AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Deben Four-Tonner

LESS THAN £10K

The Deben Four-Tonner never achieved the massive popularity or iconic status of, say, the later Folkboat or Corribee, but it’s one of the nicest of the small English cabin yachts born between the end of the Great Depression and the outbreak of the second world war – and its great looks and easy nature earned it many fans. Among these small yachts, typically 18-25ft (5.5-7.6m) were the Blackwater Sloops, the Lymington L Class, the Vertue, Z4, small Hillyards and many others. But