In this episode we make our way across central France via the River Marne and it's Canals. we start of in a nice little town called Chateau Thierry and end up in a little place in the Champagne region called Reuil. We have a couple of problems, a tree stuc...
We saw a little dude in need of rescue so we risked our boat and crew to save a life. I think he was grateful. This was on our way from a little place called la ferte sous jouarre (I think) to Chateau Thierry in central northern France. We're making our wa...
In this episode, we head out of Meaux in Northern Central France and head to a nice little spot called La Ferte Sous Juarre. We passed through 2 river locks. This was just a typical day cruising on the French Canals on a budget (Well, rivers in this case!)...
Some dull and not so dull times, our engines been smoking a bit (yet it turnerd out to be completely normal), and our filter is dripping Diesel. Not what we wanted before starting an epic cruise through the French canals.
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We finally leave!! We head up river (about 30km east of Paris) where it's supposedly unnavigable, but with some local knowledge it can be done. We also uncover a problem with the engine, it's smoking, not good news as we want to use it to continue many hun...
In this episode, we prepare the boat to go upstream where we plan to raft up against a large barge. We sort out the solar shower, put up the tarp/bimini and many other things to help us through the French Canal system. Wildlings on the River coming VERY SO...
We're only days away from the lockdown lifting date, we're just outside of Paris on the river Marne and almost ready to go. We wanted to film more stuff in this episode as we were waiting for our package to arrive. anyway, it came just in time and we unbox...
We continue to get ourselves prepared, we fill up on fuel, start up the old generator, work on the wasting anode system, mosquito net and do some thru hull inspections. Next time (if we get our package) we will be sorting out a tarp for a makeshift bimini ...
Less than 10 days until lock down ends, What are we doing to prepare? we want to be more self sufficient instead of relying on marinas for power and WiFi. The Samson post is finally finished!!! we test our new fresh water filter and much more...
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Well, here we go! another week on the boat in Paris. We go through what everything costs to give you an idea of what we spend, including food costs for two people and changing the gas. Also, lockdown has been lifted to a small degree so it looks like we ca...
This was the biggest storm we have ever experienced in the boat, and also the biggest leaks we have seen too! We can only be grateful that we weren't out to sea on this occasion. Fingers crossed we'll be out of here soon and on our way to the Med.
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From tracking packages, to engine maintenance, cutting your own hair and fishing. We're not your average couple, but there's a lot of stuff in this episode which make up the life aboard a small boat.
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Has the perfect boat come up for us? hmmmm. we'll see! In other news... we use some of the marine products and get a proper update on how the broken mast fittings are coming along. Thanks for everyone's input on the final fix.
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What can you expect when all you have is your tiny 8 meter sailing boat to live in over the lock-down period. Located in a Parisian suburb, we're not having a bad time in all honesty. still lots of projects to do and in this episode, we open our shipment o...
I was supposed to be taking off the fittings just for a general clean and re-apply some Duralac, until I noticed serious damage. The fitting literally cracked off and the shroud bolt damaged the mast too. Most of the rivet holes are cracked and this is goi...
In this episode, we service our little yamaha 2hp outboard motor, as well as check the tiller stock for any signs of rot. Nadiyana packs up the coats and we do a few little other jobs. Not the best episode you'll watch on youtube today, but its something! ...
For this last week, we've been continuing lots of jobs, including working on the mast fittings, sealing the toe-rail, going a bit crazy (as usual), doing the weekly provisioning plus a few other things. We hope you enjoy our little life aboard our small sa...
You wont find cheaper people than us, but if you do, please let us know. We take a look at all our penny pinching ways in which we achieve a dirt cheap boat life. we learned how to sail ourselves, we penny pinch in ways which you never thought were possibl...
We can't go out as a couple, restrictions are getting tighter. Will we lose our grip on reality or get on with it? In this mammoth of a video, see what we get up to over a whole week on our little Colvic Sea Rover, 28 foot boat. There's plenty of boat work...
We've been cruising on a budget for the last year, and we learned a lot of stuff. We've learned a lot about the cost of the boat life, and learned a lot of about what you need for successful cruising.
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Still stuck here, just outside Paris. We're getting round to those jobs which are on the to-do list which knowing me wont be getting done for another year! I do the other winch this time, and oil up the halyard winches too. Also, Are anyone's bilges out th...
We're still holed up in the outskirts of Paris on our little boat, lock-down restrictions have become tighter, but were making the most of it. Just counting down the days till we can take these french canals down to the glorious Mediterranean, were we stil...
what else can you do when the weather is lovely and your on lockdown? we just do our boat DIY and get on it with it (while going a little mad in the process)
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