Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

The traditional trad has the engine usually a vintage or replica vintage engine situated in a separate engine room forward of the rear cabin.

Traditional narrowboat engine room. I rarely have more than two guests on the boat. Our traditional style narrowboats draw inspiration from the working boats that once graced our british waterways. Most of my visitors are out with me for my discovery days. Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00.

Click the engines above to hear the sounds of some traditional engines at work. Poor sleeping arrangements courtesy of the engine room. I have a traditional stern narrowboat with an engine room. Capturing the detail and fine lines of these traditional craft we ve created a truly elegant and award winning boat.

I feel like the engine room is a bit of a waste of valuable space. Cruiser stern edit cruiser stern narrowboat at tardebigge. This type of stern is perfect for me. 2 pack epoxy jotomastic paint to all.

A shorter boat costs less to maintain and moor and allows access to more of the inland waterways network. 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. Engine room painted castle roses the boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working 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.

However the shorter the cabin the less living space you have at your disposal. 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. I ve got a 48ft traditional narrowboat. Especially if you generously give your engine a room of.

Narrowboat ownership is all about compromise. The boat doesn t go out very often residentially moored so i don t need access to the engine bay very much. Explore 13 listings for traditional narrow boats for sale at best prices. 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.

It would often be painted with roses and castles.