After the Crick Boat Show, we decided to cruise Clara Scintilla back to her home mooring at Droitwich Spa Marina, rather than take her by road. This trip of approximately 65 miles proved to be an excellent “Test Drive”. We’re pleased to say that apart from a few incidents with…
Rob has been updating our Facebook and Twitter accounts with lots of photos from Crick, you can check them out at: Twitter – @ortomarine Facebook – ortomarine A few likes and retweets would be very welcomed!
Thanks to all the team for their tremendous efforts to make our first Crick Boat Show a roaring success! Thanks also to all of you who waited patiently to take a look on board “Clara Scintilla” – we had no idea we would be quite so busy. We roped family and…
We will be bringing our latest show boat to Crick this year. She is a 58ft semi-trad, reverse layout, 2+2, very similar to our first showboat, but this time with a staggered walk-through bathroom and a woodburner. We have gone for a more traditional style of bathroom than our first…
We are very pleased to announce that the sale of our show boat has now successfully gone through. Fred and Mavis Sweetman have named her “Here We Go Again” after a family favourite song. She will be moored at Droitwich Spa Marina and Fred and Mavis have kindly agreed that…
Please click on the following link to see some excellent 360 degree views of our showboat (courtesy of Canal Boat Magazine) which is now up for sale. Click Here
We have decided to sell our show boat as featured in the March edition of Canal Boat. If the current specification does not meet your requirements exactly, eg you would like a wood-burner or a dinette (or both) fitted, please come and see the boat and have a chat with…
We have at last moved in to our new premises at Shenstone, between Droitwich and Kidderminster. We searched the Midlands for a suitable facility for bringing our boat building indoors and are pleased to say we have found an ex-MOD building which is ideal. We are grateful to Brookline Narrowboats…
We are very proud to say that we have had a very complimentary boat review published in the March edition of Canal Boat Magazine. We are hoping that this independent review will help to get our name out there – and inspire any potential customers to contact us! The reviewed…
We are pleased to announce that we have secured orders for the supply of 4 more narrowboats to be used for hire on the Scottish Canal network in 2017. The demand for hire boats in Scotland has seen a steady increase in the past couple of years and there seems…
