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The Sumpners Afloat

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

Technical

Cool for Cats – engine cooling systems

March 5, 2023

An area of boat design that is very important but which does not get talked about too often, is engine […]

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General

Just want the technical info?

July 6, 2022

There’s a wealth of in-depth information about batteries, solar panels, engine, generators, heating etc. etc, etc, including our real life […]

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Technical

Complete Control

January 30, 2021

Those of you that have read our previous posts will know that “Old Nick” has an array of electronic equipment […]

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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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