The keen eyed amongst you may think that Electric Dreams looks quite familiar, and it should as it was formally known as “Eau Rouge”! After many years happily cruising as Eau Rouge, her owners decided it was time to let someone else enjoy her for her next adventure. New owners,…
“Paintbrush” is a 58’ 6” Parallel Hybrid narrowboat which was originally completed in March 2020, at the start of the COVID epidemic. The American owners weren’t able to visit their new boat until August 2021 due to travel restrictions, so the boat spent most of its first 18 months on…
A new chapter awaits for narrowboat “Th1rt3en”! Originally launched in October 2018, this much-loved 64′ diesel narrowboat returned to our workshop in Winter 2022/2023 for some refurbishment work and a brand-new paint scheme. Updated details of this refurbishment can be found here: https://www.ortomarine.co.uk/th1rt3en-ii/ We will be looking for offers in…
Launched on Friday 24th October 2025 at Willowbridge Marina, Albatross is a 58’ 6” semi-trad narrowboat built on a Jonathan Wilson shell and is the 12th parallel hybrid narrowboat to join our flock! With the relaunch of Arthur Owl in March, then the launch of Jenny Wren in June, and…
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…
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…
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…
Canal holidays are a fantastic family break and a chance to be closer to nature and have fun on the water. Until now, with the exception of some day boats and all electric hire boats on the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal, the only option has been to hire traditional diesel…
