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The Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust is a waterway society

Waterway society

A Waterway society is a society, association, charitable trust, club, trust or "Friends" group involved in the restoration, preservation, use and enjoyment of waterways, e.g. a canal, river, navigation or other waterway, and their associated buildings and structures, e.g...

and charitable trust

Charitable trust

A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization".-United States:...

based at Hunter's Yard, Ludham

Ludham

Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in The Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne...

on the Norfolk Broads, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, UK. The Trust maintains and hires out a fleet

Fleet

-Vehicles:A fleet is a collection of ships or vehicles, with many specific connotations:*Fleet vehicles, two or more vehicles*Fishing fleet*Naval fleet, substantial group of warships*A group of small ships or flotilla...

of wooden sailing yachts from the 1930s.

Hunter's Yard is situated in its own dyke

Ditch

A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel water.In Anglo-Saxon, the word dïc already existed and was pronounced 'deek' in northern England and 'deetch' in the south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank...

off Womack Water on the Norfolk Broads in which the two original boat sheds (the first being built in 1932 and the second in 1935) are mostly as they were built in the 1930s, from timber in the traditional Broads' style, with many of its original features intact and numerous pieces of equipment, tools and boat fittings on view to the public.

History

Hunter's Yard was operational until 1968 when it was sold to the Norfolk County Council and was renamed Norfolk County Sailing Base. The Council maintained the traditions of the Yard, however its main aim was to encourage young people to sail and experience the Yachts and discounts were offered to schools. In 1995 the Council decided to sell the Yard and it’s Fleet as part of an economy measure. Subsequently a fundraising effort was carried out to retain the yard which raised £100,000 from public sources and £200,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. In 1996 the Norfolk Heritage Fleet Trust was established and took over the yard, continuing to encourage young people to use and sail on the Yachts, as well as hiring them out for public use.

Yachts

The Trust maintain a number of Yachts of various types:

Cabin Yachts

Hustler class - Sloop-rigged, with 2 berths

Berth (sleeping)

The word berth was originally used to describe beds and sleeping accommodation on boats and ships and has now been extended to refer to similar facilities on trains, aircraft and buses.-Beds in boats or ships:...

The trust have five Hustler Class yachts, all built between 1935 and 1938: Numbers I, II, III, IV & V

Rig
Rigging
Rigging is the apparatus through which the force of the wind is used to propel sailboats and sailing ships forward. This includes masts, yards, sails, and cordage.-Terms and classifications:...

: Gaff Sloop with self-tacking Jib
Mast
Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship...

lowing: Counter weights
Length: LOA 24ft
Beam: 7ft 6 in
Draught
Draft (hull)
The draft of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull , with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained...

: 2ft 6in
Bridge clearance: Minimum 5ft 11in
Headroom: 5ft 9in with top raised (aft end)

Wood Class - Sloop-rigged, Carvel-built with 3 berths

The trust have five Wood Class yachts: Wood Anenome (1947), Wood Avens (1949), Wood Rose (1934), Wood Sorrel (1933) and Wood Violet (1934).

Rig: Gaff Sloop with self-tacking Jib
Mast lowing: Counter weights
Length: LOA 24ft
Beam: 7ft 6 in
Draught: 2ft 6in
Bridge clearance: Minimum 5ft 11in
Headroom: 5ft 9in with top raised (aft end)

Lullaby Class - Sloop-rigged, Carvel-built of mahogany with 4 berths

The trust have four Lullaby Class yachts: Lullaby (1932), Lustre (1932), Luna (1933) and Lucent (2007)

Rig: Gaff Sloop with self-tacking Jib
Mast lowing: Counter weights
Length: LOA 28ft
Beam: 8ft 6 in
Draught: 2ft 6in
Bridge clearance: Minimum 6ft
Headroom: 5ft 9in with top raised (aft end)

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Half deckers

The trust also owns a number of Half Decker, Day Boats:

Buff Tip - Also known as a White Boat

Gunter Rig
Main Sail and Jib, LOA, 20foot

Sundew - A Waveney One Design.

Gunter Rigged
Main Sail and Jib, LOA 20'

Rebel Reveller- High performance sailing Yacht

Gunter Rigged, Main Sail and Jib, LOA 20ft 9Inches

Inch

An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot...

Brown Bess - Suitable for sailing alone

Single, Balanced Lug Sail, LOA 20ft

Woodcuts - There are two of these Yachts, I & II

Single, Semi-Balanced Lug Sail, LOA 18ft

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History

Yachts

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