We were contacted by Rob Mears this week to say that he is reluctantly going to have to sell Eau Rouge. Unfortunately, his wife Karen’s health has taken a turn for the worse and they are going to have to put the boat up for sale. They are not going to…
We have been in discussions with the Waterways World Technical Editor, Mark Langley, since the Crick show this year. We told him we were building a Diesel/Electric Hybrid boat, and he was very keen to review it. We completed “Stray Not Far”, a 58’6″ semi-trad narrowboat, with a Charles Rennie…
We were very proud (and fond!) of our Show Boat “Clara Scintilla”, which we took to Crick in May 2017, but the intention was always to sell her when the time was right. We were contacted by John and Jo Macdonald in September, who were looking for a new build,…
We completed “Eau Rouge”, a 57′ semi-trad narrowboat, for Rob and Karen Mears in September 2017. Rob is an F1 fan and the boat is named after the famous bend on the Belgium F1 circuit. Towpath Talk were keen to review one of our boats and Rob and Karen were…
Our latest finished boat “Suzanne Marie” (a 62’6″ cruiser stern, 8 berth hire boat, for Marine Cruises) left us on Wednesday 12th July to start her journey up to the Falkirk Wheel. We managed to achieve our goal of “one out / one in”, to minimise transport and crane charges…
We have been asked by several prospective customers if we can recommend any specialist finance companies who can help them with financing their dream narrowboat. We are now pleased to recommend Pegasus Finance – who offer flexible, affordable loans specifically for purchasing all types of boat. Please click on FINANCE in our header…
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…
