I spent the day at Eric Bishops Yard ‘Coxes’ in Barton Turf today, just 5 minutes from home. The vessel was a Loynes built ‘Supreme Serenity’ Broads Cruiser designed by Arnott Fowler back in 1965. Style: sliding canopy with stern well access and constructed from wood.
Loynes is one of the oldest boatyards on the Broads and although now incorporated into 'Faircraft-Loynes', it is still one of the most important yards in operation.
Surveyors comments:
Ventilation has a two-fold importance in wooden boats: removal of air saturated with moisture vapour, and introduction of unsaturated (dry) air to permit drying of moist woodwork. It is not easy to ensure that dry air circulates over all the woodwork in a boat. Whilst air may be circulated into a particular compartment it may not circulate through out the whole area unless points of entry and departure are correctly sited. Small areas are often partially or completely enclosed so that air circulation is impeded. These are the so called “dead-air” spaces in which pockets of stagnant moist air are trapped. Often by drilling a few well sited auger holes sufficient ventilation can be provided in what might otherwise be a small dead -air space.
Loynes is one of the oldest boatyards on the Broads and although now incorporated into 'Faircraft-Loynes', it is still one of the most important yards in operation.
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| She is a product of the era of the tall sided majestic looking wooden Broadland Motor Cruisers designed specifically for inland water ways use. |
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| Back in the day |
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| Another job for the winter months... |
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| Another little beauty being restored at Erics Yard. |
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| Eric has a vast array of Half Deckers moored in the dyke.... totally unique to the Broads |
Ventilation has a two-fold importance in wooden boats: removal of air saturated with moisture vapour, and introduction of unsaturated (dry) air to permit drying of moist woodwork. It is not easy to ensure that dry air circulates over all the woodwork in a boat. Whilst air may be circulated into a particular compartment it may not circulate through out the whole area unless points of entry and departure are correctly sited. Small areas are often partially or completely enclosed so that air circulation is impeded. These are the so called “dead-air” spaces in which pockets of stagnant moist air are trapped. Often by drilling a few well sited auger holes sufficient ventilation can be provided in what might otherwise be a small dead -air space.
