Description

For Sale – Narrowboat ‘Hare’ – 70 ft Fellows, Morton and Clayton traditional narrowboat with private garden mooring available to rent subject to discussion with mooring owner should you wish to keep the boat in its current location.

Hare was built in 1926 by W J Yarwood and Son for Fellows Morton and Clayton Ltd. Hare
was converted by Jim Forster of Kegworth Marine Services with a full-length cabin, with
modern living space.


Engine
Gardner 3LW rebuilt by Kegworth Marine Services with parts from Tony Redshaw Vintage
Engines; Hare also has a PRM hydraulic gearbox for ease of boating. Traditional speed-
wheel and push pull gear rod controls.

Construction
Iron/Steel sides with steel bottom, Steel cabin
Bottom: 10mm
Sides: 6mm
Cabin: 5mm and 4mm
10 Sacrificial anodes

Boat Safety: 18th August 2025

Last Blacked: August 2024 (3 coats of blacking)

Bow
Lockable gas locker housing 2 x 13 kgs propane gas bottles; manual change over valve; Steel
deck with steel cants.
Steel deck board traditionally decorated, rope work and white ‘fire hose’ adorning the
cloths.

Undercloth conversion – Steel and Canvas
Externally, at the front, ‘Hare’ retains a traditional appearance with Canvas/rope work over
steel with large hatch window accessed by a zipped flap.

Bedroom
Fixed king berth (at front of boat) with deep storage drawers underneath, plus twin
polypropylene water tanks (with a gauge). The bedroom area is in solid oak; there are 3
LED lights fitted - two reading lamps and one overhead, plus deckhead prism for natural
light with an internal slide. A pair of bifold doors (which are included in sale), have been
removed by us - for a more open feel.

Office
Office space complete with underdesk filing cabinet, solid walnut desktop, shelves and
plenty of power/UPS sockets. Side hatch opposite office space.

Kitchen
The Kitchen is aproximatly 10 ft long and comprises of solid wood worktops; all doors are
made in oak with walnut trim (handles are recessed with magnetic catches); modern
mosiac tiles all-round; larder unit; 12 volt Shoreline fridge; modern ceramic sink/drainer
with mixer tap; general ecology fresh water filter system and separate tap; Belling oven
with separate oven and grill; Fisher Pykel 3 burner hob; LG direct drive washing machine;
Zanussi dishwasher (all ‘white goods’ integrated behind oak doors). Breakfast bar and
stools.

Living Room
Open plan area with sofa and television (included in sale, if wanted) Refleks diesel heating
stove (used only one season from new), linked to ‘central heating’ system provided by
radiators throughout and copper piping in the living room area. Additional Chilli Penguin
multi fuel stove (with new glass fitted).
Two floor to ceiling cupboards including an airing cupboard over the 75 ltr calorifier, with 8
ltr expansion tank; full height wardrobe with toilet cassette access at base.
Twin side window hatches, traditionally decorated with roses and castles.

Bathroom
800mm quadrant shower with Grohe mixer and adjustable shower head; whale gulper
pump for water extraction; sink and mixer tap with built in oak cupboard underneath;
Thetford ceramic cassette toilet with plumbed in flush - two cassettes; mosaic square tiles;
heated towel rail; oak storage shelves and further cupboard.

Engine Room
Traditional appearance with the Gardner 3LW taking pride of place; PRM hydraulic
gearbox; copper and brass pipework; ‘Daytank’ pumped from a semi rotary pump; brass
header tank; oil pressure gauge, water and oil temperature gauges; 12 volt fuse control
panel; pigeon box in ceiling; twin side hatch doors (one with a slide-over) plus steps to both.
Victron 3kw combi inverter charger, 4 domestic batteries (135 amp - replaced
approximately two years ago) and 1 dedicated starter battery; 180amp VSR battery
controller; 240 v hook up entry point.
Original refurbished Francis Light (stored on mount in engine room, with outside mounting
on lockerbox when travelling); Original claxon horn.

Back Cabin/Boatsman’s Cabin
Traditionally decorated with roses, castles and scumble; integral coal box below steps;
classic range stove; seating to the side (with built-in fold out small double bed); traditional
built in cupboards and drawers plus traditional drop down table; brass speed wheel and
"fist" gear rod handle; steps to rear hatch doors.
12 v bilge pump (auto and manual), stern gear greaser and extra storage under the counter.
‘Hare’ is painted in FMC colours by Norton Canes in 2018 and signwritten by ‘Signey Steve’
from Alvecote; front cabin sides also fully repainted at this time in marine grey along with
new double glazed drop-back portholes.

The boat is currently moored south of Solihull, West Midlands, on the Grand Union
Canal.

The garden mooring (with electricity and water supplied) is available to rent if you choose to keep the boat in its current location, (although
this will be a separate agreement with the mooring owner).

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