April 19, 2024

Tag: Aintree Boats

Vlog 176: Crickity Crick

Posted on May 31, 2019February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I haven’t been to the Crick Show for a couple of years because it’s much the same each time but this year I wanted to book some boat tours and also buy some bits for my current boat – so I moored the boat again and headed off to Northamptonshire in the camper van.

Vlog 123: See Shells

Posted on January 11, 2018February 24, 2024 by David Johns

How is a narrowboat built? That’s what this vlog aims to answer, looking at the construction process from the very first pieces of steelwork forming the baseplate, via an awful lot of welding up to a finished shell which can then be insulated and fitted out.

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