ATLANTA KOLIBRI also KORALLE JR.

My Four Kolibris

I am selling either #3 or #4 if you are interested in owning a great little boat.
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Kolibri # 1 (Kolibri is German for hummingbird)

The year was 1984. I was killing time in a hardware store while getting broken windows repaired. An ad on the store's bulletin board caught my eye and I stopped for a closer look. Someone wanted to sell a 12' "Kolibri" sailboat for only $250. It even had a car-top loading device and dolly. I looked, bought and was hooked on sailing for life! 

 

 

 

 

The boat had no trailer, so I bought another small boat with a trailer and sold the boat for what I paid for both.

Kolibri # 2

About ten years later, I found an orange Kolibri that had hardly been used. I sold the yellow boat for twice what I paid for it. For 18 years, my wife, our children and grandchildren enjoyed sailing the Kolibri.

 

 

 

It was not a happy day in 2002 when I finally sold our little "Hummingbird," but we were retiring to the USA and couldn't take it with us. After settling in America, I began looking for another Kolibri. The German-built Kolibri was sold in America for a number of years under the name "Koralle Jr." but the few that I found on the Internet were too far away. Glenmore Boats of Canada now makes the Kolibri and another Canadian boat, the "Echo," is nearly identical to the Kolibri. A new boat was too much for my budget, however.
 

Kolibri #3 (Now for sale $1200 with Trailer)
I owned several canoes and sailboats (see links), but it was four years before I finally found another Kolibri. On July 29, 2007, I saw an ad on Craigslist for a Koralle Jr. which is what some of them were called in America. It was located just across the Delaware River in Philadelphia, so I responded immediately. On July 31, I towed my trophy home!

 

 

The boat had been stored outside without protection, so the seat and transom were badly weathered. The boat had been used primarily as a rowboat, however, and the centerboard, rudder and sails are in near new condition. I made a mahogany transom and seat, after which I took it for a sail.

 

One of the former owners had repaired several cracks in the floor of the boat, but he apparently was not experienced in such repairs. In a brisk breeze, the floor suddenly cracked around the mast step and before I could get to shore, the mast dropped through the bottom of the boat! I have photos of the damage and repairs on another page if you are interested: Kolibri Repair

 

When the former owner heard that I was "downsizing" and had a Mutineer for sale, he came and bought it. Here are photos of both boats in our driveway.

 

Now that I have another Kolibri, this one is for sale for $1200 ($900 without the trailer). 

If you prefer, I will sell the Kolibri pictured below for $2000 ($1700 without the trailer).

 

 

Kolibri #4 Purchased May 10th, 2008!

This one is the same color as the second Kolibri that I owned in Austria, but that one had blue stripes on the mainsail. I bought this boat from the original owner with the original bill of sale and owners manual. He sold a larger sailboat in 1972 and bought the Kolibri, intending to purchase a trailer for it. That never happened and the Kolibri spent the next 36 years stored in a garage.

 

 

I will sell this boat (#4) for $2000 with the trailer its sitting on and keep the red one (#3). Where else can you get a new sailboat with a nice trailer for that kind of money?