Broom to start Boatbuilding again.

[oldgit]

Wonder if any market for proper practical boats still exists or will Brooms merely be a pastiche full of shiney MDF, encased within yet another clone look at me hull.
Wonder if Elon might be in the market .

The Broom Admiral - the first new boat build since 2019 begins | Broom Boats
Anybody want to take any bets on the drive system.
Shafts.
IPS
Outdrives.

 

[dunedin]

Wonder if any market for proper practical boats still exists or will Brooms merely be a pastiche full of shiney MDF, encased within yet another clone look at me hull.
Wonder if Elon might be in the market .

The Broom Admiral - the first new boat build since 2019 begins | Broom Boats
Anybody want to take any bets on the drive system.
Shafts.
IPS
Outdrives.

Electric on shafts would seem the obvious route for its hire fleet?

 

[Seastoke]

Electric on shafts would seem the obvious route for its hire fleet?

They won’t have the charging on the boards

 

[Egret]

Sails and oars/quant? Leeboards on old motor boats or long keel like a wherry?

 

[Parabordi]

Wonder if any market for proper practical boats still exists or will Brooms merely be a pastiche full of shiney MDF, encased within yet another clone look at me hull.
Wonder if Elon might be in the market .

The Broom Admiral - the first new boat build since 2019 begins | Broom Boats
Anybody want to take any bets on the drive system.
Shafts.
IPS
Outdrives.

Looks like a hire boat

 

[Momac]

Anybody want to take any bets on the drive system.
Shafts.
IPS
Outdrives.

The image in the link would suggest a single shaft driven from a motor located somewhere around the air intakes

 

[Alicatt]

They are also starting a broker service

 

[Boathook]

The image in the link would suggest a single shaft driven from a motor located somewhere around the air intakes
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I was thinking twin shafts, either side of the keel.

 

[dunedin]

They won’t have the charging on the boards

Surely a Broads hire boat is one of the best / easiest "use cases" for electric boat propulsion. Slow speeds and short distances so uses only very small amounts of power. Could probably run for days if not the week on one charge.
Always berthed alongside so easy to access shore power, and easy to add more shore power connections (would probably be grants for this).
Aren't there already electric hire cruisers on the broads?

 

[Clash]

Aren't there already electric hire cruisers on the broads?

Yep

Norfolk Broads Electric Day Boat Plus Hire - Broads Tours

 

[Bigplumbs]

As one door is perhaps closing a little (Sunseeker possibly) another one opens

 

[Egret]

Sails? - to supplement electric when wind fair? Big deck area for solar panels - and big batteries needed but may be sufficient for normal use. Options for low skin friction bottom coating.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

… Seriously - Fairline buyers are an electric propulsion company…

They’re really not.

 

[NEB]

It's another one of these for the hire fleet - Fleetline – Boating Holidays On The Norfolk Broads | Horning Pleasurecraft

Electric day boats are popular on the Broads as they can be charged at base overnight. Cruisers are a bit different as a battery bank large enough to last several days would be quite large and very expensive. There are some shore power points but not many and very hard to get close to in summer due to the amount of boats fighting for them.

 

[Momac]

I was thinking twin shafts, either side of the keel.

In the earlier image look at the way the hull sweeps up at the stern. The shaft must run in the trough of the keel that can be seen in the hull,

I think NEB has it right. Look at the stern in the image below, The superstructure and fit out for a could of course be different for a boat that is for sale rather than hire.

 

[Momac]

Single engine according to the control lever

 

[rafiki_]

I welcome this as good news. I really hope they are successful with the new builds. Broom is a brand meaning solid and traditional. To drift too far from this would be challenging. Few folk would see Broom as competitors for Sunseeker, but they still have a strong following. I briefly considered a 42 CL, but came to the same conclusion when I bought a Mercedes. I’m not yet old enough……..

 

[dunedin]

It's another one of these for the hire fleet - Fleetline – Boating Holidays On The Norfolk Broads | Horning Pleasurecraft

Electric day boats are popular on the Broads as they can be charged at base overnight. Cruisers are a bit different as a battery bank large enough to last several days would be quite large and very expensive. There are some shore power points but not many and very hard to get close to in summer due to the amount of boats fighting for them.

Would be interesting to do the maths - how many miles does one of these do in a day or indeed a week? Very little power needed to push at 5knots.
Of any boat applications the Broads must be the easiest.

 

[Momac]

I welcome this as good news. I really hope they are successful with the new builds. Broom is a brand meaning solid and traditional. To drift too far from this would be challenging. Few folk would see Broom as competitors for Sunseeker, but they still have a strong following. I briefly considered a 42 CL, but came to the same conclusion when I bought a Mercedes. I’m not yet old enough……..

I know two couples who quite independently sold their Broom boats for the same reason . That was because getting on and off the thing became too much of a challenge. So don't leave it too long.
But yes Brooms have an old man image.

 

[NEB]

Would be interesting to do the maths - how many miles does one of these do in a day or indeed a week? Very little power needed to push at 5knots.
Of any boat applications the Broads must be the easiest.

It varies a lot, some hirers just cruise for 2/3 hours a day, some like to cover as much ground as possible so it could 6 to 8 hours per day. Throw in the strong tides around Yarmouth and parts of the Southern Broads makes it trickier. There are a handful of hybrids now with a genset as a range extender, I've not been on one myself but I've heard they do struggle with the tides, maybe the motor / genset is a bit under sized to save cost - I'm not sure. There are a couple of private ones, including a gorgeous classic wooden ex hire boat which goes like the clappers and has a huge battery bank costing £90K so lasts several days. Don't have the full details to hand though.

The canals are best suited to electric and there is a growing market there, 4mph max, no tides and a huge flat roof for solar panels.