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The geezer in the hat and the little green boat is Norfolk boatyard proprieter Nigel Royall; in these pictures he’s demonstrating the use of an old-fashioned gun punt with a 3ft beam and a small Norfolk Broads marshman’s punt or eel punt for a local film maker. Here’s what he had to say about the adventure:
‘Dear Gavin,
‘How nice to hear from you, I have often looked at bits and pieces on your web site.
‘Last week I recreated eel picking and sculling and firing a punt gun to fowl for a local amature film maker and we will put some photographs of this on our own website shortly.
‘It was most ‘interesting’ to see how my little gun punt Plover handled with an 11ft sculling oar and a rather large cannon balanced on her bows!
‘We are also slowly restoring a very old River Ant gun punt that is on long term loan to us from the Museum of the Broads that I hope to eventually refloat, again photos should arrive soon.
‘Nigel’
I’d like to see that recoil in action from a suitable distance and direction!
For an earlier post about Nigel’s adventures with gun punts click here. Also, for a piece about eel fishing in the old days, click here.
PS – There’s been some discussion about these photos at the Wooden Boat forum, which has prompted Nigel to send us some interesting remarks. To read what he has to say, click here: Wooden Boat forum contribution.
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Hah! Just the thing for PWC's!
Couldn't agree more. BLAMMMMM!
Gavin, I posted the pic on the WB forum and there's quite a thread and some other pics here. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?t=1148…
Some VERY big punt guns too!