Reduced price August 2024 £39,950
Moonpenny is a traditional fit-out trad-stern narrowboat with a charming, characterful, comfortable interior
Featuring a double berth in an aft cabin, a toilet and shower cubicle, L shaped galley with breakfast bar and a saloon with multi-fuel stove. A Futon in the saloon converts to a double berth
Powered by a BMC 1500 diesel engine. Hot water is supplied from a Paloma instant water heater
Lifted from the water in May 2024 for blacking and new anodes. Boat Safety certification to 2027 and survey completed in 2021
One owner boat purchased new from the boatbuilder in 1989 as a 35’ boat. During fit-out and within a year it was decided to increase her length, so a 8’ centre section was added between side hatch and the galley
Moonpenny has been extensively used and enjoyed across the canal network
Specification
- Make & Model: TP Badcock 43
- Length: 43′ (13.3m)
- Beam: 6’10” (2.08m)
- Berths: Two plus Two
- Engine: BMC 1500cc Diesel
- Built: 1989
- Boat Safety: July 2027
Construction
- Steel plate hull and superstructure constructed by TP Badcock of Bletchley in 1989
- Trad stern style with aft doors and sliding hatch accessing the engine compartment and rear cabin
- Foredeck with glazed double doors accessing the main cabin
- Side hatch
Galley
- Tiled galley work-surfaces with multiple cupboards, drawer units and shelving
- Stainless steel sink and drainer with hot and cold water
- Nelson LPG cooker with two burner hob, grill and oven
- 12volt fridge with icebox
- Breakfast bar with two stools
Cabin
- Open plan living area with grey carpet tiles, painted side-linings and vanished pine ceiling
- Single glazed windows with opening top vents
- Double door side hatch with access steps
- Villager Puffin multi-fuel stove on a tiled hearth with brass plate surround
- Fold-away dining table with four folding chairs
Washroom
- Porta-potti chemical toilet
- Washbasin with hot and cold water
- Shower cubicle with shower curtain
Bedroom
- Separated from main cabin with curtains
- 6’3” length, 4’ wide double bed with large stowage area under
- Cupboards and hanging locker
- Door leads to engine compartment
Engine
- Engine room is accessed from rear door in the bedroom
- Hinged flooring panels conceal the engine
- BMC 1500 diesel engine with Newage PRM gearbox & oil cooler
- Skin tank engine cooling
- Single lever control
- Dash panel with temp, oil pressure, voltmeter gauges
- Stern tube greaser
- Access to weed hatch
- Three lead-acid batteries with three way selector switch
- Alternator charge booster
- Fused switch panel
Equipment
- Paloma instant gas hot water
- Villager Puffin multifuel stove
- Led lights
- 100 watt solar panel and charge controller
- Horn and tunnel light
- Mooring warps, pins and lock keys
- Gas locker with 3.9 and 13kg gas cylinders
- Gas cylinder changeover valve and gas bubble tester
History
- Recent history
- 2016 new stove
- 2017 new stern tube assembly and propshaft. Overplating and blacking
- 2020 rebuilt rudder post and skeg cup. blacking
- 2021 diesel polished
- 2021 skin tank flushed, new impeller, thermostat & filler cap
- 2021 Full condition survey
- 2022 New fire extinguishers
- 2023 Solar panel fitted with charge controller. New alternator. Battery management unit factory calibrated
- 2023 Boat safety inspection
- 2024 Cooling system work
- 2024 Lifted at Westview Marina for blacking, fitting of new anodes and over-plate repair
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