Details taken from 2005 survey. Alligin of Oare is a Wakering 33 masthead sloop with an auxiliary Vetus M3-1 0 22 hp diesel engine. An attractive Part 1 British registered wooden vessel designed by Alan Hill and built by Sutton and Smith of Gt Wakering of Essex in 1970. L.o.A 32'6", beam 9'9", draft 4'0". She is fitted with a fully battened main sail with the roller reefing headsail replaced in 2000, included is a blue and white spinnaker with snuffer. All sails professionally cleaned 2008. Fitted main sail stacker packer, and spray hood and cockpit tent.

The Wakering is a roomy wooden vessel with a curved raked bow, short counter and transom stern, twin bilge keels and a round bilge. She sails well and has for many years been based in and around the Medway and north Kent area.

She has six berth accommodation in two cabins and sleeps four comfortably. A double in the bow, a double in the saloon cabin on the port side, and single berths in the starboard saloon and starboard quarter. A separate sea toilet compartment with folding wash basin and running water is located port side between the bow and saloon cabins. Last surveyed in April 2005 and described then as well mairttained with replacement engine, shaft, twin bladed propeller and new sails, she has continued to be maintained in good condition with the hull painted Britannia blue.

The hull is constructed of stripped 1" sq hollowed and round edge glued and fastened mahogany planking. The external hull down from the cove line has been sheathed I believe approxiwately 10 years ago with a thin layer of West System glass roving and epoxy resin on the approval of the designer and West Systems, to improve the ease of general maintenance and watertight integrity.

Topsides decks and interior are teak. Exterior brightwork has been refurbished with Deks Olje 1 and 2. Cabin topsides painted with anti slip paint. Alloy framed windows fitted with toughened glass.

Manual anchor winch on foredeck, with CQR anchor and chain over bow roller. Separate kedge anchor and chain in cockpit locker. Adjustable spinnaker pole. Winches fitted to mast and boom with two main winches and two spinnaker winches in cockpit. All winch handles provided. Opening fore hatch.

The twin bladed 15" propeller is protected within a skeg with attached tiller operated rudder.

Interior wood varnished and in good condition with saloon and bow locker space to port starboard and below seats. 30 gallon polythene fresh water tank fitted below seats starboard side. Pressurised hot and cold water supply from a 4 gallon engine fed calorifier with immersion heater when on shore power, providing hot and cold water to the galley and toilet compartment. Fitted interior cabin smoke alarm, fire extinguishers, fire blanket and engine extinguisher.

The galley is fitted with a sink, hot and cold water, and a Taylors 030 pressuriseq paraffin cooker, (pressure tank fitted below seats on port side).

Nav table is to starboard aft with fitted lights, a Simrad RT1400 VHF radio, Garmin 120 XL GPS, Clipper navtex, and an Autohelm 100 electronic chart/nav plotter,