Vaughan Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 This old photo is all I can find of the pleasure wherry Solace, carrying the Bishop of Norwich back upriver from the St Benets Abbey service, sometime in the 60's She is every bit a wherry, and the same size as the Albion. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Coming back from Barton Regatta in 2016. I remember one Barton Regatta possibly 2009 or 2010, three Wherries came back down the Ant on the Tuesday morning almost in convoy - it was chaos at Ludham Bridge! One was Albion, one was Solace but I can't remember the other one! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K2T Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 more Wherry photos please, lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Hathor in the 1970's sailing on Hickling. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Turnoar said: Hathor in the 1970's sailing on Hickling. Is that Humphrey Boardman, standing in the hatchway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I’m fairly sure Gordon Curtis is on the helm. Sadly he passed away earlier this year otherwise we could have obtained the full crew list I expect. I’d assumed it was perhaps the Martham family on board but if it was a charter trip I wonder whether the yard might have hire records going back that far? Certainly a nice thought that the Boardmans went for a pleasure sail on their old boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Turnoar said: Certainly a nice thought that the Boardmans went for a pleasure sail on their old boat. I knew Humphey Boardman, through his patronage of the Wherry Trust and it looks like him - from a long distance! He was one of the great, true Broadsmen, to whom we owe our heritage, of the Broads as we know them today. I fear he would be "turning in his grave", to see what we are doing to them now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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