Skyhawk Has Moved

[Sam]

For friends who know us and those we have yet to meet this is our new mooring in Horning. Please give us a wave if you are passing.

[CambridgeCabby]

Looks a lovely spot , do you have access and use of the grass area as well 

[Sam]

Yes, it’s our own private garden 

[JennyMorgan]

Reckon forum members could moor four abreast across the mouth of your dyke. A full English would be appreciated before eight o'clock!

[Sam]

17 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

Reckon forum members could moor four abreast across the mouth of your dyke. A full English would be appreciated before eight o'clock!

Don’t know about full English but I can do coffee anytime 

[CambridgeCabby]

45 minutes ago, Sam said:

Yes, it’s our own private garden 

Lovely 

[Vaughan]

 I think I recognise that boat!

 

Built by Crown Cruisers on an AF 42 modified superstructure mould, to give a big sundeck and two steering positions, suitable for cruising French canals, where height was not a problem.

Unlike later conversions, this boat was built to suit the configuration, and to what we called "Crown Class" standards. 

A very comfortable boat and I hope you are enjoying her!

Scan is from the Crown Blue Line brochure of 2001.

As it happens, the two people on board in the photo, are Susie and I!

 

 

[JennyMorgan]

9 minutes ago, Vaughan said:

As it happens, the two people on board in the photo, are Susie and I!

That's not the diminutive Vaughan Ashby as I remember him from our mutual schooldays!

[Sam]

9 minutes ago, Vaughan said:

 I think I recognise that boat!

 

Built by Crown Cruisers on an AF 42 modified superstructure mould, to give a big sundeck and two steering positions, suitable for cruising French canals, where height was not a problem.

Unlike later conversions, this boat was built to suit the configuration, and to what we called "Crown Class" standards. 

A very comfortable boat and I hope you are enjoying her!

Scan is from the Crown Blue Line brochure of 2001.

As it happens, the two people on board in the photo, are Susie and I!

 

 

On SkyHawk, we have a kitchen where the rear bedroom is. Lovely boat. The other one on The Broads is StarFire moored at London.

[Vaughan]

2 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

That's not the diminutive Vaughan Ashby as I remember him from our mutual schooldays!

Maybe I had more hair?   

[JennyMorgan]

1 minute ago, Vaughan said:

Maybe I had more hair?   

Must also have had a brown rinse back in those days!

[Vaughan]

Sorry, when I said AF42 I meant Alpha Craft, of course. The mould was made for Crown Cruisers but it looks as though Langford Jillings also did a couple for the Broads, hence the blue gelcoat in the superstructure.

 

[Vaughan]

 

Here's another one then, from the same brochure!

There was no-one on the wheel, when that was taken!

[Graham47]

We hired Skyhawk from Alph Craft for 2 X 2 weeks in 1990 & 2 X 2 weeks  1991. Lovely boat with plenty of room. We hired from Alpha craft for years.

 

[TheQ]

Ah opposite DeerFoot almost, You can expect a lot of visitors, 5/6 June Next year...

It's a good place to watch the 3 Rivers Race...

[TheQ]

Just now, TheQ said:

Ah opposite DeerFoot almost, You can expect a lot of visitors, 5/6 June Next year...

It's a good place to watch the 3 Rivers Race... Particularly soon after the start..

 

[andyg]

Alpha craft were in the process of developing a new boat for the European waterways before their sad demise i believe. Barnes are building a new 50ft boat for next year and seeing as most of the mould tools are now owned by Barnes I wonder if this could be the boat ? 

[Sam]

53 minutes ago, andyg said:

Alpha craft were in the process of developing a new boat for the European waterways before their sad demise i believe. Barnes are building a new 50ft boat for next year and seeing as most of the mould tools are now owned by Barnes I wonder if this could be the boat ? 

A 50 footer, for the Broads?

[oldgregg]

This has come up a few times recently.

You can have a 50ft boat on the broads, but the list of places it can't go is fairly significant unless it's a boat first registered before 1992.

Is the new boat definitely 50ft?

[NeilB]

I’m moored in Barnes now, there was a hull floating behind the crane.  Might go for a wander!

[JennyMorgan]

20 hours ago, Vaughan said:

 

Here's another one then, from the same brochure!

There was no-one on the wheel, when that was taken!

Shoulders back, stomach in!

[oldgregg]

1 hour ago, NeilB said:

I’m moored in Barnes now, there was a hull floating behind the crane.  Might go for a wander!

I think it might be a 46-footer... 

[NeilB]

Couldn’t get around the front without climbing over lots of boatyard junk, thought it may look a bit dodgy!  They had another new Alpha flybridge Inside the shed but it was shorter than 46/50.

[Sam]

22 hours ago, Sam said:

On SkyHawk, we have a kitchen where the rear bedroom is. Lovely boat. The other one on The Broads is StarFire moored at London.

Should have said Loddon!!

[Vaughan]

1 hour ago, JennyMorgan said:

Shoulders back, stomach in!

Thumbs in line with the seams of the trousers!

"You stand there, like a bag of broken biscuits, and call yourself a Grenadier Guard??"

 

Sorry, no trousers.