Rakiraki

Moored: Middlewich Wharf, Canal Terrace, Middlewich, CW10 9BD

Call: 0330 043 0547

🚤✨ FOR SALE: “Rakiraki” – 69ft Narrowboat | £55,000 | Available October / November 2026 ✨🚤

Rakiraki (“duck” in Maori), is a beautifully maintained 69ft narrowboat built by Colecraft, combining comfort, craftsmanship, and modern features throughout. Perfect for liveaboard life, extended cruising, or weekend getaways on the waterways.

The boat has been with the Floating Holidays fleet since 2018 and in the last 2 years been fully repainted and had a new engine, flooring throughout, new bathroom and kitchen.

🛠️ Boat Specifications

• Builder: Colecraft

• Length: 69ft

• Engine: Isuzu Engine (refurbished 2024)

• Gearbox: PRM150

• Berths: 10

• Paintwork: Professionally repainted January 2024 (taken back to bare steel)

• Survey: Clean 2018 (copy available)

• Blacked: January 2026

• New Flooring: Replaced throughout in 2024

• New Bathroom & Kitchen: Replaced 2024 / 2025 winter period

🛋️ Lounge & Dining Area

Relax and unwind in the L-shaped lounge/dining area which easily converts into a double sofa bed – ideal for family or guests. A warm, inviting space for cosy evenings afloat.

🍳 Fully Equipped Kitchen

The horseshoe-shaped galley is fitted with everything you need to feel at home:

• ✅ Oven, grill, and 4-ring burner hob

• ✅ Fridge freezer

• ✅ Full set of crockery, pots & pans
  A perfect space for cooking hearty meals on board!

🛏️ Cabins & Sleeping Arrangements

• 🛌 2 x Double Cabins & 1 x Cabin with 4 Bunks

• 🌿 Side Hatch: Starboard-side access hatch — great for ventilation or feeding ducks with your morning coffee! ☕🦆

🚿 Bathrooms

• 🚽 Fore and aft bathrooms: both complete with toilet, 🚿 shower and basin.

🔥 Heating & Utilities

• Heating: 5KW Autoterm diesel heater serving radiators throughout the boat

• Gas: 2 x 13kg propane cylinders in bow locker – kitchen appliances

⚓ Exterior Highlights

• Well deck at the front — the perfect spot for morning tea or sunset views with additional storage locker 🌅

• Beautifully repainted hull and superstructure (January 2024)

• Solid, well-built steel construction from a trusted UK builder

💰 Price & Availability

• 💷 £55,000

• 🚢 October 2026

• 📋 Last surveyed 2018 

• Last blacked 2026 – Refurbished engine 2024.

• 🧼 Fresh paint, new flooring, low-hours engine — she’s ready to cruise away today!

🛶 Whether you’re new to boating or looking to upgrade, Rakiraki offers an exceptional mix of quality, comfort, and reliability. She’s been lovingly maintained and is in turnkey condition — just step aboard and set off!

📞 Enquire now to arrange a viewing or request the full survey report. Don’t miss this opportunity — boats of this standard and spec don’t stay on the market for long!

Boat Safety

April 2030

Potable Water

1,000 litres

Toilet

Sealand Traveler Pump Out x 2

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SURVEY & BOAT SAFETY CERTIFICATE

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Disclaimer

All details provided in this advertisement are for guidance only and have been produced in consultation with the owner or from a visual inspection of the vessel and it's systems. 

Purchasers are responsible for satisfying themselves with regards to all systems prior to completing a purchase and Middlewich Wharf provide no warranty as to the accuracy of the particulars provided. 

Any documentation, reports or surveys reproduced in this advert are provided in good faith, however they may not be relied upon by any buyer as the buyer has not commissioned the report(s) or survey(s).

Buyers are strongly encouraged to commission their own surveyor to inspect a vessel they are considering buying prior to purchase.