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    3 Rivers Race 2021

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Raisena was fun to sail before the new rig was put on her, after that we all lost interest a bit..

    When I bought Ladybird she needed new sails which she got,  she is a lovely thing to go about on and is a pleasure to sail and not uncontrollable,  so when the mast broke i was very careful not to damage the sails as i knew the rig was right for the boat. 

    i think the crossbow rig was a bit of  a nightmare.. 

     

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    3 Rivers Race 2021

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    4 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

    Does that include the new mast, the one that is rumoured to even top the Tacolneston Broadcasting aerial?

    I don't have a share of Raisena anymore, she was sold to one of your neighbours on Oulton Broad.. 

    I have had Ladybird for a few years now, has been subject to a fair bit of work including a new mast which was snapped on the year we were going to wim 3RR. !

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    Sad News

    in Broads Chat

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    Indeed, A great loss, hopefully someone will take on the database and carry on his legacy, condolences go to all who knew him, I never met but sent numerous emails and photos to him almost bombarding him at times but he always replied with thanks. 

    Well Done Craig 

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    Nbd Back To Len Funnells Ownership

    in Broads Chat

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    10 hours ago, Vaughan said:

    Oh dear.

    I know this is off the subject of the thread but I am afraid I can't take that one "lying down" as it is historically incorrect and verges on the defamatory.

    I happen to have been the assistant yard manager for the "bunch that bought it" and so I was heavily involved in growing the business by building 100 new boats in one winter, thus increasing the fleet from two to three hundred, in one go. This also provided much needed business for many other yards who took part in that building, under contract. I suggest that the boats that needed renovating afterwards, had already been in the fleet before the "bunch that bought it" came along. As to the boats that we built, I hired one of them from Richo's a couple of years ago, 41 years later and still as good as the day I helped build it.

    Back on the subject, I think this shows that we should not pronounce on the effects or ramifications of a business deal about which we can only conjecture, since we actually know nothing about it.

    To be fair, the first Easter we bought the yard back we could only get about  50 boats in a fit state to operate them (Many of which were wooden) the fibreglass boats which were largely less than 10 years old were stored in the 3 basins which were called the 'graveyard' 

    the yard had been concreted and some office buildings put up, 

     

    with regard to the NBD deal, you have to take your hats off to Paul and Barbera I think in the time have operated they must be the most successful people in boating in the UK 

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    Thorpe Green Gunboat

    in Broads Chat

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    Morning flight was moved because it was constantly sinking, it sat on a mud berth which was dredged as an experiment due to the mercury levels in the mud.  the maintenance on the boat was not worth while and she took up space from which the hire fleet could be run. 

    as it happens the yard was not viable due to the lack of car park and the hassle of ferrying everything  to and from the staithe. the diesel delivery in particular was a worry and we didn't think that the delivery hose over the river could be ignored much longer. 

    Personally I loved being sent over there to work, the place had a lovely feel to it but it was a way of life more than a business. 

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    Thorpe Green Gunboat

    in Broads Chat

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    On 27/07/2019 at 16:05, annv said:

    Two lads bought it to do a full restoration, but the B A refused them a permit to sail it away to get it lifted  out , so there it sits. John

    If i remember correctly we sold it to a Naval museum who raised it by wrapping her in polythene then decided it was a bad idea so passed it on to someone else, the BA told them they needed insurance before it could be taken onto the main river. 

     

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    Brooke For Broads

    in New Members Say Hi !

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    15 hours ago, taleteller said:

    There is a short but interesting piece relating to a pair of Brookes belonging to the Richardson's fleet when it was based at Oulton Broad on Carol's excellent Broadland Memories site HERE

    I wonder if the two I am thinking of moved from Richardson's to Camping Boats when they moved to Stalham in 1957. Clive might know if any were left behind.

    Hi, 

    I don't think he bought the launches with him,  

    As for my Baby Betty, i don't think it will be quite finished but who knows!

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    Brooke For Broads

    in New Members Say Hi !

    Posted

    Brooke marine sold boat kits so they were not all built at the yard. 

    Phoenix Yard in Potter Heigham have recently taken a mould from a Brooke and put a keel on it, 

    there is a Brooke launch  for sale on Facebook market place

     

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    Hoseasons Brochure Is No More

    in Hire Boat Discussion

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    Rickos have a 2019 version, to be fair, the majority of bookings are via the Net but we have a shed load of other info in the brochure and other literature  which when you consider the cost of the other publications we do it makes sense to combine them, hopefully our customers and the wider broads users find it useful 

     

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