Comments on: 104 year-old Norfolk Broads racer Maidie gets a carbon mast http://intheboatshed.net/2008/05/13/104-year-old-norfolk-broads-cruiser-maidie-gets-a-carbon-mast/ Gavin Atkin's weblog about great boats, boatbuilding and restoration Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:58:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gavin Atkin http://intheboatshed.net/2008/05/13/104-year-old-norfolk-broads-cruiser-maidie-gets-a-carbon-mast/#comment-11840 Gavin Atkin Wed, 14 May 2008 10:39:31 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=2659#comment-11840 I haven't any doubt that she's fantastic. I don't know about this particular boat or boats of her vintage, but traditional Broads sailers are typically rather like large canoes in form, with a shallow but heavy keel below. Maidie's must be huge! The boats in the background are Broads wherries. They used to be working craft, but some have been built for pleasure and some have now been converted. There aren't many left, but Googling reveals some info. Try these pics: http://www.norfolkcoastalphotography.com/gallery_21128.html And this: http://www.norfolkbroads.com/focus/boating/wherries And this mentions wherries and explains the recent history of the Broads: http://schools.norfolk.gov.uk/myportal/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/1981/The_boating_industry.pdf Gav I haven’t any doubt that she’s fantastic.

I don’t know about this particular boat or boats of her vintage, but traditional Broads sailers are typically rather like large canoes in form, with a shallow but heavy keel below. Maidie’s must be huge!

The boats in the background are Broads wherries. They used to be working craft, but some have been built for pleasure and some have now been converted. There aren’t many left, but Googling reveals some info. Try these pics:

http://www.norfolkcoastalphotography.com/gallery_21128.html

And this: http://www.norfolkbroads.com/focus/boating/wherries

And this mentions wherries and explains the recent history of the Broads:
http://schools.norfolk.gov.uk/myportal/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/1981/The_boating_industry.pdf

Gav

]]> By: jeff cole http://intheboatshed.net/2008/05/13/104-year-old-norfolk-broads-cruiser-maidie-gets-a-carbon-mast/#comment-11837 jeff cole Wed, 14 May 2008 07:33:45 +0000 http://intheboatshed.net/?p=2659#comment-11837 That's a big rig, she looks fantastic. What draft are these broads cruisers and what underwater profile? I presume a dagger plate to allow them to turn on sixpence. And are those 2 sailing barges against the far bank behind her? There is I think an American class of boats I've seen called 'Spoons' that sail in similar environments but I can't find an illustration at present. Jeff That’s a big rig, she looks fantastic. What draft are these broads cruisers and what underwater profile? I presume a dagger plate to allow them to turn on sixpence. And are those 2 sailing barges against the far bank behind her? There is I think an American class of boats I’ve seen called ‘Spoons’ that sail in similar environments but I can’t find an illustration at present.
Jeff

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