A Winter Boat Cruise on the Irish Waterways
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2022
- December may not be your first choice when you think about, when to go boating on the Irish waterways. But while it can be cold, and it can be wet, and you will need to wrap up well, it is still another beautiful season in it's own right.
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We’re missing you both are you all right. We loved seeing you on your boat 🚤 hope your well Harry and Marion all for now.Hope to see you soon.GodBless.🌈🌈🌈☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀☘️☘️☘️☘️
Hi Diane, and thanks for asking. Yes we're doing fine. We haven't made a video in a while, but we hope to have one shortly. Thing is we set out to show off the Irish Waterways and we feel that we have largely achieved that. Next step will be to show the Royal canal, grand canal and the River Barrow 🤞🤞🤞
H&M
Glad you are both ok. Looking forward to seeing you in a new video soon. Xx
A real trifecta of boating. Har, Mar and Tony,
😀 Ah Tony is an exceptional guy 👍
Hope you're all well we miss the videos 👍
Hi Nulty, thank you for asking
Yes we're both well, just busy with other projects at the moment. Hopefully we'll have a video about the Royal canal soon. H&M
Fair play to you two, great seeing a boat out at this time of year!
Ta for that 👍
Great to see you both again. despite it being winter the canal & river still look fantastic. Hope your Christmas was good & a Happy New Year to you both, stay safe
Cheers Philip, yes we really enjoyed Christmas, nice break. Wishing you a very happy 2022. H&M
Thanks for sharing your trip, folks. Think I need a cuppa to warm up after that!
Ta David, had about ten cups myself!!
Absolutely fantastic videos .
Thanks Harry and Marian.
Thanks for that, we love making them.
H&M
Hey guys! How are yous doing? When the next video coming out? Can't wait!
Hi Connor, Thanks for your comment, we've been very busy lately, but hope to have more videos out soon👍
Great video Harry and Marion. Love it and looking forward to meeting ye soon on the river 😀
Thanks KC, we'll have the kettle on😀👍
Folks living near those Shannon-Erne locks must be driven DEMENTED by the health and safety siren!!
Lovely video as always folks, hope ye had a lovely Christmas and New Years
Thanks Anto, ye those sirens are a bit OTT. And they can spoil what is otherwise a lovely peaceful place. Happy new year to you too. H&M
Happy New Year to you Harry and Marion lovely to see you back on the boat 🛥 hope you are both keeping well looking forward to good things it’s got to get better ❤️🩹 we just love your beautiful channel so we will watch later with a cup of tea will help us after a busy day and relax with the winter nights we can all be hopeful.With best wishes.🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️🧚♂️
Thanks Dianne, glad you enjoy the channel. Enjoy that cups and have a great new year.
H&M
Great to get out and about. Usually there is some maintenance on the locks in winter so it was great to get a good run.i thought we had a decent summer!!!
Ye they closed the locks 2 days after we went through 👍 No you're right it was a grand summer.
Happy New Year Harry and Marion another good blog entertaining and wishing we were on a boat on the shannon. Hope we see you both later
in the year, enjoyed meeting you both last year and thanks for all the cups of tea, it was a good crack. Look after yourselfs and keep floating.
And likewise John👍
I thought that mariners were allowed a pint of rum a day ! Now that would of kept you both warm ! You both braved the elements remarkably well and thank you for sharing !
Oh Frazel you're so right. Wish I'd thought of the Captain Morgan's at the time 👏
I hope Santa was good to you.
Holy God!, as Miley would have said; I had to pause the clip and pull a blanket over me. I've cruised in march and I know how cold it gets.
In fact I rolled ( in an upright stance) off the finger jetty in Portumna harbour in mid march. Straight into the water 🥶.
I never let go the rope, one hand for yourself and one for the ship. My buddy split his sides laughing up at the bow as I climbed up the ladder on the pier end. I had Three Adams apples when I got out!
There's nothing will wake you up like an unexpected swim in icy cold water 😀 I've done it myself, and it never much fun 👍
Hi guy's, joe here, love your blogs, great to see ye back on the water, new to all this, my wife and i bought our first boat a few months ago a Broom 30 skipper and your video's are a great way of learning about the shannon waterways. What advice would you give to beginners to help us on our merry way. WE are moored in killaloe cheers.👍
Hi Joe and thanks for watching the videos and congratulations on your new investment. Best bit of advice I can give you is not to bring your better half out on the lake if the wind is up. Ladies generally get put off boating if they get a bad experience on rough water. It's important that you both continue to enjoy the water together. 👍
Hope to see you both on the water some day. H&M
Great to see you both. Happy New Year and happy boating
Thanks Raymond, and many happy returns 🙌
i was thinking about this i think ye should do a cruse to coosan point in westmeath
Nice to see you out and about again merry Xmas and happy new year
Cheers David and many happy returns.
No stopping ye two lovely video hope to meet up in 2022
Denise
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Thanks Denise, don't know if we'll get south in 2022, but if you're up this end of the river we'll keep an eye out for you. Hope you have a great season. H&M 👍
Happy New Year to you Harry and Marion, thank you for sharing.
Now looking forward to a great boating season in 2022.
Thanks for that and many happy returns 👍
Best new year wishes to you both, just watched your December 20th vlog, so jealous, our girl is our of the water this winter & it's killing me, can't wait to get back out on the river
Thanks Elsie, new season isn't too far off now, you'll be back boating before you know it 👍. Have a great 2022, H&M
Happy New Year to you both. Five hours on the Shannon/Erne Waterway doesn't seem too bad at all. We are renting from Belturbet in the summer, think we'll head down the Shannon but guessing it takes a lot longer in the summertime. Keep up the great blogs, really enjoy the ones when you go off the beaten path, stay safe.
Many happy returns Larry. It would take about two days to get to Leitrim, but the longer you spend on the trip the better👍 Hope you have a great holiday 🙌 H&M
Happy New year 🥳🥳🍀🍀
Many happy returns Patrick 👍
Happy New year guys.
Many happy returns Lyndsey 👍
Happy new year to you both.looking forward to Carrick in may on my boat from Carrickcraft
Many happy returns Cosso, hope the weather gods are kind to you in May 👍
Was wondering about that lifeboat myself btw...
It was for sale in Westport/Clew Bay for some time. Nice boat👍
Thanks for the update. Brave souls!! Some of the bridges you passed under look a little low. What is the air draft of your boat?
Thanks Robert, with the windscreen still up it's about 3 Mtrs. We can take the windscreen down if necessary which reduces the draft a bit further.
H&M
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog I have a fixed airdraft of a fraction under 3 meters, so it might be tricky to navigate over there. Is there many variations in water depth during the year?
Happy new year to both of you. What's the weather like there in early April? We're going to hire a boat on the Shannon at that time. I'm not sure how cold is going to be.
Many happy returns, it's anyone's guess what the weather will be like. But early spring can often be better than mid summer 🤞 Have a great holiday 🙌
Where have you guys been.
Keep the blog going.
Perhaps a few winter projects.
Cheers Simon, yes will do :-)
Hello both, we've really enjoyed your videos. About 18 months ago we rented a boat from the Carrick Craft people in Bellanaleck (one of their largest ones), and cruised down as far as Leitrim. It was mid October and we met very few other boats. We've recently bought a much smaller boat (18 foot Campion Explorer 552) to use locally on the river Bann, and the coast. I watched one of your earlier videos where you mentioned hearing the keel touch bottom, and we are a bit concerned about trying the Shannon/Erne system (we'd trailer it over) in our boat as it has a stern drive. What sort of draft does your boat have, and what's the minimum depth of water you've sailed over on the canal? Do you have any plans to try the Bann/Lough Neagh system for future adventures? Pete & Cathy in Ballymoney.
Hi Pete & Cathy,
Congratulations on the new investment, hope it will give you both many hours of cruising pleasure. We draw a little over a meter. There's usually plenty of depth in the canal for us. I wouldn't rule out any waterways, so you'd never know! Thanks for watching the videos.
H&M
That waterway is nice any time of the year, thanks for sharing. How practical would it be to fit a solid fuel stove in the boat, it would make winter cruising very cosy? I wonder what's the story with the decommissioned lifeboat?
We have diesel heating onboard whii made a bit of a difference. No idea how the life boat ended up there 🙌
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog i have a diesel heater as well, wheres the on switch? I have no idea how to operate it. There is a thermostat looking thing, but i think its broke to be honest.
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog Me and stoves.....I may be watching too many narrowboat vlogs.....🤣🤣
I think that lifeboat may be Spirit. It was the prototype for the Mersey Class Lifeboat and was never in service. Over 10 years ago it was in private ownership in Sligo and operated angling charter etc, it was later based in Westport. As usual I stand to be corrected on this. I must stop for a look the next time I'm on that road.
Just wondering how your inverter / charger is working out for you now a year on ?
Hi Peter, the inverter part is great, to be honest we really don't use the charger function, the solar panels suffice👍
How much was your boat I'm talking of living on one any help would be nice thanks
Have a look at apollduck.ie it's the best place to see what you'd get for your buck🤞