Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

This type of stern is perfect for me.

Traditional narrowboat engine room.

Click the engines above to hear the sounds of some traditional engines at work. The cheapest offer starts at 13 950. 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. A shorter boat costs less to maintain and moor and allows access to more of the inland waterways network.

The traditional trad has the engine usually a vintage or replica vintage engine situated in a separate engine room forward of the rear cabin. Poor sleeping arrangements courtesy of the engine room. Our traditional style narrowboats draw inspiration from the working boats that once graced our british waterways. Explore 13 listings for traditional narrow boats for sale at best prices.

Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00. Engine room painted castle roses the boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working boat. The boat doesn t go out very often residentially moored so i don t need access to the engine bay very much. 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.

It was where the family cooked eat slept and stored all their possessions. Especially if you generously give your engine a room of. However the shorter the cabin the less living space you have at your disposal. Capturing the detail and fine lines of these traditional craft we ve created a truly elegant and award winning boat.

2 pack epoxy jotomastic paint to all. 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. I ve got a 48ft traditional narrowboat.

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 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. Most of my visitors are out with me for my discovery days. I feel like the engine room is a bit of a waste of valuable space.

Narrowboat ownership is all about compromise.