Name Lady Beryl

LADY BERYL is a Norfolk Broads Sailing Cruiser which was built in 1950 in Wroxham. She is a unique, custom-built boat, having been designed by Graham Bunn and built by Windboats. She is one of the largest Broads cruisers ever built. Her original name was TRAUMEREI. She is of timber construction and was fitted with a Ford model 6.31 diesel engine. She was registered as a British ship with the number 167722.

The vessel was later owned by the entertainer George Formby, who renamed her after his wife. LADY BERYL cruised the Norfolk Broads in the 1950s until their deaths in 1960/61. Since then, she has had a number of owners. Her owner in 1973 was Cyril Scott of  London and in 1985 she was owned by Melvyn Ryan of Old Windsor. 

LADY BERYL has been under current ownership since February 2009.  She was bought in Bursledon on the Hamble River in Hampshire, and kept there for about a year, being briefly used as a liveaboard.  The owner then realised he couldn't work on and live on her at the same time, and moved her to the Isle of Wight in 2011.  A major refit was carried out at Medina Yard, West Cowes, the same year.  She then lived at the Odessa Boatyard, Newport, for about 4 years. 

In around 2015/6, LADY BERYL returned to her home county of Norfolk.  For the last ten years she has been based at Richardsons wet shed in Stalham, which has made an enormous difference to the maintenance and upkeep as she is still floating and the hull is kept wet but with a very large roof over the top so no UV or rainwater.  Whilst she was in the wet shed, the renovations and refit kept on going over 10 years, with the full interior being stripped, all rotten or damaged wood replaced like for like, and then revarnished and rebuilt.