Does anyone know what kind of boat this is? UK Houseboat

[Thiemen]

Hello to everyone in the forum!
I'm new here, and i'm trying to find out more on my recently purchased boat.

I bought this boat being called: "UK Houseboat"
The owner did not know where the boat was build? Only telling me it's a UK based boat

Looking at pictures i compare it a little bit with boats like Princess, RLM, Vikings, Seamaster
Is there anyone around that can give me more information?

 

[Seastoke]

wher are you based what lentgh is she

 

[Thiemen]

Hi Seastoke

I'm based in the Netherlands
The boat is around 26 feet

 

[Searush]

It looks like a typical canal or Broads based cruiser. If designed for UK canals it will be max 2m beam to fit in the locks. There should be a builders plate on it somewhere - possibly the stern.

 

[jac]

I think the wheel house is a later addition - take that away and it looks a lot like some of the early 70's broads hire craft that I remember from cutting me up on the broads.

IIRC the hulls were supplied pretty much bare and the various rental boatyards fitted them out themselves using their own labour ( who also did the maintenance and had historically built the wooden boats) rather than buy in factory made boats.

 

[Searush]

it wouldn't get under Potter Heigham bridge,

 

[Kawasaki]

Hello to everyone in the forum!
I'm new here, and i'm trying to find out more on my recently purchased boat.

I bought this boat being called: "UK Houseboat"
The owner did not know where the boat was build? Only telling me it's a UK based boat

Looking at pictures i compare it a little bit with boats like Princess, RLM, Vikings, Seamaster
Is there anyone around that can give me more information?

Sorry Bud but it aint one of the 'Makes' you mention
I am a bit of a Sad Anorak when it comes to smaller motorboats and I have never seen one like that before
Looks a crackin floating 'Caravan' but don't go to Sea in Her unless the water is like 'Glass'
If the 'Yam' on the blunt end is a similar year to the Hull, you have a late 80's vessel, It might be an early 'Viking' but I doubt it
The really really early Vikings had a sail and scruffy lookin geyzers rowing like crazy too, so it aint one of them!!

 

[jac]

it wouldn't get under Potter Heigham bridge,

Or wroxham for that matter. Take the wheelhouse off and it might make it. Some of the older wooden boats from say martham look bigger than that but fit through ok.

 

[solitaire11]

It looks like a burland elite to me??

 

[Kawasaki]

It looks like a burland elite to me??

'Burland' fair shout Soli but She looks a little too 'boxy' for me, too 'one off' ish kinda? It's almost like a Viking 'prototype'

 

[BSSOffice]

I think you are getting a lot of good suggestions from the forum members as to possible builders and it does have all the hallmarks of the 1970s/80s Broads and canal cruisers, only the lines are a little more angular than many typical of that era.

However, on inland waters in the UK, because of the number of explosions in the latter part of the 20th century, LPG fridges have been banned from petrol engined boats. I see your newly acquired boat has such a fridge.

It was found that too many owners were filling the fuel tanks with regard to the low level pilot light at the bottom of the fridge.

The combination of vapours from the poured petrol and any spilt fuel gassing off, and the vapours in the petrol tanks being displaced, resulted in stray highly flammable gases were flowing in the cabin space and then being ignited by the gas fridge.

It looks like the perfect waterway for such a boat and an idyllic mooring. I hope you have many happy (and safe) hours afloat.

 

[BSSOffice]

To check to see if it has a resemblance to any Broads boats - this is a great resource http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Category:Style_Gallery

You can see the listing for H785

Hope this helps

Rob