Boating Leisure Services

Boating Leisure Services Narrowboat building and servicing We are British Maritime Federation members.

Boating Leisure Services build luxurious, high quality, award winning narrow boats and provide a comprehensive range of maintenance services to keep your boat in prime condition. We provide a complete range of services for narrow boat owners including electrical and mechanical servicing, repairs, and upgrades, hull blacking, dock work, carpentry, coach painting, and Boat Safety Scheme testing.

16/08/2025

Due to the upcoming stoppages
A reminder that we also offer offsite works so please don’t struggle we are happy to come to you

Pictures of the the making and delivery of our latest boat build. 60Ft Colecraft Semi Trad Shell delivered by Tuckey to ...
12/06/2025

Pictures of the the making and delivery of our latest boat build. 60Ft Colecraft Semi Trad Shell delivered by Tuckey to Heyford Fields Marina

Our first Boating Leisure Services boat build, Narrowboat ‘Shackleton’. We showed her at Crick Boat Show in 2015. Ten ye...
02/05/2025

Our first Boating Leisure Services boat build, Narrowboat ‘Shackleton’. We showed her at Crick Boat Show in 2015. Ten years on we are getting ready to show another stunning boat, Grumblebee. Come and see us

01/05/2025

Now the countdown truely begins. Three weeks tomorrow and it’s Crick Boat Show Preview Day. Let’s hope this fantastic weather stays present over the weekend while we show-off Narrowboat, ‘Grumblebee’. This is her maiden launch

May’s only around the corner at that means Crick Boat Show come the end of the month. Looking forward to seeing you all ...
28/04/2025

May’s only around the corner at that means Crick Boat Show come the end of the month. Looking forward to seeing you all there. We will be exhibiting Narrowboat, ‘Grumblebee’. A sixty foot Semi-Traditional Narrowboat.

Narrow boat grumblebee ready for hand over tomorrow.
30/08/2024

Narrow boat grumblebee ready for hand over tomorrow.

27/06/2024

My father was a toolmaker...

Narrowboat Odyssey. In our workshop this week for Blacking and general maintenance, she was built by us in 2019. Unfortu...
27/06/2024

Narrowboat Odyssey. In our workshop this week for Blacking and general maintenance, she was built by us in 2019. Unfortunately she never made it to the Crick Boat Show because of COVID. I am sure however she would have been a crowd pleaser with her Majestic Lines (from the Jonathan Wilson Sheerline Hull) and Soild Oak Fitout

Sorting out stuff to re-generate our Website. Did these in 2017, detailing our minimum specification that goes into our ...
21/06/2024

Sorting out stuff to re-generate our Website. Did these in 2017, detailing our minimum specification that goes into our Bespoke Narrowboat Builds. Feel free to enquire about your build slot

Our latest boat build going into our dedicated paintshop at Heyford Fields Marina.
13/06/2024

Our latest boat build going into our dedicated paintshop at Heyford Fields Marina.

Two weeks ago was Crick Boat Show. Its was great to be back amongst the goings-on and to show-off our latest boat build ...
07/06/2024

Two weeks ago was Crick Boat Show. Its was great to be back amongst the goings-on and to show-off our latest boat build ‘Curiosity’ . Thank you to Waterways World for creating this focal point in the Narrowboating calendar.

Welcome to the Propulsion System on Narrowboat, ‘Curiosity’. The motor used is a Bell Marine 20kW Water Cooled Motor dri...
11/05/2024

Welcome to the Propulsion System on Narrowboat, ‘Curiosity’. The motor used is a Bell Marine 20kW Water Cooled Motor driving a 4 Bladed Michigan 19 x 13 Propeller. The cruising range with a full battery bank is around 25th ours. Also fitted on Nb, ‘Curiosity’ is a 22kW DC-DC Generator. 1 Hour of generator running time adds approximately 6hrs cruising back to the battery bank.

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Nether Heyford
NN73NP

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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