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Rutilus is latin for Roach, her owners favourite fish! Her current owners found her on the Trent and returned her to Norfolk where she was originally fitted-out by Priory Craft Marine of St Olaves where she ran in their hirefleet until they closed at the end of 1988

Sundancer has changed hands a few times recently. She is seen tied up in South Yorkshire, then off on a trailer for a spruce-up, then was next spotted on the Cambridgeshire Waterways!

Two Bermudas, “Bel Air I & II” refitted by Sabena Marine of Wroxham, seen out on hire in 2005 & 2007

We were on the Thames in April 2007 when we noticed “Old Pephnicute” at Bourne End. She is a rarer Bermuda 34 and has the layout with two aft sleeping cabins over the more convential one, rare for a non RS (rear sundeck) model. Her circular bathroom window gives her different layout away!

A few months later I noticed her for sale. The owner kindly sent me these pictures and advised me she was built for a private owner in the late 70s as “Free Spirit”. Having never been on hire she was in superb condition, with most areas in the original gelcoat!

With her superb condition she sold easily and was loaded onto a lorry and set off to start the next chapter in her life with her new owner in Rye, Kent

A selection of around 20 F B Wilds built craft still running with New Horizon Holidays, Stalham (Norfolk Broads), taken in 2006 & 2007

Built in 1970, and now in her fourth decade of providing Thames holidays “Bermuda 5” awaits her next crew at Reading, April 2007

“Bermuda Bay” one of the rarer Bermuda RS dual steers, seen here in 2004 ran from Bridge Boats from the early 70s until the end of the 2006 season. In early 2008 she was for sale with them at Ł20,000 +VAT

With a Norfolk hire career spanning Priory Craft (St Olaves), Harbour Cruisers and Richardsons, in 2006 this Calypso entered private hands and became “Woodland Dawn”.

I hired her myself in 2001 as “Serene Gem 8” from Richardsons and had a brilliant holiday.

The Calypso offers a suprising amount of space and comfort for 28ft, as her latest owners have been enjoying.

“Guinness”, a 39ft Caribbean has a history on hire from the 1960s with F.B.Wilds, Hearts and one season with Barnes Brinkcraft, she has been privately owned since 1999.

She is now a permanent full time home and can be found on the rivers of Cambridgeshire

Above: And so we move abroad to show several photos of “De Beuk” a Bermuda from Holland. The current owners have had her since 2000, but have very little information on her background. Thought to be one of about 30 Bermudas in Holland, they have only seen two and wonder if the broker mistook Bounty Buccaneers for Bermudas - anyone in Holland with a Bermuda, we'd like to hear from you.

I was sent these pictures of an early Caribbean for sale in 2007 at Ł24,950. Once part of the Topcraft fleet at Oulton Broad she was one of a class which had a second steering position added on the roof! Seen here near York, and converted back to her original design.

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One of a few RS Bermuda’s I spotted in Ireland, in private hands in October 2007. It seems a fair number of F.B.Wilds craft are there, and the extra height of this RS

This 28ft Calypso was built for the F.B.Wilds hirefleet and ran from Horning for about fifteen years before moving to Richardsons of Stalham. Now in private ownership I was sent this picture by her current owners.