Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

Capturing the detail and fine lines of these traditional craft we ve created a truly elegant and award winning boat.

Traditional narrowboat engine room.

When i bought the boat the previous owner had built a wooden surround for the engine but as he made this out of chipboard and the boat was sitting in a moist environment for a long time before the sale the wood lost its structural integrity and fell apart when i tried to climb out of the back hatch. The boat doesn t go out very often residentially moored so i don t need access to the engine bay very much. A shorter boat costs less to maintain and moor and allows access to more of the inland waterways network. 2 pack epoxy jotomastic paint to all.

I feel like the engine room is a bit of a waste of valuable space. Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00. It would often be painted with roses and castles. A traditional or trad stern narrowboat has a limited amount of space for guests to stand with the helmsman but the engine is enclosed within the main cabin.

Our traditional style narrowboats draw inspiration from the working boats that once graced our british waterways. A slow revving reliable vintage engine is very popular with some boat owners today provided there s space in your boat for an engine room room beneath the boat for a large propeller and a fairly roomy wallet. Most of my visitors are out with me for my discovery days. I have a traditional stern narrowboat with an engine room.

I rarely have more than two guests on the boat. I ve got a 48ft traditional narrowboat. This leads to reduced head room at the back of the boat the rear trad area usually has a head room of 5ft 4in as opposed to a typical head room of 6ft 4in in the rest of the boat. Engine room painted castle roses the boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working boat.

However the shorter the cabin the less living space you have at your disposal. Poor sleeping arrangements courtesy of the engine room. Cruiser stern edit cruiser stern narrowboat at tardebigge. This type of stern is perfect for me.

Narrowboat ownership is all about compromise. The traditional trad has the engine usually a vintage or replica vintage engine situated in a separate engine room forward of the rear cabin. The cheapest offer starts at 13 950. Especially if you generously give your engine a room of.

Click the engines above to hear the sounds of some traditional engines at work.