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Viewers may recall my fondness for tiny narrowboats (see video links below) so it should come as no surprise that with my cabin cruiser out of the water for refurbishment, I may have strayed into a boat brokerage and ‘accidentally’ bought another narrowboat…
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This is a long talky video in which I discuss the various costs associated with owning and running a canal boat whether traditional narrowboat or fibreglass canal cruiser.
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Happy New Year and all the best for 2025; here’s a chatty little video with me discussing what I’m going to be doing in the coming year on this channel.
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I was very grateful to be invited along to my friend Lorna’s 25-foot canal narrowboat for Christmas dinner along with our friends Andy and Steve. Lorna cooked us a fabulous roast turkey feast in her tiny galley and a good time was had by all.
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This is the unedited ‘bow camera’ view of my recent trip on a narrowboat on the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, without voiceover and with just natural sound.
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I was delighted to join one of my Patreon supporters, Ian Davis, on his lovely narrowboat and we went for a short trip on the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, creating this “old style” (!) Cruising the Cut vlog which I hope you like.
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I asked a well-known narrowboat broker what used boats fetch these days, who’s buying and what the trends in the market are. Hopefully useful info if you’re thinking of buying or selling a canal boat in 2025!
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This is part 4 of my complete transom rebuild. In this thrilling episode, I place reinforcing glass fibre into the inner skin of the transom using vinylester resin. And I get buzzed by a hornet (maybe).
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Having removed all the rotten transom wood (see the prior videos in my ‘Twiggy transom’ playlist, link below), I now needed to patch a couple of holes on the inner fibreglass skin. This video documents that process.
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Ignoring, for the moment, the vast gashes I have carved into the back of the boat which will need fixing later, in this episode I tear into the transom and start removing the – extremely soggy – wooden core.
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