Herbert Woods Delight Class
£59 950
- Year 1933
- Boat Type Classic/Traditional
- Boat make Herbert Woods
- Boat Model Delight Class
- Construction Wood
- Underwater Profile Full Displacement
- Engine Make N/A
- Engine Power Horse Power) 29 BHP
- Engine Cooled Indirect
- Props 3 blade bronze
- Fuel type Diesel
- Fuel consumption (ltr per hour-cruising) N/A
- Fuel Capacity N/A
- Cruising Speed (Knots Approx) 5 Knots(Approx)
- Max Speed (Knots Approx) 6 Knots( Approx)
- Exterior Colour Brown
- Single Berths 3
- Double Berths 1
- Total Berths N/A
- Cabins N/A
- Handbasin N/A
- Shower N/A
- Water Capacity(gallons) N/A
- L.O.A (Metres Length) 8.23 Metre
- LWL (Metres) N/A
- Beam(Metres) 2.59 Metre
- Displacement (KG) N/A
- Headroom (Metres) 1.83 Metres
- Finish Wood
- Steering Wheel
- Drive Shaft
- Air draft N/A
- Draft Min (Metres) N/A
- Draft Max (Metres) 0.61
- Storage On mooring
- Last Survey N/A
Boat Accommodation
Features
- Non-Smokers
- Pressurised water system
Boat Deck gear Equipment
Features
- Boathook
- Fenders
Boat Safety Features
Features
- Horn
Boat Navigation Equipment
Features
- Boathook
Boat Sellers description
This boat had a full pre purchase survey on October 21 2021 for the
current owner, which was pretty much faultless! That survey is
available to the new owner.
This impeccable Herbert Woods Delight class boat must be seen to
be fully appreciated. She has been in her previous owners' family and
tender care for 19 years prior to me selling her to the current owners
last year. The current owner has not used the boat since buying her and
will no longer have the opportunity to do so, thus I have the privilege
of re-selling her. She is one of just 12 ever made by one of the
oldest boat builders on the Broads, Herbert Woods.
She was built between 1930 and 1933. However, the previous
family owners believed the actual date to be 1933. So this remarkable
vessel has seen her way through WW2 and everything since and was
lovingly treated to a full multi-year complete restoration by Colin
Buttifant of Swallowtail Boatyard in Ludham, being re-launched in 2005
with a new Nanni diesel engine, back into the loving care of that long
term Broadland family.
This boat is not so much presented as exhibited! It is
impossible to believe that she was not built last year as she is totally
unmarked and impossible to fault.
Her wood gleams with the warmth and an attention to detail that
only a professional boat builder can bestow. It must be noted that you
just do not find this level of workmanship on boats any more. From
small designs in the battery box lid to the whole exterior and every
cabinetry panel and even in the heads compartment, this boat just
overpowers the viewer with the most excellent example of the boat
restorers art.
Make no mistake, you will not find a boat that comes close to the
finish of this beautiful vessel and that includes many a new boat just
built. The previous family owners had used her regularly on the Broads
and always kept her under cover in a wet boatshed. I brought the boat
to her current location and did one training trip out on her with the
current owner and that is all she has done in that year. She is still
moored under cover in a boatshed.
She has had no expense spared to maintain her in her incredible
condition and it shows in every place you look. This includes under the
floors and the inner hull.
She is quite simply the best and most evocative example I have
ever seen of a classic wooden Broads cruiser of this type and size. If
you want the best of the best and dream of taking to the river to
recapture the bygone heyday of British boating, then this is your
opportunity to acquire a genuine stand out vessel of her generation.
She does, and will continue to, draw crowds wherever she goes from
admiring passers-by as she is a true object of beauty and desire.
The hard details of the boat are as follows,:
The ‘Delights’ were a class of 12 motor cruisers built between 1930
and 1936 by Herbert Woods of Potter Heigham. This is hull XI and was
fully restored by a professional boat builder (Colin Buttifant,
Swallowtail Boatyard, Norfolk) from 2003-2005 with no expense spared.
She has been moored inside a boathouse in Horning, Norfolk ever since,
and has been regularly winterised and maintained. She has 3 berths, 2
parallel bunks in the rear cabin, 1 in the forward cabin along with a
galley and toilet. Both cabins have heating and the galley is equipped
with hot and cold water via a stainless steel sink and gas cooker with
oven, grill and 2 rings. Large parts of the boat were rebuilt to
original specifications during the 2005 restoration. The works also
involved installing brand new elements including a Nanni 3-100 HE diesel
engine, replacing the electrics throughout, a pressurised water system,
replacement rudder, a Webasto heating system, a Voyager 2000 gas cooker
and re-carpeting throughout.
The roof of wheelhouse is retractable.
She was also last antifouled winter 2019.
Mechanical & Electrical
29HP Nanni 3-100HE diesel inboard engine - 2005, last serviced 2017
Plumbing and gas systems all renewed 2005, new par max 2.9 water pressure pump 2016
12V auto bilge pump new 2019
Webasto cabin heating - 2005
Traditional 12V cabin and cockpit lights - 2005
New 90ah platinum starting battery - 2020
New 110ah platinum domestic battery - 2020
Oil and fuel filters replaced 2019
The previous family owners only sold the boat due to bereavement
and the current owner bought her with great idea of using her but they
never materialised, unfortunately.
So the opportunity to obtain such a rare and quality historic vessel has presented itself.
This is genuinely a once in a lifetime chance to acquire such a
stunning vessel and she is sure to sell to the first viewer as there is
nothing not to like.
She has a current valid Boat Safety Certificate to 24/03/2025.
These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.