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Previous names
- 1939 - 1946 Mi' Lady
- 1946 - 1962 Amanda
Certificate no
1940
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Oulton Broad
Vessel type
Broads Sailing Cruiser
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
No
Construction
Builder
Wood, Herbert, Potter Heigham
Built in
1939
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Sloop
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Primary engine type
Unknown
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
8.15
feet
(2.49
m)
Depth
4.30
feet
(1.31
m)
Length: Overall
36.00
feet
(10.98
m)
Tonnage: Gross
0.00
Air Draft
To be confirmed
History
Herbert Woods, the owner of the largest boatyard on the Norfolk Broads at that time, built EVENING FLIGHT for his personal use. She was to be his last large Broads sailing cruiser and was launched in 1939 under the name MI’LADY. She is arguably his prettiest vessel and the crack yacht of her day. She is the only large Broads sailing cruiser not to have been ‘improved’ and the influence of Uffa Fox on the three times diamond rigged fifty foot mast is apparent. EVENING FLIGHT has always been a private Broads yacht, barring a short period during the Second World War when she was used by her owner at Bourne End.
Sources
Classic Boat: Non-stop conservation at Excelsior Yard, February Edition 273, 2011
Key dates
-
1939
Built by Herbert Woods of Broads Haven, Potter Heigham, Norfolk as a Sailing Cruiser to replace ‘Ladybird’. Named ‘MiLady’ and raced in Oulton Week and sold to Mr Simmons of Simmons Air Fastenings Ltd.
-
1946
Acquired by John and Joey Arrow of London as a Faster replacement for their previous Broads cruiser ‘Forester’ and renamed ‘Amanda’
-
1952
New owner
-
1959
New owner
-
1962
New owner
-
1987
Sold to present owner and he carried out extensive maintenance work
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