2003 Dutch Barge Butterscotch

The accommodation offers up to four berths in two cabins, with potential for further occasional berths in the saloon. Forward stateroom, with central queen-sized bed. Radiator. Opening window/emergency escape to foredeck. Fitted carpet and curtains. Door from stateroom to passageway with heads compartment to starboard. Sanimarin toilet piped to holding tank, with overboard and deck discharge. Vanity unit, with h&c water supply. Good storage. Chrome radiator/towel rail that can be independently heated by electric element. Spacious shower compartment with h&c mixer and folding glass door (2022). Second cabin to starboard, with double bed, hanging locker and drawer storage. Radiator. Rug and curtain/ blind. Door to passageway to main saloon with large entertaining area and built in storage.  Wood burner stove stove (2022). 2 x radiators. Sofa/day bed & two club style armchairs. Rug on hardwood flooring. Large opening skylight. Curtains/blinds.

Galley area aft to port, with Caprice four burner gas cooker with oven and grill. Hotpoint refrigerator. Stainless steel sink, with h&c water supply. Full size kitchen units. Microwave, toaster. Steps ( with storage) up to wheelhouse, with access to engine room, with engine, generator, tanks, batteries and heating boiler. Midships helm position, with full instrumentation and controls. Port and starboard  glazed doors to decks. Aft glazed opening doors to large aft deck with 5 x access hatches. and free-standing teak seating, with removable cushions. Weed hatch under aft deck.

Located under the wheelhouse floor. Perkins 135 hp, six cylinder diesel engine. Fresh water cooled via  heat exchanger. Shaft drive to fixed four bladed propeller, via a PRM 500D gearbox.  Electric start. Single lever engine control. Hydraulic wheel steering. Cruising speed 6 knots. Maximum speed 8 knots. Vetus bow thruster. Full diesel fired central heating (needs testing) & hot water system with Somy ships boiler.

• Alternator charging to 3 x 24 volt banks of 12 volt batteries.
• 1 x 12 volt generator battery
• 1 x 12 volt bow thruster battery
• 240 volt shorepower with Victron Phoenix charger/inverter
• 240 volt, 24 volt & 12 volt switch panels
• 240 volt Northern Lights 4.8 kv generator
• Calorifier with immersion heater

• Lofrans Royal manual anchor winch with Danforth anchor & chain
• Stainless steel boarding ladder
• Boathook
• Various fenders & warps
• Wooden seating x 3, with removable cushions
• Saloon hatch cover

• Steering compass
• Navman 7200 VHF radio with aerial
• Hummingbird Piranha 2 depth sounder
• TV aerial
• Full navigation lights
• Deck light
• Windscreen wiper

• Fire extinguishers x 2  (expiry dates unknown)
• Fire blanket
• Gas detector
• Horn

Various domestic equipment included in sale.

Hull with engine, stern gear, electrics & plumbing, constructed in 2003 by B & C Boats  Suffolk. Interior fit out by Robertsons of Woodbridge. Dark blue painted steel hull, with cream painted steel superstructure. Spray foamed insulation. Steel guard rails. Painted non-slip to decks. Mast. Forward starboard self draining anchor locker. Port self draining gas locker. Hydraulic wheel steering to rudder. Full construction details on request.

This example of a replica Dutch barge was fitted out to a high standard by Robertsons of Woodbridge in 2003 and the interior living quarters reconfigured and updated by Robertsons in 2022. She is extensively equipped for comfortable cruising or weekend/residential accommodation. She has had local use and is for sale, due to lack of time now available by the present owners. An excellent opportunity to acquire a well constructed Dutch barge, in good order, ideally suited to the waterways of the UK and Europe

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.