I spent the day at Horning today Surveying this River Cruiser. Horning is a picturesque waterside broadland village and if you only visit one Broadland village, then I think Horning has to be that one. The village lines the northern bank of the River Bure, stretching for about a mile, and has many waterside properties (best viewed from a boat). There are waterside pubs, shops, restaurant, tea-rooms, boat trips and other attractions to enjoy.
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Todays boat: Aquafibre is probably one of the best known boat makers on the Broads. Aquafibre were a prolific manufacturer of boat shells - these were then outfitted by a variety of local boatyards, including Brooms of Brundall and Bristercraft at Wroxham.
Unfortunately Aquafibre ceased trading in 2009, marking the end of an era in Norfolk boat building. As far as its aware, Aquafibre have been producing Broadland craft since the late 1960s, evolving from designs by Bourne Mouldings, although prior to the wholly fibreglass boats, they were producing Elysian hulls with hand built wooden superstructures. You will often also notice Aquafibre craft badged with different names depending on the outfitter. You will notice firstly the earlier designs only have a length figure, whilst the later designs have 'class' names, and secondly the majority of the designs were produced in two sizes.
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Single level 35' 4 berth river cruiser has twin sliding sunroofs, forward and aft double berths both with en-suite facilities and a large saloon area. It has the benefit of a bow thruster and an electric windlass for ease of use. |
