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New Build Barging.co.uk

Including Replica Dutch Barges, River Barge, Broad Beam and Wide Beam narrowboat style barges 


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Why a New Build Barge?

Why a Wide Beam Barge?

Why New Build and not Old?

Motor or Sail?

Comparisons to a Narrowboat?

Live Aboard or Leisure (Moorings & House Boats)


Where can I cruise?

Where can wide beams navigate?

Map of UK Broadbeam Canals

UK Broad Beam Network Plans

Where can I navigate in Europe


Buying a Barge

Buying a new Barge (sailaway, fully fitted, costs, delivery etc.)

RCD. The European law for new builds 

Generic Specification Check List (for a typical sailaway barge)

VAT on New Build Barges

Barge Insurance Info

New Build Barge Builders Updated

New Build Barges for Sale Updated


DIY Barge Fit-out

Fitting out a barge yourself

Equipment Planning (engine, electrics, heating, painting galley etc.) Updated

Equipment Updates - 4 years on new

Combi Inverter Comparison

DIY Fit-Out cost (for sailaway plus barge).

Some Useful tools for DIY fit-out

Useful Links & Further Reading

Layout plans of wide beams

Slipping / dry docking a barge


Misc Barge Pages

Photos - New Build Barges Updated

Barge Moorings - Some popular SE England moorings

Barges at Port Medway Marina


DBA The Barge Association

About the Association

2002 Ghent Rally in Belgium

2003 Beale Park (R Thames)

2005 DBA Rally at Chatham

2006 Beale Park Rally

2007 Paris Rally

2007 Kingston Rally 


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This web site is written with the intent of helping prospective new barge owners buy the boat of their dreams, and in the hope that the more popular wide beam boats become on the UK canals, the greater the chances of the wide beam network being expanded.

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The site covers all new build barges, including Replica Dutch Barges, River Barges, Broad Beam and Wide Beam narrowboat style barges. The site gives an indication of where in the UK (and European continent) a broad beam barge can cruise (map and chart) plus future plans of broad beam network across the UK.

There is also advice on buying a new build barge and the diy fit-out of our own 60ft Replica Dutch barge Elessina,  including addressing some of the issues we encountered during our  barge buying process.

If you have an interest in boats and are considering a broad beam canal type boat / barge, you will most likely find something of interest amongst the following pages (if you wish to read all pages, click on the 'next page' hyperlink at the bottom of each page).

Our own barge was fabricated during the early months of 2004, and fitted out on it's mooring. Latest photos can be seen by clicking here.


New Build  - Barge Build Blogs & Photos

Our own Barge, Elessina. A 60ft Piper Boats Sailaway

Mikes' 57ft Narrowboat Style Widebeam  - Black Rose

Jeff & Jackie's 50ft Thomas design Sailaway Barge.

Dave & Lyn's 19.8m Euroship  being built by Sirius Yachts Updated

Roger and Glynwen's 55ft Barge by Piper Boats

Ypie - Jeremy and Maureen's 15m Barge.

Your Barge Web Page - Do you have a barge story to tell? 


Questionnaire Quick, easy readers bullet point questions

Readers stats; - 70% thinking about  new build. 20% DBA Members, etc


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Please note: This is a personal web site, and whilst we have tried to establish facts wherever  possible, any views given are only our opinions. We are  just boat owners willing to share our 'venture' into barging.

 

 

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Builders and fitters of high quality Replica Dutch Barges and other craft

 
     
   
     
   
     
   
     
   
 

 

   

 

Site created 7th October 2002     -     Last updated 04 November 2008