Graham47 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Hylander said: Snap - and from what I recall it had no curtains at the front. Whoever buys this will have to do a lot of work on the road to and from the main road. It is one huge pot hole. I think Langford had a thing about front curtains we hired Thunderbolt that had no front curtains and when we had Blenheim on it’s first letting that had curtains but no tracking or fittings to attach them to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 jaguar had curtains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, unclemike said: jaguar had curtains I want me money back. We certainly had no curtains and only discovered this when we moored at Berney Castle the first night. We searched high and low but nowt. We had to put up with that for 14 nights. Oh for the days when you could afford to have 14 nights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 we hired in august ,maybe they had realised and fitted them by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQ Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I'll bet there's builders of "Executive Homes" sniffing around the site wondering who to bribe... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, TheQ said: I'll bet there's builders of "Executive Homes" sniffing around the site wondering who to bribe... It would have to be Executive House Boats. The amount of flooding on the site plus it's built on very very soft marshland. They built the Haddiscoe flyover in the sixties. Then wondered why there was a hill appearing in the field next to it when they measured the ramps they had sunk by nearly a foot. lots of concrete underpinning later it stopped sinking. the ramps were resurfaced but to this day there is still a slight step in the transition from ramp to bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Jaguar, was that the 42 foot 2 berth? I remember it as a stand out boat at the time because in that era it was about 10 foot longer than any other 2 berth available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 My parents use to hire a bounty 37 from Alphacraft every Easter called jaguar. Must of been early 80s I'd stopped going away on holiday with them as I'd joined the army. My father told me all about the new boats Alphacraft had designed. I remember being due to come on on leave and my mum had talked my girlfriend into us joining them on the broads. It was on there new 35 centre cockpit boat rapide. I couldn't believe how much space there was on board the big saloon at the rear of the boat was lovely. I didn't like the bright red upholstery alpha used back then tho. Sadly we had dreadful weather that week which put my girlfriend off and it would be many years later before I'd return. Good memories of Alphacraft with my parents, especially Langford marching up and down the yard with his walkie talkie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Broads01 said: Jaguar, was that the 42 foot 2 berth? I remember it as a stand out boat at the time because in that era it was about 10 foot longer than any other 2 berth available. sure was, needed a good brekkie to slide the canopy tho. was very heavy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I had Harrier an Alpha craft Alpha 35 with my parents in 1996, it was the last boat I had before I lost my Dad and I absolutely loved the plushness of interior. I appreciate it wouldn't be fashionable these days however I remember the 70s and 80s was a sea of vinyl on the floor and upholstery which maybe practical however I never found it comfortable and we appear to be heading back that way. This was luxury to me button back dralon upholstery carpets, tinted glass and thick dralon type curtains two toilets a mini bath. I take a look at some of the £3000 a week boats today with curtains you can shoot pees through with disdain, I like a black out curtain. Any way it was a good holiday and boat which I always had a soft spot for. Neil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 45 minutes ago, Captain said: I had Harrier an Alpha craft Alpha 35 with my parents in 1996, it was the last boat I had before I lost my Dad and I absolutely loved the plushness of interior. I appreciate it wouldn't be fashionable these days however I remember the 70s and 80s was a sea of vinyl on the floor and upholstery which maybe practical however I never found it comfortable and we appear to be heading back that way. This was luxury to me button back dralon upholstery carpets, tinted glass and thick dralon type curtains two toilets a mini bath. I take a look at some of the £3000 a week boats today with curtains you can shoot pees through with disdain, I like a black out curtain. Any way it was a good holiday and boat which I always had a soft spot for. Neil Totally agree, they were way above anything on offer at the time. The blown air heating worked very well I seem to remember. I liked and still do like the helm arrangement on the centre cockpit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WherryNice Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Here's how the site looks today..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Nothing as it use to look, completely overgrown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 I was just wondering how it went at the auction, and it didn't; withdrawn prior to the sale. Does anyone know what happened, if anyone bought it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatingman Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Due to legal issues it was withdrawn from the July auction It is supposedly entered in the next auction in September 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Is it known who the vendor is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatingman Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I believe it is the estate of Langford Jilings 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewcook Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 As to this Yard was Actioned off to theses people Estate of Langford Jilings ? could this be a Holiday Village and Private Boat Moorings? this could be interesting how all this gets developed into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The estate of the late Langford Jillings would be a more accurate description. Who are liquidating the asset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatingman Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Auction House East Anglia on behalf of the executors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Andrewcook said: As to this Yard was Actioned off to theses people Estate of Langford Jilings ? could this be a Holiday Village and Private Boat Moorings? this could be interesting how all this gets developed into? Would doubt that it would get permission to develop into a holiday village. The access road to it, is a busy industrial estate and the entrance way is on a bend by a steeply banked bridge with traffic lights. The amount of land would not get many chalets on it either, the land is very marshy all the way around the fringe. I can envisage something industrial but not residential in any form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 It seems like the old Alphacraft boatyard sold for a decent price of £360k in the end: https://auctioneertemplates.eigroup.co.uk/LotDetails.aspx?LotID=1062532&a=95&c=top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, Bikertov said: It seems like the old Alphacraft boatyard sold for a decent price of £360k in the end: https://auctioneertemplates.eigroup.co.uk/LotDetails.aspx?LotID=1062532&a=95&c=top Blast! Just over my budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikertov Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 24 minutes ago, floydraser said: Blast! Just over my budget. ... over by £359,999 by any chance ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 Lot more when you add in Auction fees and the VAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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