Energy
Several sources, one brief
Hybrid-electric propulsion, lithium storage and solar are considered together.
Oakums build no. 25
Morning Star
A 60ft hybrid-electric narrowboat with an Oakums professional fit-out on a Colecraft hull.
The visual story
Hybrid-electric thinking inside a highly considered fit-out.
Morning Star pairs an Oakums professional fit-out with a Colecraft hull. Its hybrid-electric system uses an Engiro motor, lithium batteries and 1.8kW of solar, bringing propulsion, charging and domestic life together within one practical cruising brief.
The interior photographs show how technical ambition can sit comfortably beside warm materials and residential detail. Equipment is present where it needs to be, yet the experience of the finished boat remains focused on light, storage, comfort and clear movement through the cabin.
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.
Fit-out
Oakums throughout
The professional interior fit-out turns the Colecraft hull into a coherent living space.
Life aboard
Technology in service of comfort
The system supports the way the boat is used rather than dominating the rooms.
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.
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Inspired by Morning Star?
Tell Oakums which ideas caught your attention and how you would want your own boat to work differently.