Half Decker for Sale on the Norfolk Broads

Im offering a half share in my latest Half Decker 'Black Bess'. Please email me at steventruss1@aol.com for more information. A mooring in Horning is also available. 

General Specification

Keel : Fin

Designer : Ernest Woods of Horning

Builder : Ernest Woods of Horning

LOD : 7.01m (23ft 0in)

Beam : 2.03m (6ft 8in)

Draft : 0.91m (3ft 0in)

Construction

Built in 1930's

Wood carvel construction

Mahogany over oakwood timbers

Distinctive black hull

Recent new keel and stainless steel keel bolts

Varnished deck, transom and cockpit

Wintered ashore annually

Last surveyed 2015

Rigging & Sails

Gaff rig

Timber mast (hollow) & spars

Mainsail (good serviceable condition)

3 x jibs (good serviceable condition)

Outboard bracket

No outboard motor included in sale

Equipment

Summer cover

Winter cover

Quant pole

Remarks

Considered to be one of Ernest Woods' finest half deckers, and probably one of the largest on the Broads, "Black Bess" was privately commissioned as a 'one off'. She has the lines of a stretched White Boat, and her three hull drawings and a sail plan are currently housed in the archives at the Museum of the Broads in Stalham (available for viewing on request). She was this year's winner at the Hickling Regatta (2015). She is a very quick boat and perfectly balanced for both racing and pleasure cruising. In excellent and very original condition for her age, she is a real survivor, with great charm and character.

Half share: £4500. 

1936 Loynes River Cruiser

This river cruiser I surveyed today was originally built as one of a class of two 23 foot, three berth sailing yachts for hire on the Broads. She was purchased by her current owner in 1997 and was subsequently COMPLETELY REBUILT AND REFITTED (from stem to stern, with part of her keel being all that was retained from the original vessel) at the International Boatbuilding Training College at Lowestoft prior to being relaunched as an all but new craft in 2012. Her rebuild was planned and overseen by her owner, a former pupil of the IBTC himself, and was clearly carried out to a very high standard. She is essentially only three years old, at a fraction of the cost of a newly commissioned vessel built to the same standard and specification. This very elegant and unique Broads river cruiser will allow her new custodians to cruise and race the Norfolk Broads in true comfort and style, whilst maintaining all of the grace and traditional charm that the River Cruiser Class is renowned for.