Electric Narrowboat For Sale

1 instead of a diesel engine we have an electric motor for propulsion giving us totally silent cruising.

Electric narrowboat for sale.

The benefits are huge. Propulsion for this boat is all electric and the engine bed houses a kohler 7kw generator and swordfish 16kw aquadrive. We offer a superb selection of fully fitted narrowboats all built to suit your lifestyle and dreams. With many years in the inland boating narrowboat industry ovation boats boatbuilders specialise in brand new mid range narrowboats of 60ft length for sale.

Our proven system powers narrowboats up to 72 foot at 4mph. Freshly laundered bed linen is provided and there is a 240v power supply for running low. I had to google it. The slower you go the further you can get on the stored power.

Each boat has full central heating lcd television and dvd radio cd. Imagine cruising the entire waterways in a quality vessel of distinctive character with smooth classic lines as. 2 we are a gasless boat so don t use bottles of lpg for cooking as is usual instead we have an electric oven an electric induction hob use an electric kettle and an electric toaster. Castle narrowboats have operated both diesel narrowboats and electric narrowboats for over 20 years.

The standard diesel engine is sized to provide the maximum power requirement for the vessel while the electric drive is designed to match the boats mid range power needs. Electric boat propulsion. I didn t know what a narrowboat was. The solar boat company have designed supplied and installed electric propulsion systems for canal boats.

The solar boat co are no longer carrying out installations. Eight 230ah agm batteries and a victron quattro 48 8000 110 100 100 power the inside. Electric narrowboat motors are becoming common place they are safe green reliable and wonderfully quiet. Electric motors need a lot of infrastructure but when not travelling this can be used on other narrow boat appliances.

The image of electric cars today is now faraway from the once ubiquitous milk float. Unity 35 ton 20m narrow boat. Narrowboats are well suited to electric propulsion due to the efficient hull design and low canal speed limits. We have worked with boat builders and boat owners to create electric narrowboats and barges used for cruising as passenger boats or low impact homes.

Choose from a ready to go fully fitted charnwood edge or choose options with charnwood choice. Mister blue sky is a 58 feet 6 inches semi trad narrowboat with a unique canopy area at the front. A narrowboat according to wikipedia is a narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design made to fit the narrow canals of the united kingdom what a neat idea to convert one of these to electric. Come along to one of our open days to discuss the boat of your dreams we pride ourselves on excellent customer service and would be happy to.

This allows the electric drive components to be smaller and provides a very cost effective hybrid solution.