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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 8:18:00 GMT
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Post by kris on Aug 14, 2019 13:03:36 GMT
Nice looking boat.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 16:46:37 GMT
It was the first of Hugh Easton's designs. Here is what he had to say about the next one... When I came to work on the design of Asplin’s Brouhaha I wanted to follow the same sweeping lines and integrated window layout of Lapwing but Harry would have none of it. In spite of my protests we finished up with those dreadful omnibus windows!  Also, his wife had objected to the 45 degree angle of the forward screens of Lapwing saying that it was awkward for her to fit the curtains! I said I didn’t create my designs around curtains but it cut no ice |
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 14, 2019 17:14:18 GMT
The first one is fantastic, what a shame he didn't stick up for himself second time around.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 17:55:20 GMT
The first one is fantastic, what a shame he didn't stick up for himself second time around. He would of done, that Harry Lincoln, owner of the boatyard overuled him is not a great surprise, ultimately it ended up an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, culminating with Hugh leaving Harry Lincoln's employment! mouse and I were fortunate to meet Hugh before he shuffled of this mortal coil 👍 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 18:00:16 GMT
I know I'm a philistine ... but I like them both ... no point being in a lovely spot if you can't see out clearly.
Rog
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 14, 2019 18:02:25 GMT
The first one is fantastic, what a shame he didn't stick up for himself second time around. He would of done, that Harry Lincoln, owner of the boatyard overuled him is not a great surprise, ultimately it ended up an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, culminating with Hugh leaving Harry Lincoln's employment! mouse and I were fortunate to meet Hugh before he shuffled of this mortal coil 👍 Like a miniature version of British Leyland. Management/owners thinking they knew best in all areas of manufacture destroyed a lot of British industry. |
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 14, 2019 18:08:14 GMT
Looks like he was all set to do the swoop down towards the rear by the windows, then after they were made, was overruled on the cabin in favour of head room and cost. IMO the second one is tragic style-wise compared to the first but no doubt more practical and cheaper to make than a good looking one.
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Post by mouse on Aug 14, 2019 18:10:42 GMT
That certainly is a lovely looking boat. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 18:20:24 GMT
He would of done, that Harry Lincoln, owner of the boatyard overuled him is not a great surprise, ultimately it ended up an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, culminating with Hugh leaving Harry Lincoln's employment! mouse and I were fortunate to meet Hugh before he shuffled of this mortal coil 👍 Like a miniature version of British Leyland. Management/owners thinking they knew best in all areas of manufacture destroyed a lot of British industry. You don't realise how accurate that statement is! Harry the owner and leading light of the Great Ouse would not entertain building a boat with a beam greater than 10'5" - this was so it could fit through the locks on his river. Hugh argued (correctly) that the biggest market lay in boats >11' beam, Harry disagreed and they went there separate ways, the rest, as they say is history! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 18:27:29 GMT
I know I'm a philistine ... but I like them both ... no point being in a lovely spot if you can't see out clearly. Rog That's not always strictly true...  www.classicboat.co.uk/farcet-fen/ |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 18:48:03 GMT
That's beautiful ...but you'd want to be outside gawping at it  Rog |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 18:56:04 GMT
That's beautiful ...but you'd want to be outside gawping at it Rog £15k and you can listen to it rot to your heart's content 😳 I love it too, but it would take a brave soul and a big wallet to take her on - much like the old wooden Broads cruisers Funny to think many of those boats in The Three Tuns boat register would have been like Lapwing, Brouhaha and Farcet Fen, and many will have met their demise many years ago  |
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