Should we buy a canal boat (even if we keep running aground)? | Ep 387
Sailboat vs narrowboat! In the half light between selling our boat and starting a new adventure, Liz is on SY Esper in Malaysia and Jamie is in the UK. While there he decides to take up YOUR suggestion to live on a canal boat for a week.
"Can't be harder than living on a sailboat," he thought.
We've never run aground on our sailboat...
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00:00 You told us to buy a narrowboat!
00:26 Cambridgeshire waterways
00:53 Is this a precursor to us buying a narrowboat?
01:23 Narrowboat holiday, Birmingham, 1986
02:08 Sailing and narrowboats are the same?
02:36 The River Great Ouse and the Fens
03:48 Narrowboat charter company Bridge Boatyard, Ely
04:56 Ely Cathedral
06:01 Our passage up the River Great Ouse
07:06 River erosion
08:50 Denver Sluice
11:27 The Relief Channel
11:49 Downham Market
12:03 The Canal and River Trust (CRT)
13:09 The Little Ouse
15:15 RSPB Lakenheath
18:39 Inside this narrowboat
20:12 RUNNING AGROUND at Brandon Lock
24:48 An expert runs aground three times
31:55 Little Ouse
33:33 The River Lark and Prickwillow
35:13 Narrowboat vs Widebeam
36:28 The Old West River
38:25 About pump stations and fenlands
40:29 Slowing down for kingfishers
41:49 Could we live on a narrowboat?
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🎞️ HOW TO BUY A BOAT Pt 1
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🎞️ HOW TO BUY A BOAT Pt2
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🎞️ 5 REASONS NOT TO BUY A SAILBOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54AUkmuEuYQ
🎞️ HOW WE STARTED SAILING
https://youtu.be/lIUB0O5bqRI
🎞️ 5 REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A SAILBOAT
https://youtu.be/NF4dvGuEip8
🎞️ HOW MUCH TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
https://youtu.be/p35rfFOTqio
🎞️ ARE YOU TOO OLD TO SAIL?
https://youtu.be/iivHjZYJHCc
🎞️ THE BEST SAILBOAT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
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🎣 How to catch fish on a sailboat | Sailing & Fishing Ep 264
https://youtu.be/4x3KDBDBUyE
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Sailboat vs narrowboat! In the half light between selling our boat and starting a new adventure, Liz is on SY Esper in Malaysia and Jamie is in the UK. While there he decides to take up YOUR suggestion to live on a canal boat for a week.
“Can’t be harder than living on a sailboat,” he thought.
We’ve never run aground on our sailboat…
🛥️Narrowboat hire from Bridge Boatyard, Ely
https://www.bridgeboatyard.com/
00:00 You told us to buy a narrowboat!
00:26 Cambridgeshire waterways
00:53 Is this a precursor to us buying a narrowboat?
01:23 Narrowboat holiday, Birmingham, 1986
02:08 Sailing and narrowboats are the same?
02:36 The River Great Ouse and the Fens
03:48 Narrowboat charter company Bridge Boatyard, Ely
04:56 Ely Cathedral
06:01 Our passage up the River Great Ouse
07:06 River erosion
08:50 Denver Sluice
11:27 The Relief Channel
11:49 Downham Market
12:03 The Canal and River Trust (CRT)
13:09 The Little Ouse
15:15 RSPB Lakenheath
18:39 Inside this narrowboat
20:12 RUNNING AGROUND at Brandon Lock
24:48 An expert runs aground three times
31:55 Little Ouse
33:33 The River Lark and Prickwillow
35:13 Narrowboat vs Widebeam
36:28 The Old West River
38:25 About pump stations and fenlands
40:29 Slowing down for kingfishers
41:49 Could we live on a narrowboat?
💰 You can support our photography and videography – https://followtheboat.com/pub/
Thank you for watching! Please COMMENT, LIKE and SUBSCRIBE, it helps us get noticed.
Peace and fair winds!
Liz and Jamie
💬 Join us on DISCORD – https://discord.gg/WGtsJubdkE
💡 USEFUL EPISODES:
🎞️ HOW TO BUY A BOAT Pt 1
🎞️ HOW TO BUY A BOAT Pt2
🎞️ 5 REASONS NOT TO BUY A SAILBOAT
🎞️ HOW WE STARTED SAILING
🎞️ 5 REASONS YOU SHOULD BUY A SAILBOAT
🎞️ HOW MUCH TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
🎞️ ARE YOU TOO OLD TO SAIL?
🎞️ THE BEST SAILBOAT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD?
🎣 How to catch fish on a sailboat | Sailing & Fishing Ep 264
USEFUL PLAYLISTS:
🎬TOTAL REFIT SERIES
🎬VIDEO PODCASTS
🛒 FTB MERCH
https://followtheboat.com/shop
😊 LET’S CONNECT!
FB – https://www.facebook.com/followtheboat/
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/followtheboat/
Discord – https://discord.gg/WGtsJubdkE
🎹 All Music from Epidemic Sound
https://www.epidemicsound.com/
@epidemicsound
⛵ OUR SAILBOAT
SY Esper is a 1989 Oyster435 cutter-rigged ketch
@oysteryachts
🗺️ LOCATION
River Great Ouse, Ely – 52°23’44.3″N 0°16’13.6″E
📡 FOLLOW US IN REAL-TIME WITH AIS
*http://www.marinetraffic.com
MMSI – 235026188
#narrowboat #canalboat #narrowboatlife
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