Boat Ownership, Building, Maintenance, and Services

Diaries of Boat Building/Fit-outs

• Project FloatingAbode - last updated 2007; electric propulsion
• Andrew Dyke's The Building Of Narrowboat Lord Toulouse in 2002
• Building 'Oak' and 'Ash' - a hotel narrowboat pair; 2003-4
• The Phoenix Project - 2006 conversion of a burned-out Anglo-Welsh narrowboat into a dayboat;
  WARNING: 4.2 MB pdf file - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view
• Narrowboat Per Angusta - built 2004
• Brian Dominic's Restoring Rumpus - completed in 2000
• Narrowboat Earnest - completed 1999
• nb. Apple Queen - gas-free, 62' narrowboat built by Reading Marine; completed Dec 2002
• Michael Clarke's 62' Narrowboat Sika - completed 2000

  More build diaries can be found on the Other Canal and Waterway-related Personal Pages page, and on the Trip Reports and Blogs page.

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  Shared boat ownership schemes

• Challenger Syndicateships - [had gone bankrupt - now operated by ABC Leisure Group] - UK, France
• Ownerships - May 2010 reportedly under liquidation - UK, France, Ireland (Holland coming) - narrowboats and Dutch barges
• JD Boat Services - narrowboats, UK
• Ranworth Marine - - luxury motor yachts on the Norfolk Broads
• Jemima D Narrowboat Co-operative - 37 foot narrowboat owned by 12 shareholders
• Carefree Cruising - narrowboats, UK
• The Canal Cruising Society - 61 foot trad narrowboat
• BV 825 'Explorer' Co-ownership Syndicate - UK, France, Portugal - Dutch barge style boat; epoxy composite hull
• BCBM Boat Share
• Drayton Boat Services

  Independent web sites for all boat sharers:

• www.boatshare.co.uk - includes shares currently for sale
• Syndicate Boat Shares for Sale
• The Shared Inland Boaters User Group (SIBUG) has been absorbed into the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO)

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  Timeshare schemes

• Canaltime
• Canal Boat Club
• Shakespeare Classic Line Ltd - time-share and hire (at Mercia Marina, Willington, Derbyshire, on T&M)

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  Boat-swap schemes

  Swap time on your boat for time on someone else's elsewhere.

• boatswap.info

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  Boat-house exchange schemes

  Swap time on your boat for time in someone else's house, or vice-versa.

• boat/house exchange

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  Mainland Europe

  When thinking about buying a used boat, a good place to *start* is Apollo Duck. They have numerous listings from both brokers and private owners, allowing you a good first look at what sorts of boats are available at what price.

• Apollo Duck - large website of boat adverts (all types of boats)
• Bowcrest Marine - UK-based Dutch barge boat brokerage, offering boats on the continent
• Challenger Syndicateships - Shared boat ownership scheme - UK, France - [had gone bankrupt - now operated by ABC Leisure Group]
• Classic Boats Ltd. - UK built boats for continental waters; previously had marketed boats built by South West Durham Steelcraft, which was liquidated in 2007
• Michael Carter's Guide to Recreational Craft Directive and CE Marking
• Michael Clarke's EU Legislation affecting Recreational Boating
• Homes Afloat - Link not working; wide-beam canal cruisers for continental waterways
• Recreational Craft Directive - RYA Guide to Compliance - from the Royal Yacht Association
• Euroship Services - building kits in steel through fully completed vessels (English, Dutch)
• International Institute of Marine Surveyors
• Ownerships - May 2010 reportedly under liquidation - Shared boat ownership scheme - UK, France, Ireland (Holland coming)
• Vardy Barge - boat builder (dutch barges and narrowboats) - (UK and France)

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  UK

  Boat builders, brokers, marinas, chandleries, etc.

  When thinking about buying a used boat, a good place to *start* is Apollo Duck UK. They have numerous listings from both brokers and private owners, allowing you a good first look at what sorts of boats are available at what price.

  Note: marinas, boatbuilding, services, etc. are all thrown together below. Since many of the listed businesses provide multiple services, I have not attempted to separate them into multiple categories. Use the search function of your browser (usually Ctrl+f) to look for a keyword related to what you are looking for, for example, "build", or "mooring".

• APCO's Boat Yards, Marinas and Chandleries member list

• Acorn Engineering - "largest Retail catalogue for narrowboat equipment in the UK"
• All Aboard Marine Services - boat maintenance (Newbury, on K&A)
• Alvechurch Boat Builders - boat building; boat brokerage; eco-hulls
• Alvecote Marina - (Tamworth, Staffs.)
• Amber Boats - Polish boat-builder of narrowboats and broad-beam boats, with UK sales and service office at Evesham Marina
• Anglo-dutch Barges - (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear)
• Apollo Duck - large website of boat adverts (all types of boats)
• Aquafax - marine equipment
• Aqualine Marine - boat building; boats built in Poland with UK components
• Aquarius Narrowboat Fitters - (nr. Cranleigh, Surrey)
• Aqueduct Marina - moorings, brokerage, slipway, hard-standing, maintenance, cafe, shop (Church Minshull, Ches.)
• Ashby Canal Centre - moorings, slipway, boat safety inspections (Nuneaton, Warks.)
• Aspley Wharf Marina - boat sales, chandlery, moorings, day boats (Huddersfield, W. Yorks.)
• Aston Marina - moorings, farm shop, bistro (near Stone, Staffs., on T&M)
• A to Z Marine - builders of narrowboats and fibreglass cruisers (Newark, Notts.)
• Audlem Boat Company - "repairs, repainting, refurbishment, rewiring, refits" (Audlem, Cheshire, on SU)
• Avon Boating - boatbuilding (Stratford-upon-Avon)
• Baker Street Marine - wide-beam (Newark, Notts.)
• P. J. Barber Boatbuilder Ltd - builder of narrowboats and dutch barges (Long Eaton, Notts., on Erewash Canal)
• Barnowl Narrow Boats - boat builders (Lye, W. Mids.)
• Barton Grange Marina - moorings, pump-out, laundrette, wireless internet (near Garstang, on Lancaster Canal)
• Barton Marina - boat brokerage, moorings, service and repair, fuel, pump-outs, shop, day boats (Burton Upon Trent, Staffs., on T&M)
• Bates Boatyard - restoration of wooden narrowboats and building of new ones (Tring, Herts.)
• Bath Narrowboats - boat building, boat brokerage, maintenance and repair services
• Baxter Boatfitting Services - fit-outs, repairs, drydocks, painting, services, chandlery (Yardley Gobion, Northants., on GU)
• BerthSearch - moorings (mostly yacht berths, but some inland marinas)
• Big Fish Narrowboats - insolvent in Aug 2009 - boat building of narrowboats and broad-beam boats (Sharpness Docks)
• Bill Fen Marina - moorings, services, chandlery, boat brokerage (Ramsey, Cambs.)
• Black Pearl Narrow Boats - boat builders (sailaway) (Walsall, W. Mids.)
• Black Prince Narrowboat Holidays - boat sales
• Blackwater Meadow Marina - mooring, chandlery, boat repair, fitouts, engines (Ellesmere, Shropshire)
• Blisworth Marina - services, moorings (Gayton Junction, on GU)
• Blisworth Tunnel Narrowboats - see Mill Wharf Boat Company below
• Blue Haven Marina - boat building, repairs, repainting, mooring (Rugby)
• Bluewater Boats Ltd. - boat builders: Dutch barges and wide beam (Harbury, Warks.)
• Blue Water Marina Ltd - boat brokerage, marina, services (Thorne, S. Yorks.)
• Boat Finder Brokerage Services - boat brokerage (Northwich, Cheshire)
• Boat Manuals UK - Trevor Husselbe prepares boat owner manuals to fulfill RCD requirements
• Boat Owners Marine Store - chandlery (Castleford, W. Yorks.)
• Boat Sales UK - brokerage arm of ABC Leisure (multiple locations)
• BoatsandOutboards.co.uk - large site listing boats for sale
• The Boatshare Company - shared narrowboat ownership scheme
• Boat Shop UK - on-line boat adverts; canalside businesses for sale; DIY facilities and on-site brokerage in Leighton Buzzard
• Boat Showrooms - boat brokerage (cruisers/yachts) (3 locations on R. Thames: Shepperton, Hamble, and Harleyford)
• boatshop24.co.uk - large site listing boats for sale [was boats-for-sale.com]
• Boat Showrooms - boat brokerage (cruiser) and marina (3 locations on R. Thames: Shepperton, Hamble, and Harleyford)
• Boats To Go - listing of boats for sale
• Boat Window Boat Sales Ltd. - narrowboat shells, sailaways, and fit-outs (Normanton, W. Yorks.)
• The Boat Yard Ely - boat brokerage, repairs, chandlery (Ely, Cambs.) [Note: website plays sound of moving water]
• Bon Viveur Boats - boat builders; epoxy composite, Dutch barge style boats, one model of which is trailerable
• Bossoms Boatyard - classic launches, dinghies, and yachts; building, restoration, repair (on Thames w. of Oxford)
• Bourne Boat Builders - narrowboat builders (Sandbach, Ches.)
• Braidbar Boats - narrowboat building; services (Higher Poynton, Ches.)
• Branson Boat Design Limited - full-sized Dutch barges supplied in "kit" form; boat design
• Braunston Marina - moorings, services, boat brokerage (Braunston, Northants.)
• Bridgehouse Marina - moorings, chandlery, boat brokerage (on Lancaster Canal)
• Brinklow Boat Services - "restoration of traditional working narrowboats, and ... high quality boatfitting"; steelwork; dry dock; painting (Stretton under Fosse, Warks., on Oxford Canal)
• British Waterways Marinas Ltd - moorings, chandlery, new boat sales, used boat brokerage, maintenance and repairs (18 locations)
• Broads Boat Sales - boat brokerage - broads cruisers and sailboats (Norfolk Broads)
• Buckden Marina - (Buckden, Cambs., on River Great Ouse)
• ABNB - Andy Burnett Narrowboat Brokerage - (Crick, Northants.)
• Burton Waters Marina - boat sales (few narrowboats), moorings, service, chandlery (Burton Waters, Lincoln)
• Bushnells Marina - boat brokerage, moorings and storage, lifting, maintenance and repair (Wargrave, Reading, Berks., on R. Thames)
• Calcutt Boats - boat building and fit-outs, engine marinisation, engines & gearboxes, boat sales, chandlery, moorings (Stockton, Warks.)
• Calder Valley Marine - boatbuilding, boat brokerage, chandlery, Izuzu and Beta marine engines (3 locations in W. Yorks.)
• canalboatsales.com (Crick Marina, Northants.)
• Canal Marine - on-line shop (Middlewich, Ches.)
• Canal Shop - Whilton Locks - (Daventry, Northants.)
• Canal Transport Services - boat builders; boat painting, boat brokerage, engine sales, services (Norton Canes Dock, W. Mids)
• Capital Boats - boat brokerage
• Central Craftworks - Link not working; boat building (narrowboats and Dutch barges)
• Challenger Syndicateships - Shared boat ownership scheme - UK, France - [had gone bankrupt - now operated by ABC Leisure Group]
• Chandlery World - (online or Garstang, Lancs.)
• Chanel Narrowboats - boatbuilders (Redhill Marina, Notts.)
• Chertsey Meads Marine - moorings, brokerage, chandlery, services, Enfield drives, day boats, cranes, storage, slipway (on Thames, at Chertsey, Surrey)
• Classic Narrowboats - boat building, fit-outs, boat brokerage, repairs, services, moorings (Chorley, Lancs.)
• Coates & Company - narrowboat building (Kimbolton, Cambs.)
• Colecraft Engineering - boat building (Itchington, Warks.)
• Competition Boats - boat builders (Ilford, Gtr. London)
• Collingwood Boatbuilders - (Liverpool); reportedly a successor company, in some respects, to the Liverpool Boat Company, which ceased trading
• Continental Cruising Barges - builder of barge-style GRP cruisers for European waterways (Ramsgate, Kent)
• Coventry Boatbuilders and Chandlery - wooden boat building and restoration
• Cowroast Marinas - Moorings, chandlery, engineering, brokerage (2 locations, on GU and on Oxford)
• Creative Marine Ltd, UK - builders of classic launches
• Crick Marina & Crick Wharf - on Grand Union in Northamptonshire - moorings; fuel; pumpout; maintenance; dry dock
• Crown Narrowboats Ltd. - boat builders (Manchester)
• Cut Above Narrowboats - boatbuilders (York)
• Daddys Boat Co. Ltd. - boat builders (Kidderminster, Worcs.)
• Darke Steel Boats - boatbuilding (narrowboats and broad-beam) (Stilton) - was Floating Homes Ltd
• Darren Aldridge Boats - boat builders (Rugby)
• Mel Davis Boatbuilders (Mansfield, Notts.)
• R W Davis & Son Ltd - boat building (narrowboats and broad- and wide-beam barges); boat brokerage - (Saul, Gloucester, on Gloucester & Sharpness Canal)
• DB Marine - Dutch Barge builders (Knottingley, W. Yorks.)
• Debbies Day Boats Ltd. - boat building, boat brokerage, maintenance (Fazely, on B&F)
• Delta Marine Services - boat builders: Luxemotor Dutch barges, broad- and wide-beam river barges, and narrowboats
• Denham Marina - boat brokerage, chandlery, services (Uxbridge, Middx on GU)
• Devizes Marina - brokerage, engineering, chandlery, dayboat (Devizes, Wilts., on K&A)
• Dilnot Narrow Boats - fit-outs; boat builder (Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on Erewash)
• D & J Narrowboats - boat builders (Kibworth, Leics.)
• DMR Bespoke Narrowboats and Widebeam Barges - fit-out specialists (Huntingdon, Cambs.)
• Douglas Marine - boat building, repairs, moorings, chandlery, hardstanding and undercover storage (Preston, on R. Douglas)
• Dursley & Hurst Ltd. - boat fit-outs (Leigh)
• Dutch Barges Ltd. - represents buyers looking for a Dutch barge
• Dutch barge sales - boat brokerage; also skippering- europe and the channel
• DWR Boat Services - narrowboat carpentry and fit-outs (nr. Atherstone, on Coventry Canal)
• East West Marine - narrowboats for the UK built in China (six UK agents)
• Elton Moss Boatbuilders - trad and semi-trad narrowboat builders (Sandbach, Ches.)
• Ely Boat Chandlers - (Ely, Cambs.)
• The Embankment Marina - moorings, fuel, slipway (Gravesend, Kent, on R. Thames)
• Fallwood Marina - moorings, boat sales, boat building, service (Leeds, on L&L)
• Farndon Marina - moorings, boat sales, transport, chandlery, full marina facilities (Farndon, Newark, on R. Trent)
• Fernwood - boat builders (narrowboats and Dutch barges) - (Grantham, Lincolnshire)
• Fettlers Wharf Marina - moorings, maintenance, service (Rufford, Lancs., on Lancaster)
• Five Towns Boatbuilding - temporary web site (Stone, Staffs.)
• Floating Homes Ltd - boatbuilding (narrowboats and broad-beam) (Stilton) - now Darke Steel Boats
• Fox's Marina - boatbuilding, repairs, moorings, hire boats (March, Cambs.)
• Fox's Online - online chandlery (Ipswich, Suffolk)
• Peter Freebody & Co. - river and lake craft in timber - building and restoration (Hurley, Berks., on Thames)
• Freedom Boats - chandlery, boat brokerage, hire boats (Macclesfield, Ches., on Macclesfield)
• french & peel boat builders - (Thorne, S. Yorks.)
• Gateway Marine - fitouts, maintenance, and repairs (Liverpool)
• Gem Marine Services - narrow- and wide-beam boatbuilders; Dutch barges (Kirby, Merseyside)
• Stephen Goldsbrough Boats - boatbuilding, repairs and maintenance, chandlery, moorings (on GU at Knowle, Solihull)
• Grand Waterway Voyages - boat building (Bromsgrove, Worcs.)
• Grant & Livingston - Marine - boat building (Canvey Island, Essex)
• Great Haywood Marina - (on T&M near junction with S&W)
• Great Haywood Boat Sales - brokerage (Gt. Haywood, Staffs.)
• John Hadley & Company - Warning: site plays music; design of narrow- and wide-beam- boats
• Hallingbury Marina - non-residential mooring, fuel, pump-outs, dry dock (Bishop's Stortford, Herts., on R. Stort)
• Harefield Marina - moorings, chandlery, boat sales, repairs, crane (Harefield, Middlesex, on GU)
• Ben Harp Narrowboats - narrowboat and Dutch barge builders (Great Haywood, Staffs.)
• Harral Brokerage Services - (3 locations in Cheshire)
• L.R Harris & Son - moorings, boat building, chandlery, engines (Syston, Leics.)
• Hartford Marina - marina, boat sales, boat repairs, chandlery (Huntingdon, Camb., on R. Ouse)
• Harveys Boat Builders - boat builder, chandlery (Tamworth, Staffs.)
• Heartwood Narrowboats - boat builders (Stoke on Trent)
• Henley Sales & Charter - traditional river boat brokerage and charter (Henley-on-Thames)
• Herons Rest Marina - moorings (Llangattock, on Mon & Brec, in Wales)
• Heyford Fields Marina - non-residential moorings, diesel, pumpouts (Nether Heyford, Northants., on GU)
• Highland Ventures - pontoon boats and float tubes (St Fillans, Perthshire, SCOTLAND, on Loch Earn)
• High Line Yachting - 3 locations W. of London; boat building, brokerage, moorings, brassware, plaques, painting, signwriting
• Russ Hubble Boats - narrowboat and broad- and wide-beam boat builders (Colmworth, Beds.)
• S M Hudson Boatbuilders - builders of Josher-styled, traditional narrowboats (Glascote, Staffs.)
• Issima Motor Yachts Ltd boat "Whisper" now apparently part of Ownerships shared boat ownership scheme
• Jalsea Marine Services - boat brokerage, chandlery, transport, repair (Northwich, Ches. and Ely, Cambs.)
• Jannel Cruisers chandlery (Burton-upon-Trent, on T&M)
• JD Boat Services - boatbuilding, repairs, refits, shared ownership - Gailey, Staffs. (S&W)
• JG Marine Services - repair and maintenance of narrowboats and dutch barges (Braunston, on GU)
• JL Pinder and Sons - boat building, drydock, on-call repairs, Barrus and Perkins diesel engines - Stoke Prior, Worcs.
• Kate Boats - boat building; on the Grand Union canal at Warwick
• Kings Bromley Marina - services (nr. Lichfield on T&M)
• Kingsground Narrowboats - boat builders (Bicester, Oxon.)
• Kings Lock Chandlery - in Cheshire, at the junction of the Trent & Mersey canal and the Shropshire Union canal
• Lambon Hull - steel boat builders - narrow, broad-beam, wide-beam, dutch barge; repairs (Rushock, Worcs.)
• Lancaster Canal Boat Sales
• Life Afloat - consultants
• Lime Kiln Chandlers - online chandlery
• Lindon Lewis Marine - chandlery, boat brokerage, service, moorings; on R. Thames near R. Wey; Shepperton, Middlesex
• The Little Boat Co - 24' narrowboats (location not mentioned)
• Little Brown Mouse - boat building in joint venture with Jonathan Wilson Boatbuilders; also fit-out kits
• Little Ouse Moorings - moorings, diesel, gas, coal and logs (Norfolk, on Little Ouse)
• Littleport Boat Haven - boat brokerage, moorings, slipway, chandlery (Ely, Cambs., on R. Great Ouse)
• The Little Shop of Chandlery - Stoke Prior, Worcs.
• Longboat Engineering - engine service and repair (Blisworth, Northants)
• Longport Brokerage - (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.)
• Louis and Joshua Boatbuilders - reportedly gone into receivership May 2010 (Doncaster, South Yorks.)
• Luxury Afloat - boat building (Ruddington, Notts.)
• Lymm Marina Boat Sales - boat sales, moorings, chandlery (somewhere in Cheshire)
• MGM Boats - boat building (Burton-on-Trent, Staffs.)
• Macclesfield Canal Centre - moorings, services
• Maesbury Marine Services - boat building, fit-outs, moorings (Maesbury, Salop.)
• Mailspeed Marine - mail order and online chandlery
• Mainline Solutions - safety exams, CORGI work, fire protection, eco products, boat handling courses
• M & D Boatbuilders and Engineering Ltd. - boat builders (shells to sailaways) (Stourport-On-Seven, Worcs.)
• Marlex Marine Technology Ltd - boat brokerage (Buckden, Cambs.)
• Mercia Marina - moorings, shop, dry dock, workshop (Willington, Derbyshire, on T&M)
• Metrofloat - boatbuilders (contemporary broad-beam "apartment" boat)
• Mid Devon Hire Boats and Moorings - moorings (Tiverton, Devon, on Grand Western Canal)
• Midway Boats (Barbridge Marina) - narrowboat builders, boat brokerage (narrowboats and cruisers); outboards, inflatables; moorings; trailers; service; chandlery (Nantwich, Cheshire)
• Milburn Boats - narrowboat builders (Daventry, Northants.)
• Millar Marine Chandlery (Shardlow, Derby: Bridge 26, Grand Union Canal)
• Mill Wharf Boat Company & Blisworth Tunnel Narrowboats - boat building, brokerage, painting, boat safety examinations and advice (Blisworth, Northants.)
• Mitchell Narrowboats - boat builder (Shenstone, Worcs.)
• MNB Boat Builders - boat building (Middlewich, Ches.)
• Move Your Boat - on-line boat adverts
• Nantwich Canal Centre - boat building, repairs, services (Nantwich, Ches.)
• Narrowboat Sales Ltd - new narrowboats and broad-beam boats built in Poland (Alvecote, nr. Tamworth, Staffs.)
• narrowboatsearch.co.uk - listing of hundreds of boats for sale on UK inland waterways
• Narrowboats of Distinction - boat builder (no location indicated)
• Narrowcraft Limited - boat brokerage (Alvecote, nr. Tamworth, Staffs.)
• The New and Used Boat Company - boat building and brokerage - narrowboats and "broadbeam narrowboats" (Droitwich, Worcs.)
• New Holland Steel Barges - boat building (Peterborough)
• New Mills Marina Ltd. - moorings, services, engineering shop available for use (on Peak Forest Canal)
• Peter Nicholls - steel boat builders - motor yachts, and broad- and wide-beam boats (Braunston, Northants.)
• Norbury Wharf - boat brokerage; moorings; repairs; wet dock; dry dock; chandlery (Stafford, on SU)
• Northern Marine Services - narrowboat, and broad-beam tug and trawler building; fit-outs (nr. Lymm, Ches.)
• The Northwich Boat Company - narrow- and wide-beam boatbuilding; "producing in excess of 50 boats per year" (Sandbach, Ches.)
• Norton Canes Boatbuilders - Josher-style traditional narrowboats; painting, services, moorings (Walsall, W. Mids., on BCN)
• Nottingham Boat Sales Ltd - boat brokerage (Nottingham)
• Nottingham Castle Marina - moorings, chandlery (Nottingham)
• Nottingham Narrowboat Company - boat builders (Nottingham?)
• Old Canal Smithy Ltd Engineers & Chandlers - (border of Lancs. and West Yorks.)
• Orchard Marina and Boat Builders - boat building, renovations, brokerage, fit-outs, services, moorings, chandlery (soon) (Rudheath, Ches, on T&M)
• Otherton Boat Haven - boat building, fit-outs, boat brokerage, repairs, services, moorings (Penkridge, Staffs., on S&W)
• Ownerships - May 2010 reportedly under liquidation - Shared boat ownership scheme - UK, France, Ireland (Holland coming)
• OverWater Marina - (Audlem, Cheshire, on SU)
• Oxfordshire Narrowboats - services, repairs, painting, chandlery
• PB Mechanical Services - services, engines, boat brokerage (nr. Chorley, Lancashire, on L&L)
• AR Peachment - Nanni diesel engines, general marine equipment (Brundall, Norwich)
• Alan Pease Boats - Boatbuilding, repairs and joinery; brokerage (Goole, E. Yorks.)
• Pendle Narrowboats - boat builders (Barrowford, Lancs.)
• Perkins Narrowboats Ltd - narrowboat builders (Nottingham)
• Pillings Lock Marina - moorings (Barrow upon Soar, Leics., on GU. Leicester section)
• Piper Boats - boat building (narrowboats and replica Dutch barges)
• William Piper Narrowboats Ltd. - boat building, painting (Towcester, Northants.) [no relation to Piper Boats above]
• Preston Brook Marina - boat brokerage; moorings
• Steve Priest Boat Building - also restoration and surveys (Rugby, Warks.)
• Puffer Parts - chandlery (Riddlesden, Keighley in West Yorks., on L&L)
• Ranworth Marine - shared ownership of luxury motor yachts on the Norfolk Broads
• Reading Marine - Under liquidation - boatbuilding and services (K&A)
• Reedley Marina - moorings, shop, cafe bar (Burnley, Lancs., on the L&L)
• Reeves Boatbuilders - narrowboats and broad-beam boats (Napton on the Hill, Warks.)
• Ricochet Narrowboats Ltd. - boat building (narrowboat, broad-beam, Dutch barge), fit-outs, alterations, service and repair (Shardlow Marina, Derby.)
• River Bank Boats - classic launches, skiffs, and dinghies
• River Canal Rescue Ltd. - breakdown and recovery service for all boats using the inland waterways in the UK
• R. L. L. Boats - boatbuilder - narrowboats, broad- and wide-beam, and Dutch Barges (Keynsham, Bristol)
• Bruce Roberts - canal cruiser and dutch barge plans (including well-known "Allegheny")
• Robertsons Boatyard - restorations, repairs, moorings, slipway (Woodbridge, Suffolk, on R. Debden)
• Ross Boats - narrowboat builders (Stoke-on-Trent)
• Rowan Narrowboats Ltd - boat builders (Seend, Wilts.)
• Royalls Boatyard - services, repairs (Hoveton, Norwich, on Norfolk Broads)
• Roydon Mill Estate Marina - not yet built; has planning permission (Roydon, Essex, on R. Stort)
• Rugby Boat Sales - boat brokerage (Weedon, Northants., on GU)
• Sabre Narrowboats - boat builders (Manchester)
• Sagar Marine - builders of Dutch barges
• Sailaway Boats - boatbuilders (div. of Piper Boats) (Stoke-on-Trent)
• Sandhills Narrowboats - boat building (Astwood Bank, Worcs.)
• Saul Junction Marina - (Frampton on Severn, Glos., on the G&S)
• Sawley Marina - brokerage; chandlery; moorings (off R. Trent nr. Long Eaton, Nott.)
• Sea Otter Boats - narrowboats constructed with aluminium; some trailerable; Warning: site plays sound effects
• Andy Seedhouse Boat Sales - (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
• Selby Boat Centre - moorings, chandlery, brokerage, services, engineering (Selby, N. Yorks.)
• Sherborne Wharf (Birmingham) - moorings; fuel; pumpout; maintenance; painting; chandlery
• Shobnall Boat Services - boat maintenance and repair, brokerage, painting, dry dock, boat safety examinations, diesel, pumpouts, gas, coal, chandlery moorings (Burton upon Trent)
• Silsden Boats - boat building and boat sales (in addition to hire fleet) (Silsden, W. Yorks, on L&L)
• Skater Marine - boat building (Liverpool)
• Soar Valley Steel Boats - boat builders (hulls and sailaways) (Chesterfield, Derbyshire)
• South Holland Marine & Fabrication Ltd. - manufacturers of Dutch Barge and Narrow boat shells (Boston, Lincs.)
• Springwood Haven - moorings; hull and cabin painting
• Staniland Marina - moorings, chandlery, repairs, drydock (Thorne, S. Yorks., on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal)
• Starline Marine - boat building, services, repairs, boat brokerage, chandlery, moorings (Upton-upon-Severn, Worcs.)
• Stenson Boatbuilders - narrow- and broad-beam boat building, boat brokerage, moorings, service, chandlery (Stenson, Derby, on T&M)
• Stewart Marine - boat brokerage, moorings, fit-outs, joinery, vinyl signwriting, day boats (Surbiton, Surrey, on R. Thames)
• Stillwater Narrowboats - boat builder (Hilton, Derbyshire)
• Stockton Dry Dock Company - boat building (including Josher replicas), working boat repair and restoration, alterations, dry dock (nr Southam, Warks.)
• Stoke Dutch Barges - Dutch barge builder; repair
• Stoke-on-Trent Boat Building Company - narrowboats (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.)
• Stoke-on-Trent Marina - moorings, services, brokerage, painting, joinery, refits
• Stowaway Boats - folding inflatable and folding sailing dinghys
• Streethay Wharf - boat building, boat brokerage, boat transport, services, repairs, moorings, chandlery, day boats (Lichfield, Staffs., on Coventry Canal)
• Swanley Bridge Marina - moorings, services (Nantwich, Ches., on Llangollen Canal)
• Tattenhall Marina - moorings, workshop, slipway (Cheshire, on SU)
• Rod Taylors's Dutch Barges, Narrowboat Sales & Skippering - boat sales (London)
• TB Training - Courses available in Boat and Engine Maintenance and Electrics for Boaters.
  - Note: lots of useful info in the on-line course notes.
• Tewitfield Marina - marina (moorings) and waterside holiday homes
• Thames Boat Sales (Bray, Berks., Chertsey, Surrey, and Reading, Berks.)
• Thames Ditton Marina - moorings, chandlery, repairs and service, slipway, cranage
• Thames Electric Launch Company - (Goring)
• David Thomas (Boat Builder) - (Braunston Marina)
• Neil Thompson Boats - builder of norfolk sailers (Holt, Norfolk)
• Nick Thorpe Boatbuilding (Seighford, Stafford)
• Thrupp Wharf Marina - (Cosgrove, on GU)
• Tingdene Marinas Limited - seven marinas in central and southern England
• Will Trickett Boats - specialist Dutch barge builders (Seend, Wilts.)
• Trinity Marinas - boat-building, boat brokerage, moorings, pub, chandlery (on Ashby Canal in Hinckley, Leics.)
• Tucker Designs - boat design and surveying (Hemel Hempstead, Herts.)
• T W Marine - Aquadrive, sound insulation, exhaust silencers, Bukh engines, gearboxes (Furness Vale, High Peak)
• Uplands Basin Marina - website coming soon; (Northwich, Ches., nr. Anderton lift)
• Vardy Barge - boat builder (dutch barges and narrowboats) - (UK and France)
• Venetian Marina Village - boat brokerage, moorings, chandlery, workshop (on Middlewich Branch, Nantwich, Ches.)
• Ventnor Farm Marina - moorings, services, slipway (Rugby, Warks.)
• Viking Canal Boats - narrow- and broad-beam boat builders and fitters (London)
• Viking Marine - brokerage, chandlery, moorings, services, repairs (Goole)
• Virginia Currer Marine - boat brokerage (at High Line Yachting, Iver, W. London)
• Walker Boats - Dutch barge builders (Brighouse, W. Yorks.)
• Walton Marine - boat brokerage (multiple locations)
• Wedgwood Narrowboats - narrowboat building (Booth Lane, Ches., on Middlewich Branch)
• Weltonfield Narrowboats - boat building, brokerage, services, moorings
• Westview Marine Services - boat building (narrowboats and "broadbeam narrowboats"), marina, repairs, chandlery, services (Earith, Cambs., on Great Ouse)
• Wharf House Narrowboats - boatbuilding (Braunston, Northants.)
• Whilton Marina - boat sales, repairs, and moorings (on GU, nr. Junc. 16 of M1)
• Paul Widdowson Boats - boat builders (Newark, Notts.)
• Wigrams Turn Marina - at junction of GU and Oxford canals
• Wilderness Trailboats - "manufacturers and suppliers of the Beaver 23 trailable narrowboat" (Shepperton)
• Willowtree Marina - moorings (with wifi), boat brokerage (West London)
• Wolstenholme Yacht Design - design of powerboats, classic powerboats, workboats, sail & oar
• Woodworks Boat Fitting (New Ollerton, Notts.)
• Wraysbury Boat House - boat brokerage, service, launches (Wraysbury, Berks., on R. Thames)
• Val Wyatt Marine - boat brokerage, moorings (with wifi), services, repairs, chandlery, slipway (Wargrave-on-Thames, Berks.)
• XR&D Boatbuilders (Ollerton, Notts.)
• Yelvertoft Marina - moorings, diesel, pump-outs, laundrette, wifi (Yelvertoft, Northants, on GU)

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  Engines and Propulsion

• Agra Engineering Company - parts for old engines; Bombay, INDIA
• ARS Anglian Diesels Ltd. - hydraulic transmission systems, bow thrusters, pressure and temperature switches
• Axiom Propellers Ltd
• Barrus - Shire engines
• Beta Marine - diesel propulsion engines and generating sets
• Bolinder Diesel Engines
• E. J. Bowman - Bowman heat exchangers and oil coolers
• Centa Power Transmission - transmissions
• Michael Clarke's narrowboat engine database
• dieselenginetrader.com - "connecting buyers and sellers of diesel engines" - both marinised and non-marinised engines
• DieselVeg - Diesel to Vegetable Oil engine conversions
• Engines Plus
• Hercules Hydraulics - (Paignton, Devon)
• Hybrid-Marine LTD - hybrid electric marine propulsion
• Internal Fire - engine web site, including some marine engines; has manuals in "pdf" format
• Isuzu Marine - Link not working - marine engines
• JLP Marine Diesels - Perkins and Barrus diesels - sales, installation, service - Stoke Prior, Worcs.
• Peter Lock's Restoration of a Kelvin J4 Vintage Marine Engine
• Mike Skyner's Kelvin Marine Engines
• Peter & Rita Forbes' Engine Pages - includes Lister and Ruston & Hornsby
• Lister Engine Forum
• Lister Freedom Range mailing list
• Marine Engine Services - Diesel engines, spares and accessories (Uxbridge, Middlesex)
• Mermaid Marine - diesel engines, drive accessories, spares, field service (Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7RN )
• AR Peachment - Nanni diesel engines, general marine equipment (Brundall, Norwich)
• PRM Marine Transmissions (Coventry)
• Tony Redshaw Vintage Diesels - engines, specializing in Gardner's (Rugby, Warks.)
• RN Diesel Engine Co. Ltd. - Russell Newbery engines
• Thornycroft - marine diesel engines
• Tangent Engineering - Gardner engine restoration (Ireland)
• Vetus - "marine diesel engines, marine accessories and technical equipment"
• Vulkan - flexible couplings

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  Electrical

• Battery FAQ - answers Frequently Asked Questions about deep cycle batteries
• 12v LED Lighting for Boats
• AES (Leighton Buzzard) Ltd - specialists in automotive and marine electrics and electronics.
• Airlink isolation transformers - for shoreline isolation
• Ampair Natural Energy - wind and solar power generation (Warfield, Berks.)
• Ampower Services - marine electrical supply products and installation (Stretton-under-Fosse, Warks.)
• Axon Components - marine and automotive electrical specialists (Leeds)
• Barden - batteries, chargers, inverters, wind and solar power
• Beta Marine - diesel propulsion engines and generating sets
• boatelectricals.co.uk - on-line shop for marine electrical gear
• Calibra Marine International Ltd - cabin lights, etc.
• Leisurepower - 12v lighting and equipment
• Loom-Tech - marine wiring systems
• M & R Controls (UK) Limited - chargers, inverters, solar
• Merlin - "the power people"
• Mid Service Centre - gauges, panels and switches
• MML Electrics - "12 and 24 volt lights, pumps, switches, bulbs, ..."
• Moore Power - inverters, chargers, solar
• Multicell - marine batteries
• Onboard Energy - batteries, battery chargers, combined inverter chargers, generators, whipsergen, general chandlery (Nuneaton, Warks.)
• Power Master Systems Ltd - inverters, chargers
• Power-Store - marine electrical products
• RoadPro - 12v and 24v electrical products
• Safeshore Marine - galvanic isolators
• SmartGauge Electronics - popular equipment for managing battery banks
• solar boat company - electric propulsion and solar panels (Reading, Berks.)
• Sterling Power Products
• Victron Energy - inverters, chargers, etc.
• Zinga UK - galvanic protection for hulls

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  Paint, Coatings, and Sign Writing

• Andy Russell Traditional Boat Painter and Signwriter
• boatpaint.co.uk - marine paints and related items
• Craftmaster Ltd. - paint for canal boats.
• Cutsigns - mail order boat graphics
• Tim Hobbs - Traditional Signwriter
• Jam Butty Crafts - signwriting, painting, canalware
• Kelcoat - anti-slip protective coating for boat decks, roofs, and gunwales
• Mainline Building Products - hull coatings and marine paints
• Nauteco - "Professional Paints for the Marine Environment"
• Oxon Boat Painting Company - (nr. Rugby)
• Painting a Narrowboat - from CTS
• Protecta-kote - anti-slip paint
• Rapidpaint's Narrowboat Paint
• Rylard - finishes for narrowboats and canal cruisers
• S.A.B. Signs - traditional signwriting and narrowboat decoration (based in Midlands)
• SAC Boat Names - traditional decals and lettering in vinyl
• Philip Speight, Canal Boat Painter
• Stick On Signs - boat lettering
• Vimart Signwriting

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  Heating/Stoves/Hot Water

• Gas Safe Register - "official body for gas safety in Great Britain"
• Alde International - heating systems
• Boat Central Heating - Webasto and Eberspacher products
• E. J. Bowman - Bowman heat exchangers and oil coolers
• Chilli Penguin Stoves - canal boat stoves - heating and cooking
• Graham Cutmore (Engineering) - Alde heating and hot water systems
• Harworth Heating - oil fired bubble stoves and central heating boilers
• Kuranda - Kabola heating systems
• Lockgate Stoves - marine diesel stoves
• Mikuni Heating (UK) Ltd - diesel heating, water and hot air systems
• Smokie Joe's - boat chimneys and cowls
• Vintage Ranges - cookers and boilers for boats
• Webasto - marine heating systems; stoves

Specialty Products

• Bargee Bill's Prop Cleaner
• Bilt-Hamber Laboratories - "rust removers that are non-toxic, biodegradable and extremely effective"
• Boat Hoods Direct - tailor made hoods, covers, and canopies
• Boatmans Cabin (High Line) - brassware for boats, vents, grilles
• Boater's Phone Company - antennas; free advice about phone selection for boating use, both voice and data
• Brenmarl Engineering Ltd - narrowboat brassware; Epping stoves; plaques (Saul, Gloucestershire)
• Cabin Care - vandalism window guards
• Caldwells Windows Ltd - narrowboat windows
• Caravan & Boat Seat Cover Centre
• Channelglaze.com - aluminium marine windows (Birmingham)
• Cleghorn Waring - marine pumps
• Cosyhome - boat insulation
• Coverit Canopies
• Cover-Right - boat covers
• Dipstop Locking Filler Cap Kit for boats
• Dometic - interior boat equipment
• doorholder.co.uk - hardware useful for boats
• Edge Technology - "Portable power generators for narrowboats" (Crewe, Cheshire)
• Edwardian Bedding - boat beds
• Elite Furnishings - furniture designed specifically for narrowboats (Tamworth, Staffs.)
• Fender Maker Ltd - (Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, Wales)
• Floatlass - windlasses that float
• Foam for Comfort - cut-to-size foam and latex for mattresses, pillows, cushions, seating
• FollowGB - GPS tracking (e.g. to locate your boat if stolen)
• Garland Hoods - cratch covers, etc. (Milton Keynes)
• General Ecology Europe Ltd. - drinking water purifiers
• Get Knotted - rope fenders and ropes (Warwick, on GU)
• Halls Auto Electrical - Eberspacher heaters (Bristol)
• Hendersons - boat water tanks, shower sumps, etc. (Dereham, Norfolk)
• Hydrotechnik - fuel filtering; biodiesel equipment
• Intosofa - self-assembly sofas (easy to get into a narrowboat)
• IS Products - boat security
• JabscoShop - marine pumps
• Jonic - unconventional bed linen sizes of possible use on boats
• KM Joinery - offering the "Captain's Perch" removable tiller seat
• Lee Sanitation - marine sanitation specialists
• Lowe Brass - brass rally plaques
• Marine 16 Ltd - diesel bug treatment, paint and grp sealants, cleaners
• Marine Injection Services - valve blocks, filters, pipes, hoses, and fittings
• Marine Skylights
• Miracle Leisure Products - boat cleaners and polishers, tiller umbrellas, rescue ladder/gangplank combinations
• Noisekiller UK - soundproofing
• Peak Forest Canal Carrying Company - coal, diesel, fenders and other boat consumables DELIVERED BY NARROWBOAT; operates Macclesfield and Peak Forest canals, and other northwest waterways
• Percy Lane Products Ltd - windows, including marine windows (Tamworth, Staffs.)
• ProProtector Ltd - propeller protection device
• Raskelf - memory foam mattress toppers
• Shoreline Refrigeration - manufacturers/suppliers of refrigeration equipment for boats
• Spyra-Base - better alternative to mooring pins
• Surestop - water-powered water shutoff switches
• Suzo Handicrafts - lace porthole covers
• Tecma - marine toilets (site in English, Italian, German, French)
• Compact Cookware from Tefal - saves space in boat galleys
• Tek-Dek - composite decking
• Tek-Tanks Ltd - "water, waste and diesel fuel tanks for the marine environment"
• tel-me - alarm system suitable for boats; click "Products", then "tel-me".
• ThermoBoat - heat insulator for boats
• Thetford - marine toilets
• Tia Environmentally Responsible Products - wind generators, solar panels, Eco Fans; cleaners
• Tradline Rope & Fenders - (at Braunston Marina, and at Stowe Hill Marina)
• Trafalgar Marine Services - fenders, rope, and chain
• TravelSat - "Satellite solutions for those on the move"
• Vetus - "marine diesel engines, marine accessories and technical equipment"
• waterbuoy - flotation device for key, etc.; lifts to 1 kg
• Websters Insulation Limited - boat insulation
• Wesley Marine Windows
• WillDo - thrusters, RotaDrive, pump-out systems (web site in Dutch, English, French, German)
• Wilson's - marine trimming and boat covers (Kinver, S. Staffs.)
• Worcester Marine Windows Ltd (Worcester)

Boat Surveyors, Examiners, Consultants

• Anglo European Marine Ltd. - marine surveying and consultancy
• Association of Boat Safety Examiners
• Christopher Berry Marine Survey - based in Bristol
• Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School - Boat Safety Scheme Inspections
• Blue Star Surveys - Boat Safety Examiner and Marine Surveyor (based in Yorks.)
• Boat Safety Scheme - the official safety Standards a boat must comply with in order to obtain a navigation licence
• Michael Carter Marine Surveyor and Consultant - see Marine Surveys Ltd. below
• Andy Clarke - Boat Safety Scheme Examiner - based in Oxfordshire
• Bob Coldwell Boat Safety (on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal) - still in business but no longer has web site
• Tim Crew - Independent Boat Safety Scheme Examiner - covering mainly the south but will go anywhere
• Eddie Freeman - boat safety examiner (Northampton)
• Trevor Husselbe - has retired from doing boat safety scheme examinations
• International Institute of Marine Surveyors
• Mainline Solutions - safety exams, CORGI work, fire protection, eco products, boat handling courses
• Marine Surveys Ltd. - craft surveys, BSS exams, insurance damage surveys, marine consultancy
• Barrie Morse - marine surveyor
• Paul Smith, Marine Surveyor - specialising in Inland Waterway Craft

Boat Moving

• A B Tuckey Boat Transportation
• M J W Services - boat transport (up to 32 feet long)
• Narrowboat Mover - moves your narrowboat, via water, from one location to another
• Trent Boat Handling - boat handling courses; boat relocation
• Bill Davies tells you about Transporting a Narrowboat [to mainland Europe]
• David & Gill Freeman on Shipping a narrowboat to Canada
• Info on World-wide boat transporting

Boat Insurance/Finance

• Basic Boat - 3rd party liability insurance
• Bay Marine Insurance Consultants Ltd
• Collidge and Partners - marine finance and insurance
• CraftInsure.com, specialists in boat insurance.
• E&L Boat Insurance
• Euromarine Insurance
• GJW Direct
• Mercia Marine
• Navigators and General
• Newton Crum - boat insurance
• Noble Marine Insurance - (Newark, Notts.)
• RoyScot Larch - boat financing
• St. Margarets - yacht and boat insurance
• Saga Boat Insurance
• Third Party Boat Insurance
• Towergate Mardon - "boat insurance & marine insurance specialists"