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Pleasure Wherry Hathor on the River Bure

Pleasure Wherry Hathor is perhaps the most special sailing vessel in the whole of Norfolk, if not the country. Everything about her draws you back to a slower age, whilst also drawing you into the mysticism of Egypt and of the goddess of love and joy after whom she is named.

 

The Pleasure Wherry Hathor (pronounced 'Heart-or') was built by Daniel Hall of Reedham for Ethel and Helen Colman, of mustard fame, daughters of Jeremiah J Colman.

 

All the Egyptian influences on Hathor's interior have been lovingly and carefully restored. The hieroglyphics may not mean much in translation, but they look wonderful. The woodwork is astonishing: lotus flowers of teak are inlaid in sycamore all over the saloon, while animals and other symbols adorn the doors.

 

Pleasure Wherry Hathor has no motor and requires more work to sail than the Wherry Yachts, yet she remains the older and more elegant flagship of the fleet.

 

www.wherryyachtcharter.org/hathor.html

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Uploaded on October 29, 2009
Taken on August 23, 2001