Travelling Solo On My NARROWBOAT HOME. Hemel Hempstead To PORT OF BERKHAMSTEAD
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2024
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1980 Harborough Marine/Black Prince
50' Cruiser Stern
1.5 BMC Diesel Engine
Completely empty, soon to be our water based retreat
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When you've been married awhile, and your partner goes away for even just a few days, it's amazing the effect it has. You don't really realize how much the ambience of their presence fills the space of your home until they're not there. It's different than if they're just gone for an hour and coming back. When you know they aren't coming back for awhile, there's an empty silence that you can actually feel. Glad to see you're keeping busy and getting some things done. That certainly helps. You'll have to do something special for her when she comes back. Maybe a special dinner, and some flowers or something. You did a nice job of filming and editing this episode!
Yes 100% agree with this! Can’t wait to see her this week. Thank you!
Not sure about the moustache Joe 😂. You're never alone on the canal, and subscribers in the local area will always be there and look out for you
Yeah it’s a lovely feeling - met some great people
Hey Joe, I love your music choices...thanks loads.
Well done Joe! Cruising + locking + drone flying + filming = very impressive. Oh, and great backing music too.
The first part had some beautiful shots. Good to see Lady Pennybun on the move.
Thank you!
honestly the amount of effort filming, cruising, droning and DIY solo is impressive. hats off to you 👏🏻❤
sending love to you both!
Thanks guys!! ❤️❤️❤️
Get a 6 pack on me Joe. Keep up the savage vlogs man. Best wishes to you both.
Regards,
Keith
Oh my goodness thank you very much Keith!
Er… Joe did you notice you’d left the pressure cap off the heat exchanger after you put the deck board down…?
I've tried mentioning they need it replaced....
Yeah we were having issues with airlocks, since removing the cap it’s helped (should probably find something to loosely cover it for now)
They direction you going in your bump in to James, from the narrow boat that james built. Him and his merry band of occasional bachelors😂 he's fond of a beer or three.
Yes I passed him on Wednesday!
Jo, put the copper pipe you removed back in place but add a T piece and run the verticle section up above the deck then either bend the top of the tube over or use fittings to make up a U section so the end is facing down to stop the rain getting in
Good shout!
@@DanniandJoe Does the filler cap not have a breather built in?
Hi nice to watch you tonight, you seem to keep yourself busy Joe , seems funny without danni . Coming and going. See you soon Bob
Hi Danni and Joe.
(Seems rude not saying Danni just because she’s away)
Lovely to see you the other day, really appreciated the shout out and so welcome for the IPA!!🍺 very independent but if you need ship mates, give us a shout.safe travels, take care. Joe and Georgie 🌹⚓️
Thanks guys really appreciate it!
Joe you are such a nice guy, you both should be so proud of what you have achieved. ❤Loved the overhead shots with the railway and canal working in tandem. 👍👍 Wet n forget is magic, just make sure it gets to dry after spraying on, Milton fluid is great on the inside of the cover too👍👍
Thank you appreciate it!
Smashing it Joe x
Pleased you are keeping up the content even though Danni is away for a while. It gives me somewhere to get my narrowboat fix.
Over the last year I have subscribed to half a dozen or so narrowboat channels, but one by one I have dropped them all because of the annoying click-bait titles they use
You and Danni come across as normal down to earth people who keep it real.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you really appreciate it!
Love the bluesy music, great vlog, thanx
Thank you!
Awesome video Joe. Drone footage, filming and locks. Well done. Sure you miss your misses 😊😊. Love to you both xx
Thank you guys ❤️
That soup and cheese on toast looked tasty :)
So relaxing watching you sailing through my old home town, Hemel Hempstead. Never heard Berkhamsted called a port!
Lovely area!
Haha. We live in a Bedfordshire and when the M25 or M1 is snarled up we sometimes go via Hemel to avoid the traffic. This means the going via the magic roundabout which is always an experience and I'm especially glad the Mrs is our usual driver!
Glad your getting on OK by Yourself. Have a great week and let hope the sun will shine 😊
Thank you!
Aww the time will soon go joe darling. Give Danni my love and thank you for doing the sour dough recipe! I can’t wait lol Lisa xx ❤
Thank you!
You can get a mountable vent end that whistles when full from a marine supple house. I have 2 on my boats.
Oh that’s cool!
That’s one of my favourite ales. Great solo video.
Thank you! Yeah it’s a great beer!
Currently living in Hemel and grew up in Tring. Ridden along that part of the canal so many times. Such a different view from on the water. Have a great time and sorry the old owners of Tring wouldn't let the newfangled canals any closer to the town 😂
😂😂 yes It’s a bit of a hike into town!!
Awww you are seeming lost hope you ok and of course Danni to all the best to you both tc the oldies 🤗👍
Thank you!
Lovely to see you're managing OK with the locks etc. Definitely easier with two.
Be great for you both to get away for a break. Must seem so quiet on the boat. The Boating community seems so supportive and friendly. Lovely to hear. X
Berko is lovely..
Yeah one of my favourite towns so far!
put a t on the top pipe to make a breather pipe then run that up above the deck
Yeah thinking of a tee off of that, but it would need to come up about 1ft out of the deck somewhere to match the filler height!
Ahhhh you can see your missing Danni won't be long before she is back.
You've got this . Enjoy that beer 🍺
Thank you!
Hi there, with you liking a nice coffee, I thought you would like a bear of the week, it's called Brew dog Ratle n Rum, I think you will love it. It's a stout and I think it's about 6:2. Beer of the week.
I’ll keep an eye out for it!
Reinstall the top crossover pipe, get a self tapping pipe saddle from the plumbing store for that pipe and run a breather off of that saddle.Try and run the breather close to the fill opening so you can to tell if it is full and not running into your bilge. EXTRA: sunken boat at water refill was James first boat DOPE Narrowboat that James built
Yeah thinking of a tee off of that, but it would need to come up about 1ft out of the deck somewhere to match the filler height!
Ah no way who’s boat is it now?
Magnesium anodes for fresh water. Aluminum isn't active enough for less conductive fresh water.
Joe man enjoy the quietness it will give time to reflect on shit and just chill. 😮😊 Time to get stuff done without stepping over it. 😮 Just chill etc.😊
😂😂 cheers!
I can imagine you both are missing each other like crazy and you’re counting down the hours to see each other. Definitely check in with Amy and Wes from @boattime as they’ve proved blacking the base plate is actually really important, even though it is back breaking to do it. Sending as much positive energy your way, to help you battle through the blacking and welding the anodes missions. You’ve got this! Hope you’re doing good Danni and you’re really enjoying your new job placement? sending huge hugs to you both 🤗🤗
Thank you very much! & yes always messaging Amy & Wes!
Totally enjoy your videos Joe you seem to be a very nice person.
Thank you appreciate it!
Loved see YOU! You are doing a terrific job.
Thank you!
You did well Joe. I'm sure you and Danni must be missing each other. You'll have a special reunion soon enough.
You want magnesium anodes on a narrowboat - unless you're going anywhere near brackish or salt water (ie. crossing the Wash, which I'd love to see!). Magnesium will give the best protection, but will dissolve rapidly in saltwater, so switch to aluminium in that case.
Ahh yes cheers!
We are in marsworth just past the Aylesbury arm can always stop and have a few beers
😊
Thank you! Should be heading that way!
@@DanniandJoe moved on at grove lock lol
Great Solo Vlog Joe. Exceptional filming on your own, taking advantage of your drone in 'hover mode 'will be exciting when you change the engine. Take care 🙂
Thank you!
Can you just add a copper T piece in the top crossover pipe you added. Have the T piece facing upward with maybe a gauze on it or a one way valve.
That should work so long as the top of the tee is above the top of the filler point. Not sure if it's the same on boats, but on diesel powered plant, the breather is usually in the filler cap. Can you show the filler cap sometime Joe?
Yeah thinking of a tee off of that, but it would need to come up about 1ft out of the deck somewhere to match the filler height!
I’ll check the filler itself again but I couldn’t see anything obvious there
Loving your vlogs, have been binge watching to catch up😊
Thank you!
Great filming Joe.
Thank you!
Doing well. Keeping very busy too. Ideal. Best wishes. Great vlog by the way.
Thanks Trevor!!
Keep smiling, great vlog, thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences. It's amazing what interesting information you can pick up, the fuel tank was a gem, video walk through looking for breather and what you can do short term. Thanks
Thank you!
Freedom Joe enjoy it. Is Danni enjoying the new job?
Yeah she loves it over there! We’re trying to think of ways I could keep up RUclips and join her for a while!
Nice choice of music this week Joe.
Thank you!
Wet and forget is the real deal use it on our boat Tranquility cratch cover you just need to be patient it gets rid of the algae but may take a week clever stuff we also use it on our drive and paths at home... brilliant stuff 👍👌🤛
Yeah really impressed with it!
Hi Joe. I follow a vlog about the U.S. battleship, New Jersey. She has just gone into dry dock and they are replacing her zinc anodes with aluminium anodes. Apparently the aluminium is used now if the ship/ boat is in fresh water, which the New Jersey is, when at it’s it’s permanent mooring.
Awesome! Is that on RUclips? I might give it a watch too
@@DanniandJoe It is, just search for Battleship New Jersey.
Hi Danni and Joe,love the bluesy tunes.great vlog as always.we missing Danni too buddy,stay safe🍺
Thank you!
That bird seems likewise excited about less smoke and a newer engine. 🐦
Wet and Forget is really good as is the Shower Cleaner. Works well. Lived in NZ 23 years.
Joe, this one had serious lost puppy vibes. Even the music seemed subdued with the Mississippi Delta Blues. I like the moustache, very dapper. Are any of Danni's seeds sprouting? Danni we miss you.
Yeah got some sprouting happening! & definitely missing Danni!
@@DanniandJoe 👍
Hi Joe, nice vlog, what great music again! U r so good at choosing ! Not nice being apart from Danni, but time will fly! U will be fine.👍🙏.
Thank you!
Hi Joe,
Use Magnesium anodes for fresh water .
Aluminium and Zinc work better in salt water.
As for fitting them we welded some all thread to the Hull and drilled holes in the anodes backing plate and then just used a nut and a locking nut to have it up against the hull
Ahh yes cheers!
Was Danni in the lamb and flag in Oxford a few days ago. My partner was down and almost approached the lady but wasn’t sure.
Nope she’s very much on the Channel Islands! 😂
@@DanniandJoe lol good job she didn’t approach her 🤣
You can call it ' Joe and his Moustache go cruising '
I’m growing it for Glasto!
Still enjoy it Joe but we do miss Dani’s smile. Like your facts.
Yeah I miss her too!
That’s because you love her. I always missed my wife when on a course or working away. More beer is the answer
Magic keep them coming love the vlogs 👌
Thank you!
Cool to see my hometown of Berko. Great vlog and love the arial shots. You could put the drone up so you can see the ruins of Berkhamsted Castle, built by the Normans.
I wanted to visit the castle ruins but forgot & ran out of time - I’ll definitely take Danni back though
Toasted soup?
Far out!
I think you'd've fit right in to the sixties, man.
Well, I'd've bought you a pint, anyway.
BTW, you and Danni's, is my fave narrowboat channel to look forward to.
😂😂 cheers! Appreciate it!
Looking forward to the sourdough recipe! I got into sourdough during the first lockdown. been ages since I did one though.
If you're still around Berko, go to The Rising Sun pub. It's right on a lock and a great little pub.
I'm moored up in Leighton Buzzard, heading your way. Boat's called Joshua, two massive solar panels and a cargo bike on the roof. If you pass by and I'm in, feel free to pop in for a cuppa/beer. I might be able to help you with that welding.
Another mint vlog Joe. Music choice is sick 🤙🏻 … fair play man 😃
Thank you really appreciate it!
Great vlog joe getting near to my area of the world. Hi Danni also.
Thank you!
Zinc for salt water, aluminum for fresh water, magnesium for brackish mixed water
Yeah I was reading a sailing boat page not inland waterways!! 😂
Just remember, Trainspotters (and planespotters) are people too. 🚂😁 Even so, I took the sound systems out of my model trains, they got on my nerves. Mentioning Heathrow, earlier today had a YT channel playing which was watching jets land at Heathrow in the winds of current storm, and yes, I turned the sound down. 🛬😁 Hmm ... wonder how much effect family relations have on what a person is interested in? Dad and Grandad were each in the Navy and were each pilots for a season or two of their lives & I still am interested in boat and airplanes. Dunno how the railway interest got in there. 🤔 🎶 Oh, I like that music around the 6 minute point and for a bit after.
Yeah I genuinely got really into planes as a way to combat my fear of flying.
I use Wet and Forget all the time. It's not instant, but spray it on and a few days later, you will see the results. I sprayed my grannies headstones. They were black with mould and lichen it took a spray every 3 moths and now they are snow white. While I was spraying the cemetary, workers told me it doesn't work, a year latter they said 'Whats the name of that stuff you sprayed on the headstone" just goes to show if you follow the instructions to the letter it will work.
MOustach got to get rid of that mate
Great vlog Joel Regarding ur breather pipe why not attach a tee junction pipe into the pipe u removed , therefore the diesel will transfer as usual and tee junction should make it breathe.
thinking of a tee off of that, but it would need to come up about 1ft out of the deck somewhere to match the filler height!
You are always full of great info. Great vlog :)))
Great video as always it’s not nice on your own. Just keep busy
Thank you!
Hope you are getting your royalties from the ecoflow advert :)
Trrrrraainnns!😀
😂😂
Anodes: I thought it was Magnesium for fresh water, Aluiminium for salt water.
Great beer poured badly.
Scared of a bit of head? Gets rid of a bloated stomach…
Hi just Joe,, 😢,, hope your OK without danni. I'm still watching.
Thank you - seeing her this week can’t wait!
Hi it is very quiet on there joe but make he most of it will be good to get the a team back Ha Ha miss you Danny love you both pops PS put something over oil filler cap to stop anything going in
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Re your belt noise, use a can of belt eliminator and use it just on the Alterantor belt.. If its that belt making the noise, suggest its due to the load being put on the alternator at start up as its being asked to recharge, ? your boat battery along with House Batteries.. If thats the case look at a controler to lower the load at start up. or put and auto tensioner on that belt....
Cheers and keep at it...
Quick tip for the squeaking belt if you don’t have the proper belt spray, a little bit of treacle obviously on the v section. Cheers
I bought a can of the spray but everyone told me not to use it, maybe I’ll give it a try but it’s the bracket causing it to be out of perfect alignment to be honest - I need to fix it
@@DanniandJoe nothing is easy on a boat Joe, we owned a hotel boat Helen of the West (had her built) and operated it from the wharf in Devizes everything was new still had problems now and then. As you said there are some very friendly and helpful people on the cut. Cheers
19:08 - That's good for the future, but you still need a cap on there now. Even a sheet of aluminum kitchen foil would be better than leaving it open.
Yeah I’ll pop something over it!
I’m impressed by the solo filming with the drone. I’ve done the GU solo and it’s hard work so couldn’t imagine filming it. Well done.😊
Thank you!
A bit of talcum powder on that fan belt will quieten it until you can tighten or replace it.
Cheers!
Good man. Great video. Cheers.
Thank you!
That was some seriously good photography at the beginning, with the geostationary drone over the canal and the WCML. You went to great lengths to get some really intriguing angles. You could print off some stills, make them into posters and sell them as merch? I actually preferred the greater balance between cruising and chat on this video.
Great drone shots at the beginning Joe, I'm amazed how stable the shots are even when it's breezy. Definitely magnesium anodes for your boat, zinc anodes are used for saltwater sailing.
Yeah I didn’t realise I was reading advice for sailing boats not Narrowboats 😂😂 the drone’s great!
Seriously use the best anode to protect the boat , don't worry about the cannals and water quality in them , the cannals have that much poisons and sewerage running into them every day its not funny , yep sewerage systems overflow and leak into the cannals 😮
Great vlog as aways mate .
Thank you!
Getting near the tring summit
Yes not far off!
It is sad without Danni.However glad to see that you are surviving Joe ! Though french soup on toast looked well rank🤢
Great vlog 😊 keep it up ❤
Thank you! Will do!
Watch out ahead James is looking for help with his rook panels and he is somewhere ahead of you.
Yes I met him on Wednesday!
Great vlog Joe, bet your missing the Mrs try an keep busy she'll be back before you know it good luck cruising solo xx
Yeah can’t wait to see her this week!
You Jammy Bugger lol thats the swingbridge I warned you about where the local car owners have very little patience. Winkwell lane has been closed for road works so you got a free ride through there mate ...top man
Have a word with the boat that James built,he's in that area with swearey Dan who a welder.
James last video they made a pop up swing bed :) good luck.
Btw James had problems welding with his box welder,Dan's got the proper kit
Yes met him on Wednesday!
We have the same problem on our canopy. The people who made it suggested a mix of white wine vinegar and water. Not tried it yet, waiting for it to dry out fully when the rain finally stops
Yeah that’s a good thing to try first - quite impressed with the wet & forget!
Hi Joe yes please do share the sourdough bread recipe and the onion soup😀
Greetings! Danni!you did excellent - see ya! )
Umm🤔
Zinc anodes - believe it or not, there is similar information coming from the current drydocking of the now a museum US battleship USS New Jersey. The Curator was telling how zing anodes work best in salt water & where the ship has its museum berth is in fresh/brackish water where a different metal works better for anodes, indeed those aluminum anodes.
Yeah I was reading info on sailing boats and not Narrowboats!
cool vid on the cut keep up the good vids on channel
Thank you!
Walk back down to Rising Sun, good beer, good gin and good atmosphere. Why cook soup when Greggs next to waterpoint ???
Yeah that looked the best pub on that stretch!
Our friends Duncan and Sophie had a very bad run in with Greggs sausage rolls