The fact that you don't know everything about long boat life makes it more interesting to watch these videos. The viewer is in it with you.

I was planning on being a boater.. the reality of it, from your videos, spared me a costly mistake 🎉😂 I enjoy your content very much. Safe journeys

Not only I am not a boater, I live in the high desert of New Mexico and rarely even see water! Your videos are a breath of fresh air to me.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ahah that’s so interesting!

I have been a boater for 8 years now and admit to have loved every minute, and dont think I have had a stressful time yet. Well other than locks and water level and the weather in winter and etc etc lol well fellow boaters know those issues too well

Never been on a narrow boat in my life, just like watching

Not a boater but I live in the USA so no narrowboats here. Love watching vlogs on the narrow boat lifestyle and since we are traveling to the UK in October, I’m hopeful to at least see some narrowboats in real life. Thanks for taking us along on your travels…both on and off the water.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah I’m sure you’ll see some boats! Thanks for coming with me :)

I'm not a boater myself. I find your videos very interesting and the content is always an eclectic mix never a dull moment. From loosing your ring this week and empty pounds, to an insight into the spiritual world of white witches 🧙‍♀️ Great content.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah thank you so much!

Being a witch you already know a ring will be provided. I recently needed a trolley for my woodland and there was one outside someones house waiting for the scrap man. It needed repair as part of the repair I needed a length of angle iron and a few days later there was the perfect piece of angle iron outside someones house waiting for me. It is a magical world

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

I love this! I certainly have full faith that I will be provided for :)

Hello Laura.. I am a boater, and have lived on my 70ft boat for almost 25 years now.... Best fenders to keep your boat away from the edge are old car wheels (with pumped up tires on them). Some cars have a skinny thin wheel as the spare, and these are ideal, as not so heavy.. Maybe visit a car breakers.. :) two wheels, one each end of the boat, to deploy as you find necessary.... Good luck with everything, and stay safe... :)

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

Hi Laura, ive been living on my boat for 4 years now, im in Derbyshire. If i was closer i would be happy to give you my ring on one knee lol because of working im in a very expensive marina but looking for cheaper moorings. They keep going up so much. I wouldnt mind trying again to be a CC 😊

“Hey you BOY! Come and keep my boat steady and straight!” “ good boy, here’s a penny farthing for you” Nice video format!

not boater sadly but that'd due to the network not been up my end of the woods, but its interesting . All i can say this is buy a two or three rings. One for you to use, another as a back up to yours, and one to lend.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

You’re right I should have a few really!

Laura, it suddenly struck me tonight that you boaters are a funny gang, after all those months you weren´t able to move at all you from time to time voluntarily go into "lock down" every now and then. 😜

I'm a 33 year witch practiced for so long and now MaeMoon? Good tidings and blessings too.

Hi, Laura, had a boat in the 80s. It was a cabin cruiser but built on a 100 year old timber narrow boat hull. It was called Woodruff but we renamed it Wanigan which is Canadian for house boat or caboose

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

I love the name woodruff!! Sweet woodruff is my favourite plant. I saw a cabin cruiser called Woodruff in London recently - could it be the same one? Very unusual name!

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Oh I got excited and didn’t finish reading your whole comment 😂

thnx for all your explanations

Not a boater, just interested as I have a friend who is. You give lots of useful information, thanks for the vlogs and be careful out there 💜

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

My experience of narrow-boating is limited to a succession of family holidays on rental boats. I recall polishing the handle of the tiller with brasso every morning, and going through an incredibly long tunnel that used a traffic light system to prevent boats from meeting in the middle. I remember my dad distracting me when I was either opening or closing one of the lock gates. I let go of the windlass, which wasn't secured. It whipped around and the handle carved a circle into the sunburn on my leg.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ouch! I’m definitely not a brass polisher atm but would love for my brass to be a bit shinier!

Hi ya.... new subscriber here I am a boater currently stuck near Stratford upon Avon. Fixing my leaky gear box...ugh... Still love my boat, though !! Keep up the great content😊

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I hope you come un-stuck soon!!

I’m a boater 👍 xx

I got a boat after watching your channel thank you

I am not a boater, I like your channel because it's a great insight to the lifestyle. Also, I'm in Australia and we don't have canals for this sort of living :)

Always an absolute pleasure watching your vlog 🤩 for the love of god girl be careful !!! You need two life bouy,s on for you and one for the boat 😂 !!! Yes treat yourself to a mooring this winter !!!

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

😊 thank you

Not yet but very soon! We've had our offer accepted on a 54ft narrowboat and are waiting on the results of a survey. She's a project so we will be working on her in-between work commitments. We plan to have weekends and school holidays on her at first but hopefully one day, cruise more. Lovely vlog once more ❤

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Fantastic!! I have everything crossed for you! A project - you’re braver than me! I bet you’ll do an amazing job of it :)

@ou7shined972

10 ай бұрын

Awesome. Good luck

I have a small fiberglass dawncraft dandy and i am heading for the thames from the river wey next week see you all soon 😊❤🎉😅

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Have fun!

I am not a boater but I have sailed yachts across the Channel to France and have raced sailing yachts in the past . I have never seen a lock flood like that before, that is quite scary. I thought it was a brilliant idea to put a lid on the mooring rope to stop the rats and mice hijacking the boat.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Gotta keep the stowaways away

My Mother in Law had a boat for 10 years on the Kennet & Avon which basically means we had a boat for 10 years 🤣. It was 56ft, loved long days on the canals. Stopping for tea... not so much the days when we did 15 locks! She had a permanent mooring which is nice for community and convenience over winter as well as extra security.

Spent 6 years on a NB moored on the River Avon now in bricks and mortar.

l'm a live aboard on my 1st boat since july 2021 spent the 1st year and half in a mariner and since november 2022 l became a CC funny you cover the topic of leaning boats low water levels etc in his vlog l woke this morning to the boat on a lean but lucky not caught on the edge. open the pound above to level to pound below and all is grand love your vlogs keep them coming take care stay safe from me and my pirate dog spud

Love Narrowboats, holidayed on one and loved it. Envious of the lifestyle but won't give up my bricks and mortar to buy one 😂 so I just follow you and a couple of others, love your vlogs, thankyou 😊

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Haha sometimes vicarious boatlife is the best kind!

Not a boater, but considering it at the moment. Enjoyed the vlog and advice given, thank you.

Aquavista is a company under the umbrella of CRT and they now own many marinas on the system.I got a residential mooring at one in the Midlands,the only quibble being was wether I could afford it.I'm a 40 footer and it's £3100 per year....£2000 for the mooring and £1100 approx for Canal n River Licence.With that you get free laundry and showers but your electric is metered through a company called Berthmaster,currrently 60p per KW.I have a computer running non stop and use my air fryer most days and it's about £10 per week.The marina sorts out your poll tax but stipulates you must move mooring twice a year,you just find people to swap with.Also with Aquavista,if any of the other marinas they own,as long as they have space,you can go in any of them for up to 30 nights per year...also you get something called a Moor Card which gives you 10% off anything from their chandlers!.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

I’m very tempted by aquavista they seem very decent!

Not a boater, tho this life is fascinating.

Not a boater but really enjoy your videos, great mixture of content, I live near the Norfolk Broads so occasionally hire a boat on there

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

I am a boater who lives on a 48 ft trawler on the Multnomah Channel on the a channel that runs parallel to the Columbia River. Columbia River divides Oregon State From Washington State. We run into low water in Aug to Oct. and even in high tides we are moored. We do live in a small marina. Love you channel!

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

That’s so interesting! I love learning about boat living around the world - would love to do some unusual boat home travel vids one day!

Not yet still have to get rid of my teenagers but college is looming in September 😅

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

😂

Didn't even realize you had the KZread channel 🙌🙌 will be catching up and following

Great fun video, I hope you get the 🛟 back🦆

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah thank you! I found the boat but not the ring! Off to the marina tomorrow to buy a new one :)

@larsstougaard7097

10 ай бұрын

@@maymoonnarrowboat okay sorry to hear that, have a wonderful week on the channels 😊🙏

Hi, I'm not a boater, but I love following you and a few others as they live their lives on their narrowboats. I wish you luck for finding a winter mooring. (And I hope your new life belt isn't too expensive!)

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Another 'not a boater' here, but with a bit of a 'pipe dream' of maybe owning one as a live-aboard boater one day! I spent a day helping friends moving their narrowboat (Marge the Barge!) many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience! 😊 One day maybe... ☺️

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Haha love “Marge the Barge” - what a great name! I hope you get your dream one day - I NEVER thought I’d be in a position to have my own boat, truly a dream come true!

@PaulB-justme

10 ай бұрын

@maymoonnarrowboat Yes - although they got fed up with the amount of people who would come up and say "Oh, but you DO know that it isn't really a barge but a narrowboat?" 😡 It was about 30 years ago when I last saw Marge though...

Yep i am a boater

2:36 Nice 👍

I am a boater with a Princess yacht in a marina in Spain! I really enjoy your videos keep it up!

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@johncain1401

10 ай бұрын

Yep but even when young and living in the East End (Hackney) I always wanted to take a boat down the canals but never achieved it! Mind you a week ago helped a friend bring his Phantom 50 over from Palma-Mallorca to Las Salinas Spain - 200nm trip running around west coast of Ibiza! I love boats, even though boat stands for Bring Out Another Thousand 😳

Not a boater YET. Hopping to get a boat soon

Not a boater, but seriously considering becoming one!

I’m a boater, but just leisure not a live aboard. The weather has been horrible lately, not good boating weather at all! They say you aren’t a proper boater until you’ve fallen in. I’ve fallen into the river Trent it was very deep, I went right under and didn’t touch the bottom, I managed to scramble ashore so no harm done, but it was quite frightening, I was very worried about creatures in the water that I couldn’t see. Take care Laura. X

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Yes that sounds scary! I’m hoping when I fall in it’s in some shallow water!

I am a boater, a 35' sailboat, on the Chesapeake Bay. (I don't live on the boat.)

New subscriber here! Hello from the Netherlands. I am a professional inland captain and never been stuck on al latch or sill, luckely. I have thought about maybe buying a Narrowboat years ago, also thought about lay outs and what not. Was fun to dive in to, but the reality is, i'll probably never have one. I do hope to drive Victoria in the future. You have her on film somewhere, doing a tug of war. Mykaskin here on KZread is the owner, very nice guy, been subsrcibed to his channel for many years now. Keep up the lovely video's and keep up being lovely.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Oh I didn’t know that Victoria was on YT! The boaty tug of war was very enjoyable. Ah - a professional captain that is so cool!

@EdFrankes

10 ай бұрын

@@maymoonnarrowboat My former ship is on my channel, but i sold her en bought a smaller one, not featured on my channel (yet). Feel free to have a look, might be interesting to see what's on the other side of the pond 😅

It’s always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thank you for all the information you gave us.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

I love the way you dress. Can you do a video on the way you dress or where do you buy your outfit.

Not on a boat (yet) hoping to sell and move once the kids are off to uni... Soon hopefully. Learned a couple of things in this video life ring trick, lids on ropes and importance of closing both gates and paddles, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

Hi Laura I've just moved to a marina because I'm self employed and my tools are in my van so need to be somewhere safe. I'm in Cambridgeshire in an aquavista marina. You can actually spend time in other aquavista marina's check them out online they are a bit pricey but everything is there and it's safe especially if the river floods, also other boaters are so friendly x

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah I’d love to do aquavista - seems like such a good set up bc you can still move around but also get respite!

Not a boater ❤

Our vessel is the SoulM8

As interesting as usual 👍 i spent an autumn week on the norfolk broads and loved it.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Oh fab! I’d love to have a little holiday on the Broads one day

Stumbled on your channel after hiring a boat this week and loving it! Great content and editing, love it.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah thank you so much!! Hope you enjoyed your trip!

Canal walker.

Im not a boater but spent years in the Royal and Merchant navies hence my interest in boats and ships. What i found interesting was the use of rat guards on the mooring ropes, on a large ship that moors away from the quayside or alongside and owing to the size of the vessel the only way to get onboard is up the gangway met by the QM with a baseball bat lol, or up the mooring ropes i can see the point. But on a narrowboat they could just access the vessel as its moored level with the tow path so dont really see how they would work. The one thing ive always thought about is do people living on narrowboats have problems with rats and mice onboard? As for mooring up for the winter even though its dearer i would think a marina would be better as its more secure and you could leave the boat for a few days if need be safe in the knowledge that it is safe and secure.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Haha yeah they could just jump! The best defence is to not leave rubbish on your boat

Not a boater here but I would love to live on a narrowboat but there is no way since I live in the United States

Hi Laura I've got a cabin cruiser in a marina suits me as I can do all the jobs there x

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah fab! I def think a cheeky mooring for a few months would massivly help me get some jobs done!

Soon to be on the cut

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Exciting!

Great Videos Laura ,,, Have a canal question you may be able to answer ,,,, do they ever close portions of the canal and dredge it ?? I have seen in other videos of other canals where they drain a spot and clean it .. I just wonder if they do that in England also ...

@maymoonnarrowboat

9 ай бұрын

They do indeed! There’s usually a lot of closures in winter for maintenance et

I live in the Desert southwest in Texas so no I don't boat. But I came across these narrow boats and became very curious. I'm curious about everything to a fault.

Done with boating 😕 Any particular type of ring you'd like?

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

I’m not fussy at all! I’m going to the chandlery tomorrow to sort myself out with one :)

Hi Laura narrowboaters Rich and Fran floating our boat have just left their moorings dont know if that’s any good

Glamorous Lady. WoW

Not a boater!=)

Not a .boater, but when/if I win Euromillions, I'm off down the nearest brokers!

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Haha yes! I think even if I did have bricks and mortar money I’d stay on the water x

My house is for sale...a boater soon at 60! better late than never. Just out of interest do rats and mice come aboard ? ewwh , i hate rats.

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

Ah fantastic! I’ve never had a mouse problem but it does happen - the kids on the ropes in this video is to keep them away in fact! I once had a rat try to get aboard but he was unsuccessful.

@clownworld4108

10 ай бұрын

@@maymoonnarrowboat , Thank you x

Not a boater. X

I'm not.👍

Now you know, never loan anything to anyone. Not a boater here, the country I live in doesn't even have canals. No idea why I find some of the boater channels interesting.

Not.

Not

We need more stuff, your heart is so cool

Hello Laura how you are you? I hope you're well. I am not a boater but it is a far away dream of mine to be a boater. But I don't know if I will be because I reckon it's harder than what people realize. I couldn't be doing with trying to fix things constantly. 🔧🪛

@maymoonnarrowboat

10 ай бұрын

It’s definitely challenging sometimes - personally I leave the fixing to the professionals!

@markwilliamson9140

10 ай бұрын

@@maymoonnarrowboat that's a good idea. Hope you're well anyway. 😁