Sold. Motor Launch Company - River Ferry & Cruises Two River Launches - 12 Seater And 50 Seater

Motor Launch Company - River Ferry & Cruises Two River Launches - 12 seater and 50 seater

Ref.GO017
Location Calstock Cornwall
Asking Price £ 65,000

A wonderful opportunity to buy a genuine niche market lifestyle business located in an area of outstanding natural beauty and having the benefit of both regular local customers and seasonal tourist support.

The ferry operates from Calstock a beautiful Cornish mining village located on the banks of the Tamar approximately fifteen miles upriver from the breakwater at Plymouth. The village has approximately eighteen hundred residents many of whom use the ferry on a regular basis as part of their commute to work in Plymouth and surrounding areas.

The business operates two boats. The main ferry is a beautiful twenty foot clinker built “Beer Lugger”. She has an eight foot six beam and is constructed of Elm Planks, Oak ribs and Mahogany trim. She is powered by a 30HP three cylinder Lister engine that was fitted new during last winter. “Idler” is licensed by the MCA to carry twelve people.

“Gloria” MCA Class V & VI is a thirty six foot harbour launch HL330. She has a carvel hull, is built from pitch pine on oak and is powered by an 80HP Ford engine. This boat is used for parties and private bookings and is licence to carry fifty people. Both boats are maintained to the very highest standards and are equipped with a full range of safety equipment, hired life raft safety jackets, radios and emergency flares.

The river cruises operate from early April to September and much of their business comes from the hundred and ten thousand visitors that come to the National Trust House at Cotehele located about a mile and a half downstream. The business operates on a published fixed timetable that is dependent on the state of the tide but means that the ferry operates from between three and seven hours every day