Wish I were there. No canals in New Jersey (to speak of) so I'll never narrow boat here but hang in there! These projects always take longer than expected but you'll have such a wonderful home when you're done.
Great to see you both back and well. Take your time. You seem to work well together and enjoy yourselves. You'll never finish a boat fit out. It's like the Forth Bridge and there is always something to do. That's part of Boating and why you couldn't separate my Husband from his narrowboat with a Big Bomb.
This was a great episode with the glorious passages of Emma, the lyrical directions of Saxon and Phil’s oratory. Great efforts in sound quality and lighting. My favorite bits were : The haphazards of triangle reinforcements “Bow thruster locker” “Soon is an elastic concept at the moment.” “We’ve been puting off this job for a long time because we knew it was going to be a bugger” “Greener and grubbier and had a dead fish on it. “
Good to hear that progress is resumed. Hope it all comes together quicker now for you with more time to spend on board. Exciting times ahead (and hopefully future cruising vlogs) - Best regards
Wonderful to see your progress and hear the plans. Once you are able to stay overnight things should pick up. It is also nice to see Emma recovered . All the Best , Hal
Great to see an update from you both. This is a massive task and with full time work I’m not surprised it’s taking so long. The progress is impressive and I’m looking forward to following your adventure again in the future. Thanks.
Nice to see you back Why is Emma doing all the hard work Mr camera man ? HOPE YOU GET YOUR HOUSE DONE SOON BUT REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND SMILE AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE .. 😎
So nice to see you again and the progress that you’ve made on the boat. Fitting out the boat around full time jobs must be incredibly difficult so I take my hat off to you, I think you’re doing an amazing job! I know it must be hard going at times but stick at it and keep smiling. When you’re done the sense of achievement will be immense, plus you’ll have a beautiful new home, and you’ll have the benefit of knowing how everything on the boat works. Good luck with the upcoming jobs and I’d love to see more videos although fully appreciate it must be difficult to make time for filming with all the other stuff you’ve got going on.
I'm unable to find the right words to express how happy I am to see that you're finally back working on the boat. Hope that you'll be fitting the walls in the bed area soon, and then the bed for you to make some long and useful days of fitting-out. Best of luck, and I'm looking forward to your next video. Peter.
keep up the good work when you can I’m sure it will all be worth it in the end and you should both be very proud of what you have both achieved hope to see it all done one day and see you both sipping pims
Great to see you both back at it...Also great to see that you are back on form health wise (I hope) Take pride in what you have done so far. No need to rush as it will all get finished at some point. You are already light years ahead of most as you actually have a boat! Enjoy.
Good to see the two of you back, yours was one of the first channels that got me hooked on Narrowboat channels. Your doing a great job and when its done it will all be worth it because you will know every inch of that boat and how everything on it works. For now, try to ignore the sound of the universe laughing at you every time you try to make plans.
Great to see you both back at it, it has been 3 months since your last very short update video, I am glad to see you had the good sense to put a water fill on both side of the boat, I do the same thing with all the custom pontoon house boats I build, same as the fuel, that way it don't mater witch side you dock on, as for the junction box on the roof your lucky to find one with any openings in it, them water tight PVC boxes normally come with no holes in them at all, and you drill out the sizes you need and glue in the adaptor fittings with PVC glue or tap the treads into the box then tread in your water tight compression cable fittings. hope your not gone again for weeks
Hi guys, so glad too find you both well if not a tad social and fun deprived. That boat will look amazing. Keep doing your thing and we will keep watching and waiting. Matt and jo
Good to see you back. I admire your tenacity, things are looking really good . It is difficult managing things as you do. Just as an aside, my crew, a ginger cat mutinied this morning. Seeing me packing up, he hid in a cupboard in the shower room on my boat, and complained bitterly, meowing most of the way back home .
I'm so happy to have you back. Looks great, so happy to see you both so happy too. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to see more about your deck prisms... :o)
Great to see you back! Boat coming together for sure. I have 4 solar panels totalling 1280w but only two wire connection through the roof. Worth noting that mc4 solar connectors are only waterproof when connected together so yours are currently open to water ingress.
make sure you repaint any primer thats removed with the multitool , the scratches through to steel will quickly turn into fissures of rust and rott out, especially as its around the water inlet.
I am so glad to see you back at it. Emma, the black will wear out but Saxon should treat you to a manicure and pedicure with accompanying pampering as a mini vacation - (hint hint).
Good to see you back . I would invest in a spray foam gun and some cans of spray foam plus a can of cleaner from the likes of Eurocell ( the do all the bits for window fitters ) its what window fitters use and its the same as the foam in your boat you can do a 5mm bead to a 30mm bead of foam , I've had one for about 10 years and use it on any thing I need to fill gaps on
Regarding the pipe for your tank why don’t you just add a cut away in the door for the bow thruster a U shape in the door will be easier and you will still have the access you need. Also if the water inlet is set on a vertical this will also make easyer to fit and give you room to run the pipe ! Hope that helps 👍😀🐾
hi you lovely people, with the water fill .... why don't you put it in the middle of the bow under the window, then you only need one fitting and you can get to it from both sides of your boat, also you can fit it easier and to get to it easier from the inside as well. just a thought... keep up the good work as well.
What I don’t really understand is... a couple of sleeping bags and mats would totally work to spend nights on the boat long before the bed is in. You’ve got a perfectly good floor. Hell, you could put a simple tent up for extra warmth and for anything other than actual freezing that should totally have worked.
Hi! I am not sure if you have time to answer questions but just in case you do... Say, where all this work can be done? Should it be on the land or the boat is on the water? If it is marina, does anyone around mind the noise (drilling, cutting wood etc.) And another question are you going to buy a generator or use solar panels? Because as I understand you work from home on your laptop and you need a good and reliable source of power. Sorry for asking to many questions. I really admire your dedication and I can't wait to see the video after all the hard work is done.
Hi there - sorry about the very tardy reply. In answer to your question, it really depends what you've got access to - if you happen to have some land where you can park a boat, it does make certain things a lot easier not having it on the water. We didn't really have a choice about going in the marina, and it does limit certain things (like painting the hull), but most of it can be coped with. In terms of noise, it depends on the marina - we're kind of lucky that the marina we're in isn't that busy in terms of liveaboards, and we usually try and let next-door-neighbours know if we're going to be especially noisy. And in terms of power, we're going for solar power, and we may possibly add a wind generator as well - we don't really have the room for a fuel generator, but we should be able to make solar work, and we'll be recharging every time we use the engine anyway. Hope that helps!
Hi there, see you have gone for a sailaway from Tyler Wilson , I am looking at a new build boat , I visited the site this year on an open day but the only person available to speak with was Ken from ex Fernwood boats, now Finesse . I want to know why you went for a fore cabin design as liking it and if you went for any increased dimensions on base plate or hull sides and whats the length of your boat please ? Many thanks, btw following your journey , Great !!
Hello! Sorry about the very late reply - I don't think we went for any increased dimensions on the base plate or hull sides (or if we did, it's completely vanished from my memory!). The reason we went for the extended forecabin is that we knew we wanted to live aboard, and neither of us wanted a bed set-up where either someone would have to clamber over the other person in the night, or where we'd have to fold away the bed every night. The extended forecabin would mean we'd be able to have a big bed permanently at the front of the boat, and it also bought us a few extra feet in terms of internal space. It's given us a couple of complications (like we eventually decided to put in two water inlets at the front, on either side of the boat, to reduce the amount of clambering around) but we're certainly happy with it so far!
I honestly can't believe how long it's taking to fit out. I'd have just knuckled down and got on with it. Take time off work, blitz it, save thousands in the long run because it means you stop paying rent sooner. I'd rather lose a few weeks wages than a few YEARS rent...
Is the intention to be liveabord? I know I'm jumping in to a lot of positive comments being the negative one, but two years since launch and to the casual observer very little seems to have happened. It's just the cost of ownership, mooring (unless you are moving it about bi-weekly.) etc. to have a boat doing so little. It seems like motivation has been waning since shortly after launch. You guys have an excellent energy and I really believe you'd make an excellent narrow-boating channel. I'm at this point wondering if this was intended to be a project over the years (which can cause build problems of their own) or if it was intended to get done to be a continuously cruised boat and has become overwhelming to the level that it's being avoided. I'd hate to see the boat sold half done and the channel go stagnant. Just my personal curiosity.
and they said originally they did it to save money, but have spent 2 years mooring fees, 2 years renting a flat at the same time,This whole thing just makes me think poor little rich kid tbh. The cost of renting for 2 years would have paid for a complete hand crafted bespoke boat built to an extremely high standard many times over.
you need to think about condesation and moisture before proping stuff up with book shelves, SILICON IT UP THERE, DONT CUT STUPID CORNERS AND END UP WITH A LOAD OF BODGED STUFF, you will see it all, not the good bits, it will anoy you when you walk past it. Fix the cieling or you,ll be like that everywhere else. By the time you finished the good stuff will be tainted by the bad. its all good just go that last bit to get the finish right.
....... put £1000 into a boat builder, let him do two days for you and watch him work. You,ll save a load of time and money if you do. £1000 for two days training, see it as that not hiring a worker. You,ll get two lots out of him , not just the work, the learning from him or her.
Hello both; so pleased to see you're still going at it and getting stuff done. Nice to have an update. Best wishes.
Yay! You're back. It is great to see you two back on NBZG. I see serious progress!
Hooray, I can hear you better, Emma. Also quite surprised how knowledgeable and involved you are in the build.
emma seems to know quite allot about everything . you have got a keeper there, so great job , love the videos.
Wish I were there. No canals in New Jersey (to speak of) so I'll never narrow boat here but hang in there! These projects always take longer than expected but you'll have such a wonderful home when you're done.
Great to see you both back and well. Take your time. You seem to work well together and enjoy yourselves. You'll never finish a boat fit out. It's like the Forth Bridge and there is always something to do. That's part of Boating and why you couldn't separate my Husband from his narrowboat with a Big Bomb.
Good luck! What an exciting adventure.
This was a great episode with the glorious passages of Emma, the lyrical directions of Saxon and Phil’s oratory. Great efforts in sound quality and lighting. My favorite bits were :
The haphazards of triangle reinforcements
“Bow thruster locker”
“Soon is an elastic concept at the moment.”
“We’ve been puting off this job for a long time because we knew it was going to be a bugger”
“Greener and grubbier and had a dead fish on it. “
good to see you back
Good to hear that progress is resumed. Hope it all comes together quicker now for you with more time to spend on board. Exciting times ahead (and hopefully future cruising vlogs) - Best regards
Welcome back, wonderful to see your still working the dream, warm wishes
Life is a balance great job guys
Welcome back all you need now is a Whippet! 👍😀🐾
It was good meeting you two down at The Nottingham Cut near Sainsburys...... Like how you're keep dAd busy 👍🏻
Wonderful to see your progress and hear the plans. Once you are able to stay overnight things should pick up. It is also nice to see Emma recovered . All the Best , Hal
It's great to see you both back.
So glad to see you both your smiles and get peek at progress/plans. Thanks!
I am so happy to see you back!
Glad to have you back.
Good to see you guys back again. Thanks for the update..
Glad you are back and looking well
Great to see you back. Hang in there!
Great to see an update from you both. This is a massive task and with full time work I’m not surprised it’s taking so long. The progress is impressive and I’m looking forward to following your adventure again in the future. Thanks.
Looking good!
So happy to see that you guys are still making progress
Nice to see you back Why is Emma doing all the hard work Mr camera man ? HOPE YOU GET YOUR HOUSE DONE SOON BUT REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND YOU WILL LOOK BACK AND SMILE AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE .. 😎
Slow and steady wins the race.... it'll be awesome when it's done... a wonderful home..
So nice to see you again and the progress that you’ve made on the boat. Fitting out the boat around full time jobs must be incredibly difficult so I take my hat off to you, I think you’re doing an amazing job! I know it must be hard going at times but stick at it and keep smiling. When you’re done the sense of achievement will be immense, plus you’ll have a beautiful new home, and you’ll have the benefit of knowing how everything on the boat works. Good luck with the upcoming jobs and I’d love to see more videos although fully appreciate it must be difficult to make time for filming with all the other stuff you’ve got going on.
Great to see you both going well. Look forward to the next update.
I'm unable to find the right words to express how happy I am to see that you're finally back working on the boat. Hope that you'll be fitting the walls in the bed area soon, and then the bed for you to make some long and useful days of fitting-out.
Best of luck, and I'm looking forward to your next video. Peter.
Thank goodness for Dads, great to see you back again xx
Really good to see you both. Looking forward to the next update.
keep up the good work when you can I’m sure it will all be worth it in the end and you should both be very proud of what you have both achieved hope to see it all done one day and see you both sipping pims
Great to see you both back at it...Also great to see that you are back on form health wise (I hope) Take pride in what you have done so far. No need to rush as it will all get finished at some point. You are already light years ahead of most as you actually have a boat!
Enjoy.
Glad to see you back. Thank you.
Well all good still keep plugging away, Emma looking very well . Look forward to next instalment.
Good to see the two of you back, yours was one of the first channels that got me hooked on Narrowboat channels. Your doing a great job and when its done it will all be worth it because you will know every inch of that boat and how everything on it works. For now, try to ignore the sound of the universe laughing at you every time you try to make plans.
Ah man. Thanks so much for the video. Gotta be my favourite channel on RUclips and I love seeing your progress. All the best guys.
It is looking really well. Nevr give up, never surrender!
glad to see you are both well and making progress with the fit out....and working hard to keep money rolling in....
Nice to see you back and getting on with it again.
Great to see your back at it! Keep up the good work.....
Great to see you both back at it, it has been 3 months since your last very short update video, I am glad to see you had the good sense to put a water fill on both side of the boat, I do the same thing with all the custom pontoon house boats I build, same as the fuel, that way it don't mater witch side you dock on, as for the junction box on the roof your lucky to find one with any openings in it, them water tight PVC boxes normally come with no holes in them at all, and you drill out the sizes you need and glue in the adaptor fittings with PVC glue or tap the treads into the box then tread in your water tight compression cable fittings. hope your not gone again for weeks
Hi guys, so glad too find you both well if not a tad social and fun deprived. That boat will look amazing. Keep doing your thing and we will keep watching and waiting.
Matt and jo
glad to see something here again, was starting to get worried. well done and keep going!
Glad to see that the boat is coming along, it's now October can we have another update please
Welcome back, Thanks for the update..
Good to see you back. I admire your tenacity, things are looking really good . It is difficult managing things as you do. Just as an aside, my crew, a ginger cat mutinied this morning. Seeing me packing up, he hid in a cupboard in the shower room on my boat, and complained bitterly, meowing most of the way back home .
Its looking like you,ve turn the corner, i,m well impressed. Good on you, as well.
Great to see you guys back can’t wait to see more. 👍
I'm so happy to have you back. Looks great, so happy to see you both so happy too. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to see more about your deck prisms... :o)
So glad you're back. I was wondering what had happened to you both. Please don't leave it too long before the next installment. Great vlog.
Nice to see you back. Most people would have gone for one water filler but I agree that walking on the bow is not desirable.
I don’t know what to say I’m speechless.
Yay! Finally :) Looking forward to more updates
Great to see you both back! :-)
Yay your're back.
Good to see you back keep up the good work it will be Worth it when its all done 👍🏻
Great to see you back it’ll be worth it in the end👍👍
Nice to hear from you xx
Nice to see you both again. 👍🏼👍🏼😜
All the best...
Great to see you back! Boat coming together for sure. I have 4 solar panels totalling 1280w but only two wire connection through the roof. Worth noting that mc4 solar connectors are only waterproof when connected together so yours are currently open to water ingress.
Great to see you back and things progressing. Once you can stay overnight on the boat, I'm sure things will progress quickly :)
make sure you repaint any primer thats removed with the multitool , the scratches through to steel will quickly turn into fissures of rust and rott out, especially as its around the water inlet.
Stick with it, guys. You're at the "little progress on a lot of fronts" stage :) It'll be awesome when it comes together.
Smashing to see you both still at it... I would suggesting working a tad faster and harder but you might get the wrong idea and vanish again!
It's also good to see Emm in good health.
It's really looking good! By the way Emma love the glasses!
I am so glad to see you back at it. Emma, the black will wear out but Saxon should treat you to a manicure and pedicure with accompanying pampering as a mini vacation - (hint hint).
Good to see you back . I would invest in a spray foam gun and some cans of spray foam plus a can of cleaner from the likes of Eurocell ( the do all the bits for window fitters ) its what window fitters use and its the same as the foam in your boat you can do a 5mm bead to a 30mm bead of foam , I've had one for about 10 years and use it on any thing I need to fill gaps on
Missed ya!
Thanks for the update. Wonder how many more jabs it would have taken for Emma to facepalm Saxon with those black hands!
Wishwader we never did see Saxon’s face at that point, maybe she did?
Regarding the pipe for your tank why don’t you just add a cut away in the door for the bow thruster a U shape in the door will be easier and you will still have the access you need. Also if the water inlet is set on a vertical this will also make easyer to fit and give you room to run the pipe !
Hope that helps
👍😀🐾
You have good energy love the vids
we thought you had sold up but it all seams to be getting there all the best christine & allan stoke on trent (not boat folk)
hi you lovely people, with the water fill .... why don't you put it in the middle of the bow under the window, then you only need one fitting and you can get to it from both sides of your boat, also you can fit it easier and to get to it easier from the inside as well. just a thought... keep up the good work as well.
Woo, Hoo! You have walls - I don't! Haha. Chuffed that you are making progress again :-)
But you have electricity... perhaps if you moor up together you'd almost make a completed boat!
Nice to see you both back and forging ahead. Have you set yourself a revised target date for moving aboard and cruising??
Saxon, Emma! Where are you how you doing? Miss your updates.
just subscribed enjoying your journey tbh
What I don’t really understand is... a couple of sleeping bags and mats would totally work to spend nights on the boat long before the bed is in. You’ve got a perfectly good floor. Hell, you could put a simple tent up for extra warmth and for anything other than actual freezing that should totally have worked.
Hi! I am not sure if you have time to answer questions but just in case you do... Say, where all this work can be done? Should it be on the land or the boat is on the water? If it is marina, does anyone around mind the noise (drilling, cutting wood etc.) And another question are you going to buy a generator or use solar panels? Because as I understand you work from home on your laptop and you need a good and reliable source of power. Sorry for asking to many questions. I really admire your dedication and I can't wait to see the video after all the hard work is done.
Hi there - sorry about the very tardy reply. In answer to your question, it really depends what you've got access to - if you happen to have some land where you can park a boat, it does make certain things a lot easier not having it on the water. We didn't really have a choice about going in the marina, and it does limit certain things (like painting the hull), but most of it can be coped with. In terms of noise, it depends on the marina - we're kind of lucky that the marina we're in isn't that busy in terms of liveaboards, and we usually try and let next-door-neighbours know if we're going to be especially noisy. And in terms of power, we're going for solar power, and we may possibly add a wind generator as well - we don't really have the room for a fuel generator, but we should be able to make solar work, and we'll be recharging every time we use the engine anyway. Hope that helps!
How is the build progressing? And please to see Emma it doing better.
Are you two ok? Haven't heard from you for a while now. Not being nosy, just hope you are well!
Good to see you back working on the boat....Maybe a daft question but why have you fitted 2 water inlets? Have you 2 tanks?
I had a similar Ariel on my caravan , all modern ones have them.I wouldn't say it was all that brilliant, I bought a satellite dish instead ...
Hi there, see you have gone for a sailaway from Tyler Wilson , I am looking at a new build boat , I visited the site this year on an open day but the only person available to speak with was Ken from ex Fernwood boats, now Finesse . I want to know why you went for a fore cabin design as liking it and if you went for any increased dimensions on base plate or hull sides and whats the length of your boat please ? Many thanks, btw following your journey , Great !!
Hello! Sorry about the very late reply - I don't think we went for any increased dimensions on the base plate or hull sides (or if we did, it's completely vanished from my memory!). The reason we went for the extended forecabin is that we knew we wanted to live aboard, and neither of us wanted a bed set-up where either someone would have to clamber over the other person in the night, or where we'd have to fold away the bed every night. The extended forecabin would mean we'd be able to have a big bed permanently at the front of the boat, and it also bought us a few extra feet in terms of internal space. It's given us a couple of complications (like we eventually decided to put in two water inlets at the front, on either side of the boat, to reduce the amount of clambering around) but we're certainly happy with it so far!
HEADLINING
Could you take it to your manufacture or contact them to find out how that spot is shaped so you could put the water inlet there?
update please :o)
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I can't say it enough, guys....SUNSCREEN PLEASE, SUNSCREEN!
I honestly can't believe how long it's taking to fit out. I'd have just knuckled down and got on with it. Take time off work, blitz it, save thousands in the long run because it means you stop paying rent sooner. I'd rather lose a few weeks wages than a few YEARS rent...
get battery tools, sell jenny. you can get same power in a battery as a plug now.
I guess for some reason the narrow-boat progress report has halted ??
i think its time for a fun trip n some wine n other drugs!!!!
Is the intention to be liveabord? I know I'm jumping in to a lot of positive comments being the negative one, but two years since launch and to the casual observer very little seems to have happened. It's just the cost of ownership, mooring (unless you are moving it about bi-weekly.) etc. to have a boat doing so little. It seems like motivation has been waning since shortly after launch. You guys have an excellent energy and I really believe you'd make an excellent narrow-boating channel. I'm at this point wondering if this was intended to be a project over the years (which can cause build problems of their own) or if it was intended to get done to be a continuously cruised boat and has become overwhelming to the level that it's being avoided. I'd hate to see the boat sold half done and the channel go stagnant. Just my personal curiosity.
and they said originally they did it to save money, but have spent 2 years mooring fees, 2 years renting a flat at the same time,This whole thing just makes me think poor little rich kid tbh. The cost of renting for 2 years would have paid for a complete hand crafted bespoke boat built to an extremely high standard many times over.
you need to think about condesation and moisture before proping stuff up with book shelves, SILICON IT UP THERE, DONT CUT STUPID CORNERS AND END UP WITH A LOAD OF BODGED STUFF, you will see it all, not the good bits, it will anoy you when you walk past it. Fix the cieling or you,ll be like that everywhere else. By the time you finished the good stuff will be tainted by the bad. its all good just go that last bit to get the finish right.
dont think i do , i alway leave bits n bodge bits, but i,m trying !!!! haha! Keep being brave girl !!! I wish my misses was like you.
:)
....... put £1000 into a boat builder, let him do two days for you and watch him work. You,ll save a load of time and money if you do. £1000 for two days training, see it as that not hiring a worker. You,ll get two lots out of him , not just the work, the learning from him or her.