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Passage to Yarmouth, Norfolk

November 18, 2020 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure

Going to Yarmouth by road or rail can often be relaxing and fast (usually from Norwich it takes no more[…]

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Albion, the oldest remaining Norfolk wherry

December 7, 2019 beverley yates English East Coast, Working Sail

‘Albion’ was built as a Norfolk wherry and carried cargo on the inland waterways of eastern England. Jack Powley was[…]

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Sailing on the Norfolk Broads: 1948

November 19, 2019 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure, Working Sail

Norfolk wherry, ‘Albion’ is one of just two survivors of the 300 ‘black-sailed traders’ which once carried cargo on the[…]

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Working sail to pleasure boats: Norfolk wherries

June 13, 2016 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure, Working Sail

The lakes, rivers and man-made channels of the Norfolk Broads are today primarily a centre for pleasure boating. Although the[…]

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Born aboard the wherry ‘Bramble’ (1940)

September 12, 2014 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure, Working Sail

Jayne was born aboard the wherry ‘Bramble’ in 1940, whilst her father was away at war. She remembers her early[…]

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