Wroxham to Yacht Club, aboard a Wherry Yacht, for fish & chip supper

Leaving our base, we'll head away from the bustle of Wroxham with a variety of cottages and grand houses on either side. As we leave habitation behind we'll enter Wroxham Broad, a wide expanse of open water enjoyed by pleasure craft and where birdlife can be spotted. The Norfolk Broads Yacht Club enjoys prime position on the banks of Wroxham Broad and it is here that we will stop for a fish and chip supper in the clubhouse. After dinner we sail back to the wherry base at Barton House. 

This sailing will be aboard one of our three wherry yachts: Olive, Norada or White Moth. These surviving wherry yachts were all built by the Wroxham based boatbuilder and designer Ernest Collins. They spent over three decades within his hire fleet, followed by a period of mixed fortunes in private ownership after World War II, before they were reunited in…