JennyMorgan Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Don't remember where I found this evocative portrait of a wherry but hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 On a similar point of sailing is Albion as she enters Oulton Dyke back in 2013: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 This time the Ethel but don't know when: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebee29 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I love the first one. I can just imagine it in a nice frame hanging on the wall Thanks David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Don't remember where I found this evocative portrait of a wherry but hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do: I could see that on a big picture frame as you enter a Broads Pub or hotel. Nice one JM Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Would make a good pub sign! Glad that you all like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyg Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Nice one Jm I really enjoy reading Nigel royalls blogs on broads wherries. He has a real passion on the subject.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrundallNavy Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Here is a picture taken at Ranworth. Doug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Norfolk Wherries have certainly been a popular subject for artists over the years. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wherry+painting&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=inD7VKSDAYOuUeOsgHA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1031&bih=544#tbm=isch&q=norfolk+wherry+paintings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Just off the top of peoples heads, how many wherries are there still in existance?. I know of Albion (who does`nt?), and Hathor, and there`s the Wherry Yachts, Maud, Olive, and White Moth. Are there any others still around that can still be recognised as Wherries?. I remember years back when Martham boats had Hathor as a houseboat, and they also had "Bramble", but i don`t know what happened to her, anyone know?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Ardea, Maud & Norada spring to mind. Eight wherries still afloat. Marshman is Mr Wherry so I stand to be corrected but I think that Maud & Albion are the only two wherries built for trading, the remainder were/are all built as pleasure wherries. Ardea is a teak built wherry but like Albion she is a Suffolk rather than a Norfolk wherry. Ardea was, for a number of years, a 'knocking' ship in Paris. http://www.wherryyachtcharter.org/wherries.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Pete - love that picture of Ethel!!! Proper good 'ol wherry picture that!!! Speedtriple - two trading wherries left Albion and Maud with the latter still in private ownership. Albion is carvel and Maud clinker. Three wherry yachts - Olive Norada and White Moth all built with the counter stern Hathor, Ardea and Solace are purpose built wherries on traditional lines and with a wherry like hull ( if there is one!! ) and with accommodation. The 3 wherry yachts plus Hathor are looked after by the Wherry Yacht Charter at Wroxham Ardea and Solace remain in private ownership for the time being. Bramble unfortunately is no more - after being a floating houseboat at Martham i think she was used ashore there as well but I believe was lost in a fire sometime in the '80's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Solace is often to be seen on Wroxham Broad. By the way, mustn't forget these good people: http://www.wherryalbion.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 As if !!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 More wherries: http://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/picture_gallery_norfolk_s_well_loved_wherries_through_the_years_1_1807323 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Pete - love that picture of Ethel!!! Proper good 'ol wherry picture that!!! Speedtriple - two trading wherries left Albion and Maud with the latter still in private ownership. Albion is carvel and Maud clinker. Three wherry yachts - Olive Norada and White Moth all built with the counter stern Hathor, Ardea and Solace are purpose built wherries on traditional lines and with a wherry like hull ( if there is one!! ) and with accommodation. The 3 wherry yachts plus Hathor are looked after by the Wherry Yacht Charter at Wroxham Ardea and Solace remain in private ownership for the time being. Bramble unfortunately is no more - after being a floating houseboat at Martham i think she was used ashore there as well but I believe was lost in a fire sometime in the '80's Hi Marshman, thanks for that. Question, Obviously Albion is a trading wherry, and White Moth and Olive are Wherry Yachts, but what were Hathor and variants like her, are they purpose built "pleasure wherries", or just conversions of trading wherries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Back in the mid 90s (20 years ago :eek: , a coleague at work loaned me a book called "The Norfolk Wherry", which had some excellent photos and stories about the wherries, their work, and their crews. I did have a search on the net to see if i could still get it, as it was quite an old book, but to no avail. Has anybody else heard of this book, or does anybody have a copy, or know where i could get one?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Back in the mid 90s (20 years ago :eek: , a coleague at work loaned me a book called "The Norfolk Wherry", which had some excellent photos and stories about the wherries, their work, and their crews. I did have a search on the net to see if i could still get it, as it was quite an old book, but to no avail. Has anybody else heard of this book, or does anybody have a copy, or know where i could get one?. I have a copy! Have a peep on E-Bay for Black Sailed Traders, far more informative book. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=Black+sailed+Traders&_from=R40%7CR40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=Black+sailed+Traders&_sacat=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hi Neil, Have a look at the following link to see if this is the book/publication you are after:-http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=9570486513&searchurl=tn%3DThe+Norfolk+WherryRegardsAlan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Speedtriple - Hathor, Solace, and Ardea were all purpose built like that and not converted from trading boats - or so I recall without checking. If you think about, the life of a trading wherry was especially hard and I doubt they were treated with love and affection - they were after all working craft. Both Hathor and Solace were built just after the turn of the century around 1903/5 whilst if I recall correctly Ardea was quite a bit later around 1927 or so. As PW rightly says, Black Sail Trader is probably the best one to get and not too difficult to find. Very informative and with useful lists of all the later wherries in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Thanks Marshman, what i particularly liked abiout it were some of the photo`s were of the canalised sections which are no longer navigable. It`s surprising to see in the pictures, the upper Bure, and the North Walsham and dilham canal being so wide and open. Nowadays, these waterways are virtually streams surrounded by trees. The broads landscape has changed so much in the last 80-100 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 Just found this rather nice, evocative wherry on the Ant post-card: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Snap! Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I find a lot of old paintings of wherries are very accurate, and yours is excellent. The rigging of the halyard is exact, as well as the set of the sails, with one wherry on a beam reach while the other is close hauled. I wouldn't have gone as far down to leeward on the bend, as that. Maybe that was just to "balance" the picture! The mast head colours appear to be black, with a white band, in which case she was owned by Crisp, of Beccles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 If the wherries were plugging the tide then just maybe the incoming flow pushed her off the windward bank. Been in that position myself, nail biting stuff, will I nudge the putty, argggggh, lee oh! Lighten ship, crew over the side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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