Sign up here (https://tinyurl.com/mryhmwrd) to receive our free quarterly magazine about Hunter's Yard, the Norfolk Broads area, local life and heritage skills. With a plank to be replaced, Percy is checking on things. Clearly, the yard crew had a bit of spare time! The skills used at Hunter's Yard are both timeless and endangered, those of building and preserving hand-buit wooden boats of yesteryear. We do have boatbuilders other than Elf and Percy! Many of the boats looked after by the yard are nearly a century old, but they still sail as if they were launched last week, Sign up here (https://tinyurl.com/mryhmwrd) to receive our free quarterly magazine about Hunter's Yard, the Norfolk Broads area, local life and heritage skills. 🔍 Did you know? The Hunter's Yard fleet comprises 14 classic cabin yachts, and various gaff-rigged 'half-deckers, each with its own story and charm. These vessels are not just for show - they're available for educational use, RYA sail training courses, and public hire! Hunter's Yard is run by the Norfolk Fleet Heritage Trust, a registered charity dedicated to public education, sail training & the preservation, conservation & maintenance of a unique, historic fleet of traditional Broads sailing craft, the boat sheds in which they were built & associated heritage craft skills Want to experience the Norfolk Broads on one of these historic beauties? Visit Hunter's Yard website for booking information: [www.huntersyard.co.uk] 🎬 Don't miss a moment of nautical nostalgia - like, comment, and subscribe for more videos celebrating maritime heritage and traditional sailing techniques! #norfolkbroads #ExploreTheBroads #SailingTradition #NatureLovers #norfolkbroads #woodenboats # gaffrig #gunter #rebel #historicsailing #huntersyard #whiteboat #yachting #sailintohistory #campingonwater #waterbornecamping #threeriversrace #ludham #wherry #albion #maud #MaritimeHistory #ClassicSailing #BoatLaunch #TraditionalSailing #NauticalHeritage #VintageBoats #SailingAdventures #HistoricVessels #GaffRigged #BoatRestoration #SailingTraditions #BritishWaterways

0

0

0

56

Sunset Cruise in Santorini

0

0

0

1

As The Ocean Race route for 2022-23 begins to take shape, Aarhus is announced as the first ever Danish Host City. One of Europe's top sailing hotspots, Aarhus will welcome the event in Q2 of 2022 following a successful Fly-By on the final leg of the 2017-18 edition. Don’t forget to subscribe for more The Ocean Race: https://goo.gl/BzBCwU Check out our full video catalogue: https://goo.gl/nrB9ay Like The Ocean Race on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoceanrace/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoceanrace/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoceanrace/ Read More: http://www.theoceanrace.com

0

0

0

7,462

0

0

0

0

677

PEGGY BAWN is a rare thing indeed. The number of surviving vessels from pioneering Clydeside yacht designer George Lennox Watson’s lifetime (1851-1904) can be counted on a careless carpenter’s fingers. Long gone are his huge America’s Cup challengers and “Big Class” racing yachts, and only two of the fleet of palatial steam yachts – the superyachts of their day – from his Glasgow drawing boards are known to survive, in fabulous condition although barely recognisable from their original appearance. https://www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk/yacht/302/PEGGY%20BAWN It is left to PEGGY BAWN to carry the flame for Watson’s groundbreaking mid-1890s work in setting the standard for moderation in sailing yacht design, work that has never been challenged – only endorsed by those who followed his lead through the 20th century, especially Olin J. Stephens, who was a self-confessed Watson fan. PEGGY BAWN’s gilded “fiddle” bow was anachronistic even at her launching in 1894, partly a past fad, partly practical, undoubtedly beautiful – an interim stage in the development of extending immersed waterlines for faster sailing when heeled with a more buoyant hull – but it conceals the fact that when her award-winning restoration team began assessing what they’d found in a County Waterford hay barn in 2003, they quickly realised that the “numbers” – yacht designer speak for the various ratios that define a hull – were simply a scaled-down version of those for Watson’s famous royal racing cutter Britannia of 1893. Her name gave rise to the so called “Britannia Ideal”, as she was and is considered the epitome of sea kindliness. PEGGY BAWN's present owner can vouch for that from fourteen seasons of racing and cruising aboard her in northern and Mediterranean Europe, and east coast USA. PEGGY BAWN is quite simply the best behaved yacht any of them had had the pleasure to sail. And her rebuild and restoration set new standards for documentation and authenticity. She's special. #classicboat #sailboat #shortsfeed #sailing

0

0

0

16

5 Fast Cats for 2025. What did we miss? Which is your favourite? ❤️ ▫️ HH52 Cure 55 ORC 52.2 MaxCruise MC44 Outremer 48 ▫️ #catamarans #speed #kings

0

0

0

9,042