Price: £19,500
Build Year: 2022
Location: Gorey Boat Storage
Is this the newest Orkney Longliner 16 MKII currently in Jersey? A well-equipped and versatile 16ft fishing and leisure boat, ideal for coastal cruising and fishing around Jersey. The MKII offers a practical layout, good stability and excellent sea-keeping for its size.
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Orkney Longliner 16 MKII
The Orkney Longliner 16 MKII is a true British classic, combining traditional boatbuilding qualities with modern improvements in performance, stability, and practicality. Developed as the successor to the original Longliner 16, the MKII has become one of Orkney Boats’ most popular models, offering exceptional versatility as both a fishing boat and a family day boat.
Perfectly suited to exploring Jersey’s coastline, fishing around the Channel Islands, enjoying days out with family and friends, or simply getting out on the water, the Longliner 16 MKII is designed to be easy to operate, launch, recover, and tow. Its lightweight construction means it can be towed behind a small family car and launched easily using an unbraked trailer.
The traditional long-keel hull provides excellent stability and comfortable drifting, while the deep, secure cockpit gives plenty of usable space for fishing and general boating. The Longliner can also be configured with a fixed GRP cuddy or folding spray dodger, together with a number of seating and steering arrangements, allowing the boat to be tailored to individual requirements.
Lightweight, economical, exceptionally practical, and renowned for its seaworthiness, the Orkney Longliner 16 MKII is an ideal small boat for Jersey and the Channel Islands.
🔹 General Overview
Model: Orkney Longliner 16 MKII
Length Overall: 4.88 m (16 ft)
Beam: 1.83 m (6 ft)
Hull Weight: Approx. 270 kg
Engine: Outboard – Yamaha 25 HP Aux Yamaha 2.5 HP
Steering: Remote steering
Maximum Persons: 5
Maximum Load: Approx. 442 kg
Design Category: C – Coastal Cruising
Construction: Hand-laid reinforced GRP
The Longliner 16 MKII is a compact but highly capable boat, perfectly suited to recreational fishing, family boating, harbour cruising, and coastal adventures.
🔹 Design & Construction
The MKII benefits from an improved hull design developed to provide increased performance and stability while retaining the traditional characteristics that made the original Longliner so popular.
🔹 Layout & Features
Despite being only 16 feet long, the Longliner makes excellent use of its available space. The open layout provides plenty of room for fishing, while the optional cuddy offers useful shelter and additional practicality.
🔹 Performance
The lightweight 270 kg hull allows the Longliner 16 MKII to perform impressively with a relatively small outboard. Orkney quotes approximately 8.5 knots with 6 HP, 14 knots with 15 HP, and up to 22 knots with 25 HP.
🔹 Typical Uses
🌊 Coastal Cruising
🏝️ Exploring Jersey & the Channel Islands
🎣 Recreational Fishing
🚤 Family Day Boating
⚓ Harbour Cruising
🌅 Exploring Bays & Beaches
☀️ Relaxing at Anchor
🔹 Key Advantages
🔹 Summary
The Orkney Longliner 16 MKII is a beautifully simple, practical, and capable British-built boat that has earned an excellent reputation amongst fishermen, families, and recreational boaters.
Combining traditional long-keel design with modern improvements in stability and performance, the Longliner 16 MKII is equally comfortable fishing offshore, exploring the coastline, cruising around the harbour, or enjoying a relaxed family day on the water.
Its lightweight construction, economical outboard performance, excellent sea-keeping, and easy launching and recovery make it particularly well suited to the waters around Jersey and the Channel Islands.
For anyone looking for a dependable, easy-to-handle and genuinely versatile 16-foot boat, the Orkney Longliner 16 MKII is an excellent choice.
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.
