Sæl 
(ex Gay Chance)

An Invited Friend of The Harrison Butler Association
Built to an Alan Buchanan design in 1962

Sæl : To Buchanan's Much Praised Saxton Design
Sæl is built to Alan Buchanan's Saxon design. Originally called Gay Chance, in 1970 she was renamed Sæl. She was sold fairly recently, reputedly in very good condition as indeed the above photograph from 2014 would suggest.

Sæl Statistics
Built : 1962 by RJ Prior & Son in Burnham-on-Crouch, England
LOA : 34' 6"
LWL : 26' 0"
Beam : 9' 5"
Draught : 6' 0"
Displacement : 10 ton TM
Lloyd's Register N° 303858
Signal Letters : MAMQ6

Sæl Custodians & Home Ports 
Harry Butler (?-2006-2015) West Kirby Sailing Club, Wirral, England
PJ Wild (1968-1985-?) Lymington, England
P Long (?-1963-1967) Liverpool, England

Sæl Links
• Sæl for sale in 2015 (Now Sold)

Page last updated : September 2017

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