Rugby Boats

Buy or sell using our quality, friendly brokerage service for canal boats, narrowboats, tugs and barges

WELCOME TO RUGBY BOATS

Feel free to browse our listings below, and please call 01327 342211 if you would like to arrange a viewing.
Viewings are by timed appointment only, so call ahead to avoid disappointment.

We would highly recommend anyone wanting to buy their own narrowboat to visit Rugby Boats and all of you in the Rugby Boats's team made it possible for us.
Buyer
Isis
Your professionalism, knowledge of the market, and honesty were very obvious. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending you to other people, whether they were looking to buy, or sell a boat.
Vendor
Chablis
We are much better off than we would have been going anywhere else - the next highest company suggested marketing at £45k and the lowest at £36.5k!
Vendor
Second Chance
You clearly have a good understanding of your potential customers' requirements
Vendor
Midnight Rambler
Through each stage of the process we felt very comfortable and confident that we were in the hands of an ethical and fair man.
Vendor
The Welsh Wizard
We would like to thank you all for making our dream a reality and the brilliant service you provided.
Buyer
Elini Rosa
Suffice to say we'd thoroughly recommend Rugby Boat Sales - everybody we dealt were so helpful and professional.
Buyer
Time Out
We are extremely happy that we decided to place Midnight Rambler with you for sale.
Vendor
Midnight Rambler
Thanks again for sorting everything out for us. It made what could have been a terribly emotional experience so much easier and less stressful.
Vendor
Grace
Hi James I am writing to thank you for selling our boat so quickly and so efficiently! I was amazed that you produced a purchaser within only one or two days from releasing the video of Amelia Rose.
Vendor
Amelia Rose
Just a quick note to thank you and your team for the excellent service you provided during the sale of Chablis. The more I dealt with you, the more certain I was that I made the right choice of broker.
Vendor
Chablis
A thoroughly professional operation with a friendly and helpful team
Vendor
The Welsh Wizard
Thank you all so much for all your help in making the purchase of Isis so easy. For 20 years we have dreamed of owning our own narrowboat, and the Rugby Boats team made it a straightforward reality.
Buyer
Isis
Thank you and your team at Rugby Boats for the very successful sale of Ontario. It was quite remarkable that after delivering the boat to Wharf Hill on Thursday you had prepared marketing material and the video the next day and an offer was made on the Monday. You certainly operate efficiently and quickly!
Vendor
Ontario
Excellent professional service. Thanks to James and team for a faultless service helping to sell our boat. Friendly and efficient, highly recommended.
Vendor
Still Water
Thank you to your team that helped achieve a quick sale and a good price. It has been a pleasure working with Rugby Boats.
Vendor
NB Santiago
"I can't praise Rugby Boat Sales highly enough! Extremely helpful, honest and personable throughout..."
Buyer
Drifter
"I cannot praise Rugby Boats highly enough during the entire experience I had with them in selling my boat. They were extremely efficient and friendly in their communication. Nothing was a problem for them. I needed a couple of jobs attending to after the survey (which was done on site) and they were organised for me with the workshop guys next door to the boatyard. It was a brilliant service all round. Thank you!”
Vendor
Jessica
Thank you for your excellent and professional service, pleasure to have sold with you.
Vendor
Ocelot
Many thanks James and all at Rugby boats for an excellent service.
Vendor
Nightingale
I will recommend Rugby Boats to anyone I know who wants to sell their boat. A very professional and courteous service
Vendor
Cymbaline
To have the money in our bank account within a week was brilliant so thanks to you and your team for all your effort.
Vendor
Amelia Rose
Neither of us expected events to move on as quickly as they have. We couldn’t have asked for more so again, many thanks.
Vendor
Pippa\'s Song
Can I just convey our sincere thanks for the way Rugby Boats handled the sale of our boat. Should we in the future be in the market for another narrowboat we will not hesitate in using you again. Well done and thanks again.
Vender
Meander
Can't say I how delighted I am. I will certainly recommend you highly and would not hesitate to use you again.
Vendor
Genesis
A huge thank you from us to you and all there. You have a great team.
Vendor
Firefly NZ
Many thanks for handling the sale in such an efficient manner and wish you all well at Rugby Boats.
Vendor
Kingfisher
It was a pleasure working with you for the sale of our boat. At all times we appreciated your frank and honest advice, prompt and courteous response to our queries, and the very professional marketing of the vessel.
Vendor
Midnight Rambler
Your whole team were simply outstanding. Please deduct £100 from proceeds and ensure that everyone gets a nice bottle of wine with our gratitude.
Vendor
Speakeasy
We would like to say a big thank you for the fabulous way you have made this all happen in the most professional and friendly manner.
Vendor
Firefly NZ
Many thanks for your work. It was a very speedy process. We are very pleased
Vendor
Wynifred
We would thoroughly recommend your brokerage to anyone thinking of either buying or selling their narrowboat. You have made what should have been a very stressful set of transactions into a very enjoyable experience.
Buyer
Yew Tew
Hi James - Thanks once again for your help getting her sold, I am really glad I chose you to sell her.
Vendor
Dark Knight
Most importantly, thank you for making an emotionally difficult thing for us go so smoothly, it means a lot.
Vendor
Gorse
I will definitely be recommending you to anyone who is buying or selling a narrowboat...well done and thank you all.
Vendor
About Time
Thank you also for such a professional service over the last couple of weeks...you and your staff have helped to make it an easier journey. Many thanks again and I hope that we are able to use your services again in the future.
Vendor
Kizzie
Well done. We will certainly consider using Rugby boats again when we look for another boat in a year or so time.
Vendor
Wynifred
You were all amazing and made a really rough time for us palatable! We would highly recommend your services to anybody requiring them.
Vendor
Moor to Life
We had visited a large number of the brokers both around Rugby and further afield. None provided the dedicated and personal service that James and his team did.
Buyer
Pelekas
Thank you and all your staff for an excellent and friendly service. I can't say I delighted I am
Vendor
Genesis
We have found both buying and selling through you a very pleasant & speedy process
Vendor
Romany II
Your service, advice, details, videos, valuations and general approach to all the people you deal with sets you apart from any other brokerage we have dealt with before.
Vendor
Juniper
James' commitment to customer satisfaction was evident throughout the process and out expectations were surpassed.
Vendor
The Welsh Wizard
Thank you so much for your help. From Gongoozler to NB owners in one easy step!
Buyer
Sedona
Thank you once again for a job well done
Vendor
Thank you for your calm final negotiations. We will have no hesitation bringing our next boat to you to see if you can repeat the success story!
Vendor
Amelia Rose
I would like to thank you all at Rugby boats for all you have done to make the process as smooth and easy as possible...you have been very helpful from start to finish and I couldn't of done it without your help
Vendor
About Time
I would like to thank you very much for selling Mistral for me. You made it so easy for me & what a wonderful, friendly, smooth & efficient service it is. You made me feel as though I was the only one selling a boat.
Vender
Mistral
We would just like to thank you and your team for again, helping us to sell the second Narrowboat that we have bought through yourselves. It is so rare these days that any company can be fully trusted to have both the buyer's and seller's interests at heart. You manage this with the utmost of ease.
Vendor
NB Yew Tew
Thank you very much for dealing with the sale so efficiently. We are most grateful.
Vendor
Second Chance
Your attention during this transaction was second to none...and on the day you put her on the market she sold!
Vendor
Juniper
Until we found Rugby Boats, and as a new first time owner, we were left feeling very much on our own thinking it would never happen. I can’t recommend them highly enough for their truly friendly and first class service
Buyer
Pelekas
You obviously understand the market better than most so your fee was money well spent as far as we are concerned.
Vendor
Second Chance
“Simply the Best – James and his team provided us with a very professional, personal and digitally aware service – very pleased” Julian and Lynne “NB Auriga”
Vendor
Auriga
Your friendly service and regular updates throughout made what could've been a very stressful process into a very smooth one.
Vendor
Barley
Just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for everything you've done helping us to sell Barley. We were pleasantly surprised at how quickly everything happened.
Vendor
Barley
The prime reason we chose to sell through Rugby Boats are the many claims that you were honest and reliable. Events proved that we made the right choice, and we became happy that our sale was in capable and trustworthy hands.
Vendor
NB Iets Groter
We came to you because of your excellent reputation, and we know that was a wise choice. Your advice and support during every step of the purchase and survey was invaluable.
Buyer
Isis
Your marketing is way ahead of the opposition and it was this that encouraged me to ask you to sell Amelia rather than geographically closer brokers.
Vendor
Amelia Rose
Key:

PRICE ONLY – This means the boat is still on the market and available for viewings. Please call the office on 01327 342211 to make an appointment

UNDER OFFER – This means the boat has been reserved for purchase and is now off the market. At this point, the buyer is committed to buy and the sales process has begun. It is rare that sales do not complete once under offer, but should this happen, we will list the boat again for sale.

SOLD – This means the sale has completed, moving from UNDER OFFER to SOLD once the vendor has been paid.
 

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Opening times
Mon-Sat 09:30 to 16:30
Sun 10:00 to 15:30

Rugby Boats started life in Rugby at Hillmorton Wharf, but moved to Stowe Hill Wharf in 2009.
Stowe Hill is 2 miles from the M1 J16, just south of Weedon Bec on the A5 and roughly midway between Northampton to the East and Daventry to the West.
We are located behind the Narrowboat pub.
Phone 01327 342211, or you can
email us.

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