Banham Discovery 33

I had a trip down to Richardsons on the North Broads today to look at this lovely 'Old Girl' from the 70's. I know little about Banhams, but apparently they were based in Cambridge, producing many classic wooden designs, a few of which have subsequently been used on the Broads. They also apparently opened a boatyard in Horning, now destroyed and replaced by housing.

Surveyors comments: She reminded me of the Bourne Class, (but a lot cheaper in price!). She had some lovely old features, lights, door furniture, proper 70's stuff! The hulls will normally have some blistering unless already treated, but they are very thick. All things being equal, you would certainly want to choose a boat without blisters. Unfortunately, unless the seller is kind enough to tell you, you can't find out until the boat is hauled out for survey, at which point you've already invested some money in it. It's a fact that most blistered boats are sold without regard to the blistering, and this is one of the reasons why, in my experience, the number of cases where blisters cause the boat to be rejected, or give rise to price renegotiation is considerably less than 5%.

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