Description

Attractive custom built replica barge. Built in England, has traveled widely in European canals. Wheelhouse with central steering position. Stand up engine room with easy access. Interior 2 m headroom. Salon with open kitchen, dining, sitting and desk areas. Master bedroom cabin with walk around double bed, closets and storage, private sink and toilet. Second bedroom with bunk beds, private sink and toilet. Shared shower compartment.
Perkins Sabre 130 engine with 3700 engine hours. Front bowthruster. Two 400 watt solar panels.
Victron 3000 watt MPPT controller. Keel cooling and weed hatch. Forepeak storage locker.
A solid, handy boat, easy to operate, with all the essentials and opportunity for some cosmetic upgrades.

Specifications

Accommodation

Salon with kitchen area, dining area, sitting area, and work desk area, 2 m headroom, skylight.
Kitchen has ample storage, upper cabinets, lower cabinets, corner cabinet and drawers. Propane oven and 4 burner cooktop with igniters. Refrigerator with freezer compartment on top. Microwave oven. Fully equipped with plates, glasses, pots, pans, etc.
Sitting area with corner sofa (good for naps, too!) and coffee table. Desk area with chair, storage, and TV above.
Master bedroom with walk around double bed, window, ample closets and storage, and attached sink and toilet room.
Second bedroom with bunk beds, chest of drawers, attached sink and toilet room.
Shower cabinet which can be closed off for privacy between the bedrooms.
Hall way with generous storage.

Kitchen area

Sitting area

Dining area

Master bedroom

Master bedroom closets

2nd bedroom

Construction

Hull built by Tayberg Steel, England, 1996. 6 mil steel, with 10 mil steel bottom plate.

Custom fitted out by the original owner, who later added exceptionally large keel cooling of 6 mil steel

Hull painted June 2025

Hull painted 6/25

Equipment

Vetus bowthruster; Victron 3000 w MPPT controller; 2 400 w solar panels; power washer ; wet-dry vac; anchor; fenders; ropes; Webasto diesel heater (which needs maintenance at the moment);

Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse back windows

Navigation Equipment

Icom M243G VHF radio; numerous paper chart books of French waterways and a few for Belgium and the Netherlands

Engine(s)

Perkins Sabre 130 Marine Diesel Engine, under 3700 engine hours, new engine mounts

Perkins Sabre 130M engine

Engine room hot water heater

Washing machine

Safety Equipment

Automatic fire extinguisher in engine room; 3 regular fire extinguishers, 1 mist type extinguisher; 2 safety rings; portable water ladder; 2 PFD's with the latest required hold down strap; 2 older type without the hold down strap;

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