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The Sumpners Afloat

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

Technical

Designing a Serial Hybrid

August 10, 2025

After nearly five years of living, working and cruising on “Old Nick”, managing the Electric Narrowboats FB group and organising […]

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Cruising

Golden Year(s) – a 2021 retrospective

December 8, 2021

As 2021 comes to an end and we celebrate a whole year aboard, we thought we’d take time to look […]

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Technical

Electric Dreams – power management on an electric narrowboat

July 27, 2021

We have been continuously cruising now for two months and have settled in to a regular routine. With nearly 300 […]

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