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The Sumpners Afloat

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

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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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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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Technical

Electric Engine Options

July 29, 2020

We wanted “Old Nick” to be an electric narrow boat, but as with all things in life, there were a […]

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General

Meeting with Ortomarine 24th July

July 27, 2020

This was the third time we had met face to face with Ortomarine‘s Caroline Badger and Rob Howdle. The first […]

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Navionics now has UK canal mapping

July 26, 2020

Having been in the electronic cartography business for the best part of 15 years, I’m really pleased to include an […]

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Introducing our Boatbuilder – Ortomarine

July 23, 2020

Ortomarine is a small family business lead by Caroline Badger and Rob Howdle. Caroline, a management accountant by training, has […]

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Our love of Canals

July 23, 2020

Our desire to spend our lives travelling the Inland Waterways can all be attributed to Kay’s Dad, Leonard Carter, known […]

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