What is Tempranillo?

Well apart from Tempranillo being a grape variety, to us it will be a 51 foot long narrow boat in which Sue and I intend to spend the warmer months of the next few years cruising the 2000 miles or so of UK inland waterways. Tempranillo is being built by Sea Otter Boats up in Staveley, Derbyshire. The hull will be made entirely of aluminium. This means that we can get on with our cruising without having to take the boat out of the water every 3 years and re-black its bottom! This means

• No Anodes
• No Reblacking
• No Replating
• Rust Free Cruising

We will own a boat that will allow us to enjoy as much time as possible using it for what it is intended. And we plan to make the most of it. It is due to be completed at the end of July this year but we should next have physical contact with it on May 4th when the build of the hull and cabin is due to be completed. We shall be checking it out up in Stavevely and will, of course, be taking lots of photos and you will see them here as soon as we return. Please check back here often.