Halmatic DS11O in Norfolk

I was at Goodchild Marine today in Burgh Castle Gt Yarmouth. Goodchild Marine provide a full range of marina and marine support services to boat owners and boating enthusiasts enjoying leisure time on the eastern Norfolk Broads.

I was Surveying this Power Boat today. A 36 ft Halmatic DS110 built in 1972 with twin Ford Sabre 300HP straight six turbo diesels. Top speed about 35 odd knots.



Not many of these were built... i have not Surveyed one before. This one raced in the Cowes Torquay Powerboat races and probably use to compete against the Fairy Huntsman designs.



Lots of grunt........ a real classic boat

Project 31

I was back down at Upton Dyke on the Norfolk Broads yesterday carrying out an Insurance Survey and a Boat Safety Examination on this Motor Cruiser. This is the boat that launched Marine Projects of Plymouth, now famous for their Princess range of motor cruisers. About 200 Project 31’s were built between 1966 and 1974, based on the popular Senior 31 hull and superstructure.

The boat usually has a large cockpit and open backed wheelhouse, this ones unusual, as it has a bolt on aft cabin!

The round-bilge hull form is capable of semi displacement speeds, up to 17 knots with, for instance, a pair of 75HP Volvo outdrives, or in a few cases about 20 Knots with two 130HP petrol engines. But most as this one is fitted with the less powerful 45HP Perkins diesels, giving a top speed of about 12 Knots… ideal for inland waters.

This was also at Upton yesterday.....My favouite Yacht on the Broads ZOE.

Dating from the turn of the century this is the only Victorian counter sterned Broads yacht in hire.

  

You can hire her for a holiday if you wish!

Swedish Doublender!!

I surveyed this unusual boat at Stalham Staithe today.Originally built as a cargo ship for the Stockholm archipelago in about 1955. A traditional Swedish double-ender whose design is based on the Viking longboat. This example was brought from Sweden to the Norfolk Broads by her current owner five years ago, but she would be equally at home on any inland water or estuary.

With the Vendor at John Williams Yard in Stalham, all going well she will keep the boat on the Broads

Which is the front!!

This was next door at Stalham Museum... 'White Damsel', a Yarmouth Half Decker built by Walter Woods and donated to the Museum by his daughter, a very rare boat.... shame its not being used!

Six Yarmouths were built in all - I suspect all were built before WW1 for members of Great Yarmouth YC - which subsequently merged into NBYC. Number 1 burnt during the war, 2,3 & 5 are sailing, 4 is being slowly killed in the Museum of the Broads! Not a bright way to preserve a boat that could and should be sailing!