Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

It was where the family cooked eat slept and stored all their possessions.

Traditional narrowboat engine room.

2 pack epoxy jotomastic paint to all exterior and to internal steelwork 426 00. The boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working boat. Recessed panels 4 per side in stern cabin 1 290 00. Modern narrowboats are used for holidays weekend breaks touring or as permanent or part time residences.

Phantasy is a traditional narrowboat with its own engine room and a large front deck with seating. The hull s flat base is usually 10mm thick the hull sides 6mm or 8mm the cabin sides 6mm. Engine room painted castle roses. Loading to motor transport 196 00.

This offers the most internal cabin space reducing the rear deck size. Ellen has a 20mm baseplate the accomodation benefits from a large saloon area and also offers 2 2 berths. Ellen is a boat worthy of serious consideration. The gears are to be changed by a push pull handle on the starboard side and a speed wheel for the engine throttle on the port side.

Traditional the traditional stern was originally found on working type boats. However the prices provided will help to. Usually they have steel hulls and a steel superstructure. 12v usb socket for charging mobile phones.

I have a traditional stern narrowboat with an engine room. A 38 foot traditional stern narrowboat with modern smooth running diesel engine in it s own engine room. I think most modern boats built with a traditional style cabin and engine room are probably between yours and rob s dimensions as they have a wider bed and an engine room that you can open a door into and walk round the engine. There is a hairdryer supplied.

Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00. Semi traditional although keeping the lines of a traditional boat it offers a larger rear deck space by having an open roof area over the engine. 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. Engine controls the engine controls will be of traditional design with steel rods routed from controls at the steering position along the back cabin ceiling to the engine throttle and gearbox.

Total steelwork price stage 1 all our boats are bespoke so prices will vary slightly according to your individual specification. By robtheplod june 16 2019 in. This tradition has continued into the 21st century but not all narrowboats have such decorations. Spacious saloon with horseshoe shaped.

Ellen is a cherished 62ft traditional narrowboat complete with a boatman s cabin and a gardner 2lw engine she was built by les allen and fitted out by weltonfield narrowboats in 1998. By the end of the 19th century it was common practice to paint roses and castles on narrowboats and their fixtures and fittings. Sign in to follow this. It would often be painted with roses and castles.