Dell Quay Ranger 27
Price
UK £26,500
Currency
Length
27' - 8.23m
Vessel Location
Hampshire
Launch Year
1963
Fabulous 1963 Dell Quay Ranger 27 classic power boat cruiser
Dell Quay in Bosham built many Ranger 27s (based on a Fairey Marine of Hamble hull) and this must be one of the best on the current market.
The Owner, a Fairey Marine of Hamble enthusiast, looked far and wide before purchasing this very well-kept example from the owner who had cherished the boat for over 25 years - the boat being stored every winter under cover.
That previous owner, in 1990, fitted new Volvo engines and stern drives with contra-rotating propellers, helping stability under way and maneuvering in a marina. The engines have been very well-maintained and have done only about 1500 hours since installation.
The fore-cabin has twin berths - or using an in-fill, one double berth.
The central helm position has modern electronics and the galley has a period charm to it. The heads and shower, in a cubicle off that cockpit, have hot and cold water.
The saloon has a settee on either side thus two single berths as needed and again everything is very well-presented in traditional blue and white.
With two sleeping cabins - separated from each other by that central cockpit - this Dell Quay Ranger 27 has a 'quiet space' to each cabin - an example of a 'big ship' feature,
Also, there is a sun-deck on the hatches above the engine room.
This Dell Quay Ranger 27 scores highly in the three areas that need to be assessed when contemplating a classic wooden power-boat:
*1 an excellent Fairey Marine hull that has been the subject of recent preventative maintenance
*2 twin diesel engines and stern drives
*3 decks renovated with 'Tek-Dek' synthetic teak material.
Beautifully presented, with an extensive history file, and complete with warps and fenders, this boat packs a lot of safe, enjoyable accommodation and 'big ship' features into her 27 foot overall length.
Please contact the Broker for videos.
Descriptions
Fairey Marine of Hamble have an enviable world-wide reputation for making wooden hulls using Agba veneers bonded together under high pressure and high temperature in an autoclave, thus forcing the glue into the pores of each veneer making a firm yet flexible long-lasting hull.
The Huntress was their 'break-through' power-boat design with a single engine on a shaft drive, penned by Alan V Burnard, and used as Captains' boats in the Royal Navy.
Dell Quay of Bosham bought many Huntress hulls making Ranger 27 boats with a thicker transom to take twin stern-drives and with a more spacious superstructure.
Layout
Moving aft from the bow is the light and airy fore-cabin with windows on three sides plus either twin single berths in a 'Vee' layout or, with an in-fill, a single double berth. There is much storage space and a useful locker for hanging clothes.
The central cockpit of this Dell Quay Ranger 27 can be regarded as the hub of the boat.
On the port side is the helm position with the engine controls for the two Volvo engines. To starboard is the galley with the period gas cooker and hob as well as a food preparation area.
To port off the cockpit is the cubicle for the heads and shower, both with hot and cold water. The hot water is heated by a calorifier using engine heat and/or an electric immersion coil from the shore-power when in a marina.
Still moving aft, the saloon is reached by descending a few steps down from the central cockpit and has been recently re-furbished with a gleaming floor and traditional blue-covered settees to each side. These settees make excellent single berths and the saloon, being some distance from the fore-cabin, delivers a sense of privacy.
Aft of the saloon is the sun-deck being the area above the two engine hatches. On the stern are quarter push-pits and if dodgers were to be fitted, this also would be a relatively private area.
Navigation and Electrical
Garmin GPS 182 Colour Chart plotter
Garmin Fish finder echo-sounder
Standard Horizon GX1700 DSC VHF with built in GPS
Glomex omnidirectional TV aerial
12volt DC Power circuits for: internal lighting, steaming and anchor lights
Windscreen wipers, bilge pumps, shower and water pumps
Navigation equipment and engine instrumentation
USB Points in fore cabin, galley and aft cabin
Shore Power
New 12 volt batteries were fitted in 2023.
Engines, Fuel, and Water
Installed in 1999 and regularly serviced the two Volvo TAMD 22PB four cylinder diesel engines drive through SX sterndrives fitted with counter-rotating propellors.
A good speed of 25 knots is easily achieved and economical cruising is best at 20 knots.
The two diesel fuel tanks, each of 50 gallons capacity and made of stainless steel, give a very useful range.
There is one water tank of 35 gallons capacity.
Deck Equipment
Anchor and chain
Stainless steel:
Pulpit at the bow
Stanchions around the deck with guide wires
Quarter push-pits at the stern
Custom built beaching legs
Manual bilge pump
Ropes and Fenders
Trim Tabs
Maintenance
Bought by the current owner from the previous who enjoyed the boat for over 25 years, and every winter brought the boat ashore for dry-storage. It was he who, at a cost of over £25,000 in 1999 had the boat re-engined by Hunton Power Boats, Cambridge.
The two Volvo Penta TAMD22P8 engines, each 105BHP, were fitted with Volvo SX Stern drives with new electrical looms and instrumentation.
The current owner, a very knowledgeable Fairey Marine of Hamble enthusiast, has continued cherishing this lovely little ship, winterising the engines and dry storing the boat over winter.
Full-service history with 27 years of invoices and documentation.
2023 Refurbishment
The current owner continued cherishing this boat and sanded back the hull which was then primed and repainted with 2 coats of Epiphanes Mono urethane.
The Top Sides were also sanded back, primed and repainted with 2 coats of Epiphanes Mono urethane.
All windows: were removed; the frames powder coated; the windows re-sealed in the frames and refitted.
All the exterior woodwork was sanded back and re-varnished with 3 coats of International Yacht varnish.
All the internal decks removed, sanded, and coated with two coats of Epoxy varnish.
Hull and stern drives were abraded and given two coats of anti-foul.
New 'Tek-Dek' synthetic teak decks were laid.
2017
New Jabsco heads
2015
Hull epoxy painted with 3 coats below waterline
Owner's Comments
After three exciting years and many enjoyable adventures cruising the French inland waterways, and more recently the Solent, this 1963 Dell Quay Ranger Tiger C II is now ready to be handed over to a new custodian.
This robust and capable little boat is presented in fine original order throughout and has turned heads wherever we have been. She spent last winter in Bembridge Boat storage and is currently being anti-fouled and polished for the new season and will be in fine fettle and ready to go.
For those of you that don't know, or who have not had the experience of a voyage in one of these little boats, then a pleasant surprise awaits. This really is a little / big boat. Bags of space inside with an open galley and helm in the centre cockpit. There's a spacious aft cabin with its sliding roof with much under-seat storage and a sizable wardrobe. The fore-cabin can be configured as either two single or one double berth, also with under stowage, and a useful wardrobe with plenty of hanging space.
There's a heads with hot and cold shower off the central cockpit.
The canvas top can be configured in many ways from being totally shut, sides up, open back, bimini or all off. If you want to be outside, there's a large deck pad above the engines where you can scatter cushions and enjoy the sun.
What's she like to drive, I hear you say Once again the phrase Little Big boat, comes to mind. Her steadfast sea keeping in all weathers belittles her size, with dual Volvo engines producing 210HP she can easily zoom along at 25 knots or ease back to 20 knots for an economical cruise.
When your passage is over then berthing is made easy with contra rotating propellors.
Complete with warps and fenders, recent anti-foul, and ready to go.
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates 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.
This vessel is UK Tax paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying ashore at Bembridge and will soon be brought to Hamble Point Marina
© 2025 Nicolle Associates
Dell Quay in Bosham built many Ranger 27s (based on a Fairey Marine of Hamble hull) and this must be one of the best on the current market.
The Owner, a Fairey Marine of Hamble enthusiast, looked far and wide before purchasing this very well-kept example from the owner who had cherished the boat for over 25 years - the boat being stored every winter under cover.
That previous owner, in 1990, fitted new Volvo engines and stern drives with contra-rotating propellers, helping stability under way and maneuvering in a marina. The engines have been very well-maintained and have done only about 1500 hours since installation.
The fore-cabin has twin berths - or using an in-fill, one double berth.
The central helm position has modern electronics and the galley has a period charm to it. The heads and shower, in a cubicle off that cockpit, have hot and cold water.
The saloon has a settee on either side thus two single berths as needed and again everything is very well-presented in traditional blue and white.
With two sleeping cabins - separated from each other by that central cockpit - this Dell Quay Ranger 27 has a 'quiet space' to each cabin - an example of a 'big ship' feature,
Also, there is a sun-deck on the hatches above the engine room.
This Dell Quay Ranger 27 scores highly in the three areas that need to be assessed when contemplating a classic wooden power-boat:
*1 an excellent Fairey Marine hull that has been the subject of recent preventative maintenance
*2 twin diesel engines and stern drives
*3 decks renovated with 'Tek-Dek' synthetic teak material.
Beautifully presented, with an extensive history file, and complete with warps and fenders, this boat packs a lot of safe, enjoyable accommodation and 'big ship' features into her 27 foot overall length.
Please contact the Broker for videos.
Descriptions
Fairey Marine of Hamble have an enviable world-wide reputation for making wooden hulls using Agba veneers bonded together under high pressure and high temperature in an autoclave, thus forcing the glue into the pores of each veneer making a firm yet flexible long-lasting hull.
The Huntress was their 'break-through' power-boat design with a single engine on a shaft drive, penned by Alan V Burnard, and used as Captains' boats in the Royal Navy.
Dell Quay of Bosham bought many Huntress hulls making Ranger 27 boats with a thicker transom to take twin stern-drives and with a more spacious superstructure.
Layout
Moving aft from the bow is the light and airy fore-cabin with windows on three sides plus either twin single berths in a 'Vee' layout or, with an in-fill, a single double berth. There is much storage space and a useful locker for hanging clothes.
The central cockpit of this Dell Quay Ranger 27 can be regarded as the hub of the boat.
On the port side is the helm position with the engine controls for the two Volvo engines. To starboard is the galley with the period gas cooker and hob as well as a food preparation area.
To port off the cockpit is the cubicle for the heads and shower, both with hot and cold water. The hot water is heated by a calorifier using engine heat and/or an electric immersion coil from the shore-power when in a marina.
Still moving aft, the saloon is reached by descending a few steps down from the central cockpit and has been recently re-furbished with a gleaming floor and traditional blue-covered settees to each side. These settees make excellent single berths and the saloon, being some distance from the fore-cabin, delivers a sense of privacy.
Aft of the saloon is the sun-deck being the area above the two engine hatches. On the stern are quarter push-pits and if dodgers were to be fitted, this also would be a relatively private area.
Navigation and Electrical
Garmin GPS 182 Colour Chart plotter
Garmin Fish finder echo-sounder
Standard Horizon GX1700 DSC VHF with built in GPS
Glomex omnidirectional TV aerial
12volt DC Power circuits for: internal lighting, steaming and anchor lights
Windscreen wipers, bilge pumps, shower and water pumps
Navigation equipment and engine instrumentation
USB Points in fore cabin, galley and aft cabin
Shore Power
New 12 volt batteries were fitted in 2023.
Engines, Fuel, and Water
Installed in 1999 and regularly serviced the two Volvo TAMD 22PB four cylinder diesel engines drive through SX sterndrives fitted with counter-rotating propellors.
A good speed of 25 knots is easily achieved and economical cruising is best at 20 knots.
The two diesel fuel tanks, each of 50 gallons capacity and made of stainless steel, give a very useful range.
There is one water tank of 35 gallons capacity.
Deck Equipment
Anchor and chain
Stainless steel:
Pulpit at the bow
Stanchions around the deck with guide wires
Quarter push-pits at the stern
Custom built beaching legs
Manual bilge pump
Ropes and Fenders
Trim Tabs
Maintenance
Bought by the current owner from the previous who enjoyed the boat for over 25 years, and every winter brought the boat ashore for dry-storage. It was he who, at a cost of over £25,000 in 1999 had the boat re-engined by Hunton Power Boats, Cambridge.
The two Volvo Penta TAMD22P8 engines, each 105BHP, were fitted with Volvo SX Stern drives with new electrical looms and instrumentation.
The current owner, a very knowledgeable Fairey Marine of Hamble enthusiast, has continued cherishing this lovely little ship, winterising the engines and dry storing the boat over winter.
Full-service history with 27 years of invoices and documentation.
2023 Refurbishment
The current owner continued cherishing this boat and sanded back the hull which was then primed and repainted with 2 coats of Epiphanes Mono urethane.
The Top Sides were also sanded back, primed and repainted with 2 coats of Epiphanes Mono urethane.
All windows: were removed; the frames powder coated; the windows re-sealed in the frames and refitted.
All the exterior woodwork was sanded back and re-varnished with 3 coats of International Yacht varnish.
All the internal decks removed, sanded, and coated with two coats of Epoxy varnish.
Hull and stern drives were abraded and given two coats of anti-foul.
New 'Tek-Dek' synthetic teak decks were laid.
2017
New Jabsco heads
2015
Hull epoxy painted with 3 coats below waterline
Owner's Comments
After three exciting years and many enjoyable adventures cruising the French inland waterways, and more recently the Solent, this 1963 Dell Quay Ranger Tiger C II is now ready to be handed over to a new custodian.
This robust and capable little boat is presented in fine original order throughout and has turned heads wherever we have been. She spent last winter in Bembridge Boat storage and is currently being anti-fouled and polished for the new season and will be in fine fettle and ready to go.
For those of you that don't know, or who have not had the experience of a voyage in one of these little boats, then a pleasant surprise awaits. This really is a little / big boat. Bags of space inside with an open galley and helm in the centre cockpit. There's a spacious aft cabin with its sliding roof with much under-seat storage and a sizable wardrobe. The fore-cabin can be configured as either two single or one double berth, also with under stowage, and a useful wardrobe with plenty of hanging space.
There's a heads with hot and cold shower off the central cockpit.
The canvas top can be configured in many ways from being totally shut, sides up, open back, bimini or all off. If you want to be outside, there's a large deck pad above the engines where you can scatter cushions and enjoy the sun.
What's she like to drive, I hear you say Once again the phrase Little Big boat, comes to mind. Her steadfast sea keeping in all weathers belittles her size, with dual Volvo engines producing 210HP she can easily zoom along at 25 knots or ease back to 20 knots for an economical cruise.
When your passage is over then berthing is made easy with contra rotating propellors.
Complete with warps and fenders, recent anti-foul, and ready to go.
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates 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.
This vessel is UK Tax paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying ashore at Bembridge and will soon be brought to Hamble Point Marina
© 2025 Nicolle Associates
Price
UK £26,500
Boat Reference
2851297
Launch Year
1963
Length
27' - 8.23m
Beam
2.7432m
Vessel Location
Hampshire
Region
GB
Use
Leisure
Builder
Dell Quay
Engine
Volvo
Engine Make
Volvo
Fuel Type
Diesel
Engine Hours
1500
Fuel
455
Accommodation
Cabins:2
Berths:4
Berths:4
CONTACT DETAILS
Dealer
Nicolle Associates
Telephone
Fax
+44 (0)23 8005 1250
Address
Saltmakers House
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Hamble Point Marina
Hamble SOUTHAMPTON England
Website
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