Tugs and Barges for sale
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£89,950. 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.
£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.
UNDER OFFER £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.
Priced in Euros: €175,000. 61ft 6in x 10ft 9in Classic Luxemotor. 1923. Moored on River Shannon. A beautiful cruising live aboard boat of a manageable size that is hard to come across. The boat was extensively refitted between 2003 - 2005 and the photos reveal the high standard of the joinery in this stunning original boat. Extensive use of iroko and teak combined with painted matchboarding in traditional Dutch style creates an interior brimful with character. The boat was transported to Ireland from the UK in 2007. Fitted with a built in generator and inverter the boat is designed for long term cruising just about anywhere in Europe independent of any mains services.
SOLD £70,000 57ft x 13ft 9in Hargreaves coal barge (No 61). The Rutilus is a beautifully converted Hargreaves coal barge, built at John Harker’s famous yard at Knottingley and launched in 1938. Her dimensions are designed to be able to navigate the Calder & Hebble Navigation - the smallest of the broad beam northern waterways. The present owners had the superstructure added in 2004 and the owners - one of whom is a joiner by trade - fitted out the boat to a very high standard, with a modern high quality fitted kitchen, large comfortable saloon, bedroom with fitted wardrobes and king size bed, bathroom with both a corner bath and a full size shower cubicle, double glazing and spray foam insulation throughout. The wheelhouse doubles as a seating area offering panoramic views of the surrounding landscape. The boat has just been fully redecorated. The Rutilus provides an ideal luxurious floating home for cruising broad waterways in England and on the continent.
UNDER OFFER £85,000. 58ft x 11ft 3in Replica Dutch Barge. 2006. Although completed in 2006 this stunning barge is as good as new. Fitted out for long term residential cruising the boat has a high specification - 4kw inverter, 550aH battery bank, full size washing machine, shower and bath. The glazed wheelhouse/seating area provides panoramic views whilst the saloon offers large space. The galley is equipped with high quality cooking facilities - Neff 5 burner hob for example. The bedroom contains a 5ft wide double bed with en suite bathroom. Separate wc cabin. 90hp Beta Marine diesel and 15hp bowthruster make for easy handling.
SOLD £64,950 69ft x 14ft Dutch motor tjalk. Classic tjalk shape with the bluff rounded bow constructed with planks of riveted iron. Much of the hull has been subsequently overplated in steel. The boat is fitted out for living and cruising and has a large saloon, the potential for up to 6 berths (by adding sofa beds), galley with beech work tops, washing machine, multi fuel stove in decorative fireplace, diesel central heating, solar panels, wind turbine, 3.5kVA generator, 1.6kW inverter. Non residential mooring available subject to mooring operator's approval.
NEW £245,000 55ft x 12ft Central Crafworks replica Luxemotor. Designed in the Netherlands to reproduce the curved traditional lines of a Luxemotor barge, this boat has been built from scratch by naval architect and professional joiner Andrew Clarke to an incredibly high standard. Very few such replicas can match up to this quality of build. It is truly a home from home. The interior utilises a mix of oak, maple and painted wood with a host of specification for long term continental or UK cruising - 6.5kVA generator, 3kW inverter, well equipped galley, plumbed washing machine space, two toilets, large battery bank, bowthruster. The collapsible hardwood wheelhouse provides 360° panoramic views. The 114hp Vetus engine ensures the craft can cope with European rivers yet is equally at home on broad canals.
SOLD Historic Upper Thames tug. Built in 1931 for the Thames Conservancy by James Pollock Sons & Co Ltd "Kennet" worked on the Thames above Oxford towing dredging barges, piling rigs and delivering coal to the lock cottages. She was rescued from a scrap heap in Iver, Bucks., in 1971 and restored to her former glory. She has been on loan to the Waterways Museum at Gloucester for many years where she has been adapted to take visitors on trips around the famous docks, and also to teach people the skills of tug handling. A marine Kelvin T6 complete with Kelvin gearbox is her present engine. Kennet is a unique and beautiful tug.
SOLD £72,500 56ft x 11ft 6in Dutch Motoraak. Delightful live aboard/wide beam cruising barge with the elegant lines showing the skills of Dutch boat builders over the centuries. 1936 hull in riveted steel, last surveyed when purchased by present owner in 1998. Permanent double and saloon sofa bed provide four berths - a further 2 could be created by adding a sofa bed to the wheelhouse cabin. Built in 240v diesel generator unit ensures independence. Predominantly fitted out in oak-faced ply. Modern pump out wc fitted, good sized separate shower wet room, 6ft 6in x 5ft 0in king size double in master bedroom.
SOLD £160,000 82ft x 15ft Dutch Luxemotor. Hull constructed 1924 in riveted iron - one of the best materials in water. Superstructure added in 1999. This boat is fitted out to a very high standard and is located on the River Severn in a peaceful location on the edge of Upton on Severn, overlooked by the Malvern Hills. Originally cruised on European waterways the present owner shipped the boat over to make a comfortable rural retreat with the ability to cruise from Stourport to Sharpness on non-tidal water.