Trusty 23 for sale lying ashore at Blackness Marine, River Dart, with Devon Boat Sales. The Trusty 23 is highly regarded, known for its high-quality construction, traditional styling, and "little ship" feel, designed for coastal exploration, tidal harbours, and inland waterways. For her size she packs a huge amount in and this example is incredibly well spec’d, large double berth, separate head, saloon, galley, with twin burner, fridge and microwave, twin helm positions and a large cockpit. She features bow thruster with remote, radar and a huge other lot of features. I have been selling boats for a long time and I haven’t written this before, but I think you would struggle to find a better example of this model. For a boat built in 2010, it could almost be straight out of the factory, minus a few tell tails. She had a major refit in 2025, including new engine with just over 20 hours on her currently, new electronics, rewire and a host of other work. She is now presented beautifully having been polished and antifouled for the coming season.

Build

Blue GRP hull,
White GRP deck and superstructure.
Teak Laid Cockpit
Displacement hull.
Bilge Keels.
Varnished Double doors to Cabin.
Stainless Swim Ladder.
Auxilary Outboard Bracket. 
Secondary Helm position in cockpit
Ultrasonic Antifouling System
Stainless Steel Pulpit

Machinery

Yanmar 4JH57 (New 2025)
57hp 4 Cylinder Diesel engines.
On shaft drive to Three Bladed Bronze propellors.
20.7 Hours (April 2026)
Cruising Speed 6 Knots.
Top Speed 8Knots.
Bow thruster with Remote

Electrics

4 x 12v batteries.(All new 2025)
Charged by upgraded 80A engine alternator.
240v battery charger.
Shore power with cable. 
Solar Pannels

Tankage

1 x 110L Stainless Steel Fuel Tank.
1 x 88L Stainless Water Tank. 
1x 61L Holding tank.
Pressurised hot and cold water throughout.
Immersion Heater from Shore Power 

Navigation Aids

Compass.
Garmin GPSMap Chartplotter 1022XSV (New 2025)
Garmin AIS 800 (new 2025)
Garmin Autopilot (new 2025)
Garmin DSC VHF100/200 series with Loudhailer (new 2025)
Garmin Wind instruments (new 2025) 
Garmin Radar
Icom IC-M35 Handheld VHF

Ground Tackle

Bruce Anchor 
Chain and Warp
Electric windlass with Remote

Inventory

• Diesel Fired Heating
• Automatic bilge pumps.
• 1 x Manual bilge pump.
• Navigation Lights.
• Radio.
• Horn.
• Searchlight
• Aft cockpit tent 
• Cockpit Table
• Assorted warps and fenders.
• Clock and barometer.
• Boathook.
• Fire Extinguisher x 2 (New 2025)
• Yamaha 6HP 4 Stroke Engine with Tank
• Twin Burner Gas Hob 
• Microwave
• Galley Sink with Mixer Tap
• Galley Fridge 
• Safety Box with EPIRB