i loved Driftwood in the flesh. it was an honor to be on her deck, considering her story of her journeys to marne, shes looking better the older she gets . I adore the 1980s steel, they look so good. they look like a boat. you have driftwood looking great
Great videos! I think I watched them all in one evening. We just got our first boat after years of cruising on hired boats. It’s a small sailboat but we will be on Lough Ree so hopefully one day we will have a chance to say hello in person. Keep up good work and don’t forget to upload more videos to help with January Blues!
Thanks for watching Wojciech and I'm glad you enjoyed them. Congratulations on your new investment, looking forward to meeting you on the river some day 👍
Hi Kevin, thanks for you comment and glad you like the videos. I don't have any docking tips videos. I know exactly what you mean though. Just always pay attention to the wind and the current, decide which will affect the boat the most and try to face the boat into it. So that the wind or current acts as a break. Always go slowly as you can while still maintain steering. Oh and when you see an empty jetty with no one around spend some time practising. Nothing as hard as mooring up with an audience! Hope that's of some help and remember any mooring where no one is seriously injured or killed and the boat remains fit for purpose is a good mooring! H&M
Thank you for sharing your experience, folks. Very helpful. Can I ask what kind of hull you would recommend for a first boat- to be used on lakes, rivers and canals, hopefully. Thank you.
Hi David, I think the most important thing when buying your first boat it to get the best value you can. You probably won't keep your first boat for very long so 'well bought is half sold'. Hi and see loads of boats in your budget so you will know a good bargain when one comes up. Best of luck and hopefully we'll see you on the water soon 👍
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog That's sound advice, thanks. I've heard cathedral Hulls are very steady in the water but some can be blown around if it gets windy. Don't know if you have any experience of those?
I've no experience of them myself, but I hear they are quite stable. I wouldn't think there are too many on the River and choice may be a bit limited.👍
Having a driftwood binge day while drinkn, gonna do bilge cleanup tomarrow hope to see ya up in my area next season, margritas on my boat in the carrick area if yer around, just look for the san grail flying the parrot flag.
Hi Robert, No the only time we kept a boat there was for the few months last year. Have to say it's one of my favorite marinas, and David is a grand, easy going guy.
Great advise from two people with experience and know what they are talking about.
Thanks Paul 👍
H&M
i loved Driftwood in the flesh. it was an honor to be on her deck, considering her story of her journeys to marne, shes looking better the older she gets . I adore the 1980s steel, they look so good. they look like a boat. you have driftwood looking great
Hi Andrew, Thanks for that and hope to meet you on the water again soon.
Great videos! I think I watched them all in one evening. We just got our first boat after years of cruising on hired boats. It’s a small sailboat but we will be on Lough Ree so hopefully one day we will have a chance to say hello in person. Keep up good work and don’t forget to upload more videos to help with January Blues!
Thanks for watching Wojciech and I'm glad you enjoyed them. Congratulations on your new investment, looking forward to meeting you on the river some day 👍
Great advice relevant even today
That was so interesting. We love how you tell a story. And seeing the older photos was great. Have you done a tour of your boat yet?
The Narrowboat Experience Hi ladies and delighted you enjoyed it 😁 A tour of Driftwood is in the pipeline 👍
the insight is great you have learned and passed on knowledge really enjoying these videos thanks for taking the time to do them loved it
That's for that Mike, I'm delighted you found it useful 👍
Brilliant!!! Great honest advice, brilliant 👍🏻
Thanks Amber glad you found it helpful, hope you'll subscribe to our channel to get notifications when we release new videos 👍🏻 Ta H&M
Enjoy the blog. Any videos with docking tips for new boaters?, always so nervous about docking next to other boats
Hi Kevin, thanks for you comment and glad you like the videos. I don't have any docking tips videos. I know exactly what you mean though. Just always pay attention to the wind and the current, decide which will affect the boat the most and try to face the boat into it. So that the wind or current acts as a break. Always go slowly as you can while still maintain steering. Oh and when you see an empty jetty with no one around spend some time practising. Nothing as hard as mooring up with an audience! Hope that's of some help and remember any mooring where no one is seriously injured or killed and the boat remains fit for purpose is a good mooring! H&M
Nice to hear the story of how you traded up to where you are now.
Know what? some of the best times were on that old Ex ships life boat "Trindle" 😀
Thank you for sharing your experience, folks. Very helpful. Can I ask what kind of hull you would recommend for a first boat- to be used on lakes, rivers and canals, hopefully. Thank you.
Hi David, I think the most important thing when buying your first boat it to get the best value you can. You probably won't keep your first boat for very long so 'well bought is half sold'. Hi and see loads of boats in your budget so you will know a good bargain when one comes up. Best of luck and hopefully we'll see you on the water soon 👍
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog That's sound advice, thanks. I've heard cathedral Hulls are very steady in the water but some can be blown around if it gets windy. Don't know if you have any experience of those?
I've no experience of them myself, but I hear they are quite stable. I wouldn't think there are too many on the River and choice may be a bit limited.👍
Good i learn alot here
Hi Rob, thanks for watching 👍 glad your find them useful.
Having a driftwood binge day while drinkn, gonna do bilge cleanup tomarrow hope to see ya up in my area next season, margritas on my boat in the carrick area if yer around, just look for the san grail flying the parrot flag.
Ha, cheers for that, will keep an eye out for that parrot flag 😆
Hi Harry just a quick question of all the old boats u had did u ever docked them at Quivvy because we been at Quivvy since 2003 when it first opened
Hi Robert, No the only time we kept a boat there was for the few months last year. Have to say it's one of my favorite marinas, and David is a grand, easy going guy.
fridges are for BEER -love that
Ye, but it's true ;-)
Hi Harry - is today's uploaded yet ??? looking forward to it....Richie
Hi Richie, Great to hear that you're looking forward to it, and you wont have to wait long. It will go live in the next few minutes. Ta
how do you navigate you passage so accurately
You can buy charts from Waterways Ireland, it's quite easy to navigate and the waterway is well marked.
could you do a bit on chart work and plotting a course on the charts. Maybe one on using a GPS
@@georgewalsh4698 Hi George, Thanks for that and yes that sounds like a good idea. H&M
is a seamaster 30 a good boat
They sure are. We had one for a number of years and loved it. 👍
@@DriftwoodBoatBlog Thanks for your time and love your video’s keep the good work up