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Marine Construction: english builder of glassfibre cruising yachts. NAMMERT insures a Marine Construction regardless of year built or where you bought it, liability, hull, legal expenses and personal accident cover from one house, taken out online in five minutes.

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At a glance

Origin

several countries

Class

sailing boats and sailing yachts

Typical sizes

6,6 to 10,4 m

Premium from

from €39 a year for liability

Worth knowing

Marine Construction; cover, cost and conditions

Marine Construction, known as Marcon, was a yard at Woolston near Southampton. Its founder Eric White was one of the early builders to work in glassfibre. After fire destroyed an earlier factory, he took over a run down yard at Woolston and carried on there. White sold a majority stake in 1970, left in 1976, and Marcon ceased trading in 1979. The names associated with the yard include the Trident, Striker, Tomahawk and Sabre, and the Sabre 27 came from the drawing board of Alan F. Hill. These are glassfibre yachts of the sixties and seventies, many of them still sailed along the south coast of England.

Our model records list six designs: five sailing yachts and one smaller sailing boat, the Marcon 22 at 6.62 metres, recorded from 1968 to 1983. The oldest entries are the Rival 31 and the Sabre 27, both from 1966. The Rival 31 at 9.45 metres ends in 1973, while the Sabre 27 at 8.23 metres runs to 1985. The Javelin 30 at 9.29 metres appears from 1967 to 1980, and the Marcon 34, at 10.41 metres the largest design, from 1975 to 1984. The Tomahawk at 7.7 metres runs longest, from 1967 to 1998. No line reaches into the recent build years, and several entries go past 1979, the year the source gives for the yard's closure.

Boats of this age are usually on their second or third set of rigging and engine, so the first questions for a buyer are when the standing rigging was last replaced and what is under the cockpit floor. Early glassfibre hulls were often laid up thick, but decks with balsa or plywood cores can turn soft around stanchions and chainplates. Keel bolts and the hull to keel joint deserve a proper survey. Many of these yachts still cruise the south coast of England, and a well kept example remains a straightforward coastal cruiser.

Questions and answers

Frequent questions

What does the name Marcon stand for?

Marcon is short for Marine Construction, Eric White's yard at Woolston near Southampton.

In our model records the Marcon 22 and Marcon 34 carry the name.

Which Marine Construction yacht is the largest?

For Marine Construction: The Marcon 34 at 10.41 metres, recorded from 1975 to 1984.

The smallest is the Marcon 22 at 6.62 metres.

The cover that fits

For the whole class of boat

For Marine Construction: What matters for sailing boats and sailing yachts is the same across

every brand; engine output, how a claim is settled, cruising range and theft protection.

The class page lists every point and every brand in this class, Marine Construction included.

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Nautical information What counts before you cast off, papers, equipment, waters

Licence

A powerboat licence (inland or coastal) is required from 15 hp (11.03 kW).

Registration

Registration from 3 hp; for trips abroad carry the boat certificate or flag document.

Waters

Inland, coastal and abroad; plan fairways, bridge clearances, draught and tides.

Equipment

Lifesaving gear, fire extinguisher, anchor, signalling equipment and correct navigation lights.

Cruising range

The agreed cruising range is stated in the policy and can be extended at any time.

Weather

Check wind force in Beaufort and wind direction before casting off, and allow for gusts.

General guidance, not a complete account;

what governs are the rules of the waters you are on and the manual of your Marine Construction.

Current wind force and direction for your waters are shown on the Home.

Series by Marine Construction, build years and cover

Tomahawk

Tomahawk is a sailing yacht from Marine Construction, built from 1967 to 1998.

Sabre 27

Sabre 27 is a sailing yacht from Marine Construction, built from 1966 to 1985.

Marcon 34

Marcon 34 is a sailing yacht from Marine Construction, built from 1975 to 1984.

Marcon 22

Marcon 22 is a sailing boat from Marine Construction, built from 1968 to 1983.

Javelin 30

Javelin 30 is a sailing yacht from Marine Construction, built from 1967 to 1980.

Rival 31

Rival 31 is a sailing yacht from Marine Construction, built from 1966 to 1973.

What this means for the cover

For the Tomahawk, Sabre 27, Marcon 34 by Marine Construction and 3 more series there is no list

price left.

That is why we work with an agreed value: you state the figure, we agree it,

and in a total loss exactly that amount is paid, with no deduction for wear.

For the Tomahawk, Sabre 27, Marcon 34 by Marine Construction and further series:

On sailing yachts the rig and the underwater hull are the expensive parts:

a dismasting quickly costs a quarter of the boat,

and osmosis counts as wear and is covered by no hull policy.

For the Marcon 22 by Marine Construction series:

On boats this size the condition of rig and fittings decides.

A dismasting is covered, worn terminals after years are not.

All series at a glance

The Marine Construction range in figures

These figures come from the model records we keep for Marine Construction: boat type,

build years and length, nothing estimated.

sailing yacht: 5 models, 1966 to 1998, 7.7 to 10.4 m
sailing boat: 1 model, 1968 to 1983, 6.6 m

Which model was built when?

Sailing boat Motorboat RIBEach bar is one Marine Construction model, running from its first to its last year of build. The colour shows the type of boat.

What does a used Marine Construction cost?

We hold today’s price ranges by year for 6 models by Marine Construction.

The table shows what boats in average condition are worth,

from the oldest to the youngest year on record.

Choose your exact model, year and condition in the calculator.

Model	Years built	Range today
Javelin 30	1972 to 1977	€12,700 to €16,200
Marcon 22	1971 to 1980	€5,400 to €7,200
Marcon 34	1978 to 1981	€21,700 to €28,300
Rival 31	1969 to 1970	€18,200 to €24,400
Sabre 27	1969 to 1982	€8,300 to €12,100
Tomahawk	1970 to 1995	€6,500 to €20,100