I asked NAMA (or rather its PR agency) how many private pleasure craft (boats) are “in NAMA”, having been owned by individuals or companies whose loans are now with NAMA.
I was told that “[…] the Agency has had an interest in less than five boats; all bar one of these have been sold.”
My guess is that that means four boats, which is not many, although I don’t see why private pleasure craft should be business assets (other than for, say, hire firms) in the first place. I don’t know whether any of them were based on inland waterways.
I have not asked banks or other lenders how many boats they have had in their fleets.
Irish waterways history 