# 1985 Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat > 1985 wooden 8.25m fishing boat built of larch on oak in Girvan, Fordson 70hp diesel, new gearbox 2024, lying Troon Yacht Haven. £20,000 — Euroyachts Troon. Web page: https://euroyachts.com/boats/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/ ## Key facts - Status: For sale - Price: £20,000 - Condition: Used - Make: Custom Built - Model: John Gaff 8.25 fishing boat - Year: 1985 - Type: Leisure Fishing Boat - Length overall: 27ft (8.25m) - Beam: 3m - Engines: Fordson 70hp - Fuel: Diesel - Hull construction: Wood - Designer: John Gaff - Lying: Troon Yacht Haven - Listed by: Euroyachts Troon - Contact: 01292 318002, info@euroyachts.com - Reference: 8435 ## Description This is a classic wooden fishing boat ideal for day fishing trips or gentle day cruising. Wheelhouse with great all round visibility, small cabin with V seating, spacious cockpit for fishing. Fordson Super Major 70hp diesel engine. Built in Nobles Yard Girvan by John Gaff and built of Larch on oak in 1984. Restoration by John S Hill, Fairlie. Hull has just been repainted and antifouled March 2025. As 'Radiance II' is lying away, please make an appointment to view. Part exchange may be available and nationwide delivery can be arranged. ## Accommodation - Small cabin with V berth seating, step up to the wheelhouse. Wheelhouse with opening side windows and door to the cockpit. - Seat and storage. - 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. ## Mechanical and rigging - Fordson Super Major 70hp diesel engine, rebuilt - New gearbox 2024 - Three bladed propeller ## Inventory - Engine instruments - Raymarine Dragonfly 5 - Garmin Echo 300c - Furuno GPS Navigator - ICOM IC-M4230 DSC VHF radio - Compass - Bow pulpit and side rails - Teak deck, side decks and cockpit - Searchlight - Deck light - Deck matting - Wooden mast - Stern boarding platform - Storage boxes secured to wheelhouse roof - Anchor with warp - Various warps and fenders - Ships bell - Electric bilge pump - Manual bilge pump - Sea water pump - Liferaft out of service ## Photos - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: blue wooden hull with varnished wheelhouse and wooden mast, afloat in a marina: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-blue-wooden-hull-varnished-wheelhouse-2-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: cockpit looking forward to the wheelhouse, with aluminium engine box and rubber deck matting: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-aft-cockpit-rubber-matting-engine-3-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: underwater hull ashore showing red antifouling, keel, rudder and propeller on blocks: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-underwater-hull-ashore-red-antifouling-4-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: wheelhouse rear door from the cockpit, with storage boxes and lifebuoy on the roof: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-wheelhouse-rear-door-open-helm-5-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: varnished wheelhouse interior with wooden wheel, instruments and steps down to the cabin: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-wheelhouse-interior-wooden-wheel-6-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: engine box lid open in the cockpit revealing the diesel engine: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-cockpit-engine-box-opened-show-7-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: engine bay from above showing the green diesel engine and gearbox: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-engine-bay-viewed-above-diesel-8-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: chrome Super Major badge mounted on the varnished wheelhouse panelling: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-super-major-badge-mounted-varnished-9-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: spacious cockpit with rubber matting, engine box and stern seat, viewed from the wheelhouse: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-spacious-cockpit-black-matting-engine-10-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: brokerage graphic advertising nationwide delivery: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-brokerage-graphic-advertising-nationwide-11-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: cockpit with engine box, fenders, coiled warp and wheelhouse behind: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-cockpit-forward-wheelhouse-engine-box-12-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: row of rod holders fitted along the blue cockpit bulwark: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-row-rod-holders-fitted-along-13-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: ship's bell on the wheelhouse side beside a teak side deck with handrail: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-ship-bell-wheelhouse-side-beside-14-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: front of the wheelhouse with windows, wooden mast and storage boxes on the roof: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-wheelhouse-front-windows-wooden-mast-15-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: teak side deck running alongside the wheelhouse with stainless handrail: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-teak-side-deck-grab-rail-16-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: teak foredeck with bow pulpit, deck hatch and mooring cleat: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-teak-foredeck-hatch-bow-pulpit-17-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: bow view afloat showing blue hull, pulpit and wheelhouse with mast: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-bow-blue-hull-afloat-wheelhouse-18-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: brokerage graphic advertising insurance services: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-brokerage-graphic-advertising-insurance-19-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: stern boarding platform with fold-down step on the blue transom: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-stern-fold-boarding-platform-ladder-20-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: hull ashore on blocks, blue topsides with fresh red antifouling below: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-ashore-blocks-blue-topsides-red-21-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: underwater hull ashore showing red antifouling, keel, rudder and propeller on blocks: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-stern-underwater-sections-ashore-keel-22-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: transom with nameboard and wooden boarding platform, seen ashore: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-transom-ashore-name-board-folded-23-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: brokerage graphic advertising part exchange: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-brokerage-graphic-advertising-part-24-1600.webp - Custom Built John Gaff 8.25 Fishing Boat: port side afloat alongside a pontoon with fenders out and wheelhouse aft of mast: https://photos.yachts.co/listing-photos/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-8435/custom-built-john-gaff-8-25-fishing-boat-port-side-afloat-alongside-pontoon-25-1600.webp Updated 2026-10-26. 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