This may be of interest - I see there is a Badger relative for sale on Apollo Duck (not by me) with a gaff rig, 32 foot dory, might not be suitable for JR due to narrower beam but here's the link anyway:

http://sadler.apolloduck.com/advert.phtml?id=377305

Looks like a fine boat to me, and brand new, to a reasonable price, as well. How about the stupid EU rules? Is the Benford approved and can be sold (within 5 years after building)?

The gaff rig may not be so bad. Since the rig is new, it can possibly be sold for some money. It is also possible to make a quick and dirty conversion from gaff to junk by just replacing the gaff mainsail with a junk sail 
(see  http://goo.gl/0rL1rr ). If the boat had been junk-rigged from start, the chances would be that the sail was flat, and that is even worse: Then the sail is not good, but since it was new, it would feel too bad to throw it away...

Cheers, Arne

 

Gavin Colthart wrote:

 I'm tempted but the timings not good right now...

It never is, Gavin, it never is.  That's why so many people dream and so few people realise their dream.  That sounds nauseatingly smug, I know, but Arthur Ransome said it in a nutshell: Grab a chance, and you won't be sorry for a might-have-been.