Boat Description
Hydra is in good structural condition and generally good cosmetic standard, reflecting careful past ownership. The vessel has a fair standard of maintenance. A 2025 survey is available and can be reassigned at completion FOC. Hydra has been newly blacked, polished, and a new boat safety certificate issued. With a beam of 10', Hydra is suitable for the Great Ouse systems and easily navigated on all UK Wide Beam waterways. She features a 1 bedroom design with a reverse layout, galley forward of the saloon, and a full canopy for both the aft cockpit and forward hatch. The boat is powered by a Beta Marine diesel engine, which was recently fully serviced by T M Marine Engineering. The Morso stove was converted to diesel supply in 2024 at a cost of circa £4000, giving immediate heat when coming aboard.
General Information
- Stern Type – Cruiser Rounded
- Builder - Viking Canal Boats
- Fit-out - Viking Canal Boats
- Plating Specification - 10/6/5/5
- Insulation – Spray Foam
- Number of Berths - 1 Double
- Number of Cabins - ONE
- Canopies – Cockpit / Pram Cover, Cratch Cover
Recent Works
- Boat Safety Certificate Expiry Date - 06/10/2027
- Last Blacking - May 2025
- Last Engine Service - May 2025
- Last Survey – March 2025
- Additional Works - Full topside polishing to exterior
General Hull Specification
- 10mm base plate / 6mm hull sides / 5mm cabin sides / 5mm roof
- Integral steel water tank – approx. 200 gallons
- Diesel tank – approx. 100 gallons
- “Wrapped” stern with Canvas dodgers
- Stern gas locker accommodates two gas bottles
- 4x 4.5kg magnesium anodes
- Chrome mushroom vents, plank and pole rack, tiller bar
- Steel rear doors with sliding hatch
- Steel double glazed front doors
- 3’ double glazed side hatch doors
- 18mm water resistant plywood base flooring
- “Styrodur” underfloor insulation throughout
- Interior fully battened and spray foam insulated
- Hull sides lined in “A” grade oak veneered plywood
- All wooden bulkheads and furniture
- All hardwood trims
Paintwork & Exterior
- Hull with base plate sandblasted and primed using a two-pack epoxy system
- Bottom finished in a two-pack epoxy undercoat
- Hull above waterline finished in black polyurethane with anti-fading UV filter
- Slip-resistant finish surface on all decks, roof, and gunwales
- Bollards, T-stud, fender fittings fore, sides and aft, central mooring ring, pair of fairleads
- Cabin top finished in high-gloss automotive paint
Engine and Steering
- Beta Marine diesel Engine 4 cylinders keel cooled engine, 45A & 175A alternators
- Flat bottom cooler with self-bleeding system & Dry exhaust
- 3-blade propeller & Gland packing shaft seal
- Flexible coupling
- Analogue diesel tank gauge
Water & Sanitary & Sewage
- 75 litres twin-coil calorifier with immersion heater
- Vetus pressurized water pump with 19L accumulator tank
- Vetus pump out system with Jabsco Deluxe electric toilet
- 150L waste holding tank
- Diaphragm shower pump
- Waste and water tank analogue gauges
- Automatic bilge pump
Heating and Gas
- Webasto Heating system with Heat miser control & radiators
- Chrome heated towel rail
- Gas regulator with manual changeover kit for 2 bottles
- A four burner ‘Thetford’ gas stove, grill and oven
- Diesel Fired Converted Morso stove
230V AC
- AC Consumer Unit installed and tested according to RCD
- 16A landline socket & hook up mains lead
- Sockets
- Victron MultiPlus Inverter/Charger
- Victron Galvanic Isolator
- Dishwasher
- A ‘Shoreline’ electric refrigerator and freezer
- Washer / Dryer
12V DC
- 3 x leisure batteries
- Starting battery
- Electric bow thruster, batteries, additional battery charger
- Main distribution panel
- Ceiling spotlights, light switches
- TV sockets, UHF TV/FM aerial with signal booster