Traditional Narrowboat Engine Room

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.

Traditional narrowboat engine room.

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. Capturing the detail and fine lines of these traditional craft we ve created a truly elegant and award winning boat. It was where the family cooked eat slept and stored all their possessions. Our traditional style narrowboats draw inspiration from the working boats that once graced our british waterways.

I ve got a 48ft traditional narrowboat. The boat doesn t go out very often residentially moored so i don t need access to the engine bay very much. However the shorter the cabin the less living space you have at your disposal. I have a traditional stern narrowboat with an engine room.

Cruiser stern edit cruiser stern narrowboat at tardebigge. Roof hatch for centre engine room fit 390 00. 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.

Most of my visitors are out with me for my discovery days. The cheapest offer starts at 13 950. Explore 13 listings for traditional narrow boats for sale at best prices. Especially if you generously give your engine a room of.

Click the engines above to hear the sounds of some traditional engines at work. Narrowboat ownership is all about compromise. It would often be painted with roses and castles. Engine room painted castle roses the boatman s cabin was traditionally the living accommodation area of the working boat.

This type of stern is perfect for me. I feel like the engine room is a bit of a waste of valuable space. 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 shorter boat costs less to maintain and moor and allows access to more of the inland waterways network.

I rarely have more than two guests on the boat.