Previous names
- Topaz
Details
Construction
Dimensions
History
SPRUCEGOOSE is a carvel built wooden Broads sailing vessel, with carvel mahogany topsides and single plank diagonal Pitch pine bottom, which is an unusual method of construction. Last of four built by the well known Broads boat builder F. Newson during the 1960s, before the decline of wooden boat industry on the Broads. She was as a Norfolk Broads hire boat from 1964 to the mid-1980s.
She was bought by her present owner in 1994 and is based in Port Medway, Rochester where she is undergoing restoration.
Update, February 2025: Vessel for sale.
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Key dates
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1964
Built by F Newson at Oulton Broad
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1964/1980s
In use as a Norfolk Broads hire boat
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1994
Bought by current owner
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