Featured Refinements: Canal Boat
Selling my live aboard Canal boatSet up to to be used as a roaming boat or on shore power mooring I lived on this boat for 12 years but i have now moved ashore so she is up for sale50 foot longI fitted the boat myself in 2001 specifically to live on so its laid out correctly with the galley in the sternGalley has gas hob oven grill, Washing machine, Full size immersion heater, Microwave, 12v240v fridge, and sink with hot and cold waterStandard double bed with a new mattressToilet has full size 2foot by 2 foot shower with hot and cold water, Hand basin and pump out toiletHas a drip fed diesel Kabola heater and a 12volt diesel blower heater in front cabinThere is a spare heater that comes with the boat2 Solar panels currently fitted but has 2 more spaces that can be added12 volt and 240 volt ring mains12 volt lighting, Pumps and usual items that run 12 voltLister SR3 air cooled bomb proof engine in good running order24 volt alternator and 24 volt battery bank that feeds a full Victron electronics set upVictron 24v 3kw 240volt inverter, Victron solar converter and full victron battery management system with heads up colour display to show everything that's going on2 Battery chargersShore power victron isolation inverterBoat is set up to run of batteries, Generator or shore power or combination of allBoat has sat for 2 years so needs a bit of tlc but its perfectly able to be moved on to straight away as everything worksBoat was set up to use a super silent Honda cube 3kw generator fitted in a box on the back but it was stolen recently so this will need to be addedThe generator runs the hot water and any heavy electrical equipment like the microwave and battery chargers so you will need one if your not connected to a mains shore power supplyWill also need a battery bank of your choice as the old ones have diedLast out of the water 4 years ago when it had new anodes and a re paintThere are no patches, Welded plates or any welding at all on the hullIts all original and as far as i know in good orderI have pictures of the hull out of the waterHas a mobile phone booster system fitted so you can get excellent phone connection for Netflix TV and computers etcI had unlimited Vodaphone connection which was great giving a connection to rival a broadband system in a houseThe solar panels if you fit all 4 will give you near 1kw of power on a sunny day and could be upgraded to more modern higher power ones if you wanted toI spent 25 thousand pounds on this boat fitting it out Has a new boat safety certificate and new extinguishers As you can see from pictures its charging the batteries from the solar panels and they are full at 27 volts You can also see that the inverter is working as it should Boat has an interesting history and was probably one of the very first boats converted to leisureThe hull was built at Harland and Wolf in Liverpool some time in the 1950s as a grain barge and was used on the Mersey canal as a tow barge Was later converted and a top fitted on to use as a canal boatDue to its commercial life and age it has many dents and scratches on the hull but the steel it was made from was very likely left over from the war and is excellent qualityAnd far better than the steel used on modern canal boats hullsWill add more info shortly and pictures but happy to answer honestly and questions you may have i am about to clean the boat up for the summer, re varnish it and fix anything that needs fixingBoat is at Shepperton upon Thames in Middlesex and has access to central London, grand union, kennet and avon, etc canalsMob phone
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