slides of the 70s!

[C.Ricko]

This one was a photo too,

she is 'York Enterprise' a general purpose workboat which went to Yarmouth..

the photo was taken in the 'Bath' at Catfield.

why did nobody take a side on photo? I think I have one in a sales pamphlet somewhere...

[C.Ricko]

last picture of the '43 now unless I scan the sales thingy next week...

This one is for Jonny as he seems to like engines, unfortunately I am not sure what they are but they are big as they were in a workboat (York Enterprise). there was plenty of strength built into these hulls, they were all built to Loyds specification..

I did have a overhead photo of this boat pulling a tallship off the coast somewhere but I dont know where it is

[jimbo]

Great picture Clive, I love pictures showing the fitting out process

[C.Ricko]

Ok then Jimbo, Just for you!

[jimbo]

Fantastic! My kind of boaty pics

[Guest]

Hi Clive

i bet the sound from the exhaust is the sought you fall in love with once there started I do love the shape of the bow stand out.

Jonny

[C.Ricko]

In with the slides was these of the shed at Catfield where Dad moved the building operation when he sold the boatyard at Stalham, for those of you lucky enough to pass through Catfield regularly it is between the two trend sites behind what was a garage and is now a bus depot and garage again.

Moulding was done in the smaller original of the two sheds and building in the new one.

the shed was a T2 aircraft hanger, I cant remember where he got it from.

[jillR]

wonderful photos clive, thanks for posting them

jill

[Guest]

Hi Clive

how long did your dad have the base at catfield for?

Jonny

[C.Ricko]

Hi Jonny,

we still have Catfield, it is divided up into units.

I found some pictures of the 43' but they would not scan properly but I will try another approach ab=nother time..

I did scan these slides of a boat we built for the fisheries, we borrowed the mould from the architect John Perryman, she was 40 foot long

[andyfish]

What a nice looking ship,rather think it resembles Bobella

Andy

[Guest]

Hi Clive

i would have to agree with Andy a very nice looking seagoer love the exhaust outlets.

Jonny

[Brian]

Clive, that large shed at Catfield, is it close to Moores of Stalham The Woodyard ?

[C.Ricko]

Hi Brian,

Yes it is next to what was Moores and is now Trend, Trend owns everything round us there..

[Brian]

Trend ? is that Windows ?

Me and my Father installed most of the Moores Extract Systems about 15 years ago.

[C.Ricko]

yes, the window people, I think the moores shed was knocked down about 10 years ago and replaced with a bigger one.

[Guest]

Hi Clive

I hope this isn't to personal.

I was woundering if your dad named any of his boats after loved ones?

did your dad build a boat that each time he saw it he would fall in love each time?

little like me but i dont fall in love with one i end up loving them all not the best place if your moored in a yard where it happens each time you visit.

Jonny

[C.Ricko]

HI Jonny,

His first boat he built was called 'Just Jane' that was the name of his Niece (my cousin)

I dont think he fell oin love with them, he was keen to build the next before he finished the one on the go!

Here is a slide of one of the 'Siestas' a single level 35' boat.

it was taken in the 'building shop' arround 1965, I was given this slide earlier this week, it is funny as I have been clearing this shed with my brother for the last two days, we shall be building the new plug and mould in there soon. the last boat to be built in the building shop was Sensation about 15 years ago.

[Guest]

Wow look at the hull on that

Jonny

[C.Ricko]

Wow look at the hull on that

Jonny

When Dad told the boat builders to use 4" paralell planking they were also shocked, they were not happy with the planks curving up towards the bow, traditionally a plank should look straight but this took longer to shape and created waste

Dads fleet was built cost effective to do a job.

we are going off topic again- Sorry!

[jillR]

yum that looks nice and i do so love the single level boats

jill

[C.Ricko]

I found a side on picture of the Horizon 43' I'm not sure which one she was..

[C.Ricko]

I also have a picture of the SCA boats(Suez Canal Authority)

we did not mould them but we fitted out about 20 of them, which we only shipped 7 as they would not meet the speed requirements, it seemed that the bigger the engine the more the boat weighed and it went no faster. This was a problem as we only fitted out the specified hulls as we were asked. we sold them off gradually, it was one of the reasons Dad decided to knock this moulding/building idea on the head.

I think Bridgecraft at Acle has one, it was the one we kept as a towboat at acle before we sold our yard in Maidenhead in 1985 and got 'Samson' the sister ship to 'Hercules' at Stalham.

[C.Ricko]

I tried scanning the brochure but it went funny so I took photos of it instead to show the other two versions of the 43'

sorry about the quality and randomness of this thread!

[Guest]

Hi Clive

realy stunning boats did you ever get reports back of the pilots having collisions or ever sinking them??

Jonny