About Norfolk Broads ShipShape
Specialist marine electrical assessments and installations for narrowboats, cruisers, and sailing yachts on the Norfolk Broads and beyond.
Norfolk Broads ShipShape is a specialist marine electrical service built specifically for boat owners who want reliable, safe, and efficient power systems on the water. Whether you live aboard full-time, cruise the Broads on weekends, or are planning a long offshore passage, we help you understand exactly what your boat needs and how to get there.
Our free online boat assessment tool lets you describe your vessel — its size, type, mooring location, heating system, appliances, and desired upgrades — and instantly receive a personalised set of product recommendations and a power budget analysis. No guesswork, no generic advice: every recommendation is matched to your specific boat's real-world energy consumption.
We cover the full spectrum of marine electrical work: lithium and AGM battery upgrades, solar panel installation and optimisation, inverter and charger fitting, smart monitoring systems, bow thruster wiring, LED lighting conversions, and complete electrical rewires. Our team has hands-on experience with the unique challenges of the Norfolk Broads environment — from the humidity and vibration of canal cruising to the demands of liveaboard life through a British winter.
This platform was built to give boat owners the kind of transparent, expert guidance that is usually only available after paying for an on-site survey. By completing the free assessment, you can explore your options, build a wishlist, and request a no-obligation quote — all before we set foot on your boat.
We believe every boat owner deserves to understand their electrical system. Our goal is to make marine electrics approachable, affordable, and properly done — first time.
Safe & Compliant
All work meets RCD and BSS standards.
Efficiency First
We size systems to your real usage, not guesswork.
Owner-Focused
Plain English explanations throughout.
Something we built as boat owners — the Boat Vault
Alongside the electrical side, there's something we kept wishing existed as boat owners ourselves: one calm, secure place to keep everything that keeps a boat legal, insured and looked after. So we built it — and we wanted to share it.
The Boat Vault is a free digital document store for your vessel. Keep your BSS certificate, insurance, Broads toll, gas certificate and registration in one place, log your maintenance history — antifouling, engine services, anode changes — and get gentle email reminders before anything is due to expire. It's the paperwork side of boat ownership, finally organised.
Documents in one place
Certificates, insurance, tolls and registration — safely stored and easy to find.
Renewal reminders
Automatic email nudges before your BSS, insurance or toll expires.
Maintenance log
Track what was done and when — and when the next job is due.