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Jack Powles with one of his new wooden craft under construction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the war, the boat hire business on the Norfolk Broads resumed and the fleet expanded. Additions included \u201cDesert Star\u201d in January 1948, another 32 foot cruiser in the successful \u201cStar\u201d class.<\/p>\n

The team that worked on the construction of new craft included Young Jack, Algie Filby and Chris Goodwin. They started by drawing the boat in full size on the floor in the loft shop. It then took six weeks from completion of the plans until the keel was laid, and a further three months to complete the build. The new \u201cStar\u201d class motor cruisers used the same wooden moulds as used for those built before the war, with the planks then steamed into place. In the age before computers, meticulous precision was needed in their construction, and Jack was always very thorough. For instance, Jack insisted that all the planks had to go into the stem, for maximum strength, whereas those built by Richardsons or Herberts Woods at the time had planks would run out into the deck, thus saving wood.<\/p>\n

Eddie Stoughton was General Manager of the yard at this time, supported by Algie Filby.<\/p>\n

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Entry from the 1949 Blakes Catalogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By 1950, the fleet of yachts included the 2 berth \u201cRedwing\u201d, the 3 berth \u201cFairway\u201d class, carvel built of mahogany, finished in bright varnish, with teak fittings throughout; and the 3 berth \u201cPlaymate\u201d class and \u201cLapwing\u201d. The 4 berth yachts included the four boats in the \u201cFlight\u201d class, \u201cMerry Maid\u201d and \u201cDusky Maid\u201d. Auxiliary yachts, fitted with 4 h.p.Stuart-Turner engines with reverse gear, included the five boats of the 4 berth \u201cDragonfly\u201d class; and the three boats of the \u201cWestward\u201d class.<\/p>\n

The motor cruisers included the 2 berth \u201cWanda\u201d; the 3 berth \u201cSonja\u201d, with a Parsons 10 h.p.Marine engine with electric starter; and the 3 berth \u201cWendy\u201d. The 4 berth cruisers were the nine individually named craft from the \u201cStar\u201d class, and the largest cruisers in the fleet were the nine individually named, 6 berth craft of the \u201cFoam\u201d class.<\/p>\n

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Entries from the 1950 Blakes Brochure for the Norfolk Broads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The business was still operating on three sites in Wroxham \u2013on the northern side of the Bure by the bridge where HMS Iolanthe had been based, and where the Hotel Wroxham sits today; and at the bottom of Riverside Road, where Barnes Brinkcraft are based today. On the southern side of the Bure, they also were based at the bottom of Staitheway Road, alongside the Ernest Collins & Sons boatyard.<\/p>\n

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The location of the Powles boatyards, as well other famous yards at the time<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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View of the Riverside Road part of the boatyard, including wetsheds and buildings that no longer exist today<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Winterising the hire fleet, on the Riverside Road site – October 1953<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

With a reputation for fine quality river boats, private boat building continued. Jack had planned to build two 16 feet launches, with one for himself, and the keel, stem and transom for \u201cLucy 1\u201d were formed in 1940. However, these items were hidden in a barn outside Wroxham for the duration of the war, and were only returned to the boatyard in 1954, when \u201cLucy 1\u201d and \u201cLucy 2\u201d were completed. They were constructed in mahogany on oak frames and powered by a Sea Wolf 1, 997cc, four cylinder, Ford watermota pre-crossflow petrol engine. Each time Lucy 1 changes hands the original adze, which was used to craft the keel in 1940, has been passed to the new owners.<\/p>\n

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Lucy 1, built by Jack Powles for his own personal use<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the more unusual commissions for the boatyard included \u201cVanguard 1\u201d, built for Seagull Coaches of Great Yarmouth as an additional passenger boat in 1951, and its sister ship \u201cVanguard 2\u201d in 1952. The Carvers offered \u2018mystery tours\u2019 that involved bringing customers by coach from Yarmouth, then a tour by boat. The craft were based at and operated from the moorings in front of Powles\u2019 four span boatshed, just by Wroxham Bridge, until they were sold in 1967 to Charles Hannaford and joined the Broads Tours fleet, on the other side of the bridge.<\/p>\n

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Cruiser Vanguard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1956, Jack set about building two large launches. The first was a replacement for the Police Launch \u201cA2\u201d for Norfolk County Constabulary. The updated \u201cA2\u201d included a Thorneycroft diesel engine, radio, kettle and toilet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The launch ceremony for the replacement Police launch \u201cA2\u201d in 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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After the launch of \u201cA2\u201d in 1956 \u2013 Moore\u2019s separate petrol stop, on the Bure, is behind<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The second planned launch turned into a commission from the Admiralty for a Royal Barge, that had to follow very bespoke specifications, including lowland green paint for the hull. Jack included a small bulldog at the top of the bow jackstaff as a mascot.<\/p>\n

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The Royal Barge at its launch from the boatyard in 1956<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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View of Powles and Ernest Collins from Wroxham Bridge, and a \u201cVanguard\u201d passenger craft \u2013 early 1960\u2019s<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

By 1962, Jack Powles had 54 craft in its hire fleet, including 25 yachts \u2013 these included popular auxiliary yachts such as \u201cWanderbird\u201d, \u201cDragonfly\u201d and \u201cWestward\u201d, as well traditional yachts such as the two berth \u201cRedwing\u201d, complete with an optional outboard motor for just 85\/- a week extra. The first four of the \u201cWestward\u201d class were changed from gaff rigs to Bermudan rigs and re-named the \u201cFlight\u201d class.<\/p>\n

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Westward 5-8<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Flight Class for 4 Persons<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The last yachts that were built in the yard for the hire fleet, and the only two to be built after the war, were \u201cSun Glory 1 and 2\u201d , 27 feet auxiliary yachts with three berths, Bermuda sloop, and described as \u201ca fine craft to delight the enthusiast yachtsman\u201d.<\/p>\n

The motor cruisers included five of the mahogany built \u201cWater Gypsy\u201d, with two cockpits and dual steering \u2013 an unusual feature at the time. They also operated seven of the \u201cFoam\u201d class and ten of the \u201cStar\u201d class, two of which now had diesel engines.<\/p>\n

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Water Gypsy class \u2013 this example beautifully restored in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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