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I worked at Gordon's Pleasure Cruisers for a brief spell during 1981. I seem to remember that the Ledbury Navigator was one of three boats of similar class one of which was the Tewkesbury Navigator and I think the Worcester Navigator was the other (they tended to be grouped by geographical names). Others I remember; Measham, Cropredy, Kennet, Thrupp. My favourite name of all was Hetherington Daze, no idea what it means but such a cool name. The fleet was mostly fibre glass tops, I had to patch up many of them as they didn't fair very well with novices smashing them into low bridges! Some of the bigger boats had sliding roofs too. The fleet at that time totaled 36 boats and was the largest independent. We also had a fleet of motorhomes that were rented out to visitors from down under. Even the house on site was rented out for a period of time to a band called City Boy. They had a Top Twenty hit in 1978 with '5705' though that was before my time. They did however leave a Marshall cab behind and a couple of mics .. so thanks for that boys!!