We are inviting all boat owners whose time and energy have preserved vintage Broadland boats and the Broadland heritage, to a Classic Boat Rally at the Norfolk Punt Club (NPC) 1926 – 2026 Centenary Regatta on Barton Broad.
The NPC Regatta has grown in popularity in recent years, and we hope you will also enjoy the excellent sailing & racing on Barton, exceptional events and a very friendly welcome to visitors.
All Sailing & Motor boats built before 1926 are particularly welcome, as are all traditional boats up to the 1950’s.
Rally events will include an owners’ party on Barton Staithe, boat histories on a special regatta WhatsApp group, boat visiting and a Sail-Past, and prizes for the best restored, the most original condition, the most interesting history and best turned out.
As usual there will be racing for the traditional classes as part of the regatta program.
The Norfolk Punt was developed from the traditional Gun Punt, used to mount a large gun to hunt flocks of wildfowl on East Anglian estuaries.. It has become one of the fastest single-hulled boats on The Portsmouth Yardstick and provides thrills & spills for all who sail them. As well as seeing Punts racing in their native habitat, part of our celebrations in the centenary year Regatta will be a punt-gunning exhibition & demonstration. The class rules still state that Traditional Punts must be able to mount a gun, quite useful in a speedy settlement of an RYA rules’ infringement.
We look forward to you adding to the celebration of an important part of our rich Broadland Heritage.
Contact Simon Jenner at npcvintage@puntclub.co.uk
More details to follow.