The Grand Old Lady of Bridlington Harbour won’t be staring her 2024 sailing schedule until the end of April – this means that the boat will sadly miss the Easter holidays.
The iconic Yorkshire Belle pleasure boat is currently in dry dock in Hull for a scheduled winter maintenance programme, but due to matters beyond the owners control she won’t be returning to Bridlington until the end of next month.
“Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control that delayed the start of our winter maintenance period to the middle of February, we won’t be sailing at Easter this year.”
The statement on the Yorkshire Belle’s social media pages continue:
“Belle is still in Hull and we hope to have her back to Bridlington as soon as we can.”
The statement adds: “We are aiming to begin sailing later in April, but have no firm dates as yet.”
“Availability for May and June will be on the website later this week.
“We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment.”
The current Yorkshire Belle was launched on Wednesday 22nd May 1947 having been built in a Beverley shipyard on the banks of the river Hull, by ship builders Cook, Welton and Gemmell Ltd.
Interestingly, she was designed and built to operate from Bridlington Harbour, with attention paid to her dimensions.
She has operated without fail every year since her arrival in 1947, (apart from during the enforced closures due to the pandemic) with her working season normally running from Easter to the end of September/October.
The complete cruise schedule is soon to be available on the Yorkshire Belle website.
