With the season drawing to a close, we are beginning to lift boats out, if you have not already booked your lift-out date, please talk to John as soon as possible to arrange a date. We can often "squeeze in" an extra , particularly shallow draft boats on trailers.

  Bookings for boat lifts and work for Derek and Jim should still be through the main office on 01394 385786 or by e-mail to enquiries@eversonboats.co.uk. For maintenance and inspection of Kyson/Methersgate moorings, please contact Stan; other enquiries and boat sales to John and Geoff as usual. Although we are not now employing a full time carpenter/shipwright, GRP repairs are dealt with by Geoff, and we do have a number of experienced shipwrights to call upon as sub-contractors in the same way that we already deal with electrical, gas, and rigging work. Antifouling, painting and varnishing can also be arranged as before.  John is in the office  until 3pm Monday – Friday. The office will be manned on Saturday mornings  10 – 1 as before. A new price list has applied from January 2008, with modest changes in charges within the rate of inflation since our last price list of 2006.

We have enjoyed very successful Woodbridge Regatta and Maritime Heritage weekends, with visits to the yard of several Everson boats, including "Clytie" who took her place at the Jetty as if she had never been away. As well as the boat trips which raised a considerable amount for the RNLI, we sold several dinghies and some of the "classic" chandlery that has been gathering dust in the shed. We still have some left: if you're looking for some ancient widget for your boat just ask - we may have one! We were sorry to see  the Everson Cherub "Ariel" leave us for her new home in Norfolk, but she sailed there in fine style, and surprisingly quickly.

The first 3 sections of new pontoon are now in place - replacing  the middle finger off the main pontoon, with others to follow as time permits. In collaboration with the Rowing Club we have replaced the launching ramp with a new wider (and less steep!) version. Don and Jim have been producing our own cradles, which are suitable for most fin or long keel boats up to 33ft and can be hired at a very reasonable rent or purchased at a price of £950 +VAT . Most insurance companies now insist on the use of cradles, and we plan to phase out "shoring up" . We have 8ft tenders available now: based on the old "Tepco" hull, they are quite beamy for good stability, and are fitted with substantial varnished larch gunwhales, grp buoyancy tanks, galvanised bow ring, rowlocks and cleat. Complete with a pair of 6ft 6in varnished oars, they make an attractive and practical tender. Although we have just sold out of stock there are more on the way and can be reserved now at a price of £585 + VAT, new boats being finished to order. New for 2009 will be GRP replica of the classic Everson dinghy, with the moulds taken direct from "Celia II", originally built  (we believe - unless you know different?) in the 1940' or 50's.

Dinghies: As last season we have offered an optional dinghy pumping service at a modest extra charge: we will undertake to pump out your dinghy on the pontoon once each week (Thursday or Friday). This we think might be useful for those of you who live some distance away, and should help reduce the wear and tear on all the dinghies if some of them are not quite so full of water. We are aware that the pontoons become very crowded during the season, and are more active in not allowing unsuitable boats to lie on the outer pontoon. To this end, we shall also remove boats which do not have a current numbered sticker, so please make sure your dinghy can be easily identified.  

We have succeeded in removing a vast amount of scrap metal and some boats to make more space in the yard, which has allowed us to leave the lane end clear of boats and available for car-parking. We have extended the dinghy numbering system to the trailers and cradles in the yard. However we are still left with a few dinghies and trailers which have no identification of ownership, and which no-one has been near for some years! If you have any unidentified gear in the yard, please tell Derek, or it may follow the rest to the scrapyard.

Kind regards to all, Geoff, Derek,  and the team.