'Willow' is a 38 ft Narrowboat built in 2002 by R&D Fabrications and fitted out by Woodworks

Willow used to be moored in the old Hotwells Sand-dock in Bristol Harbour. The Sand-dock (aka the wet-dock) is now named the Pooles Wharf Marina, adjacent to Pooles Wharf Court and Rownham Mead, in the Hotwells area of Bristol.

She has had a variety of leisure use in and around Bristol Harbour, and on the nearby Kennett and Avon waterway.

Willow is powered by a three-cylinder 1.27 litre Kuboto 'Nanni' skin-cooled diesel engine, generating a maximum of 29bhp. She has a 50 gallon diesel-tank at the stern and a 150 gallon water-tank at the bow. She is currently fiited with a fixed double and two single berths. Water heating is via a calorifier in the engine cooling system, and cabin-heating is via a solid-fuel Morsų stove.

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Being hauled out

The 'slipper-stern'

The lift at Bristol

In suspense

Ooh ... The water's cold

Looking forward

Washbasin and toilet

Shower


The stern


Fixed double


Forward


View to galley


Long view


Fixed double

Table-top storage

Kubota / Nannidiesel

Website by Trevor George, Bristol, UK.