Quality, Innovation and Style
Ortomarine’s goal is to build environmentally friendly boats that both significantly reduce the vessel’s “carbon foot print” and create a quieter, cleaner and more natural boating experience. We want to give our customers, the “greenest” narrowboat that current technologies allow, without compromising on quality or cost.
Imagine cruising in near silence, with zero emissions, at one with nature - that is the Ortomarine experience. As one of the UK’s leading electric hybrid narrowboat builders, we can offer you a number of systems from different electric engine manufacturers, backed up with real-life data collected from all of our boats.
We will guide you through the design process, balancing your bespoke requirements with cost effective, proven solutions, ensuring your dreams are realised, on time and within budget.
When you commission an Ortomarine boat, you can be sure that every aspect of the external, internal and technical design is completed to a single high standard. For this reason, we only accept orders for "Fully Fitted" designs and not for "Hull Only" or "Sail Away" builds.
As of January 2024 our next available build slot is for boat completion in the Spring of 2026, but things do change occasionally so if you are interested in a new build please contact us on +441299 489424. Please see our Pricing page under “Our Boats” for more information about guideline prices for our new boats.
Launch of our first purpose-built “Roving Trader” serial hybrid narrowboat
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…
Electrika 24 – A Great Success!
We are pleased to report that the feedback from the recent Electrika Boat Show has been incredibly positive, with lots of questions about whether it will become an annual event in the future … watch this space! We would like to extend a MASSIVE thank-you to Paul & Kay Sumpner…
