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depends on your engine mounts but if the donut type are on the front and have given way and the rear is a mid gearbox mount then it could all just have moved forward a bit.. sometimes there isn't much clearance to start with.. a few photos would help..

It possibly comes out of the water a bit too much but it was designed to cut wash and boost fuel economy which it does.

easier than standing on the cabin roof trying to get the screens down in the wind! We got the idea from a 1960s Broads Cruiser but just updated it about 60 years!

Thanks, its difficult to produce a new design which isn't like the 'old ones' the RC45 was said to look like the Alpha 44... with the CJR46 we kept the rear seat but really tried not to produce the same boat from a different factory. I takes some people a while to get use to it and Im sure some never will !! we have a second one available for hire from mid July, we may move that date forward,

Coburn sliding systems.. Boulters sell them

Thats fantastic trivia... where is the other half?

me too!

It actually says 'Sorry no hire craft'! yards know we have space and they pass the information on, also if you read the Broadcaster I'm fairly sure it is in there that we accept hire boats when we have space available, we have never refused a request.

Just edited the prices.. couple of rare big spaces come up at horning this week inc 14’ beam and side on mooring which are a little more than the normal. don’t forget, we give refunds for any unused months hence these two due to boats being sold..

Hi, the Stalham boatbuilding team was made redundant when I left the company only one accepted a vacant position at Richardsons but who now is part of the HPC team, the rest of the ‘core’ team had some time off then joined my project from july to November before the demerge was completed since then some have joined and some have left. I didn’t ‘take’ anyone, they joined me, there were 4 staff at horning at the split, we now have a 17 strong team.

should have booked with me anyway if you wanted the best deal!

Hi All, I'll do a slight deal if anyone wants to hire a boat from Horning Pleasurecraft... message me, depending on duration it will probably be about 5% same as the early loyalty offer we are currently running.. Sorry its not 40% but our prices are low enough already!

I must admit you could be right as I was told this when the previous tests were being carried out,

Hi yes,, no problem

Hi All, I have a couple of big and small(ish) moorings available at Cove arina Brundall, they are now £72.50 per foot inc VAT. all with finger jetties or side on, we have rubbish disposal and showers/ toilets etc... as it is getting on in the year I will make exception to the ' first come first served' rule so if you want to come in April then Ill invoice and take payment from when you plan to arrive to the end of October but i wont give the usual refund for unused months until the following year.. hope that makes sense as I sometimes have people wanting to come but they have to give 3 months notice and i might not have space in 3 months time.. have a great weekend everyone!

Hi, yes indeed the bulkheads are Varnished! the -8 is so that the ranger can see at a glance how many people the boat is licensed to carry, this is mainly due to the stability characteristics / down flooding height but also the ventilation for the gas appliances . we could have more on the boat but we don't want more than 8 on her so that is the max number allowed. the trial run driver is additional.

Yes, basically the whole thing with the boat building team.

new addition from the Broads leading innovator in hire boat development https://broadshols.co.uk/boats/fleetline/ the pricing and calendar will be on there next week

Phoenix told me Yesterday that they took 1 hire boat through the bridge this year so id say its specifically Wroxham bridge which is the focus when looking to hire a low air draft boat on the Northern broads..

its a bit of a jump as we a re relatively new hire operation and do not have a stream of historic customers waiting to book with us so need plenty of support! we have gone from 3 to 10 boats in the 3 years we have been solo so that's around 300 bookings we need,,.. One of Nigels Boatbuilders came to Horning when they shut and is still with us, looking after the wooden boats and involved in the new build, he is part of a fantastic team we are lucky to have around us..

Thanks, we were made aware of a wording issue last night, nothing major but we appreciate the feedback. Fleetline will be out in hire in October but probably not via the website.

On every level boat 😬 I’ll sort it😀

Thanks Kevin, this was our first web booking, let me know if there are any problems, it should all be very smooth 🤞 really appreciate your patience

Discounting encourages late booking, it is very difficult to budget not knowing what your income may be, we as a industry got into discounting in the 90s and it was difficult to get out of but we did, the problem started up again a few years ago but was widely avoided, the booking agents who are involved with caravan hires accept it and encourage it as a last minute boost to the commissions which I feel is derogatory to the loyal customer, there are about 700 hireboats on the broads which is probably about the same amount of caravans in Mundesley or Bacton. I saw a 2 berth boat on sale for a short break last week for less than £300, bearing in mind there is £60 VAT on that I don’t feel the model is sustainable but obviously I don’t know their business. perhaps in the same way the ‘Sun Promotions’ covered the wages this could be doing the same. we have space in October which is still booking but so far we are only about 5% down on last years total which was a bumper year.. we have not discounted and don’t plan to for next year unless it’s an early booking. I was taught by my father a fair bit to do with hirefleets so learned by his mistakes .. desperate times call for desperate measures but I don’t think these are desperate times.

Good Evening all, not sure who noticed or knew, but as of today we are able to take direct bookings via our own website www.broadshols.co.uk We announced it just now on Facebook but I can’t put a link up.. we have parted company with Hoseasons and can pass on some of the savings but as we didn’t discount this year (due to initial fair pricing ) we won’t discount for next year, we do reserve the right to put them up though so book early with confidence that you wouldn’t get it cheaper😀 www.broadshols.co.uk