Quality, Innovation and Style
As one of the UK's leading specialists in electric narrowboats, Ortomarine’s goal is to build environmentally friendly boats that both reduce the vessel’s “carbon footprint” and create a quieter, cleaner and more natural boating experience.
Having specified/built over 30 boats with different forms of electric propulsion and with our extensive electrical engineering background we are uniquely placed to build reliable, user-friendly, electric boats which our customers love – just take a look at our customers’ thoughts page or contact us to speak directly to any of our customers to hear what they think!
Imagine cruising in near silence, with zero emissions, at one with nature - that is the Ortomarine experience. 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 June 2025 our next available build slot is for boat completion in the Autumn of 2026, but things do change occasionally so if you are interested in a new build please contact us. We are also working with several other boat builders including Aqua Narrowboats, Elton Moss, and Perrydale Narrowboats to help them to offer reliable electric propulsion options. If you are in the market for a new electric boat, but would prefer not to wait 2 years for us to build it for you, please contact any of the above, or speak to your preferred boat builder about working with us!
Clara Scintilla – Now Sold
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,…
Eau Rouge – Towpath Talk Feature
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…
