TALISMAN

• Talisman is a 55 foot traditional narrowboat built and fitted by Colecraft in 1997.

• Powered by a 36hp Lister LPWS4 diesel, and is equipped with a Vetus bow thruster.

• Last blacked September 2025.

• BSC till 27/10/2027

• Lithium Batteries

• Solars x4

• Washing Machine

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Interior

• Entering from the bow leads into the living area with Morso Squirrel 1410 stove on newly tiled and fire boarded hearth with twin wall flu.

• Sofabed barn sofa which converts into double bed.

• Flooring has been recently replaced throughout.

• 4 seater dinette adjacent to the duck hatch with drawers and under seat storage lockers below. The dinette can also be converted into a double berth by lowering the table.

• Galley has plenty of undercounter storage and is fitted with 4 burner gas hob, eye level vanette oven and grill, 12v fridge freezer, microwave.

• There is a Houdini deck hatch directly above the galley area.

• Moving aft towards the bathroom there is a coat cupboard which also provides easy access to shower plumbing system.

• The bathroom was completely renovated in 2024, and now features 760 x 900 shower, large offset sink with vanity unit.

• Within the bathroom is a full-sized 6kg front loading washing machine. The washer can also be set to cold and be used while cruising or moored alongside without having to run a generator.

• Toilet is now a Thetford cassette porta potti, as original pump out tank was removed to allow space for the washer.

• At the stern of the vessel there is the main cabin with a small double bed and plenty of wardrobe and drawer space.

• The engine room leads off the back cabin and up to the steering position with additional coat hooks and the electrical installation.

• Heating / Hot Water

• The Calorifier is sited underneath the bed, which was renewed in 2023.

• Heating / hot water is by a 5kw Webasto thermo top evo to 5 radiators throughout the boat.

• There is also a 1kw immersion heater with 7 day programmer. Optional valves on the system allow hot water and towel rail heating for the summer months where full central heating is not required.

 

Electrical

• Talisman has 600w of solar fed to Victron Bluetooth charge controllers.

• Inverter is a 1600W Victron phoenix pure sine wave.

• Power is from 460ah Fogstar drift lithium battery with Bluetooth app battery monitoring.

• Shore power battery charging is via a 50 amp Victron bluesmart battery charger, there is also a Victron automatic transfer switch which changes power over automatically when connected to shoreline.

• An additional battery monitor is located in the galley to show voltage, state of charge etc.

• The boat is fitted with a galvanic isolator, and has rarely been plugged into mains power as she has been mostly off grid during my ownership.

 

Hull / Superstructure

• The hull is of 10/6/4 steel construction.

• All windows and port holes were removed, painted and resealed in November 2023.

• All through hull outlets have been replaced with machined brass fittings.

• 6 new midships anodes, teardrop anodes fitted in tunnel thruster and rudder cup replaced during 2022 dry dock 3 coats of international blacking applied.

• 2 new stern anodes and 3 coats of international blacking applied 2025 dry dock.

• Last out of water survey August 2022 showed minimal degradation of hull thickness. This report can be seen upon viewing the boat.

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Engine

• Current engine hours 4750

• Last service 4700 hours and the following work has been carried out:

• New thermostat & cooling hoses feb 2023

• Injectors overhauled November 2022

• Head gasket replaced, new hydraulic tappets, cylinder head skimmed November 2022.

• New fuel hoses, spill rail and lift pump November 2023

• New 70 amp alternator and belt January 2025.

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Misc

• Warps, fenders and windlass’ are included in the sale, 4g wifi router and antenna will also be included.

• Viewing by appointment, boat is located near Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

• Photos of the boat out of water are available upon request​​​​

• Secluded private mooring available (subject to negotiation with marina operator).