Electric Narrowboat For Sale

In the well equipped galley you will find a full size cooker and larder fridge.

Electric narrowboat for sale.

Narrowboat hybrid systems. Unity 35 ton 20m narrow boat. We offer a superb selection of fully fitted narrowboats all built to suit your lifestyle and dreams. 1 instead of a diesel engine we have an electric motor for propulsion giving us totally silent cruising.

Propulsion for this boat is all electric and the engine bed houses a kohler 7kw generator and swordfish 16kw aquadrive. 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. Imagine cruising the entire waterways in a quality vessel of distinctive character with smooth classic lines as.

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. With many years in the inland boating narrowboat industry ovation boats boatbuilders specialise in brand new mid range narrowboats of 60ft length for sale. Electric narrowboat motors are becoming common place they are safe green reliable and wonderfully quiet. This allows the electric drive components to be smaller and provides a very cost effective hybrid solution.

I didn t know what a narrowboat was. Castle narrowboats have operated both diesel narrowboats and electric narrowboats for over 20 years. Our proven system powers narrowboats up to 72 foot at 4mph. Eight 230ah agm batteries and a victron quattro 48 8000 110 100 100 power the inside.

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. The image of electric cars today is now faraway from the once ubiquitous milk float. Electric motors need a lot of infrastructure but when not travelling this can be used on other narrow boat appliances. The solar boat co are no longer carrying out installations.

The benefits are huge. Freshly laundered bed linen is provided and there is a 240v power supply for running low. 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. The slower you go the further you can get on the stored power.

Narrowboats are well suited to electric propulsion due to the efficient hull design and low canal speed limits. Electric boat propulsion. Narrow boats at elton moss boatbuilders we specialise in bringing you outstanding quality narrowboats at very competitive prices. Each boat has full central heating lcd television and dvd radio cd.

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.