We zipped up to the Midlands on Monday evening and met with Rob and Caroline on Tuesday morning. We had […]
Equipment
Walk the plank
Having solar panels is amazing – free, clean energy! Well – I guess there will come a point when the […]
Technical
Solar Solution
With the batteries chosen, thoughts must now turn to charging them. We will be having a generator and of course […]
Interior Design
Designed for life
Paul will be reporting mainly about the technical aspects of the build but it falls to me to talk about […]
Technical
Choosing the right batteries
Once we had decided to “go electric”, the single biggest and most difficult decision was which batteries to choose. I […]
Technical
The Future of Narrowboat Propulsion
“The times they are a changing” and this very interesting video presentation by Bowman Bradley of the IWA, gives us […]
General
The Electric Boat Association
Whilst researching our electric narrowboat, we came across the “Electric Boat Association” a UK organisation who are championing the use […]
Technical
Electric Engine Options
We wanted “Old Nick” to be an electric narrow boat, but as with all things in life, there were a […]
General
Meeting with Ortomarine 24th July
This was the third time we had met face to face with Ortomarine‘s Caroline Badger and Rob Howdle. The first […]
Technical
Navionics now has UK canal mapping
Having been in the electronic cartography business for the best part of 15 years, I’m really pleased to include an […]