Haddock's Revenge

Make: Norman

Model: Norman 25

Engine: 15HP Outboard (Petrol)

This is my old Norman 25 "Haddocks Revenge", we bought it as we wanted more space than my Norman 18.5 could offer and very soon realised the centre cockpit wasn't nearly as practical as we thought, especially with an old creaky dog as it was a plummet to get onboard. It was touch and go wether we cut our losses and just sold it again but after a few beers we came up with the idea of cutting the aft cabin off, well it needed refitting anyway as it had been done in sterling board and was rotten so may as well go to town on it, we still had the Norman 18.5 for general use while we did the job. The canopy had to be made and would need all new poles so we worked out where best to have them to make a clear opening with no poles to climb through and how to have them out of the way when folded down, sliding runners was the way to go so when folded the rear pole rested on the rear deck and the front pole hooked over the screen and slid back again till it rested just in front of the screen close enough so the screen would still fold down, result was with the sides removed the rest of the canopy and screen could raised or lowered in about 30 seconds while solo helming. Haddocks revenge was sold back in 2006 after getting the bug for coastal cruising and bought an RLM 31 "Leo Magill" (now also gone to make way for "snowbird" a Princess 30DS). I'd had 2 Normans before this one but can't find any pics or I'd add them to the register, first was my very first boat, a Norman 20 called Merlin, very soon discovered the cost of canopies and outboards and discovered the BSSC so it got sold very quickly without ever using it, a couple of months later I bought a Norman 18.5 called Rokema, this one had a good canopy and useable outboard but the name had to change, after covering the leaking windows with penguin shower curtains it got renamed Pingu, add a few beers and that evolved into 'Pingu the hadock slayer' (well penguins eat fish...), hence the next boat became Haddocks Revenge, I never was a rational human being........

Last edited 13th January 2021


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Haddocks revenge

Before hacking.

Gutted transom

Cockpit gutted

During hacking

Hack started

Wot a stupid person...

The new canopy

New cockpit fitout

New helm position

Cabin pic.

A sneaky fridge

Moored at rivermill.