Our boats are proving to be as popular as ever — not only is ‘Minerva’ now in the hands of her new owners, but both ‘Master Riley’ and ‘Watt Knot’ have also been sold subject to survey! We’re thrilled to see such strong interest in our narrowboats and delighted to…
A few weeks ago, we shared the exciting news that 3 of our existing Ortomarine narrowboats were coming back on to the market. We can now announce that these boats are parallel hybrid “Watt Knot”, serial hybrid “Minerva” and diesel narrowboat “Master Riley”! “Watt Knot” our parallel hybrid, was originally…
The latest boat to join our ever-growing fleet is “Jenny Wren”, you will notice from the colour scheme, name and bow graphic the naval connection. The proud owners John and Sarah both served in the Royal Navy and wanted to subtly pay respect to this in the exterior design. Jenny…
A rare chance to own a pre-loved Ortomarine boat is just around the corner. Due to the ill health of a couple of our lovely owners, a couple of the boats in our fleet will be coming onto the market in the next few weeks. These opportunities don’t come up…
Electrika 2025, the only free to enter boatshow, dedicated to electric narrowboats, is back – bigger and better. Twice the number of exhibitors and with 10 show boats on the water at Brinklow Waterside & Marina it is the go to event for anyone interested in learning more about going electric.…
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…
