Hunters Fleet
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Hunters Fleet
Author: Richard Johnstone-Bryden
Against the odds Hunter's Fleet has survived to become a symbol of the golden era of sailing holidays on the Broads at the turn of the 20th Century. The Fleet was founded by Percy Hunter together with his sons Cyril and Stanley. Between 1931 and 1949 they built the boatyard at Ludham, 13 sailing yachts and 2 half deckers.
After WWII, motor cruisers progressively replaced sailing yachts in the Broads hire fleets. The Hunter's boats escaped this fate when Norfolk County Council (NCC) purchased them for sail training in 1968. The BBC used the yard and "Lullaby" for their production of Arthur Ransome's stories "Coot Club" and Big Six" making the Fleet famous, but its future was jeopardized in 1995 when NCC announced its sale.
Shocked by this news, the people of Norfolk and beyond supported, through countless individual donations, boosted by a National Lottery grant, the creation of the Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust to save the Flunter's Fleet.
Today, the 13 wooden yachts and 6 half deckers are the only fleet of traditional Broads sailing craft available for hire without engines. They offer hirers the chance to leave the pressures of modern life behind for a week or two and "get back to basics" to enjoy good sailing and the wonders of the Norfolk Broads, just as the first Broadland holiday makers did in the 19th Century.
Author: Richard Johnstone-Bryden
Against the odds Hunter's Fleet has survived to become a symbol of the golden era of sailing holidays on the Broads at the turn of the 20th Century. The Fleet was founded by Percy Hunter together with his sons Cyril and Stanley. Between 1931 and 1949 they built the boatyard at Ludham, 13 sailing yachts and 2 half deckers.
After WWII, motor cruisers progressively replaced sailing yachts in the Broads hire fleets. The Hunter's boats escaped this fate when Norfolk County Council (NCC) purchased them for sail training in 1968. The BBC used the yard and "Lullaby" for their production of Arthur Ransome's stories "Coot Club" and Big Six" making the Fleet famous, but its future was jeopardized in 1995 when NCC announced its sale.
Shocked by this news, the people of Norfolk and beyond supported, through countless individual donations, boosted by a National Lottery grant, the creation of the Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust to save the Flunter's Fleet.
Today, the 13 wooden yachts and 6 half deckers are the only fleet of traditional Broads sailing craft available for hire without engines. They offer hirers the chance to leave the pressures of modern life behind for a week or two and "get back to basics" to enjoy good sailing and the wonders of the Norfolk Broads, just as the first Broadland holiday makers did in the 19th Century.
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