A campaign has been launched to save a historic vessel in Norfolk
Wherry Maud Trust launches #money4maud
Last updated 26th May 2021
Norfolk Trading Wherry Maud, a vessel on the National Historic Fleet, is to benefit from a fundraising campaign to raise vital funds for a new support boat.
It will allow Wherry Maud Trust to increase the number of Maud’s sailings and continue their work, so the Broads history can be kept alive.
Linda Pargeter is Treasurer of Wherry Maud Trust: “With a new support boat, we will sail “Maud” more often and more people will have the opportunity to experience first-hand this wonderful part of Norfolk Broads living heritage.”
Wherry Maud is one of the only remaining trading wherry of typical construction, it’s maintained by Wherry Maud Trust’s team of volunteers, who run trips throughout the year, keeping alive a significant part of the history and culture of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.
Having an easy to maintain support boat with a more powerful engine will ensure that the Trust can run more trips and be less restricted by winds and tides. The extra trips will generate donations to make up income that was lost due to the 2020 pandemic.
The cost of the project is £10,500.
Maud started her working life in 1899 as one of a small fleet of trading wherries owned by a director of Jewson, timber merchants in Great Yarmouth.
By 1965 she was redundant, sunk in Ranworth Broad to protect the riverbank from erosion. In 1981, Vincent and Linda Pargeter fell in love with her, restoring her over 18 years.