Propulsion
Designed as a system
The VETUS electric installation belongs within the wider layout and energy brief.
Oakums build no. 38
Floki
A 60ft electric Oakums narrowboat, completed in 2023 with a reverse layout and generous cruiser stern.
The visual story
Electric cruising supported by a warm, practical interior.
Floki is a 60ft electric narrowboat with a reverse layout and generous cruiser stern. Inside, Oakums combines fitted storage, comfortable social space and a clear route through the boat, creating a layout intended for real cruising rather than a showroom moment.
The photographs provide genuine evidence of an Oakums electric commission while also revealing the quieter design decisions: equipment integrated into cabinetry, storage placed where it is needed and materials repeated from room to room to keep the interior unified.
Design in detail
An individual boat, held together by one clear idea.
The photographs show how colour, light, fitted joinery and practical decisions work together. The choices belong to this commission; the same design discipline can be taken in a completely different direction for your own Oakums.
What the photographs reveal
Character with purpose.
A beautiful boat still needs to support cooking, relaxing, storage, movement and life on the water.
Layout
Reverse and sociable
The arrangement connects the stern with the principal living spaces.
Use
Ready for life aboard
Storage, seating and working areas are planned around everyday routines.
Selected photographs
A considered record of the build.
Each page uses up to ten genuinely different photographs, selected to reveal the rooms, materials and craftsmanship without repeating the same view. Only facts confirmed by Oakums are included.
A starting point for your own brief
Take the inspiration, not the template.
Every photograph can prompt a useful conversation about proportion, materials, lighting or storage. Oakums will use those preferences to create a coherent boat around your own priorities rather than reproducing somebody else's interior.
Start your Oakums
Inspired by Floki?
Tell Oakums which ideas caught your attention and how you would want your own boat to work differently.