We Answer Your Narrowboat Questions
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- This week we sat down on our narrowboat for a Q&A to answer all of your most asked narrowboat questions. ⛵️
From how much we paid for our narrowboat (before and after refurb), to the costs of living on a narrowboat, and most importantly how we shower. ⛵️💵🚿
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Hope this answers all of your questions! ⛵️ Check out our other narrowboat vlogs here: czcams.com/play/PLbTGoy-q-M3-QLIjGuBpwmqgz6Y75UwoE.html
Just found your delightful channel and it’s a breath of fresh air during these strange times. Live in Michigan USA, no narrowboats here, so I have enjoyed the insight into your lifestyle. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.
Ah thanks so much, that's so good to hear. Welcome aboard! 🙌🏼
It's so nice to see all this! I'm currently fixing an old boat to live on it with my boyfriend in the Netherlands and it motivates me to see how happy you two are!!
Aww this makes us so happy to hear! Thanks Manon, and best of luck with everything. We're sure you'll love it! 💛
Loved this very informative Q & A video. I loved the honesty and openness of it, you really are so comfortable and at ease with each other. Lovely hearing the comment that you've been glued to each other from the start. I bet there hasn't been many days that you've been apart. So much valuable info about the cost of a boat and how much it takes to run. Just need to get those repairs done when you can. I'm compiling some questions that I'll throw your way in the next few days. I'll try to keep them shorter than my usual comments but once again I can't promise that. Best Wishes to both of you.
Haha thanks as always for all the support and kind words Graham. Definitely haven't left each others side for many days since meeting and yes can't wait to get the engine fixed and hopefully get out cruising this summer!
Lovely couple.
You guys look so comfortable together.
You bring back memories of when we first married.
Enjoy your travels.
Stay safe and healthy.
What a lovely comment, thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing.
Totally enjoy your vlog.
Great to have parents close.
Thanks for watching, and agreed they can be saviours at times! 🙌🏼
This was so positive to watch! 🥰
Aww love to hear this! Thank you! 🙌🏼
Hey I just recently found your channel and love it! You both remind me of me and my boyfriend so much and we are currently saving for a narrowboat to live on, thanks for making these vids they are very informative and I'm really enjoying them ^-^
Ah love to hear it guys! Thanks a lot and best of luck with the narrowboat journey!
Glad you guys mentioned the thing about motion sickness never would have though if that before! And how boat life makes you focus on consciously living, definitely more people should live like that anyways. Stay golden and hope you guys make it to Canada one day 🥰
Aw glad you loved the video Kira! Thanks so much and definitely aiming to visit Canada soon! Maybe not in the boat though 😅🙌🏼
Fantastic! I’m taking my house equity and buying a good boat next year to live on. This video and others I’ve watched has certainly made my mind up, thank you.
Ah love to hear this! Glad it was helpful! Best of luck with the narrowboat move!
After discovering you two, we’re just catching up with some of your vlogs. This one caught our eye as we have hired a number of narrowboats in the past. We love the life but never moved to a live-aboard.
I discovered some old cine film from xx years ago got it digitised and uploaded but I don’t think things have changed that much over the years. Nice you showing what goes where and how much it costs. Keep up the great info
Awesome, welcome aboard! Living on a narrowboat is certainly not for everyone but we love it for being so rewarding! It probably hasn't changed a lot haha thanks for the support!
both of you are such inspirations
That's awesome to hear, thanks Sam!
Really enjoyed this video... you guys are great.
Thanks so much!
First time viewer from Portland, Oregon. Looks great!
Thanks for watching!
Abs fab!!! Take care guys, you are such a source of inspiration...
Thanks so much Francois! 🙌🏼
Thanks for the information. Very entertaining.
Thanks Archie! Glad you enjoyed it!
A very succinct and positive vlog. You're obviously very good at what you do as the video quality is very good therefore have obviously got the right equipment for your work. Stay Safe.
Ah thanks so much Valerie! Really this comment means a lot. We're very new to the CZcams scene but love documenting things so having a bit of fun with it all! 🙌🏼
You're a real cool couple so glad I discovered your vlog
Thank you!! 😊
Love ❤️ to go on a boat on the Norfolk broads it’s so tranquil and peaceful and you see some lovely country pubs it’s nice to eat out occasionally in a country pub but it’s also nice to cook you have a lovely narrowboat a good video thank you
Totally agree! Thanks a lot Gina.
I loved the layout of your boat, you got a great bargain and have done a wonderful job making it a home. Our last boat didn't have a shower and it is amazing how quickly you adapt.
Thanks so much guys! Absolutely agree, it's all about adapting to what you have. 🙌🏼
Love you two (life full of meaning) was talking to someone else at gayton marina and we both said sunday mornings would not be the same without watching you x
Jane Cox Thanks Jane!
Loved the ending
🤣 that awkward ending!
That's so cool! You inspire me to do the same one day!💛
Aw love to hear this, thanks Eva! 🙌🏼 You totally should!
Really good and very interesting thank you. Spot on 🤗
Ah you're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow what a bargain, and what a beautiful little home you’ve turned it into❤️
I know right! Thanks so much guys! 😊
Excellent video, you two come across really well happy smiley people 😁.
Loving the travel videos.
Also not a fan of spiders.. apparently they hate the smell of basil and mint, so maybe a small herb planter on the spider end of the boat will help 😀
Ah thanks a lot James, love to hear this. Haha we'll be straight out to buy every basil/mint plant we can find!
thank you i loved this
You're so welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Guys, that was riveting viewing. I can understand how you relate so well. I think by some of the questions there are people who don't have this sort of close, unified relationship. I think you are like my wife and myself- 'if you ask for one of us, you get both of us'. We share everything and do everything together. Have you done a travel trophy blog yet? We had to make a rule that we didn't buy any souvenirs as we did one long haul every year for 20 years, from Borneo in the east to the amazon rain forest in the west, and countries in between, plus sorties into European countries several times a year. You should see our collection of 100+ elephants. I really must catch up with your travels.
Haha that's brilliant, thanks so much Bernard. And yes that sounds like us, joined at the hip! Sounds like you've been on some adventure! We done a little travel souvenir vlog which you can find here: czcams.com/video/AtLvU7YNSEc/video.html
Would love to live in a narrowboat. We already lived in a camper for almost 2 years so we are used to the size and using propane, etc.. Narrowboat would be a cool experience!
Yesss to simple living! 🙌🏼 Sounds like you would fit in just fine! haha 😍
Very interesting! Sounds like you got a good deal!
Thanks for listening! Definitely a good deal!
If you've ever seen the Caledonian sleeper, the shower situation in the en suites is about the same as your boat. Basically the toilet seat folds down onto a shelf in which you can then use as a shower.
Wow that's crazy, just googled it and seems you're right! haha.
Hi Lauren and Charlie, just found your channel and working my way through all the vlogs. The Q&A session was really informative, especially about the running costs. One question didn't come up, where do you do the laundry? Keep up the good work and stay safe.
Hi! Aww I'm glad you found us. Thanks for watching all through.
And the Laundry... We sometimes use our family's washing machines and then dry it at the laundrette... Or all of it at the laundrette, it depends 😇
Thanks so much and you stay safe too x
You've easily got enough room for a shallow boat shower tray in the area between the toilet and the wardrobe. Sink it in the floor and make a plywood cover for when it's not in use. It's close enough to the water heater to make plumbing in a flexible shower hose an easy task. All you need for the waste is to connect an electric in-line pump via hose to a skin fitting. If you're allowed to run sink water into the marina, you should be allowed to run shower water too. Otherwise, you'd also need to fit a T feed tap to direct the grey water to a small tank that can be emptied elsewhere. A cheap plastic storage box would probably do the job. There are plenty of boat shower trays available online. They are sized from around 600mm square and 150mm deep. If that is too deep, it's possible to custom build your own tray using exterior grade plywood with epoxy sealed joints. Line it with tiles and either fit a waste outlet in the bottom or even on one of the sides.
We live in Cambridgeshire ourselves, have had boats for nearly thirty years and currently have a 33ft motor cruiser on the Gt Ouse. I was a BSS Examiner in Cambridgeshire for eight years and mostly visited moorings on the Rivers Gt Ouse and Cam but I've been to Foxes a few times, including to do the BSS safety checks on a NB my friend's father was fitting out there. Youll probably be like most of us once we get the bug. Springers are very popular, you got yours for an incredible price and are very lucky but if you stick with it, you'll eventually want something bigger with a bathroom and central heating Good luck!
Thanks so much for the tips Derek! You obviously know what you're talking about!
Yep that's the plan, just using this one as a base at the minute but eventually if/when we settle down a little more we'll definitely upgrade to a bigger one!
from Australia, everything is relative, after my wife passed away in 2011 I spent 4 years travelling around the east of this big country in a 13 foot camper trailer for a time with a small dog so a 35 foot boat seems massive to me. i believe that most people tend to have too much unnecessary Stuff and that downsizing can be very liberating, and as for showering etc a very short shower gets the job done, love your blog and will subscribe. you are a very inspiring couple and look forward to more from you. best of luck to you both. I also found that at most camp grounds etc most of the neighbours were in the same boat as it were security has never been a problem and in all the years I have been camping I have never had an issue. the only thing I would require extra would be book shelves as I am an avid reader. can do without a tv. but must have my books.
Love this comment and completely agree. Thanks very much for sharing and subscribing Roy! Hope to make it back over to Australia after this pandemic clears!
E readers a possible solution?
Did you ever see the canal boat tv series with Robbie Cumming, it was great and he has informed me the second series is still going to be filmed after this madness is over. Here's to a tv series of your own. I can see it having you both navigating the waterways, your Worldwide travels and Lauren's cooking, g̶a̶r̶d̶e̶n̶i̶n̶g̶, hairdressing and DIY sections. Best Wishes to both of you.
No we haven't seen that but will have to take a look. Sounds great. Haha maybe one day, we can dream right!
Great vids guys ! Here’s a mad one for you........ Charlie just been speaking to your mum & dad Chip and Lou in March, Cambs Lovely people, I met them about two years ago outside the narrowboat inn near Daventry. Since then I now own my little pride and joy Tig , a 23ft cruiser stern moored just down the river Nene in March. Keep on cruising & stay safe 🤙🏾
Haha hey Andy! Dad just told me this story before I logged on and saw the comment. How random is that. And we love Tig, we always see it moored up when we walk into town! I'm sure we'll bump into you soon on one of our lockdown walks haha. Until then stay safe and thanks for the support! 🤙🏼
In answer to the 2nd question, a good place to look for boats. I’d probably add you’ve got options just like a car I.e private or with a broker. One broker I’d highly recommend is Rugby Boat Sales. They do video walk through of all there boats. Great channel to subscribe too!!
Thanks for the tips!
New subscriber I’d so love to live on a boat, great videos
Welcome aboard! Thanks a lot!
I am a perpetual traveler myself and love the way you found a way to live on this romantic little narrowboat. Thank you so much for your videos. They are really wonderful!
I have a few questions about the expenses that I hope you will have time to answer.
How much does the blacking every 2 years cost? How much do you pay for electricity?
How much money do you use for wood for the wood burner?
Can you moore just during the winter months or do you have to pay for a full year at the time?
If you are sailing part of the year how much does it cost to moore on the go?
One last thing.
Can a narrowboat be rented for a few months to see if you fit into the lifestyle? Where could one find options for renting online?
Thank you for your help in advance. I wish you all the best! :-)
Hey Georg, thanks so much for the support and so funny you should leave this comment! We just recorded a full 'narrowboat costs' vlog that will go live tomorrow at 7pm UK time. Hopefully all of your questions are answered in that!
@@CharliePauly Awesome. I see it. I will have a look.
How can I influence/convince my other half on this kind of life style? I want to spend less on living so I can work less. Keep it up guys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You can do it! Totally worth the switch!
adelaide south australia .. good blog nice answers very in
formative thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Peter!
Interesting video you two are such a lovely couple take care keep safe please,John
Thanks John! Will do!
So fenland!
So recognise that place lovely town.
Haha thanks!
I can't wait to get on the waterways!
We're excited for you! 🙌🏼
@@CharliePauly Its going to be mega!
My friends have lived on one for years & it makes me jealous
Had a house & a mortgage for years to find out that less is more!
Keep up the great content ❤
Hope you're both well and managing to cope ok with the problems.Despite these problems I know you two positive souls will carry on smiling and laughing with the knowledge you've got each other and that's the main thing. I hope you've managed to get appointments to fix the problems as near to June 8th as possible as others may be in the same boat (pun intended) Here's hoping that the Porta Potty isn't the next thing to break down or anything else for that matter. Take care both of you.
Thanks very much Graham, haha we're still holding out over here. Got a 'narrowboat costs' vlog being uploaded tomorrow and definitely fingers crossed the Porta Potti doesn't go!!
@@CharliePaulyNo we don't want to see the Porta Potti replaced by a bucket😁 Glad your holding out ok. I'm very much looking forward to the new vlog tomorrow. Take care
Good video very interesting.
Thanks very much!
Great QandA I'd love to live on a boat in a Marina but it might be too hard as I'm in my 50s and cant do cold also I dont think Cumbria has a lot of canals
Thanks again Christine, yes it can be cold in the winter!
Have you had any experience of going through locks yourselves when you were on Charlie's parents boat. From bits of your videos and from little I know of the area it looks like a lovely area and it looks like you're moored in the perfect spot. Looking forward to the new vlog later. Take care
We've actually never been through a lock would you believe it! First time for everything, and hopefully it'll be this summer! Thanks as always Graham.
Interesting guys , here full support from a new friend in bali Indonesia 🇮🇩 Nice to meet you both ✌🏻
Terima kasih! Sending lots of love to Bali!
It's great you've made your boat very personal to your travels. But you're missing one thing - a Fenland Burgee. I can arrange for one to be sent to you if you'd like to fly it.
Ah thanks very much Mark! Oh we hadn't of that before, will have to check it out.
For falling into the river/canal: there are those that have and those that will!
🤣 Ain't that the truth!
Is that town march? Or Whittlesey? Have defo been there before, I’m just in Peterbough. How strange iv come across your awesome channel, Rad channel guys! Love it
Haha small world we're from Peterborough but now the boat is based in March.
@@CharliePauly How random. I’m loving your channel and catching up on all the vids, randomly found you researching shepherds huts . Super inspiring and full of laughs. Great work guys and Godspeed!! nd Also you didn’t by any change go to school in Orton did you? Cus you guys look super familiar too
Great answers thoroughly enjoy your enthusiasm. I wonder how you manage financially are you able to save or do you have to live week to week?
Thanks Helly! Yes we work online and manage to save money living this way.
Hope you're enjoying the lovely weather. You've got a fan you say you put on to cool the boat but does the boat cool down much at night or is it like a kiln that takes a long time to cool down. I've got a very very tiny Park Home, they don't make them smaller than mine, and that stays very hot at night in the summer. Do you ever spray the outside of the boat with the hosepipe to try and cool it down. Take care both of you
It's actually not too bad in the evenings, once the sun goes down with the windows open it's cool enough. Which is surprising because it gets ridiculously hot in the day time.
That would be an amazing way to raise a child! Constant travel. Lots of learning. I wouldve loved it. I dont think I could live without the heavy air conditioner tho. Lol.
Haha agreed! Thanks so much!
well i really liked your company, ive a 38ft old springer best wishes to you lovely peoplex
Ah thanks so much! Best of luck with your springer too! x
Don't worry I'm not watching your Vlogs on a continuous loop, I am keeping a bit of sanity. Apologies for a daft, waste of your time question that I should've asked at the time. In your lovely VE day Vlog there was the Shetland Pony 🐴 in the tiny back garden, was it there for many days. Take care
Haha you can watch them on a loop if you wish Graham! Yes the old lady that owns the pony brings it from a farm to her small garden around the same time every year to 'mow' her grass haha.
@@CharliePauly Thanks for that. Perhaps you should buy a Shetland Pony to hire out, nice little earner. Good luck having it live on the boat though
Great frog I got another question for you. Whereabouts in the world are you based and what marina is it. I'd love to see you cruising the cut soon that would make for great flogs
Thanks very much Dave! We're in March just off the River Nene. Hopefully this summer we'll be out cruising once lockdown is cleared!
You're both really lovely! I just discovered your channel and enjoyed a few of your videos... very inspiring and your positive energy is just what it's needed during these strange times! I wonder whether we could collaborate, you mentioned writing content for brands... what's the best way to contact you? Thanks and best wishes for the future. David
Thanks very much David! Love that you're enjoying the vlogs! It's more photography work that we produce for brands however feel free to contact us using the email button on our 'about' page!
Have you ever experienced flooding from the River Nene. Where I live near Tewkesbury/Upton on Severn it was very badly hit by constant flooding caused by the wet weather during the Winter. It gets affected most years but the end of last year and the beginning of this year was particularly bad. Take care
Funny you should say that Graham, end of last year we woke up with our boat tilted completely to one side due to flooding. The ropes had been tied too tightly forcing the boat over haha. Apart from that we've been ok though!
@@CharliePauly Glad you were both ok., that must have been surreal waking up to that. Good job your Porta Potti is where it is or it may well have emptied itself. It couldn't have been easy to get out of the boat with it on its side and lucky the electrics are plugged in high up and more importantly Lauren's aeroplane didn't get broken. Take care both of you
Great video! Do you know if you can power a boat from the mains if you don't have a permanent mooring? (If you were there for 2 weeks for example)? Thanks!
Hey thanks a lot, and yes you can just pay for a week or two week mooring at most marinas. Maybe a good idea to call ahead in advance to make sure there's space!
Charlie Pauly Thanks! We’re considering the boat life but looking at continuous cruising before settling. We’re going in blind though and trying to learn everything!
How is the Avocado progressing, does it need potting into compost yet. Have you tried growing the spring onions again. Take care both of you
Haha we've given up on the spring onions, however the avocado is coming along great! Will have to do an update in the next vlog!
I have good news & i have bad news. Good news, based on 1st impressions, you two were made for each other, both nodding in agreement at the same time to questions, smiling at the same questions etc. The bad news, on days when you are angry at one another, too bad, you were made for each other lolol. (oh yeah, Thomas stole the show on the sleepover post)
Haha absolutely love this, thanks so much! And totally agree on everything. 🙌🏼
Hi, love the videos. How is the sound insulation? Can you hear your neighbour's talking 🤐 or snoring etc? 😴
Thanks so much! No once inside with the doors/windows closed you can't hear a thing!
Thanks for the video. If you want a giggle revisit the video and note you said the bed makes up into a table. Know what you ment however how did that get past the editing. Cheers.
Thanks for watching! Not quite sure what you mean though. The bed does make up into a table.
@@CharliePauly yeah l see that now, this was the first video l had seen from you. (Suppose l am too used to hearing that the diner makes up into a bed and not the other way round). Cheers
Good vid .what made u buy a small boat like yours as I am thinking about getting a boat my self
Thanks so much! For us we travel a lot so just wanted a small base/cheap base in the UK and a narrowboat seemed perfect! 🙌🏼
Lauren you are effortlessly stylish! Would you to a wardrobe and make up routine?
Aw thank you so much, maybe one day!
Living on a river , how do you deal with mosquitos in the summer? I hate them and wonder if that is an issue for you. Ty
Good question, although we're tucked away a little from the main river and don't seem to get any issues with mosquitos!
Hey, just discovered your channel and loved the video!
I'm just curious how you do you wash your clothes? do you travel to a local laundrette or is there on site facilities like the showers? Thanks
Thanks so much Jamie. Yes we either wash our clothes at our parents or use the laundrette in town. There is also an on site washing machine and dryer I believe but we've never used it.
What was that link for a soft bed? Something like may.com? (But not that.) Thanks.
Yes MADE.com a great option for small pull out sofa beds!
Eek! "Black water" if from your toilet. The waste from your sink /shower is "grey water".
I can't even remember what was said, but I'm guessing you made sense of it.
I have a question for Lauren.
Do you think you would be able to live, enjoy and manage to do all tasks on boat by yourself?
Just asking for a single girl point of wiew.
Yes definitely, everything is easily manageable. Just maybe the lack of knowledge in the beginning. The toughest parts are emptying the toilet, changing the gas bottles and lighting the fire.
Great vid :) Are you members of any boat clubs?
Thanks very much! Not we're not actually. Never thought to join them.
@@CharliePauly The middle level watermans club needs more younger members
Hi we have a boat as well moored on the little Ouse we know a lot of boaters in the marina just wondered if we know you mum and dad our boat is called Musbee Dreaming like you blogs
Ah thanks very much! They're on the Nene in a boat called Bermondsey Boy if you ever see them! 🙌🏼
Hey! I'm sorry if you answered this already but did you get a mortgage to buy this boat ? I'd like to buy a widebeam boat but I'm not sure how mortgages for boats work :)
Hey! We bought ours outright so not sure how mortgages work. I think it’s more like a car when you can buy on finance?
You are such a beautiful couple,love your channel ,do you meditate or yoga for wellness?
Thanks so much! Neither, we've never got into yoga or meditation.
Fantastic thankyou. Did you mention the licence fee? x
Thanks Jane. Good point. So we don't actually have a license fee in our area (Middle Level) which is why we forgot to mention it. However they're talking about bringing it in soon and it will cost roughly £300/£400 per year to cruise our part of the river.
@@CharliePauly wow much cheaper than crt x
I think you should add Fiona Wright Emma and she is a home school on the boat look for narrow boat girl has done a lot of videos as there are boat cruises and they have 5 dogs on the boat
Thanks Chris, will have to check her out!
Whereabouts are you guys, which town is that you can walk to ?
We're on the River Nene in March.
Can you rent a narrowboat monthly on a mooring? Would love to try it
Most marinas have hire boats available for a month yes, probably the best option to see how you like it.
@@CharliePauly wow, thanks for the reply!
I HATE Spiders. Do you get them inside or just outside on deck?
Lauren knows the feeling! We mainly get them outside, but the odd one does sneak in!
Do you have to pay for cruising licence if youre moored?
Yes, unfortunately if your boat is in the water you have to pay for a river license. Even if you don't plan on moving it anywhere.
@@CharliePauly Great, thanks! That's one thing that I couldn't wrap my head around with being stationed in a marina- if you'd need the cruising licence or not :)
Why dont you try Tiktok though? Or share some if you do have? Hehe😂
Haha we may try Tiktok soon! 🙌🏼
Where is your boat moored?
In March, Cambridgeshire.
Thetford cassette toilet might be easier.
We looked at those but they didn't quite work with our door situation.
Do you earn your living working from the boat?
Yes, we work online through our Instagram and travel blog.
Very interesting. Just for us Americans, talk a bit slower so we (I) can understand what you are saying! I have subscribed!
Noted, thanks very much Sue!
Have you seen Emma's CZcams videos yet but her comments are off but you can comment on her Facebook and Twitter and Instagram but her face book is in her mums name
No haven't seen her yet Chris, will take a look when we get the time.
Can you buy a boat to let?
Good question, not sure if that's a thing in the UK.
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What about an address for driving licence etc ?
The marina have actually just recently taken our post boxes away so we're using a friends address.
You can take the boat out every 4 or 5 years
Thanks for the info.
How old are both of you?
Lauren's 26 and I'm 29.
wow......you payed £6000 for your boat i love your boat i hope i can get something similar and at a reasonable price
Haha yes we got a real bargain. Fingers crossed for you too though Mike, I'm sure there's a perfect boat out there for you somewhere!
@@CharliePauly :)
Bargain
Haha right!