Solo Summer Cruise on my NARROWBOAT
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Welcome to another episode of May's narrowboat adventures. Fancy a lil summer cruise? Come a long with me on the bi-weekly moving house adventure!
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It's nice to see a sweet, happy soul going through life. Good luck
Aww bless ya
That seems so lovely. I think I'd like to visit Britain. I'd be tempted to skip London and spend my vacation in a narrowboat. I'd read Wind in the Willows and Swallows and Amazons the whole time. I think you have as much solar as we do on our 2K square foot house. Should be able to run an electric engine at least some of the time.
Do it! Skip London! Haha
Excellent trip. Found channel by accident enjoying the narrow baot fun.
Yay welcome aboard!
Well you should be proud of a great job
Thanks so much
Well done May, great video. Would love to come meet up and help you move if you needed it.
Thanks olly. I don't tend to accept invitations online much before an organic face to face connection first
Please ask yourself when was the last time you heard of someone sinking a boat because they may have made a mistake? Do not be afraid of loosing and you will always be a winner.
Greetings from Japan, Thank you for this video.
Yes! I remember you crashing into my boat, NB Angel…🙈🙈🙈 no worries 😊
I thought you were brave to face your fears of moving the boat alone.
Thanks Mark, that's kind of you to say
It's good to see that people are doing what we all should do. Helping others. Great job on trying this by yourself. We have nothing to fear but fear itself. ❤❤
Thank you Marge, lovely words
You are a bright happy soul May the enthusiasm you show for your boat and the chores it bestowed on you are fun to watch
Your have a go attitude is refreshing and see you handle the successes and failures is wonderful
I admire your grit and determination ❤
Aww cheers Dave, you're a gem. What lovely words thank you 😁🙏
Aww thankyou x
Such an enjoyable channel..Regarding a preventable collision when mooring up ... If you are in doubt about the available space then try stopping the bow of your boat part way past the stern of the boat you accidentally hit and reverse into the space.. you'll be able to jump off the stern instead of walking down the gunnel to get off too and avoid potential costly damage to someone else's stern gear.
Yes for sure!
Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers ! - What a milestone !
Thank you so much! A milestone indeed! Chuffed
What a cutie :)
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во время наматывания конца каната категорически нельзя чтобы пальцы или рука были между уткой и канатом!
если канат внезапно натянется можешь сказать "прощай!" ненужным частям тела!
Cheers May,you are positively peaceful to watch, woman and machine in perfect harmony, nice earing too✌️
Thank you kindly
Can I please make a suggestion. When pushing a heavy gate use your bottom and not your hands.
There are fewer joints involved and the power is exerted more efficiently.
Being the weight you are which is very healthy you could cause yourself a back strain or injury
Thanks ray, I always appriciate it when advice starts with a question 😁
Only just found your channel,love the idea of narrow boating and your boat is adorable and you yourself are amazing
Thanks so much! 😊
I've been sailing and around boats for 40 years, I amazed a friend (who didn't know) when I helped him move his narrow boat last year. A few tips that will definitely help you, firstly, slow the boat down when mooring, you get more time to think, it's less effort and when you drop a rope onto a post, make two loops and fold the top loop under the bottom loop and drop it on the mooring post. the boat will stop! As fo lock gates, just hold pressure on them for a few seconds and they will start to move, it's all about time, don't rush it. You'll get there, just take it slow. You'll get to know the boat length to a mooring spot, then go a little past, reverse the stern in and tether, then deal with the bow at a more leisurely pace. 🙂 The more you do the better you get. 🙂
Thanks for the tips!
@@wellbeingonwater He is 100% correct, there are only two times (well three really) you need to rush on a boat, if it's on fire or if it is sinking. The third is hurry taking showers as they eat through the fresh water, but you know what I mean by two.
Beautiful little gems like this video are the reason I love youtube. A little act of personal bravery, beautiful countryside and a gentle flow to the whole thing, nicely and well done!
Aww what a lovely comment, thank you
I sold
My boat about 8 years ago now for a new life since gaining a wife and 2 wonderful sons. I’ve now had that ripped away from me and life seems lost. As you say “making friends “. Good luck
Thanks for sharing with us!
Naigating through the tunnels and small channels give the full perspective of how narrow this is. You possess a mastery of the boat and an aptitude of the mechanics and engineering. Cheers.
Stay solid and beautiful dear May. You'll always have people that love you. Not all of us can be your partner but we love you with all our hearts.
Bless ya
always wear safty glasses while working with your batterys. enjoyed your viditos from East,Texas, USA
Thanks for the advice
Hello May, my name is Christian as can see My travel is not a great as yours but I got a brand new Jeep Gladiator and my son is going to fix it so I can Leave a travel the United States . You Take Care Be Safe Happy C😂❤rusing
Ooo that sounds bloody marvelous Chris! Your journey is and will be just as wonderful, I'm sure! Be well 😁
Thanks for taking us along May. Freeeeedom. Peace. Gary from Ontario.😊
love this!
Thank you for taking us along on this lovely little cruise! 🙂
You're welcome! It's lovely to have you with me
Seeing those solar panels got me wondering if anyone has tried powering their narrowboat with an electric motor and some batteries. ...A special kind of floating Tesla.
There are electric boats now, solar powered ones
Thanks for sharing, being an American from Midwest I had no idea a canal system existed in England?
It sure does! It's a big deal haha!
If you are solo, who's holding the camera?
A tripod!
@@wellbeingonwater OK nice work (4:34) . All the best !
Gorgeous looking English lass
Great to see a free spirit, we need more of this.
Stumbled on your channel. Brought back amazing memories of summer 1983 in Wales. 4 days on the narrowboat. Amazing scenery. Tied up one evening next to a corn field. My Brit hosts thought I was daft as I returned with several ears of corn. “What are you doing with animal fodder?” I boiled it, buttered it, and enjoyed it. Thought the cows in blighty are super spoiled. Sweetest corn I ever ate. My hosts tried some, and a bit begrudgingly, in the understated English way, decided it was quite okay. Chalk one up for the colonists.
I am now 62 and still remember that summer and how wonderful it was. Thank you for this video.
Aww thanks soo much for sharing! I love that my videos bought memories back for you! Big hugs
Love watching your channel. You're an amazing young lady. You achieve such a lot. You are an inspiration 😊
Aww thanks Janice. The little chhild in me is swaying side to side with a cheeky grin and a red face
You know what I think of this vlog so just a quicky message.....very proud Aunty T!! 😆🥰
Awww aunty T, love ya! Soooooo much
Very enjoyable. Well Done May. Was with you during your cruise, we all were😊
Thank you! 😃 felt that xx
Those diamond-shaped locks are a pig when you are solo.
Right!!! Diamond shaped, like that
1st time watcher ... love it. You are really nice and watching your travel.. thank you 🙂
Thank you! 😃
Just found your channel and it reminded me of a holiday aged fifteen with my brother and his wife on the Grand union canal!
In later years I got into sailing and owned a few (sea)boats ranging from 16 feet up to a 27 foot Bermuda rig yacht.
Like you when I first went to sea alone,very little experience but a steep learning curve!
It's amazing how much knowledge you gain!
Later on I met my late wife and we had a fair few adventures,our furthest trip was Chichester harbour to Weymouth ,lots of fond memories and adventures !
Great to see your confidence to tackle your fears,nothing like completing a passage with "demons"!!
I am now hooked and look forward to your future voyages,now at 67 years old I 've joined the armchair sailors,but can't resist the boat life...
I 'll enjoy your future travels ,stay safe and boring as it is when your afloat alone a self inflating life jacket may be your best friend?
When there s no one else around those high canal sides (locks)can be very unfriendly...
Crazy years ago I scoffed at such remarks myself!
Have fun and live your life,its yours and you are "living" it,all the best!x
Thats awesome! Thanks for sharing
Greetings from Russia ! Very beautiful places and the captain of this bot ! I wish you all the best and further travels !
Thank you very much!
Не каждый мужчина может справится а вы одна класс
Thanks
Thank for taking the time for pointing out the old railway where you had so much fun .These memories are so important.l’m sure your boat will be fine in your capable hands and a little help👍
Aww memories 🤩
you are so cute
semangat terus gadis hebat. Salam dari Malaysia
Thank you! Nice to hear from you from the other side of the world!
Hello..I have never seen....... a video like this before...it's amazing......and the most amazing girl
Hope you have Happy Boating from USA 🇺🇸 John E.May ❤❤❤❤
I'm from Brazil, I thought your lifestyle was really cool... you're beautiful, what country are you from...
Do the things you’re afraid to do….
Absolutely
Before it is to late. Old comes quick.
QUESTION: First, I really enjoy watching the canal boats, what a delight. Now the question, do you have a bow thruster to help moving the bow around or do you have to manage all that length with the stern tiller only? I am a new sub, looking forward past vids and current vids.
Good luck with boating May, we've just sold our 51' Sea Otter after deciding aii in all, we despise boating, things can and do go wrong, it 'aint all that. plus the canal & river trust are increasingly ripping residential boaters off, licence, moorings and I kid you not a garden fee if it's moored against your land like ours was ......sod it, we've got a perfectly good canal side home to stay in.
I so ardor you. I 've spent many weeks on a CAL25 Sailboat single handed. The prep, planning and weather considerations are unknown to all others. Plus you are super cute! Want to go on a cruise? like say Portugal to Miami on NCL?
Good Nz morning. Usual story. I just found your channel, liked it and subscribed. Background story. A family member and I rented a Narrow boat for a week back in 2008 for a week. It was a bucket list thing. It had to be done. But I thought it was pretty awesome. We were on the Shropshire Union then onto Llangollen Canal and return to Middlewich. Looking forward to further adventures with you. Take care and atb from down here.
Welcome aboard! Lovely to have you over here! I just met an Australian on a similar journey actually!
Pleasure thanks to you bye now
Welcome
Lovely vlog May, a gentle summer cruise. You can see how much you love your boat and how much respect you have for her age.
Well done for facing your fear ❤
Thanks so much! 😊 I do love her SO much!!!
Congratulations on 10, 000 subscribers ! 🎉🎉
Perhaps I missed it but would be nice to know which canal you are cruising. Thanks
Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦 thanks for the presentation I understand that living on a river boat or a barge is more common in European countries with rivers 😊
Hi May great vlog as usual and well done for facing the challenge of locks so admire your positivity 👏. love the peace and tranquility of the canal It's great to calm my mind chatter for a little bit....four weeks and I'll be on the Caledonian canal enjoying the calmness and the canal 🛥️
Woohoo! That's exciting great time of year for a cruise on the Caledonian, what a treat!
So looking forward to it 😁
Genial 👍🤩👌
I see you have a build up on one of your battery terminals, get rid of it with a toothbrush and a solution of baking soda and water, brush it off!!!!
Hi May... Solo locking! Another little triumph in your life's journey. I've past your boozy party bridge a number of times and wondered if there's a way up to the village that way??? Quite a trek otherwise, which is a shame as it's a lovely village.
Yup you can! There's a ladder now that someone has built. A lot safer than scrambling which I have done many times!
Bumper-Boats EH?? ..... Well that's ONE WAY to get into a tight Mooring 😂😂
Haha oopsy
now this is a fantastic lifestyle
It's pretty awesome!
Still awesome.😁🏴☠️
Whey hey thank you!
Interesting to learn how life is on these boats. I would absolutely love one. When I win the lottery ....
If you're not sure whether you're going to fit into a space, reverse into it, get off your boat and then use the centre rope to pull the boat in. As the front of the boat drifts gently in towards the bank you will soon see whether it's going to fit in or not.
wirebrush your battery terminals then smear a little vaseline on them prevents corrosion
You had some wonderful luck with doing all those locks, in the end its all about muscle memory. Counting the number of times you do a thing. Two times round the mooring pin for the rope. Then one slow turn with the winless on the lock, then check on your boat and back to the lock... but you get the idea. And your right it very hard to judge distances when you need moor up. many times I've moved on from a place thinking it was to small and my boat is only 35foot
Brilliant, thanks Martyn
If you ever need a lockboy. Give me a shout ❤
Cheers big ears
@@wellbeingonwater what canal are you on currently, I live just near the Basingstoke.
youre so pretty and passionate about what youre doing. luv that!
Having recently spent a week on the Mon&Brec canal I have a whole new appreciation of how you live and travel on your narrowboat and your moving day and going through the locks means so much more to me! I can't imagine doing that on my own though, you're such a brave and capable person, well done you 👍. If I lived closer I would have loved to help you move moorings, after all, I am now an expert having done six locks twice haha.
Wooo! That's so lush of you to say thank you! It's hard work right!!! Glad you had fun and you've officially earned your badge of lock honor, congratulations!
myself and my girlfriend were strolling along the coventry canal just yesterday near atherstone and we were wondering how women cope sailing a narrowboat and coping with locks..and boom you popped up on my feed ..very enjoyable content thankyou i wish you well and safe journeys ahead
Ooo how weird. Maybe the Internet robots were listening in! haha glad you found me.
I'd love that life if didn't have the responsibility I go for it
Sorry to hear you broke up from your partner. But just like your beautiful narrow boat adventures, the best direction is onwards. You are so brave for moving on solo, but you did amazing!!! So I bought you a coffee. So take that gentle walk, find a coffee shop, clear your head and take life in. I hope the journey reminds you that life still has so much beauty, that people can be kind and what is ahead is gonna be OK. Sending hugs, and thank you for a wonderful video. I'm a new subscriber 🙏🫂❤️
Hey Chris, ignore that scammer who replied to you earlier. Thanks for the comment, lovely words. And for the coffee too! I'll.soon get round to replying there too! Welcome aboard the channel its great to have you here
Well done . Narrowboat Will’s latest video on the River ‘Lea’ shows him going through some scary Locks 😮
Oo I'll check that out
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From the States. Never knew there was such an infrastructure. Fascinating!
Yessssss, it's a big part of our history in the UK!
Lovely video May. There seems to be an abundance of those narrow locks on the Oxford Canal. For a lovely lady like you no-one should mind moving their boat a few feet. It's your home so it's only right that you treat her that way. I love the confident way you continue on your way while eating breakfast.
Aww bless ya
Great see u have good 👍 time my name Wesley d Woolfall keep safe 😘
I think I have mentioned before that I like the videos where the boat moves best. So many nice people to help. I would to if I were there but I am thousands of miles away.
Yes I do remember you saying! I actually remember the comment so much I thought that you'd enjoy this one! Funny how some things stick
Lovely journey - I'm missing the Oxford, but hoping to be there next year.
Not one to miss!
amazıng..
Thanks!
Your more than capable doing locks on your own. Keep going
Totally! Feel the fear and do it anyway
nice & funny!
Thanks! 😄
hello when you have to move your boat how far do you have to go
Please don't move anyone's boat . If your boat don't fit move on .
Okay
Lucky lady , happy and safe crushing.💙
Thanks 😄
Do you have a cargo with you?a longer boat❤❤❤
There you go May, seeing as your are one, never underestimate girl power..
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Hi my buetiful friends looks so
Amazing your life have a wonderful day ❤👍
Thank you! You too!
Really enjoyed the cruise...I am poised to buy my first boat..taking time to find the right boat..I am looking for a cruiser so my dog can cruise along side me...I find the idea of a larger boat daunting Im looking for around 45ft...Is there a big difference in ease between the two?
Hi. A 45 foot boat is easier to manage than say, a 55 or 60 footer, as they're easier to manoeuvre. Going through locks is also easier, but the best part of having a shorter boat is that more of the canal network is available to you. I don't have a boat myself yet, so this advice is just from observing others.
Il do a video on wether to get a big or smaller boat 👍
Fantastic vlog. Single handling a narrow boat is daunting even for the most experienced boat owner, you come across as a natural talent. Good luck on your travels xx
Captain May isn’t scared of some Locks.
Too right 💪
Its like a mini version of the Suez Canal
Iv just purchased some of the theenk tea. X❤
Yay Dawn!!
Hi May, another excellent video. Question if I may; stern looks a traditional (small) back. If you were looking for a new boat would you decide it has to be a semi-trad or even cruiser just to give yourself the extra space on the stern? Thanks
I personally like my little woman-cave engine room with all my tools for storage and easy access to the engine with a trad stern. Pros to cruiser is more space on the back. All about individual preference and need ☺️
Agree, bloody nightmare solo going through locks, can't even "buddy up" as I live and cruise on a 60' x 12.5' widebeam! Om Hrim Namah Shivaya - which with your Yogastic wisdom you'll get!
Next year, Ill be selling and buying a houseboat in south west India - my path, my journey, my Dharma!
I get your gig boats, peace and love, before ascension - its a beautiful world, but too many ugly people - dont wanna get recycled here again! Take care, best luck and wishes on your travels! Yx
Hey! Happy to have you here.Thanks for your comment 😄
Impressive
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Just found your channel, lovely to watch.
I lived on a narrow boat for a few years, a piece of advice when opening and closing lock gates, put your back against it and push with your legs, much easier than trying to pull it ❤
Well that's true, except when the gate is fully open and there's nowhere to stand on the other side to push.
Just came a cross your channel and loved it so I have now subscribed. You are an inspiration! I've only done 1 week on a narrowboat and really loved it. Did the Blisworth tunnel but chickened out on locks... lol it was a fabulous holiday though.
Hey Chris! Welcome it's lovely to have you here! Narrowboat life is wonderful 😁
@@wellbeingonwater Thank you! from my short experience I have to agree!
Apart from Ireland (which is absolutely beautiful) it's the best holiday I've ever been on.
Narrowboating is the pace of life we, as humans, should be working at. The current pace we live in is too fast and too hard.
Keep up with the great vids
Hello, I don't know anything about operating a BIG BOAT 😎 But your passion and love for the boat + adventurous spirit + your SWEET SMILE, really compels me
to subscribe to your channel 🥰 I'm 💯 truly love to watch your adventure and learn new things from you 🥰
So, here, I wish you all the very best for your life + your boat adventure 🙏
God bless you richly in every area of your life. May He always keep you HEALTHY, STRONG, SAFE + BEAUTIFUL 🙏
KEEP ON SMILLING 😊🤗