Classic Boat – June 2019

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CLASSIC BOAT JUNE 2019


HICKLING BROAD


The Pleasure Boat


Inn, a much-loved


destination for


Broadland sailors,


anglers, tourists


and locals since the


mid-18th century


BLACK SAILS


The black-sailed Norfolk trading wherries were still a familiar sight on


Broadland waters before the outbreak of World War One, moving


cargoes around the Norfolk and Suff olk Broads


PLEASURE FERRY


The 72ft (22m) passenger steamer Waterfl y, built by the Fellows


Shipyard in Great Yarmouth in 1894, was manned by a crew of fi ve and


could take up to 274 passengers on river trips in the summer


WET WEATHER GEAR


Sayonara crewmen


Edward and Arthur


don foulies for a


glorious wet sail

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