Broads appeal
The Norfolk Broads are one of those treasures of the UK that are sometimes overlooked by cruising sailors. Yet this network of slow flowing rivers and cuts which open out into the great stretches of open water that are the Broads themselves offer new challenges to the uninitiated and endless days of sailing pleasure to those in the know. The narrow river stretches force even the most experienced of sailors to feel like a novice on first acquaintance. Meanwhile, when the rivers open out into the wide sweep of the Broads, the surrounding lowlands ensure fine steady breezes on lovely flat sheets of water.
The Broads themselves have an interesting history as for many years people assumed that they were a natural phenomena. However in
