Reedham Marina

I was working at Reedham Marina yesterday morning carrying out two Boat Safety Tests.

Reedham Marina is run by Keith Alison and his wife. I have known Keith now for about 5 years….he often puts BSS buisness my way. His Marina is located on the edge of the village of Reedham in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, between the City of Norwich and seaside towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, providing easy access to both the Northern and Southern Broads and the North Sea. He offers annual moorings for up to 30 privately owned boats, situated away from boat yards and industry, in a secluded well dredged basin with floating pontoons. They have car parking, dusk til' dawn security lights, electricity, water and excellent toilet and shower facilities which means you can have all the comforts of home by the peace and quiet of the river 365 days a year.

Keiths boat which i was working on today is a Falcon 35. Its a total 'one off' as far as we know. Falcon Sportsboats started building boats in the early 1980s based in Brimbelow Road, Hoveton (Wroxham), moving to Griffin Lane Thorpe around 1991, where they continued to produce craft through the 1990s. A number of the designs are now produced by other builders, including Sheerline and Quayline.

Check out Keiths Website for more details about the Marina

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

Broom 9/70

Decided to work the bank holiday Monday!!

I was in the service shed at Brooms Boats today carrying out an Insurance Survey.

This Broom 9/70 was designed to give the maximum possible space in a 32 footer whilst still providing a safe sea boat with the traditional good handling qualities of Broom craft. A slightly more compact version of the 10/70, the 9/70 was based on a John Bennett hull, with the superstructure designed by Andrew Wolstenholme, who also worked with Broom's own design team to provide the interior layout.

The aft cabin has a double bunk against one side, and incorporates an en-suite shower and toilet. The forward cabin was fitted with V-berths as standard although this could be replaced with a second double if preferred. Adjacent to the galley, a forward toilet served for day use and for guests. The design retains the twin helm positions, and as with the 10/70 there is no sliding door access to the saloon.

The standard specification provided for twin 62HP Volvo MD31s although a more typical configuration for river and coastal use was twin 110HP Volvo TAMD30As.

This was next door... a Classic Wooden Broom 45... what a beauty! 

The 'Albert' was built by Brooms, based upon an Arnott Fowler hull with a Martin Broom designed superstructure.

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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!