New Jack Powles History Website

[NeilB]

This has been posted all over Facebook but no one has mentioned it here so I thought I would.  Someone has created a website covering the history of Jack Powles, It's quite comprehensive and I'm still only half way through it all.

www.jackpowles.co.uk

 

[Dan]

Great website

I did not know that the 12 foot beam restriction came about through their new American Houseboat design... 

https://jackpowles.com/index.php/the-1970s/

Dan

[Boatingman]

Just read

Would recomend to all who love the broads

Ray

[Jbx5]

Thanks for posting Neil I will show this to my neighbour MR Powles.

John 

[Turnoar]

JP designed and built many lovely boats, both sail and iron quant, I have my personal favourites regardless of that but they produced great craft whatever took your fancy.

[Broads01]

4 hours ago, NeilB said:

This has been posted all over Facebook but no one has mentioned it here so I thought I would.  Someone has created a website covering the history of Jack Powles, It's quite comprehensive and I'm still only half way through it all.

www.jackpowles.co.uk

 

Thanks for sharing this, Neil, I've started working my way through all the detail. The author has certainly put some hard work in.

It's always worth sharing something that's been on the dreaded FB. Some of us try to avoid all the FB dross more than we have time to pick out the good stuff.

[Bikertov]

Reading through it too - fascinating  !

@BroadAmbition - there is a great picture and mention of Broad Ambition in the 60's section  

[ExSurveyor]

What a fascinating read, thank you for posting it.

[Captain]

Wow, thanks for posting Neil, a great read I love the history of Broads boatyards. You learn little snippets of information that you would never know about for example my family hired Wayford Witch from Bowers Craft at Wayford in 1978, a lovely little Hampton Safari but the yard was the most ramshackle place I has ever been from. The yard loo was in an old caravan which made Glastonbury festival facilities seem luxurious, now I learn that they built the entire 6 strong Star Tracker class the year before for an international boat builder. This is like finding out Caracatus Potts  knocked out a fleet of Ferraris before he finished Chitty Chiity Bang Bang.

Neil 

[Lawrence]

Me and Missus first holiday on the Broads was on Broadland Bittern from Somerleyton, anybody know what happened to that old girl? The boat that is not the Missus! Actually we wern't married then😱😱

[JanetAnne]

I believe Bittern is currently in storage.

[Lawrence]

Hi JanetAnne, thanks for that, any idea where?