Category: Vlog

Vlog 13: The Lights Fantastic

Posted on November 30, 2015May 7, 2024 by David Johns

It’s rainy, cold and blowing a gale outside so I made a quick video about five simple things – three of them lightbulbs – that make my life nicer on board my canal boat!

Vlog 12: Bring Out The Braunston

Posted on November 20, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I was supposed to be taking the narrowboat to a winter mooring in Warwickshire but for reasons I explain in this video, I didn’t. Instead of cancelling the trip though – as I had invited a friend along to show me how to do canalboating properly – we went for a two-day cruise to Braunston. This is the video of that trip.

Vlog 11: Power Mad

Posted on November 12, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A brief technical interlude before the video of the trip to Braunston because my battery charger packed up and suddenly the boat had no usable power. So in this video I explain how I diagnosed and resolved the problem.

Vlog 10: Captain Hook

Posted on November 4, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In which I take stock of a few things that need doing on the canal boat and then do them. This involves drilling, screwing, and a whole lot more entirely unnecessary yet amusing innuendo.

Vlog 9: Maiden Voyage

Posted on October 25, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After months of waiting while my house was sold, the boat was fettled and lots of boring stuff was dealt with, it was finally time to relaunch my narrowboat into the canal and take it out for a quick trip!

Vlog 8: Night Rider

Posted on October 5, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Vlog 8 and I spend my first night aboard the canal boat – still on land! There’s all kinds of squeaks and groans and bumps in the night and they’re not from me. No, it’s nothing saucy, don’t get your hopes up…

Vlog 7: Paint Shop Boys

Posted on September 24, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Not content with my “patch it and hope” painting of the rusty spots along the gunwales of my canal boat as seen in the last episode, I decided to try to do it properly. This did not entirely come to fruition, as I explain in this video.

Vlog 6: Giving the old girl a damn good service

Posted on September 8, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

At long last the time has come for the excellent Justin Green of JG Marine to visit the boat and do lots of work on it including an engine service (oil, oil filter, air filter, fuel filter etc), add the Adverc charge controller, change the old engine mounts and much more.

Vlog 5: Going Nowhere, Fast!

Posted on September 1, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

It’s now 3 weeks since the narrowboat became properly mine and yet I’m still not aboard and still not afloat. It’s OK, there are various reasons for this. I knew it would take a little time. Oh my, but it’s very frustrating!

Vlog 4: Le Tour de Boat

Posted on August 24, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is a tour of my canal boat from top to tail. It’s still on chocks at a marina whilst I line up some maintenance to be done on it but will hopefully take to the water again in a few weeks – just in time for winter!