VIRTUAL VISITSWe are building a library of boat tours, including facebook live stream walk through videos, 360 degree panoramas, video clips and timelapse series- have a look at these:
Rachmaninov The Piano Boat technical tour
Rachmaninov The Piano Boat interior tour Dutch style barges walk-through: Hello World Margaret Wroughton II
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THE PIANO BOAT
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Get in touch to find out what we can build for you - ring 07759246551 email us at tristarboatsltd@gmail.com or message us on our facebook page @boatsandbarges
STARTING ELECTRIC PROPULSIONWe're looking forward to our next narrowboat project: Tissum has a 15kW Bellmarine motor and 800Ah of Lithium ion batteries supported by Betagen10 diesel generator and our largest array of solar panels yet at around 2kW. Follow the build on: tissumelectricboat.blogspot.com
or get in touch if you are interested in electric and hybrid propulsion. |
PAINTING A
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A NARROWBOAT
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EVERY DAY IS LIKE A HOLIDAY WHEN YOU LIVE ON A BOAT!Imagine sitting in the sun in the wheelhouse of your very own barge. It could be more affordable thank you think.
Get in touch if you want to find out more about having a Dutch style barge built for you. And if you have the skills to finish your boat yourself we can offer a lined sailaway or port fitout ready for your finishing touches. |
A 'NEARLY NEW' NARROWBOAT PROJECT: REUSING MATERIALS TO MAKE A SPECIAL BOAT
Have a look at our narrowboat refit project 'Marjorie'. This cosy fitout was done using as many reclaimed/ repurposed and manufacturing surplus materials as possible. Where we couldn't repurpose we bought the most energy efficient product available (eg solar panels.) Click here to see the blog of the build...
Big thanks to Simon Butt at Run by the Sun for his generous donation of a 120 watt flexible solar panel which is currently providing all of the power needed for the fridge, lights, toilet, pumps and inverter!
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Margaret Wroughton II: A first trip on this beautiful hybrid barge.
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tristar boats...who are we?
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We are a family business based in the East Midlands and between us we have many years of design and construction experience in making individual canal boats of all shapes and sizes.
We involve a variety of talented subcontractors, most of whom live on boats, some of us build boats in our spare time, some of us row for fun and two of us travel to work by kayak. Jeremy has been building boats for more than 20 years. His background in violin repair and scenery for TV and film has given his the essential ability to embrace different ideas while attending to detail. Michelle has been designing and building boats for 12 years and is responsible for many aspects of the business from planning to project management and from prototype building to financial management. |
WHAT DO WE DO?
We make beautiful bespoke boats for the inland waterways. This could be a narrowboat, a Dutch barge or a wide-beam boat.
All of our boats are made to order for the customers. We like to work with local businesses for example the steelwork can come from Soar Valley Steel Boats who are based in the same boatyard.
Click on the images below to look at the blogs for each of these very individual boat builds and see what we could do for you:
All of our boats are made to order for the customers. We like to work with local businesses for example the steelwork can come from Soar Valley Steel Boats who are based in the same boatyard.
Click on the images below to look at the blogs for each of these very individual boat builds and see what we could do for you:
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Correspondance to:
Tristar Boats Ltd Hirondelle Houseboat Trent Lock Long Eaton Nottingham NG10 2FY |
Workshop address:
Tristar Boats Limited Redhill Marina Ratcliffe on Soar Nottinghamshire NG11 0EB |
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