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Background to boat buying , Canal , Narrowboat

Moving the Boat – Days 2 & 3

by Kay February 20, 2018 7 Comments

Still moving! As Day 1 of moving ebbed away we both fell asleep quickly, despite the speeding trains passing close by on the West Coast Mainline. Although the trains did little to disturb me, I was woken in the night by Willy clambering around the boat. He was desperately removing hatches and doors, trying […]

Background to boat buying , Canal , Narrowboat

Moving the Boat – Day 1

by Kay February 15, 2018 10 Comments

Moving: trauma or ecstacy?! Moving your new boat for the first time, seems, from my limited research, to often be stressful. The new boat owners I have met had boat-moving stories of battery failures, overheating, and struggling with the general vagaries of their new purchase. One couple had blown the entire boat electrics. Others hadn’t […]