Tips For New Boaters: Not Accidentally Killing Yourself, Sinking Or Losing Your Boat!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- New Boaters This one is for you! I have made this for you as there seems to be so many people making simple mistakes and damaging their boat or themselves because of something that could easily have been avoided. Stay safe and boat well.
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Mooring on rivers: it's dead important to realise that river levels go up and down, especially at this time of year. My neighbours boat sunk the other week while we were both away due to the mooring ropes being too tight, I had a lucky escape but all a tad too close for comfort
this is a great point! i have pinned it for every one to see.
Harry Smith my moorings are on a river thankfully on pontoons that rise and fall s
If you're worried about rising water (as you should) when moored you can hang weights on the lines to allow for the rise.We do it in tidal areas all the time.You run one line forwards from the bow,another from the stern away from the boat and a spring line from amidship.The weights required vary by the boat but they will keep you against the bank.Plastic coated gym weights are perfect as the line runs through the bar hole and if moored this way for long times you should add chafing protection to where the weight hangs.
Excellent tips, especially the rope-knotting in locks. Also, headache is another sign of CO poisoning.
thanks david you rule!
also, turning red!
CruisingTheCut --- David, I am happy that you understand all of this. To me, it is all Greek. Oh, the joy of narrowboating vicariously.
Carefully check for leaks in the engine exhaust system (carbon monoxide), and ensure any exhaust pipes which don't also carry water are adequately lagged with asbestos or the modern fiberglass equivalent.
Saving people from them selves is never depressing. Great tips.
thanks dude! I felt a bit of a nag!
Thanks Jasmin. Here's a top tip from a newbie ~ Don't leave your bow doors open when leaving the boat having exited and locked up the rear, as I did over Christmas. Luckily the boat is in a secure marina and a neighbour kindly closed it and kept an eye on it.
Andy B yes that's very important!
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Great tips. It’s not nagging people how to be safe. I knew about the cill but didn’t realise the bow could get wedged in the gate as well
its been quite an issue i think its just certain locks built a funny want that that is an issue!
Always start with a wobble check! A very informative safety message for any new boaters still relaxed after Christmas.
well i dont want to nag!
Good info Jasmin! Being prepared is essential!
Ken Stickles true say :)
some boat prop shafts has a blade next to the prop so if weeds get on the prop the blade in the prop acts like a pair of scissors. But they I believe are sold together as one and the prop shaft is sleeved.
interesting!
Judging by the near empty bottle of rum you had a good xmas😀
its got fairy light in to make a fancy lamp
I know ''tis was recorded some years ago but thanks for the good advice, very informative :)
Great tips there, a well thought out subject.
am super looking forward to doing a video on engine care
depressing would be not hearing your sound advices and have an accident ! I am pleased to have been warned and I don´t even have a boat ! : ))))
rice in tights - brilliant!
looks funny too!
"Dizziness, sleepiness, confusion, nausea", so basically me on a weekday, lol.
I hope not!
Also sounds like a diabetic attack. I'd know I'm type2.
Fantastic video thank you! Lots for me to panic about now lol 😂 x
well its good to panic, it means you know what there is to panic about
I don’t think you mentioned CO alarms. You should have at least one and preferably one in every living or sleeping area. CO can come into your boat if other boats are running engines, heaters or generators near your air vents. I also imagine that slipping off the bow of the boat is a problem due to the strange angles, distances and lack of hand holds. Michael, from Minimallist, certainly managed it as well as getting a shard of metal imbedded in his leg while hammering in a mooring pin. Jono, from Journey with Jono, has also demonstrated that boating can be a dangerous occupation. People may laugh, but if you’re single handed, always wear a life jacket except inside the boat and, importantly, not underneath any other clothing.
Mike Shipp I did mention Co2 alarms very important, slipping from any place is a prob unfortunately!
just a tip from someone that grew up whit boats. you never start your engine before chekking oil on engine and gearbox and coolant on the engine and remember to look under the propellershaft to check for leaks
yes thats what the wobble checks are.
Great video. Very informative. Several years ago I narrowly survived CO poisoning in an industrial accident, a sign I noticed was a metallic taste on the back of my tongue, although CO is colourless and odourless, apparently this is common in these cases.
very interesting !
Thank you very much Jasmin , great tips esp the rope care in locks.
thank you!
I love you very informative videos
Just awesome
I like Woods rum too.
Me too
May I add this to your invaluable tips. Carbon monoxide (CO) is produced by the incomplete combustion (ie. not enough oxygen) by fuels such as propane or coal and it is LETHAL. Complete combustion of these materials produces carbon dioxide (CO2) which will suffocate if not vented properly. Carbon Monoxide is lighter than air and that is why your working CO monitor is mounted high in your cabin.Carbon dioxide is heavier than air (lookup 'black damp') and providing your ventilation system is satisfactory will vent away harmlessly, if not it will SUFFOCATE you.
Happy New Year Jasmin xx Nice heads up I’m off for a wobble Check lol xxxx
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Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year! Thanks for the videos. Very good information on your boating life. I always enjoy when I see a new posting, Peace Bye!
thanks joey!
As someone with very limited cruising experience, thanks for the tips, all helpful info is eagerly sought. Did hear one a few months ago, of which I have no practical experience but it did sound like good sense to me (maybe those with more knowledge will know better than me). When a Narrowboat and a GRP are sharing a lock the Narrow boat should go into the lock first, but when leaving, the GRP should leave the lock first. Simple philosophy that if a mistake is made the GRP hitting the Narrowboat should cause little or no harm to either vessel. If it is the Narrowboat hitting the GRP, even at low speeds, it could possible cut the GRP in two. Even a small Narrowboat , say a 25 ft Springer, will be at least six tonnes and will have a lot of momentum.
very true! also important to not moor into grps
Nice video Jasmin....!
thank you kem!
Happy New Year Jasmin top tips cheers Robi
falling into cold water locks muscles which is why life jackets should be worn even more so x
Great video! Thanks for spending some time on safety. I've watched many narrowboat videos and see very little, if any, mention of the potential for carbon monoxide poisoning. You've provided great info. Carbon monoxide detectors should also be in place and maintained.
I've wondered about falling off as the boat is running? Do any boats have an emergency kill switch or cable that would shut off the engine if the pilot fell off the back? In gymnasiums, this is a common feature on treadmills. I've wondered if such a thing shouldn't be added to narrowboats, especially those with no rear railing.
ours does have an emergency kill switch, many people die falling off the back of their boat still. glad you like the video
:O I wondered. I don't see many people wearing life vests. I know the locks can be very deep but assumed most of the canal was shallow, that one could stand up if they fell in. Is that not correct?
Happy new year thanks for sharing your videos 😎
thanks david bell!
Saffron yo DO look like a sailor in THAT shirt especially with that bottle of EXCELLENT rum in the background. I've never drunk a drink that warmed you up quite like woods.No wonder the navy used to issue it in TOT'S.
My cousin hired a narrow boat for a holiday, many years ago.
They tied up the boat, rather loosely, in a lock.
Unfortunately, the water rushed in, the boat shot forwards, and got stuck in the lock gate😕
It sank😢
Greetings from Claire, Berlin 😘 ✌
its quite common unfortunatly, was your cousin ok?
ThisNarrowboatAdventure
They weren't on board at the time, as they'd apparently climbed out on a ladder and were just waiting on the side for the lock to fill up, and then board again, but instead had to helplessly watch the whole catastrophe taking place 😕😯😐
They gave up on the idea of any further narrow boating holidays 😁
I think the idea is you open the padles slowly to avoid a big rush of water, then hold the boat in place with the centre line to avoid just that scenario, so it isnt the boats fault its your cousins fault! Lets be honest
PS
Just watched to the end, and, unfortunately, you described exactly what happened to them😕
Hope that your season in Gravesend was a success 😊
😙 😙
it was! im hoping we can maybe do it again next year
Happy Newyear, Jasmin godt nytår
thank you! you too!
At 8:00 you tied what we call a Jasmin Hitch. That's like the most important part of the video! Except at 6:53 you said "...if LIGHTS start coming on...." then a light immediately came on! Jasmin, are you ok? Happy New Year Robbie too.
I honestly don't know what a wobble test is, the shaft gland?
hahaha! wobble cheacks czcams.com/video/kiOLhYFPpXg/video.html&t
@@ThisNarrowboatAdventure thanks, i watched it! Glad i got to see Karma Chameleon while i had the chance too. Saw Boy George at Santa Barbara County Bowl. (Your video at the island)
I’m sure I saw you in 1 out of the 3 tops at London Boat Show during the Sailing La Vagabonde Legends slot :-)
yes you did why didnt you say hi!
If you drink that much Rum you are going to pass the wobble check. No just watch a lot of narrowboat videos. There is a lot of great videos from all the youtubers. Safety First!
good vlog safety very important i'm new to boating what is an honesty hatch?
love your style, please tell me, where do you originate on the (UK) island? I had London parents, but born in Somerset (Bath) you seem to have a mixed accent, but with some west of England in there.Keep enjoying what you do. :-)
I grew up in the fens of east anglia, and lived in london now almost 10 yars
Good tips nice one
Do narrow boats have ceiling extractor fans, like on a campervans, to help combat condensation?
ours doesnt, i think some might, we just have drafty windows haha :)
Hi Jasmine. Actually your lock bollard system is exactly the wrong way round. The line going to the boat should always come from underneath and the one going to you from the top. What you described is called a riding turn and with the boat going down can lock and leave the boat hanging. As you say yourself it is easy to pull up on the line and lock the line but if you do it may almost instantly become impossible to free the line again as the top turn is now firmly gripping the bottom one.
Apart from that great video as always and I love seeing your happy face.
I am not sure you understood what i was trying to explain , no knot in involved and would just stand with the rope and ajust as nessasary.
Gillywild is correct. If you pulled up the line and locked it on a descending boat the entire weight of the boat would then be pinning the turn. Riding turns are sometimes intentionally incorporated as components in knots such as the strangle or constrictor and sometimes inadvertently created on a winch - which immediately produces a jam and (in my case anyway) copious amounts of profanity.
Jasmin's hitch can't jam. ONE turn on the bollard can't override. Please watch her description again, she is correct, and she warned against having more turn, which would be very dangerous.
Thank you.
thank you!
Why don’t people were lanyards attaches to their wrists attached to the keys so if you fall off the engine cuts out so the boat does not continue on down the canal which may risk a crash or risk getting sucked into the propeller . Many other people on boats on the sea have lanyards that cut the engine out in the event of a man overboard .
I do not know! i would think the angle would be wrong , our boat ilkey goes in on the left side so it would a right angle i think you would be more likely to break the key hole.
Hi
Great videos as I am new to narrowboats. I have just bought a 70ft ex hireboat in November. Not yet living on board but all the videos help loads. Can we have a bit more about heating (fitting in a stove) and your electrical system. Do you have 12v DC or 230v AC?
12v from solar, I would recomend bimble solar!
Reminds me of my Scout narrow boat course. "Don't fall in or you'll die, don't run or you'll die, don't mess around by locks or you'll die, wash your hand's lots or you'll die, light the match before switching on the gas or you'll die...
Whats an 'Honesty hatch'?v 6:14
its a hole in the floor thet lets you see the bottom steel to check for leaks
during the winters over there and your boat sits for a couple days or a week, doesnt the cold seize up the engine. how cold does it get where your at? just thinking out loud i guess, im from Minnesota and during the winters here i have to drain out the gas from my jetskis every year so it doesnt freeze and seize up, also it's like 15 below wind shield here to so ya
Great video girl. ATB for 2018
thank you!
dont eat the or use the yellowish snow around the boat,
we didnt he had read alot about it!
How can one prevent boat alien abductions?
With Woods rum. I think Jasmin has that one covered.
Ohh! Now it all makes sense.
the woods in they favorite rum you just have to get them bladders at the boat they they never want to leave problem solved
Thanks for the advice! I'll be sure to stock up.
Help i cant swim so what do i do if i fall in the water should i always wear a life jacket .
depends where you are offten its not deep enought you would need to swim but the banks are hgh and that can make it hard to get out. but i mean whats you plan for falling into water generally?
Well we are looking for a boat just for pleasure something small a small narrow boat or a cruiser .Have you cruised up the river stort in Hertfordshire its a beautiful winding river has a great pub at Harlow mill beef eater
not yet maybe this spring! my dad wants one for fun , I think its a lot of work in up keep for something for fun hahah !
it beats listening to the wife nagging in my ear lol.
The same amount of carbon monoxide is generated whether you are cooking a turkey for 3 hours with the oven door closed or opening the oven door to heat the boat for 3 hours:)
dude this is such a dangerous comment I know people who have gotten carbon monoxide poisining this way dont add to the problem
ThisNarrowboatAdventure Kindly explain how more co is produced by the same amount of gas burning in an oven with the door open and with it closed. Think of it as a chemistry experiment 2 x gas plus 3 y oxygen gives 1z of co. Does your co alarm go off when you are cooking? If it doesn't then it wont if the gas is on for heating the boats interior rather than food or water, after all the stove and the gas have no idea what you are heating, food or air. What the people you know who suffered from co poisoning did was run a stove that was not maintained properly and therefore did not burn the gas properly there bye creating an over excess of co instead of co2 due to incomplete combustion of the fuel gas.
so I left the wtove on and went to work by accsident ( I had the flu and couldnt really think strait) latter that day i got a call from a friend that it was going off and rushed home. the reader got up tp 530 over 100 is a leathal level.
ThisNarrowboatAdventure Then please please please have your stove checked by a competent technician. There is something wrong with it. Calor gas when burnt should NOT make dangerous quantities of CO unless the gas is not combusting completely. See my earlier post re open and closed ovens, if it cooks a turkey for 3 hours safely with the door closed it will heat the boat safely for 3 hours. Calor gas when burnt with sufficient oxygen produces H2O and CO2 (more oxygen is available to the burners with the doors open) if there is something wrong with your stove and not enough oxygen is available to the burner ( wrong jets or piping/jets clogged by filth due to poor cleaning) then H2O CO and CO2 is produced. This is very dangerous.
Just another point, excess CO2 will also kill you but unlike CO you will notice yourself suffocating - the atmosphere will appear to be very "stuffy" or you will feel as if you are drowning or breathless if you are awake and will therefore take action. CO is dangerous because it binds to the blood cells that carry oxygen to the body's organs in the same way as O2 so you don't notice yourself suffocating until you're dead
This is the scariest youtube vid I've ever seen....gulp!
hahah you are not looking hard enough , havent you watched any of the news channels!?
Please tell me you didn't say "use rice" to suck up the water?
rice in tights is a good way to get water out of a place you dont want it.
@@ThisNarrowboatAdventure Rice in not a desiccant, it's a food!! I see the damage rice does during my day job all the time. You are just propagating an internet myth.
I also will get some "Carbon monoxide detectors"
Did I say the wrong one?
Please see:
www.boatsafetyscheme.org/stay-safe/carbon-monoxide-(co)/co-alarms-save-lives/
www.boatsafetyscheme.org/media/264586/CoGDEM-CO-alarms-List-Feb-2015.pdf
6:15 "Honesty hatch"
I've not heard the term before, could you tell me what it means please. Thanks. (I'm just a gongoozler)
its a hole in the floor you can see down to the metal on the bottom of the boat to look for water down there!
OK, Many Thanks for replying 😃👍
You should buy a carbon monoxide detector they are not expensive
I have two, Its part of bss.
With that big bottle of Rum, they must be Pirates! The other boaters be warned.
it has fairy lights in and is a lamp now!
I'm sorry, I didn't pay much attention because I was fascinated trying to work out how much rum was left in the bottle behind you.
no rum , has fairy lights in now its a fancy lamp
How long have you lived on the canal system
just over two years now!
Erm erm erm erm
Cup of tea please
hear you are **hands cup of tea**
Tea served at 1:10
What if you fall in and can't swim.😂
depends where you are most places in canals you can stand up.
Get a CO2 alarm
I have two thank you!
Discolored lips and under your nails.
what is the comment in refernce to ?
Have you seen anyone in wheelchairs on the canal
yes!