Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

Engine room painted castle roses the boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working boat.

Traditional narrowboat engine room.

I feel like the engine room is a bit of a waste of valuable space. I have a traditional stern narrowboat with an engine room. Most of my visitors are out with me for my discovery days. I rarely have more than two guests on the boat.

Internally trads may have an engine room forward of a traditional boatman s cabin or an enclosed engine tucked away out of sight and the increased living space this brings. This type of stern is perfect for me. 2 pack epoxy jotomastic paint to all. Explore 13 listings for traditional narrow boats for sale at best prices.

Click the engines above to hear the sounds of some traditional engines at work. I ve got a 48ft traditional narrowboat. Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00. It was where the family cooked eat slept and stored all their possessions.

Capturing the detail and fine lines of these traditional craft we ve created a truly elegant and award winning boat. It would often be painted with roses and castles. Narrowboat ownership is all about compromise. Especially if you generously give your engine a room of.

Our traditional style narrowboats draw inspiration from the working boats that once graced our british waterways. The boat doesn t go out very often residentially moored so i don t need access to the engine bay very much. The cheapest offer starts at 13 950. Cruiser stern edit cruiser stern narrowboat at tardebigge.

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. 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. 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. 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.

A shorter boat costs less to maintain and moor and allows access to more of the inland waterways network.