It's great to see something like this, my Wife and I holidayed and bicycled from London to Bath, (only about 15 or so miles a day, the major distance was by train), in June 2000. The weather was fabulous, stunningly blue skies for the whole of our two weeks holiday, except for, all up, about 1 1/2 days, ,showers and some rain. At Bath, we were walking our bikes along the canal and stopped to watch a Narrowboat being put through a lock. The family asked us to join them on board to the next lock gates, about a mile further on. What a brilliant way to see the countryside!. The boat was immaculate, inside and out. We will never forget that day, it was the icing on the cake for us, sadly, there is nothing that remotely resembles a Narrowboat, or the canal system here in New South Wales, or anywhere in Australia. Fond memories indeed. Oh, almost forgot, what a beautiful touch, getting the daughters to christen/name the Mystic Lady, I daresay they will never forget their very special day also!.
get a real feel of how exciting that was.. a dream of mine.. lovely to see it come true for you guys.. hope having lots of fun down the line. Sony trv30 takes me back!
You can't tell me that dragging the boat out of the shed didn't scrape off the black on the hull. It' must have started to rust as soon as it hit the water unless that was just a ceremonial thing and it was lifted out to finish it.
I hope this specialist people are introducing younger blood into this old past time of narrow boating. Hate to think it may die off if there no youngsters interested in this type of thing,the making off them and all the other virtues of boat building etc.
+Cap Marvelwith modifications and accompanied by a pilot boat they have been taken across the channel into the French canals; Try to obtain a copy of "Narrow dog to Carcasonne"
See those smiles at the end.....Simply wonderful
Love to see the inside layout. Really nice on the outside. 👍👍
I had a boat built in the 80’s and know how exciting the launch day was.
Hats off to the workers. I would have punctured the hull with the fork lift and rolled the beauty off the pipes into the ditch. Amazing skill.
It's great to see something like this, my Wife and I holidayed and bicycled from London to Bath, (only about 15 or so miles a day, the major distance was by train), in June 2000. The weather was fabulous, stunningly blue skies for the whole of our two weeks holiday, except for, all up, about 1 1/2 days, ,showers and some rain.
At Bath, we were walking our bikes along the canal and stopped to watch a Narrowboat being put through a lock.
The family asked us to join them on board to the next lock gates, about a mile further on.
What a brilliant way to see the countryside!.
The boat was immaculate, inside and out.
We will never forget that day, it was the icing on the cake for us, sadly, there is nothing that remotely resembles a Narrowboat, or the canal system here in New South Wales, or anywhere in Australia.
Fond memories indeed.
Oh, almost forgot, what a beautiful touch, getting the daughters to christen/name the Mystic Lady, I daresay they will never forget their very special day also!.
What a lovely video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I well remember the collection and launch of our own shell. I hope you have many happy years in her.
Fascinating video loved it thanks
get a real feel of how exciting that was.. a dream of mine.. lovely to see it come true for you guys.. hope having lots of fun down the line. Sony trv30 takes me back!
never knew the hull was flat as a pancake!!
The nerve racking part....moving the vessel on land to launchpad, good job! what a beautiful boat! Well Done!
Beautiful looking boat, just bought a 35 ft one myself, ill look out for you on the waterways... Enjoy!!
Beautiful. Jelous!
Haha, good to hear the crane over weight alarm going off .
A great video! Thank you for sharing it with us!
You can't tell me that dragging the boat out of the shed didn't scrape off the black on the hull. It' must have started to rust as soon as it hit the water unless that was just a ceremonial thing and it was lifted out to finish it.
I admire skill and competence..and there is so much to be had in this nicely done video.. that even people who don't like boats should watch it !
Awesome narrowboat.
Congradulations, thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas from the USA......
I hope this specialist people are introducing younger blood into this old past time of narrow boating.
Hate to think it may die off if there no youngsters interested in this type of thing,the making off them and all the other virtues of boat building etc.
Amazing, the driver was on the left when leaving the boatyard and on the right backing in to off load the boat. Dual steering?
geeze that whole evolution looked pretty hairy- amazing it worked out ok
Brand new, and you still use the old fashion, open steering rudder? You'd think this would be updated to better steering and bow thruster.
What a lovely thing to own. Hope you get a lot of pleasure out of her.
great to see a launching of your new ship,have a great time on the water.i wish I could join you all.
Ron, wb8nmk in N.W.Ohio march 18.2015
How thick is the metal on base and sides +
10mm base, 6mm sides, 4mm roof panel
Could that narrow boat make it across open seas and say cruise the canals of mainland Europe, or are you just confined to England?
+Cap Marvelwith modifications and accompanied by a pilot boat they have been taken across the channel into the French canals; Try to obtain a copy of "Narrow dog to Carcasonne"
Basically safe on a duck pond but pushing it a bit anywhere else
How thick is your hull steel?
I want to know the same. New boats are paper thin
I watched another video about narrow boats, shop said most where 10mm thick.
Who by the way fitted out the "Mystic Lady"....
I'll answer that myself.....you did, I caught up with the next video....