Canal Boat — January 2018

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The colour scheme is a classic blue with

white panels and a red coach line. It looks

fresh and clean. The sign writing is by

Mather Signs, who use a stencil to paint by

hand. Carole came up with the font used,

and oversaw the shading. The

contemporary look of the boat is

enhanced by all the trim and the window

frames, which are by Caldwells, being in

chrome.

LAYOUT AND FITOUT

This is a reverse layout boat with the

galley at the stern. There’s a breakfast bar

helping divide the galley from the saloon.

A walk through shower room comes next,

with the cabin at the bow.

Carole and Kevin wanted a

contemporary look inside the boat and not

too much wood, so while there’s oak faced

ply below the gunwales the panels on the

cabin sides have been painted white. And

not just any white: the couple tried a

number of whites before settling on one

called ‘Frosted Dawn’. What’s nice is that

THE BOAT TEST

Captains chairs and woodburner in saloon

Wide galley has spacious feel