This is the first known picture of Albert (as I have called the pond yacht, after the uncle who made it).
The year is 1929 and the place is near Geldeston beach on the River Waveney, close to Beccles.
Regretably I have no more pictures of Albert until 2009 at which time it had already been restored once, and was on its second or third set of sails. I was encouraged by a neighbour to get the yacht back on the water so I embarked upon restoration number 2. The 1959 deck was removed and a separate rudder installed. The original sheet steel keel was removed and a new one fashioned from ply. At this point I was still planning on returning Albert to the water as a simple pond yacht but for reasons lost to my memory created a new deck with over-large hatches. By the time I had finished these it looked ridiculous, so after only a couple of appearances on the water I decided to embark on a completely new restoration and to install radio control. This is when things went a little awry.😮🤔🤕

This is the story of Albert, a pond yacht made by an uncle in 1926 and given to me in 1959. The photos show how she looks now, and how it was in 2018 when I started a major restoration and rebuild.
You can imagine the language when suddenly my yacht morphed from a hull to a few bits of firewood. In coming posts I will describe and show the history of Albert. Keep watching.....