2023

The Ballyholme Bay ODs shaping up for some club racing on Belfast Lough in their heyday. Two of the boats are now being offered 'free to a Good Home as restoration projects Credit: W M Nixon

Two Ballyholme Bay yachts, which would make a great match-racing pair, need a new home (or homes).

They are 22 ft plank-built sloops which were built on the Clyde in approximately 1939 for members of Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough, where a fleet raced until recently.

"They need some restoration. One has a couple of sprung planks, and the stem head on the other needs to be replaced", explains owner Ruan O'Tiarnaigh.

Probably, decks need to be replaced on both, which would allow for the interior to be repainted, any issues below addressed, and the rudders re-stepped.

We are very keen to find new homes for these lovely boats as we don't want to see them lost. Free to a good home, they are available to view in Bangor, County Down.

"Lovely projects for Men's Shed or other teams. Please help find new homes for these lovely boats. Thank you", says O'Tiarnaigh.

Read more about the Ballyholme Bay class here

For more information, please email [email protected].

Published in Historic Boats, Northern Ireland Waters, Belfast Lough

Published in Historic Boats

Tagged under

Ballyholme Bay

About The Author

Afloat.ie Team

Email The Author

Afloat.ie is Ireland's dedicated marine journalism team.

Have you got a story for our reporters? Email us here.

We've got a favour to ask

More people are reading Afloat.ie than ever thanks to the power of the internet but we're in stormy seas because advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. Unlike many news sites, we haven’t put up a paywall because we want to keep our marine journalism open.

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full–time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

So you can see why we need to ask for your help.

If everyone chipped in, we can enhance our coverage and our future would be more secure. You can help us through a small donation. Thank you.