Location: your boat (or other dwelling place), doing a power audit The big question for everyone who wants to have a boat is, “how much power do I need?”. This was not a problem back when canal boats were first used, you had a horse to pull the boat, oil to light the lamps and no fridge and no electronic...
Location: under the floor of my boat The last time I was telling you about under the floor of my boat I had taken up the floor and had examined the bottom of the boat. I found that it was not as bad as it could have been considering the bath that had been installed had been leaking for years....
Location: my boat Now, unless you buy a sailaway there is very little chance that you will have seen under the floor of your boat unless there has been a problem. Now I was in that fortunate position until I started to feel that the floor was moving. For those of you who don’t know the story of my boat,...
Location: mooring on the canal system There are three main different types of mooring; the marina, the on-line mooring and being a continuous cruiser. There are some other types of mooring and I will go in to them later on in this post. This is a marina mooring Marina mooring These are the moorings that are most like having a...
Location: on the British canal system Here is a list of my top 10 things about canal boats, just my thoughts, other people may have more to add. 1) Getting closer to nature When on my canal boat I find that I have more time to appreciate nature and the world around me. I see all sorts of waterways life,...
Location: my boat As you know I live on a boat which is on the small side. At only 39 foot long and even less cabin space I have to try to make the best of all that I have. I knew that if I was going to live aboard and travel around the canals then I would need more...
Location: my narrowboat I care about the environment, and knowing how bad they are for the environment it has always bothered me to have a diesel engine running my boat. Also the fact that my engine overheats on the canal if it runs too long does not fill me with confidence for going along rivers. This has made me start...
Location: Inside my boat You know that sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference to how you feel about something. Well something like that happened to me. I was talking to my boss about my lack of cupboard space and the next time we went to B&Q’s he got me some hooks which he then screwed in to...
This page may contain affiliate links, this means that I may receive commissions for the purchases made through links in this post, nevertheless I only recommend products that I trust. Location: my narrowboat Before I start sailing the 7 seas, I mean canals (and all the rest) there are some things that I am going to do to to improve...
I am a member of several affiliate programs including Amazon LLC Associates, the links in this article may contain affiliate links from which I might receive a commission (at no extra cost to you), nevertheless I only recommend products that I like and trust because my readers are more important than a one-off commission. Hi everyone, I’m Fiona, I am...
