Tugs and Barges for sale
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REDUCED £79,950. 70ft x 14ft houseboat built by Stoke on Trent Boat Building. Built by the highly regarded Stoke on Trent Boat Building this houseboat offers a fantastic living space with delightful views across open water. The boat was originally purpose built as a floating art gallery and moored in Cambridge. The second owner completely refitted the boat as a residential craft. As an alternative to living on land or possibly a weekend retreat the boat is impressively spacious and comfortable. The mooring charges are £330 per month and the Environment Agency annual licence fee amounts to £50. The kitchen is equipped to a high standard with all mod cons, breakfast bar. The saloon is a massive 23ft x 14ft with an 8kw multi fuel stove set on a feature slate hearth. There is a great deal of storage including under the floor of the bedroom for larger longer term items. The owners are selling reluctantly owing to job relocation.
£115,000 15.85m x 3.0m (52ft x 9ft 10in) Luxemotor. 1927. Air draught 3.20m (10ft 6in) with wheelhouse up, 2.59m (8ft 5in) with wheelhouse down. This superbly converted Luxemotor has been refitted by the master craftsman owner to a very high standard with great attention to detail. The original captain's cabin has been retained in the stern and there are numerous original features to delight the enthusiast of these Dutch barges. The owner had a full pre-purchase hull survey by Duursma Scheep Expertise, regarded as one of the Netherlands' leading surveyors when he acquired the boat in 2005. DOWNLOAD SPEC SHEET.
£65,000 61ft 0in x 15ft 6in Humber Keel. c.1937. Built by Henry Scarr at Hessle, on the Humber Estuary, this is a classic Humber keel built to the dimensions of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. The boat is currently in Belgium, close to the channel coast. The owners have had the boat for a good number of years and have used it for cruising on the continent and as their home. The propulsion comes from a Perkins 6.305 90hp six cylinder diesel. A separate Perkins 4.108 forms a 4.5kVA generator set.A Somi diesel fired boiler provides central heating and hot water. There is gas cooking. The wc is an electric flush pump out and/or sea toilet.The boat was originally sailed across to the continent.
£69,950 57ft x 10ft 6in Calder Marine Craft/Boats Broad & Narrow. 2006.. 2 berths (but could be 6 with aft cabin turned into second bedroom and sofa bed option for saloon as well).. Neatly executed boat in the wide "narrowboat" style currently moored in South Yorkshire. The pictures will reveal just how spacious a boat like this can be, and with a 50hp Beta Marine diesel it is also more than capable of cruising on all inland waters. The boat has both a powerful 2.5kW Victron inverter/charger unit and a 3.5kW engine driven generator built in.There is an aft cabin currently used for storage which could easily be changed to a large utility room, or an office, or a second bedroom. There is both multi fuel stove and diesel central heating, washing machine, fridge/freezer. It may be possible to take on the existing mooring but that is a matter for separate negotiation betwenn the buyer and the mooring owner, or alternatively we are happy to help with obtaining a quote for transporting the boat to a different part of the canal system.
£195,000. 79ft x 16ft converted Dutch tjalk. 1915. Lovely traditional lines with leeboards distinguish this classic craft. Built in 1915, with riveted steel plates. The superstructure was converted in the 1950's and has been fully refurbished by a professional boat builder during 2007. Ideal self sufficient live-aboard or long term cruising, the boat is totally self contained with a built in 5.5kVA generator (new). Two stylishly designed double bedrooms; one with elegant en suite also features the lines of the interior curves of the bow to give a scalloped setting. Double bunk and office room; separate toilet and shower. Clothes washer and drier in corridor cupboard. Fully fitted oak kitchen with under-counter fridge and freezer, dishwasher, twin sinks, extractor fan, hob, microwave, ample cupboards; large lounge with all round superb viewing and multi fuel stove; wheelhouse area with traditional one metre diameter wheel in lounge corner; sundeck with hatch to engine room; steel rowing dinghy/tender suspended from aft davits. Furniture: teak expanding dinner table seats six, four chairs, two sun chairs; sofa bed with futon. Ample storage: under-floor in lounge, cupboards along corridor, wardrobes. Unlike most other large barges you live with 360 degree views across the water and not down in the hold. The owners are relocating overseas, hence the sale.
SOLD £29,950. 33ft x 10ft 3in Dutch Harbour Tug. 1939. This is a highly collectable Dutch harbour tug in exceptional condition. Access to the hull interior shows no corrosion and the visible rivets are virtually as new. Externally the paintwork has been kept in very good order. Fitted out with a double berth aft (which can also be set up as two parallel single berths), a small cabin containing the heads to one side, a large wheelhouse area and a fore cabin with a galley area and a further single bunk/settee. A powerful 135hp Mercedes diesel gives the boat substantial propulsion. The mooring is available to the purchaser subject to negotiation with the operator who is both a boat builder and tug enthusiast.