Broom Boats: British boat builder now under new ownership [Video]

Broom Boats, which has been operating out of Brundall on The Broads for the last 125 years, has been sold

Broom Boats has been bought by a Norfolk boat hire and marine services firm.

Clive and Victoria Richardson, the owners of Horning Pleasurecraft, which includes Horning Marina on the River Bure and Cove Marina, purchased the business for an undisclosed sum.

The sale of Broom Boats includes the 78-berth marina and hire fleet of 32 vessels, the freehold of the 8.6-acre (3.49 ha) freehold site, marine-related buildings and the White Heron pub. All staff have transferred over to the new owner.

Clive Richardson is well known in the Broads boating and boat-building community, having designed the CJR F46, the first of the Fleetline Broads Cruisers.

He said he would not rule out building new Broom Boats at Brundall in the future.

“We’ve been developing the Horning Pleasurecraft business over the last four …