I had the day at Anglia Yacht Brokers in St Olaves yesterday Surveying this Aquafibre 42 River Cruiser.
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| The first Aquafibre hull was the Ocean 30, one of the most used moulds in motorboating history. It initially became the Broom 30 and Moonraker 30, before being used to create scores of other models up until the present day. |
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| The second mould from Aquafibre became the much-loved Ocean 37 and Broom 37. |
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| Aquafibre was started in 1965 at the outset of moulding in GRP and its success in doing so was hugely influential. The firm went on to play a key role in development for Fairline and worked with some of the big names in modern motorboating, Broom and Princess among them. |
The firm grew rapidly, supplying specially designed inland hulls to nearly every hireboat outlet on the Broads over the 1970s and 1980s.
As that business began to decline, Aquafibre sold to the big charter fleets, with many hulls going to Ireland for Emerald Star and France for Crown Blue Line.
Thinking of buying an ex hire boat like this one. Call me for a chat or mail me at steventruss1@aol.com
