A rare liveaboard of true craftsmanship Some boats are manufactured. Young Jonesy was built plate by plate, joint by joint, by people who cared how she would feel to live aboard on a still winter morning as much as how she would look on the water. The result is a Dutch-style wide beam barge with the presence of a classic and the comfort of a modern home: generous, warm, beautifully finished, and ready to step aboard and live. Completed in 2024 and superbly appointed throughout, she offers genuine year-round liveaboard comfort with the space and stability that only a full wide beam ... read more

Aries's shell was constructed in 2010, by XR&D, and she has been engineered and fitted by myself, with some joinery by Greg Birkett. She is an 83% scale ‘representation’ of a 'River Class' Leeds Liverpool 'Short' boat (from the mid 1900s). These were the canvas covered, widebeam, working boats of the L&L between Wigan and Leeds. She has a steel superstructure of course and modern facilities with berths for up to five, one of which is the 'make up' occasional berth in the saloon. She is gas free, with a Dickinson diesel cookstove and elec... read more