VetChugger Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Encountered this on face ache. Seems quite an impressive electric dayboat. Have a look on the following link and scroll down! https://www.marthamferryboatyard.co.uk/boathire The one I noticed is Apollo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 They have gradually been building up their fleet - some of the sailies are nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I like the look at the Ensign 21 or Siesta 20. Well worth mooring at Potter Heigham the night before, and walking up to Martham for a day cruise around the upper Thurne network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Reasonable walk up to the Ferry and back - good job you are all pretty fit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrundallNavy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 The picnic boats are built at Wayford I believe nice but at over £200 per day a tad expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 3 hours ago, marshman said: Reasonable walk up to the Ferry and back - good job you are all pretty fit!!! I'm not fit, I have completely knackered right ankle, with hardly any cartilage between the bones, but I can take a break every so often. Once on the boat, i'l be ok, but then I,l have to walk back. I'l probably be doing an evening cruise after in pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 3 hours ago, brundallNavy said: The picnic boats are built at Wayford I believe nice but at over £200 per day a tad expensive. I looked on their site and it says £120 per day for the Fiesta 20, and £135 for the Ensign 21. I think the new electric one is £200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thats about the going rate for the bigger day boats with facilities on board!! HW charge £240, Ferry £200 , Broads Tours £195, and once again it is the picnic boats that tend to go first - I suppose it helps if you split it! I am surprised they have an electric boat at the Ferry - I suspect they will not let them go to Somerton because of the weed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Martham Ferry Boats, there's a name from the past. I remember in the 80's they had two or three holiday cruisers which were eventually bought by Barnes Brinkcraft. Brinks Aries is still on hire. It certainly makes a useful day boat location and the more choice the top side of the bridge the better. How long have they been offering these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Broads01 said: Martham Ferry Boats, there's a name from the past. I remember in the 80's they had two or three holiday cruisers which were eventually bought by Barnes Brinkcraft. Brinks Aries is still on hire. It certainly makes a useful day boat location and the more choice the top side of the bridge the better. How long have they been offering these? That's why we are looking to hire one for a day run around the upper Thurne network. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Hi Broads 01, Martham Ferry are an interesting little boatyard which as you say used to have a cruiser hire fleet. I believe they operated 5/6 boats at one stage including 4/5 Horizon 35's Triton and Tranquil Breeze and a Bounty 27 Elysian now at Barnes plus two houseboats. In the latter years they even operated a unique Alpha 38 called Ferryman which was a shortened version of the Alpha 42 Rapide/Concorde lowliner dual steer boats. I imagine they must have had fun trying to get that through Potter even in the 90's. More recently the King family (ex Ferry Boatyard Horning) bought and developed the yard building holidays homes and a new boat shed on the site which was falling down if I remember correctly. I don't know when they acquired the yard however It must be atleast 5-10 years ago and a varying day boat fleet has been offered for some time. Most of the current fleet is recently acquired, they did build a number of Ensign 21s and had a couple of ex Pacific day boats at one stage although boats move between the recently acquired Wayford Marina. In the past Jumbo was also offered for hire which was an earlier version of Appollo and some electric day cruisers from HW. Olivers sailing hoildays operate 2 yachts from the yard although I don't know whether Martham Ferry own these as they marketed separately, of course back in the 60-80's the Cresta sailing fleet (12+ yachts?) operated here but thats another story. Neil 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Yeah, I remember seeing all the Cresta fleet in the Hoseasons brochure. I can still remember the names of some of them. Crestette, Cresta donna, Crestina, Cresta maria, Crestella, Cresta nova, Cresta, Cresterina, Crestabelle. I can't remember any more, but remember Cresta Nova looked very much like a Sabre 27, and was all GRP. Has anybody got any pics of them?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 We hired a picnic boat from them last year to have a cruise around . Lovely boat only downside was cut off on the gas ring meant Kate had to hold the button down until the kettle boiled 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitch22 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Anybody know of any of the cresta fleet still about?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Kitch22 said: Anybody know of any of the cresta fleet still about?? A couple, certainly but not in hire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitch22 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Thanks for the fast reply Poppy, I would be very interested in other Cresta owners to know how many are still going, names and type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 On 17/07/2019 at 16:50, SPEEDTRIPLE said: Yeah, I remember seeing all the Cresta fleet in the Hoseasons brochure. I can still remember the names of some of them. Crestette, Cresta donna, Crestina, Cresta maria, Crestella, Cresta nova, Cresta, Cresterina, Crestabelle. I can't remember any more, but remember Cresta Nova looked very much like a Sabre 27, and was all GRP. Has anybody got any pics of them?. Sorry to be over a year late replying, but it seems they had over a page to themselves, in Hoseasons brochure of 1971. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitch22 Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I would very much like to see another one. I’ve been doing allot of research on these. Here we have CrestaDonna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 you won't see Crestella again, I took this before it was broken up earlier this year... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitch22 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 That’s sad did you get any pics of the boat? Am I right in thinking this is the sister vessel and is very similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteBelham Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I'm sorry to report a similar thing happened to Cresta Maria Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upcycler Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 It's strange how we as living beings can get so attached to cars, boats and planes that we treat them like living objects. So when we see them being crushed, sunk or scrapped, you can feel a bit sorry to see them in this way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WherryNice Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 2 hours ago, C.Ricko said: you won't see Crestella again, I took this before it was broken up earlier this year... Was she at Wayford Clive? There was a very similar looking(and very rotten) boat there until a few months ago but I never got around to taking a closer look(sailys aren't really my thing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 So, they put a match to a Crestella. Not a bad smoke for a low budget cigar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 27/08/2020 at 22:01, WherryNice said: Was she at Wayford Clive? There was a very similar looking(and very rotten) boat there until a few months ago but I never got around to taking a closer look(sailys aren't really my thing). Yes, had been at Wayford for years, very poor state as you said.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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