Phoenix Fleet Ltd is a family business established in 1955 by Mick Richardson and now run by Robin and Patrick Richardson, all keen and capable racing yachtsmen.


We are probably best known to thousands of Broads holidaymakers as the pilots who navigate hire cruisers through the famous medieval bridge, adjacent to the boatyard, on their way to the internationally important nature reserves at Hickling and Horsey. We are also boatbuilders with 25 years experience in wood and GRP construction of inland waterway craft. In 1982 we built the first electric launch for hire on the Broads leading to the development of our fleet and to the Phoenix 21