Hi Dan and welcome The CMBA is a great place to source information as most of us have at one time or another worked on the Broom Boats especially Saturns. Here is a members blog regarding restoring a Broom Saturn and I am sure you will agree a great job was done. http://broomspeedboat.blogspot.com/ ...

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Try Lancing Marine, Mike Bellamy has a good website with loads of marinising gear for fords and others.

Gaz

Had trailer serviced today, 4 new brake cables and one new sealed bearing replaced. Not bad really, these totally sealed bearings seam like a good idea no adjustment or greasing just fit with some descent grease and forget for a year or two although I always have my trailers serviced annually especi...

Thanks Geoff

I will give that some thought.

Gaz

Hi The best guy to contact would be Steve Mills at Mills dock yard Long Eaton, Steve is a genius with wood and building boats in particular and unusual boats like yours are the sort of thing he would be interested in. Steve builds steam launches to full scale from photographs and his yard is just a ...

Hi Al As you know I have done a lot this winter to her and she is looking great but I still need to do more to the bow deck, I may replace it next winter but we will see. It was really a bit of an after thought this year and although I have solved some problems with the front deck, I know I can do i...

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Did Hummingbird have some work done at Mill's dock yard Long Eaton by Steve Mills, May be to the top sides? Nr Nottingham

Volvo engines I think if she is same boat.

Cheers

Music Man

I think you will be in Scotland at the end of May and we are going at the beginning of May but perhaps we will see you at the Soar Rally?

A few more pics

Hi Geoff Yes post restoration, next year I may re deck the bow or at least do more work on it, I am hoping to improve the finish but trying to get her ready for a planned trip to Loch Lomond for the beginning of May bank holiday, booked in at the Coulag for a few days!! Some of the pics are not so g...