sea otter boat

[loribear]

evening all ,my husbands workmate has found himself a new dickiebird, & he says that she's got a centre cockpit boat called sea otter, a 42footer he says , ive had a look on google but all i can find in that name is barges, has there been other boats that was called that ,i think he said she's got it on the coventry canal,  lori   

[JawsOrca]

Hi Lori,

 

From what I remember after seeing these at the boat show a few years back.. Sea otter is the company.. they specialised in (or still do perhaps) aluminium boats.. i'm sure they did  "work boats" as well as narrow boats.. although I believe they moved to focus just on narrow boats. If the boat is on the canal (and being quite long) I'd bet its a narrow boat.

 

 

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Lori,

This is what I have found:-

Sea Otter Built by Hartley New Marksman - Length 11.2 metres ( 36 feet 9 inches ). Wooden hull, power of 100 BHP. Registered with number 518377 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Sunday 11th April 2010.

Sea Otter Built by Hardy Bosun 20 in 2001 - Length 6 metres ( 19 feet 8 inches ) - Beam 2.4 metres ( 7 feet 10 inches ). GRP hull, colour BLUE, superstructure colour WHITE Powered by a Petrol Single Outboard engine with a power of 60 HP. Registered with number 774F as a Private Motor. Last registration recorded on Monday 20th May 2013.

Sea Otter Built by Macgregor 26x in 1997 - Length 7.9 metres ( 25 feet 11 inches ) - Beam 2.4 metres ( 7 feet 10 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 4 HP. Registered with number F017327 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 1st April 2009.

Sea Otter Built by Seamaster in 1965 - Length 8.55 metres ( 28 feet 1 inch ) - Beam 2.9 metres ( 9 feet 6 inches ) hull colour WHITE , superstructure colour WHT/BL Powered by 2 Diesel Inboard engines with a total power of 120 HP. Registered with number L5227 as a Motor boat (Lincolnshire rivers only). Last registration recorded on Friday 27th April 2007.

Sea Otter Built by Tod in 1949 - Length 6 metres ( 19 feet 8 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Inboard engine with a power of 10 HP. Registered with number M20656 as a Powered Annual 1.5m To 7.6m. Last registration recorded on Saturday 28th May 2011.

Sea Otter Built by Springer Uk Ltd - Length 9.14 metres ( 30 feet ) - Beam 2.08 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches ) - Draft 0.5 ( 1 foot 8 inches ). Metal hull, power of 10 BHP. Registered with number 64077 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Sunday 29th May 2011.

Sea Otter - Length 8.534 metres ( 28 feet ) - Beam 2.591 metres ( 8 feet 6 inches ) - Draft 0.61 ( 2 feet ). Metal hull, . Registered with number 521301 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013.

Sea Otter Built by Maid Boats - Length 10.06 metres ( 33 feet ) - Beam 3.35 metres ( 11 feet ) - Draft 0.91 ( 3 feet ). Fibre glass hull, power of 60 BHP. Registered with number 106745 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013.

Sea Otter Built by Fairline - Length 9.754 metres ( 32 feet ) - Beam 3.353 metres ( 11 feet ) - Draft 0.914 ( 3 feet ). Fibre glass hull, power of 130 BHP. Registered with number 116397 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013.

Sea Otter Built by Seamaster - Length 8.5 metres ( 27 feet 11 inches ) - Beam 2.946 metres ( 9 feet 8 inches ) - Draft 0.94 ( 3 feet 1 inch ). Fibre glass hull, power of 2 BHP. Registered with number 113066 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Friday 20th April 2012.

Sea Otter X Built by Orkney in 2000 - Length 4.9 metres ( 16 feet 1 inch ) - Beam 1.7 metres ( 5 feet 7 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 25 HP. Registered with number F017337 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 11th July 2007.

The Sea Otter II Built by Honda - Length 3.7 metres ( 12 feet 2 inches ) - Beam 1.7 metres ( 5 feet 7 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 20 HP. Registered with number F017432 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Friday 27th April 2007.

Regards

Alan

[VetChugger]

Tried to post a link to an image I'd found but it would not work! Try copy and pasting this!

 

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8GlWYXT9zzg/THLQ3tarkwI/AAAAAAAAEr8/zzXoNC5ZVUY/DSCF7928%5B2%

[JawsOrca]

I forgot to mention it could be its name!.. for interest though Alan whats the website you used to find this?

[VetChugger]

Eeeek! It works so here is another one!

 

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/28644201/SEA-OTTER-BOAT-BUILDERS-CRUISERS

[ChrisB]

The Sea Otter company did build some cruisers about 15 years ago and I believe on was a centre cockpit. They were aircraft grade aluminium with water ballast.

I think they did experience a few financial problems and now concentrate on narrow boats but still of aluminium rather than steel.

[VetChugger]

And try this one although I'm not 100% certain it is a Sea Otter!

 

http://www.canalscape.net/Dont%20Call%20it%20a%20Barge/Cruiser%20Diversity/LR%20Frobisher.JPG

[loribear]

Hi guys ive found another sea otter , but it looks more like a dutch kind of boat, lori

[loribear]

Ohh forgot to say, great links & pics guys , thanks, lol. Lori

[ranworthbreeze]

Hello Alan,

 

Have a look in our own useful information section we have a few of the boat listing links available.

http://www.thenorfolkbroads.net/forum/forum/250-boat-listings/

The one I used was Canalplan AC which also provides route information including the Broads.

Regards

Alan

[loribear]

Hi all wd went down to sawley to the plank & leggit pub for lunch & popped into the marina next door, just looking at boats for sale, as you do lol, & look what we saw , a sea otter lol, it looked quite a nice little barge, but not my thing lol, & look what else we saw, an alphacraft boat for sale too, not a bad price either at£29.000 , not sure how he got it up to sawley though , the lock down the river both ways is on the narrow side, lori

[loribear]

Sorry about the pics the last one is a sea otter, but it did'nt seem to go on properly before, signal prob again lol. Lori