Sea Otter Company History

Sea Otter have been building boats since 1990. We first started with steel workboats and small tugs for the harbour authorities and construction industry.

In 1992, Sea Otter moved into the leisure sector with 17' and 22' narrowboats. These were first displayed at Nottingham Boat Show. This show lead to us picking up a steady trickle of orders and the company went from just a husband and wife team to a total workforce of 9. This growth has involved moving premises 3 times until in 1995 we moved to Duckmanton which remained our home for 5 years.

Our order book gained substantial pace when we increased our boat size to 26' and positively exploded with the introduction of a 31' boat. The increase in boat size lead to us requiring more space and a bigger workshop. The solution was to design, and have constructed, a purpose-built boat building factory at Poolsbrook Country Park in Staveley where we have now been situated for 5 years.

At around the time of moving into our new factory, our boat portfolio increased to include Narrowboats ranging from 21-56FT, Dutch Barges, Centre Cockpit Cruisers, Wide Beam River cruisers, House Boats and Sea Going Cruiser.

Sea Otter is now run by 3 partners Paul Hobson, Anthony Hobson & Matthew Cowan. Who have been with the company for over 9 years and look forward to taking company to new Heights.