Stelvio Maiden Voyage
The River Nene is open and its time for Stelvio’s ‘sea’ trials. Although Stelvio has been on the water safely tied up at Oundle Marina for the past few months she hasn’t been out on the River Nene. It’s been a very wet winter and the river has been constantly in flood. If you’re thinking […]
Where it began
A trip down memory river where Mothership Marine had its origins and the realisation comfort and being carbon neutral might be possible with a little tech.
Serious solar
Solar benchmark Mothership Marine is serious about solar panels. We believe our panels and importantly how they are fixed is the bench mark in the the inland waterways. A very positive attitude to solar panels We aim to generate the majority of the power we need from solar so they better be good. What makes […]
Be nice to the spray foam guys
Two things to think about here. Two things to think about here. The first is to really batten the boat well prior to a visit for the insulation guys coming. The second is to treat those ‘masters of all things thermal’ guys really well. Efficiency and quality Battening is a really important job. Mothership Marine […]
Day Boat Day 1
The prototype is in build. It says something about me that at the end of the day when the team has gone home I always take a final look around. It’s my favourite part of the day. I just love passing an eye over all the beautiful things made. Today was a special day because […]
Fixing a solar panel part 1
Best Practice – how to fit a semi flexible solar panel (Part 1) We’ve now fitted hundreds of these panels and we’ve found this method to be the simplest. It also gets the best results. It’s really important that the panels are handled gently and is not over bent as this can crack the solar […]
Narrowboat Tranquility ready for delivery
There will be ‘Tranquility’ on the A1 very soon. Our new shell will be arriving Sheffield very soon for owners Caroline and Veerji. ‘Tranquility’s’ topsides has been painted in 2 pack gloss RAL 5014 Pidgeon Blue. He hull has an epoxy primer. The Mothership team paint the hull. Also a 2 pack system from Jotun […]
Solmate ready for sign writing
The name Solmate was put to a vote on Facebook. It’s a play on the boats nearly 2kW of solar cells on her roof and an homage to ‘Sol Beer’ of which the boat owners have had a long relasionship. It’s hard to think that they won’t fit in on the cut. From a vector […]
Stelvio very close to completion
Stelvio has been a big mountain to climb and is our grandest and longest boat to date at 65′. She has been plauged by supply chain issues and ‘hats off’ to the Mothership build team. These disruptions have called for flexibility and patience. We at Mothership beleive that the interiors of narrowboats should feel like […]
Day Boat Prototype
The Day Boat project has been on the drawing board since 2018. It’s a very competetive market with lots of good options for the consumer. However, we believe we have developed a very special boat and soon we won’t be showing you 3D renders but real life pictures. Experience has shown that it is rare […]