We are very keen to share our knowledge and expertise of building electric narrowboats with other boat builders – to attempt to ensure that the electric boats which are being launched on the Inland Waterways are fit for purpose and correctly specified. It is vital that the whole electric system…
It’s been a very busy few months here at Ortomarine – so it’s about time we updated everyone with news of what we’ve been up to! Over the winter we took on a fresh challenge – to convert another boat builder’s boat from diesel to electric propulsion. The boat in…
We are very pleased to announce that David John’s excellent coverage of our Prop Trials Event (held in February) is now available on his “Cruising The Cut” YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQtTGuCb7CU) Please remember to register for your tickets for the Electrika Boat Show (www.electrika.uk) in July, to hear Dave Jesse present…
For those of you who would love to own an Ortomarine narrowboat but don’t quite have the budget for one of our brand-new electric boats, we may have an opportunity for you! The owners of “Count for Nothing” have reluctantly (due to ill-health) decided that it is the right time…
Those of you who follow us and our boats may know that the very first narrowboat we built with any form of electric propulsion was “Stray Not Far” which was our first Hybrid Marine parallel hybrid and was launched in November 2017. When the opportunity arose for us to buy…
Since March 2021, we have been enjoying driving our Citroen eDispatch electric van. We recently reached the milestone of 50,000 miles driven in the van and we can honestly say we don’t have any regrets at all about going electric. In our previous van these 50,000 miles would have burnt…
September saw the launch of our 13th serial hybrid narrowboat “Amastra”. There is a lot of superstition around the number 13, both good and bad, however we are hoping that new owners, Steve and Eileen Brown have nothing but good luck and happy adventures aboard their new home! The name…
We are happy to report that ‘Minerva’ has now sold! Our new owners were one of the first couples to hire serial hybrid ‘Ollie Owl’ from Cafwin Cruises (https://www.cafwincruises.com/). After that experience they knew they couldn’t go back to a diesel boat, so when they found out Minerva was for…
We have some good news for anyone who would like to own one of our top-spec serial hybrid narrowboats but can’t wait for a new one! “Minerva” which is just over a year old is reluctantly being sold by the owners as they have now made the decision to move…
Kate and Colin Newman are the proud owners of our latest serial hybrid narrowboat “Bears Afloat” which was launched in June. Kate is a talented stained glass artist and high on her priority list for their boat was a studio/work room so that she can work producing her beautiful products…
