Boating Norfolk Broads - Hunters Yard Trust in Ludham
In October 2011 the Boating Norfolk Broads team decided to record some footage at Hunters Yard in Ludham.
The Trust maintains a fleet of wooden sailing yachts from the 1930s and in this video we try and capture some of the magic of the boats.
The only regret we have is that this video was shot at the end of the season and therefore most of the boats are covered up or stripped down ready for repairs over the winter.
For more details please visit huntersyard.co.uk
Greentraveller Video of Hunters Yard, The Broads, Norfolk
Based just down the road from Womack Staithe in Ludham, this boatyard has been going since the 1930s, and in the 1990s became a charity dedicated to preserving and celebrating their fleet of classic wooden Broads yachts and half-decker sailing boats. You can rent them by the day, week or more, or take a skippered sail to give you a taster; their boatshed is a museum of boat-bits and Broads history, and the little inlet where the boats are moored is a delight at any time.
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This video is part of a series produced by Greentraveller showcasing green tourism businesses in The Broads.
Norfolk Broads - Hunters Yard
I recently had the pleasure of chartering one of the 4 berth cabin yachts from the famous Hunters Yard in Ludham. What might seem like a busman's holiday was actually far from it...
Hunters Yard offers The authentic 1930's broads sailing experience and I can confirm it was exactly that! With no engine or electrics, the traditional gaff rig and quant pole was all we had to propel us through the water. With winds blowing between 5 and 25 kts, gusting and veering, it took all our concentration to safely navigate the twisting and winding rivers of the Broads.
Initially we headed into Potter Heigham, a truly amazing and unique village with ramshackle houses and sheds lining the river bank. Accessed only by boat, craft of all shapes and sizes could be seen; from modern speed boats, canoes, sailing dinghies, narrow boats and even the renowned Wherry all jostled for position in a strangely contrasting yet harmonious manner.
From there we headed south west along the Bure to Ranworth. The Malthouse Broad provided a welcome bit of space to spread our wings and sail with some much needed freedom. As we moored up on the lee shore our thoughts were more focussed on beer and food than an exit strategy for the next day. Despite knowing that the forecast was for the wind to increase and stay in the North I hoped that somehow things would be better in the morning...
Sadly it was not to be! For any onlooker I imagine that the graceful old gaffer would have looked a picture of serenity. Little would they know of the internal discord as three seasoned ocean sailors tacked furiously against the wind and tide all the way out of the narrow cut and back onto the Bure. With two very young children in tow it was at times more challenging than any sailing I have ever experienced. Hats off to all the sailors of the Broads, tacking to windward in an extremely narrow river onboard a heavy old gaff rigged yacht is far from easy. Progress can be extremely slow and the banks can be uncomfortably close. Quanting in itself is a very respectable skill and it seemed more luck than judgement that we didn't have a man over board to add to our excitement.
A glorious couple of days all thanks to the lovely people at Long may they continue providing us all with such wonderful working pieces of history. A joy to see and a real treat to sail!
The excellent music is by The Broad Cut Drifters and was recorded at Clippesby Hall
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Hunter's Yard - Instructional Video 6
Mooring, Coming Alongside
Hunter's Yard - Instructional Video 5
Basic Sailing Techniques
Hunter's Sailing Holiday 2016
Scenes from the annual Hunter's Yard sailing expedition. This year the three of us (Mother, Brother and myself) were aboard Wood Violet.
In order of appearance:
Dusk at Horsey Mere
Tacking away from Malthouse Broad
Sailing across Horsey Mere
Sailing through Candle Dyke / across Heigham Sound
Scenes on Hickling Broad, featuring Hustler 4
Half deckers at the turning marker during Hickling Village Regatta
Yacht Beth winning the sailing cruiser class of Hickling Village Regatta
Myself sailing the Hunter dinghy on Horsey Mere (the 'Graham Cooper one design')
Seals at Horsey Gap
Sailing on Heigham Sound again
Wood Violet respleandant in the sun during our midweek shower break at the yard
Cranes over Horsey Mere (The sound in the opening shot is the same cranes calling)
Music: The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (
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Ludham
'Pure Theatre'
�Opulent and airy, this is a house with a view, over the Bure Valley and River Ant, it could be just for you. Your accommodation is vast, your home imposing, throw in delightful grounds and you could be the owner of this stunning abode.�
Summary
� A spacious family home, circa 1937, enjoying a delightfully mature garden which extends to 1.30 acres
� Five Bedrooms ; Four Bathrooms
� Three Receptions ; Conservatory
� The property is approached via a carriage drive and is set well back from the road ; Double Garage
� The current owners currently run Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
� The Accommodation extends to 3,289sq.ft.
Greentraveller Video of Wherry Albion, The Broads, Norfolk
The wonderful lovingly restored old wherry - the Albion - is available for charter over the summer.
Tip: do watch the clip at the very end, after the credits. It makes us chuckle!
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This video is part of a series of videos made by Greentraveller about green tourism businesses in The Broads. For more information, see:
Land and Water - Promotional video from Hoveton Broad, Norfolk
Wild Deer Of UK - Ep 124
Wild deer of the Norfolk Broads, England. Captured by the River Ant near Wayford Bridge. Intro music by Kevin Macleod - Fearless First
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sailing on the norfolk broads
Ludham Marine Fire 1995
An incident on School Road
Norfolk Broads Boat Hire Salhouse Broad winter 2012/13
Norfolk Broads (Web sites and QR codes are on the clips and you will need annotations switched to use the menus)
As its winter people are thinking of their boating holidays on the Norfolk broads and a lot of the requests we are getting at Salhouse broad is where to hire boats from this spring and summer.
River Thurne Norfolk Broads Sunrise still morning water on the river Thurne and Womack Dyke
Early morning on the River Thurne near Ludham in the Norfolk Broads. Horse Fen SSRI, River Thurne to Toad Hall and up Womack Dyke towards Ludham and Hunters Yard
A Norfolk Wherry on the Norfolk Broads
The day before the Horning boat show, a Norfolk wherry heads up river towards Horning on the Norfolk Broads.
Womack Staithe in Ludham, Norfolk in Winter sunshine.
A cruiser out on the river in March.
More on the river
finding a mooring spot and bringing the boat in a How Hill nature reserve Norfolk.
Leatherback Turtle, Ludham, Norfolk, England in the Summer of 2006
Is this a Leatherback Turtle found in Ludham, Norfolk, England in the Summer of 2006? No, it's my 2 year old Daughter enjoying the sand.
Special wildlife on the Norfolk Broads
Classic yacht Breeze somewhere on the river Bure...
Half Decker Gybe.mp4
Sailing the river Bure near St Bennets Abbet.