We were hoping to see something of the sun for the launch of its namesake “Sundance”, but the weather had other ideas unfortunately. This is our tenth Hybrid Marine parallel hybrid boat and is equipped with 1.8kW of solar on the roof, which the owners, Eddie & Heather, are hoping…
Our latest logistical challenge was to coordinate launching a new boat, receiving a new hull, and receiving a boat for refurbishment, all on the same day. The date was set for 20th October, and all parties concerned did a great job so that everything went like clockwork. Massive thanks to…
Launched in August, “Jouliet” is the latest Serial Hybrid narrowboat to join the ever expanding fleet of Ortomarine boats. She is modelled rather closely on one of our earlier serial hybrids “Hunky Dory”. The owners had a look around Hunky Dory after our Trials Event and decided it was exactly…
There’s a great article by Phil Pickin in the latest Towpath Talk (page 46) about our serial electric hire boat “Ollie Owl” which Cafwin Cruises are operating out of Droitwich Spa Marina – grab your copy from your local marina, or read the article here.
“Eau de Folles” is the latest addition to the Ortomarine family. The owners (Neil and Linda Cocksedge) previously owned one of the few working steam narrowboats operating on the UK canals, called Tixall. They skipped several iterations of engine design when they decided to go for all-electric propulsion for their…
By the end of this week, our fleet of boats will have cumulatively generated a staggering 20 Mega Watt hours of electricity. With our boat owners’ permission, we have now decided to show a table on our website which refreshes every day with the amount of solar generated by each…
We are very pleased to report that Ortomarine were trophy winners at the annual British Marine Conference held on 15th & 16th March at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham. We were nominated for the “Business Boating Sustainability Award” which was to be presented to a company that has demonstrated outstanding…
After some seriously challenging engineering, difficulties sourcing key components, lots of hard work and considerable financial outlay – the conversion of one of our existing diesel narrowboats to fully functioning serial electric hybrid culminated in the successful launch of “Ollie Owl”, on Monday 14th March. For Ortomarine, the work completed…
Our first new boat launch of 2022 took place on 9th February – Helen and Russel Green are the proud new owners of “Professor Pat Pending”, a 58ft Serial Electric Hybrid narrowboat. Those of you who are old enough to remember The Wacky Races cartoon, will understand where the name…
Our final boat launch for 2021 took place on 25th November. We were lucky enough to launch “Zaniah” on a crisp, sunny, winter’s morning, before Storm Arwen hit. The owners, Trevor and Lesley have had their own boats for the past 30 years, so knew exactly what they wanted. Zaniah…
