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Sometimes weeds mess up propellers and rudders

Nice videos, thank you.

Bow thrusters would be a help.

Such a nice, well kept boat, congrats! I remember seeing her online whilst casually browsing what's on sale even though I bought my narrowboat in September near London, also 57ft, also first boat and will be handling it solo. There is SO MUCH to learn! Best of luck!

Bridges on corners - welcome to boating. We usually encounter boats coming in the opposite direction. Don’t get me talking about wide beams thundering towards you. Aaagh! Top work though.

Great video! This time last year, as inexperienced boaters, my wife and I collected our narrowboat. The first locks on our maiden voyage were the Buckby flight. On lock 3 (No11), whilst I was in the lock waiting to be raised, my wife fell off the lock quadrant onto the towpath (3' drop) and, as a result, broke her leg! 8 hours later and two ambulance crews, two fire engine crews, an NHS manager, and a dose of morphine, she was finally taken to Northampton hospital. Next morning on the boat, I noticed my pot of tea was decidedly askew. Looked outside, and the boat was aground due to those leaking lock gates. Had to let a couple of lock loads of water in from next lock up to refloat the boat! Then, I had to single hand the rest of the voyage up to North Kilworth, having never operated a lock before! However, the sun was shining, the learning curve was near vertical, but had a great two days to the mooring. Buy a boat, they said..... One year on, leg healed and enjoying boating! 'What three words' for lock 11 on the Buckby - Smashes, Something, Clumped 😂

What engine is in your boat

Glad u made it to Cropedy, well done, its all a learning "curve" as they say..if u pardon the pun 😂. When u got handed a cup of drink..I thought hang on, supposed to be Solo..then realised it must have been the Lock Buddy..never realised you could Hire the services of one of those ! So what's next..or is that it till next year ? Also front facing camera would be good..which think your working on 👍

You are a braver man than me, keep up the good work

What a lovely boat! And so well kept and clean.

You did ok 👍

Yes Nick we have the big Blue lump under our floor on the back deck still only done about 150 or so hours on her very happy with the Canaline engine we did order the Beta engine but there was a very long waiting list for one due to the Covid Outbreak our engine has 42 hp which is plenty for the canals and some rivers... Steve & Sandra Lady Bella.

we have a reflex stove on our boat which is now 2yeaars old we had her built back in 2021 during the covid outbreak which delayed the work no end there fore she was not deliverd to us untill october 12th 2022 she was shipped over from the Czech Repulic but was built by Elton Moss Boats at middlewich they have a partner factory over there or something that way they take the work that they cannot do due to so many boat orders there is a hell of a lot to take in with these boats but I can tell you I find that my boat does not like doing tight turns at speed she handles a lot better at lower speeds tick over is a good setting I bet you have a few battle scareson your boat after your little trip scratches to the blacking that you just had done its hard to get used to seeing your pride and joy getting scratched but its a bit of a contact sport in boating life you need to get used to it things will happen have fun out there anything you may need to know just drop a line . Steve & Sandra onboard Lady Bella.

Nick, Are you aware of the Gongoozlers Co-efficient. Your ability to move the boat without any issues is inversely proportional to the number of gongoozlers watching! :)

No gear, no steer 😊. A little bit more water over the rudder will give you a better response. Your journey so far has been a pleasure to watch, and you are doing brilliantly 👏 😀

Sounds like Wilton Marina all they want is your money a handover is a word they don't understand

To take these sharp bends I found one way was to slow right down. This decreases the momentum in the ahead direction making it much easier to add momentum in a different direction.

When we rented a narrow boat for a week boat yard gave us a quick introduction to the boat. The main gist was Canal boating is a contact sport and we did well. We hit most things from Nanton on the Hill to Oxford and back.

I does sound like it could be lowered a bit, as long as it doesn’t stall when put into forward or reverse

Put a camera facing forward hard to help if we can’t see where your going we don’t need to see where your been 👍

Are you aware that a canal is U shaped so deeper in centre and more shallow at edges

What did or do you do for a career? You seem very comfortable talking front of camera and have a talent of explaining.

When I hired a boat and went up the north Oxford after I got the hang that a Narrowboat turns in the middle I found it much easier.

I wonder how many times your boat has traveled that part of the canals since it was built

Sorry but why do you spend the first couple of minutes showing what's coming up in the video, it makes it worthless to watch as you know what's going to happen

You done well for first time cruising, when you film your trip could you have camera facing the front so we can see what you are seeking rather than just a video of you talking? You can still talk and explain what’s happening.

It will be more responsive with more speed.

Thanks for this series Nick. You dont say anything about life onboard since your intro so either you are not staying or are not going to discuss living. As its getting colder, hope everything heat related is working for you.. Look forward to future adventures..

Brilliant 👏

Really smoothing the journey is...👍

Nick did you have any handover from whilton Marina how to operate the boat start up and general workings of your boat heating system for instance engine start up procedure .??😲

please add a video to the front of you boat so we can see where you are going and what your talking about also my a drone so we can see yuor boat from above will be much more interesting

to steer you need water passing the rudder, power up !!

That is more like a waterfilled ditch than a canal but your boat in lovely.

Can you get L plates for narrow boats? Hope all goes well and you have a long and happy ownership🤗

Good luck with your travels. It’s a different world full of ups & downs but the boating community is on the whole made up of fabulous friendly people who help out as you are now ‘family’. It’s a life I’ve been living for nearly 20yrs so I wish you lots of wonderful memories and have of course subscribed. Wishing you all the very best 🦆💕

I have just found your vlogs and I think you have done amazingly well don’t be so hard on yourself x

An interesting video and thank you for sharing. I don't know what your speed was, but appeared to be "slow & steady". With hindsight, what could have been better for you (as you continue to "learn the ropes") ? Thankfully the engine appears in good order and your narrowboat with the boatsman cabin seems to be "cosy". Q: before you made this purchase, what kind of narrowboat were you looking for ? Thank you once again for sharing your video.

Hope you don't mind me giving you a tip but iv been constant cruising for a year now and my biggest tip is always get three more mooring pins than you need so you have spares and a spare mooring hammer as iv left a mooring on a really bad stressful day left my pins behind by mistake but because I had spares it wasn't the big issue it should have been

Even though it takes up room, I sure like a boat with a proper engine and engine room. Much more in style than pulling up some floor boards to get to the engine. And although the diesel fire stove is not as atmospheric, it sure is convenient. Just seeing all the sailboat people use it ... Enjoy your new boat!!

Hi Nick Enjoying watching ur Vlogs & ur New channel. Can I kindly ask , how much Narrowboating did you do before this & Buying Grey Wagtail. Did you have the Boat built to your specs or purchased secondhand. I think you said you are going to be a leisure Cruiser, not live aboard so very interested in how you plan to go about it, as being Retired myself & thinking of buying a Boat, after a few Hire Holidays, any insight is always welcomed. As a Leisure cruiser I often wonder regards moving from place to place & then mooring Boat in a new location / Marina & then I guess getting back to where started from & getting Car if for example have travelled some distance over a number of weeks. Colin.

Oh it's going to be brilliant. A lovely warm and comfortable boat with plenty of storage. Let the adventures commence!

Thanks for the video Sir, could I ask whats a rough price for a boat of that size please, very nice indeed very clean.

I thought it would be a bit like learning to drive a car, you need lessons and practice? and then when you pass the test your allowed to drive on the road on your own.

Absolutely loved the video, very impressed on how you took on the new challenge. That boat is LONG. Well shot, edited and narrated video, looking forward to the next one. Very relaxing and therapeutic, loved the scenery. Thanks for sharing!

Condensation means corrosion possibility !

I love the day cabin and the engine sounds beautiful, can we have a history of the boat sometime please, great video.

One of the great moments in life 1st buying your 1st boat the 2 nd when u eventually sell it ,😮

When passing an approaching boat, don't be tempted to slow down if you think you may collide. Collisions are rare as each boat is preceded by its own pressure wave which acts as a buffer.

Beautiful boat happy sailing 🎉