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The Sumpners Afloat

Adventures on "Old Nick" – an Ortomarine-built, Vetus powered Electric Serial Hybrid Narrowboat

Interior Design

A mahoosive milestone

August 27, 2020

Late last night, we got confirmation from Ortomarine that our hull has finally been ordered! This is a moment for […]

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Technical

The Art of Energy Management

August 27, 2020

So – we have chosen our batteries from Leoch, selected the electric engine and generator from Vetus and decided to […]

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Equipment

New Vetus Electric Engine for “Old Nick”

August 25, 2020

This is a very exciting post for us, as we can finally announce that “Old Nick” will be the first […]

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General

Meeting with Ortomarine – 18 August

August 21, 2020

We zipped up to the Midlands on Monday evening and met with Rob and Caroline on Tuesday morning. We had […]

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Equipment

Walk the plank

August 19, 2020

Having solar panels is amazing – free, clean energy! Well – I guess there will come a point when the […]

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Technical

Solar Solution

August 18, 2020

With the batteries chosen, thoughts must now turn to charging them. We will be having a generator and of course […]

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Interior Design

Designed for life

August 15, 2020

Paul will be reporting mainly about the technical aspects of the build but it falls to me to talk about […]

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Technical

Choosing the right batteries

August 14, 2020

Once we had decided to “go electric”, the single biggest and most difficult decision was which batteries to choose. I […]

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Technical

The Future of Narrowboat Propulsion

August 2, 2020

“The times they are a changing” and this very interesting video presentation by Bowman Bradley of the IWA, gives us […]

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General

The Electric Boat Association

August 1, 2020

Whilst researching our electric narrowboat, we came across the “Electric Boat Association” a UK organisation who are championing the use […]

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