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@@jarlbalgruuf8375 hi, first of all it was the best thing I've ever done buying the wide beam. She is a 12 and 1/2 ft by 65 ft long crucially with a bow thruster which I have never regretted paying extra for. Normally we are quite mobile and don't find it very hard to get around at all. Very little restrictions in the area that we are predominantly in. However, at the moment we're really struggling. The amount of stoppages are on their canals and the rivers are unbelievable so we're finding it very, really, really hard to keep continuously cruising. I'm sure this will all resolve itself once the weather starts getting better. Anyway, good luck! I hope you find the perfect boat for you

@@lenbtenor Thank you very much. That would be wonderful. It's an absolute nightmare at the moment with the water going up and down so frequently.

@@Inspiration2022 if you could let me have a more direct contact, could arrange this more quickly if need be.

@lenbtenor if you message me on Instagram. That would be great. Don't want to put my number on here instagram.com/daniel_on_the_boat/profilecard/?igsh=MTcyMzRwOGZodDA0aw==

@@lenbtenor Thank you so much!🤜

@ let me know if you need a hand - I’m only at Pillings.

@@Inspiration2022 - if you need scaffold poles to keep you off the bank, I can get hold of some that you can borrow - I’ll pop them over

@@TheByard I love it. I have given this quite a lot of thought in the past as it's going to cost me at least 2,000 lb to get it out of the water for blacking next year.

@@Inspiration2022 Maybe a couple of planks lashed across the roof, slide out water filled Jerry cans and combining the height, lean out of planks and weight of cans. would give the area you need to black. There is a dry out station on the upper tidal section of the River Thames, where I seen narrow use to scrap hulls and black them between tides. Try checking with maps to find the location, it's been years since I passed that way.

@@andrewclarke1077 Thank you very much, but as you will see with the video I'll post later I was a little bit too late for that I actually woke up this morning On the bank

@@Misterwhistle it's about 2 ft deep And it seems to start to be going down. I did roll up my trousers and go to the shops to get supplies but I was more concerned that it could come free or get deeper where I couldn't control where the boat went.

@@lenbtenor no I don't have any but hopefully by the morning it should be going down and hopefully I will be able to feel it as it does so I can keep away. There is plenty of slack on the lines.

@@beardonmyback3833yes, we're good. Thank you.

@@beardonmyback3833 We're fine. Thank you very much. But unfortunately the pub is closed down

@@OoOoRocketfellaoOoO it's definitely a different way of living but we love it.

@Inspiration2022 Good luck to you both :) Keep documenting.

@@lenbtenor amazing! Thank you for the follow and I agree it would be great to meet a fellow wide beamer. Do you ever cruise?

@ We haven’t cruised yet, apart from journey from Mercia to Pillings 2 years ago, but we hope to next summer. May 2022 is when we first moved on board - complete lifestyle change, could have gone wrong but absolutely love it. If you’re still moored near Hope and Anchor tomorrow as I pass I’ll maybe say a quick hello.

@lenbtenor sounds good

@@river4495first of all, thank you very much. Really appreciate the support. I think I got a really great boat at the end of it but dealing with Collingwood was very stressful. They tried to put the price up after drawing up the contract a few times And they also kept giving me false completion dates which went on for months and months. I was also told I was going to have a handover and trials day when the boat was handed over but this didn't happen. They delivered the boat in the winter around half 7:30 at night with no lockable doors and no manuals. Nothing just the delivery driver. It was put in the water and I was left to it. I did contact Collingwood on a couple of occasions to ask for one the manual and also had some issues with the alternator but they told me it was nothing to do with them deal with the engine suppliers direct. But that all being said, I do believe I've got a great product at the end of it even with all of the stress that it came with

@@firststep2880 yes of course. I believe my Instagram is connected. If you message me privately on there, I'd be quite happy to give you a call

@@jimmyfaulkner5746 it's a thousand l. I had to move the last time I did it. Luckily this time it was only 200 l but still 200 l

@Inspiration2022 you had to carry a jerry can back and forth 10 times your not a hero

@jimmyfaulkner5746 thanks for the watch.

@@Inspiration2022 God bless mate

He's got a gut and man boob's , the 50ft walk will do him good

@@MrLaughinggrass I buy a thousand l at a time. You can find these suppliers dotted all over the UK supplying kerosene, red diesel and ordinary diesel depending what your purpose is. For your heating, if you're rigged up in the way I am, you can actually buy red, diesel or kerosene. And it's about half the price of the diesel you will buy from any marina or even at the pump. I use the barrel to transport the diesel to and from where I store it. My boat takes about a thousand l at a time so the savings are quite dramatic. Hope this helps

@@Inspiration2022 Thanks that's very interesting, I sold my live aboard canal boat to my mate when I got married (he was getting divorced, circle of life!). I always wondered if this might be one way of doing it although I think our tank was 500 or so litres and we didn't have anywhere to store it. We only filled up about once a year. Another idea I had was to buy a tonne of smokeless fuel and have it delivered to the canal side. I would need to find at least another boat to share the tonne with me though as I wouldn't want 40 bags of coal all over my boat. 20 we could cope with.

That's what I thought 👍✌️

@@charlesbennet9233 it's a lot cheaper if you just get it yourself rather than at the marinas and if you buy it in bulk directly from a diesel supplier, you get it even cheaper than at the garages.

@@nativetexan6628 uk

@@Dev0ps572 I know it's so annoying

@Inspiration2022 mine does the same, it's a collingwood thing 😅

@@Dev0ps572 I've been googling today to see how I can stop it. I think I have a solution by taking the top gland off and greasing it up but I've never done it before so hopefully this will work but it drives me insane

@Inspiration2022 silicone spray all around the top where the tiller meets the hub and keep working it in, solved it for me within a couple days

@@helenogrady4932 that's a very interesting view. Could you possibly point me in the direction of where you get your information from? Maybe a link or something?. It's just I understand the situation to be completely the opposite as there is so many properties have tanks and the urine is actually separated then goes directly into streams and canals and rivers. I'm not suggesting for one second that sewage is pumped into the canals or rivers, even though I believe that you're actually allowed to pump out sewage in any flowing waters. And I have actually seen this from other boats on the rivers often.

Mate do the right thing and take that system off your boat. You only have to do a simple google search to see it’s against the rules on canals. I see you’re trying to mix rivers and canals but it doesn’t work like that. You spend time on both so at end of day, right thing to do is remove the system. I know it’s hard sometimes being wrong and after money spent / work put in. Sometimes you need to bite the bullet. It’s things like this that stop your channel from growing. Do the right thing bud 👍🏼

@petetruth Thank you for your advice. Please share me the link you're suggesting

Yes I know. Unfortunately I was pointing the camera in the wrong direction. Didn't realise until after

@@Mark-bp5zo Thank you very much

@@Bilskirnir030 I think we're so close to better technology though I waste the money now.

@@barriebriggs1802 thanks mate. Yes I do have some insulation and they're separated from the outer walls of the boat with ply but it wouldn't hurt. Put in more insulation around this winter I think.