Our use a small number of quality shell suppliers, if you have a preference we will use a supplier of your choice, subject to their lead time. We believe that to produce a Rolls Royce product on an inferior shell is counterproductive. For boats up to 58 feet long the shells have a one piece base, one piece side hull, one piece cabin side (5mm thick) and a one piece roof. There is also a rising swim which significantly reduces cavitation. If requested we are happy to take customers to see a shell being manufactured.

We produce canal boats in the three main styles - Traditional, Semi-Traditional and Cruiser in lengths up to 70 feet. These can be narrowboats or widebeam shells of either 10feet 3ins, 11feet or 12feet wide.

As a Narrowboat purchase is such a significant cost we use the British Marine Federation (BMF) contract which pays us in stages, and under this contract you always own the boat and the work up to that stage of the boat build.

For ensure the whole build process goes smoothly we use a marine surveyor to inspect our shells before delivery, during our build process and a final check when afloat. We are happy if purchasers want to appoint their own surveyor to inspect the boat at any stage of production or as a one off pre-delivery survey.

We want to you to have complete peace of mind, which is why your new boat will also be issued with a Boat safety certificate (a sort of MOT for boats), even though the Boat safety certificate is not required until the boat is 4 years old.

Our boats also comply with the RCD and we will issue a Declaration of Conformity, an Owner’s Manual and will mark the hull permanently with our Craft Identification Number (CIN). Our builder’s plate also carries the “CE” mark.

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