Haha I think the toilet thing is not my thing and lived on a boat with a girl for a few months and felt there was no privacy..get out your boat and there’s people walking by wanting to talk..I think I’d have to crap at work most of the time and try a compost toilet and ignore the public if I’m a busy area (most boaters don’t even look at people walking by so I think privacy affects all boaters) and try to get out into the countryside every now and then for a barbecue

I have to say that many ppl live in huge cities in flats etc and are very isolated. Remember that case of a woman in London found in a flat deceased after a year with the tv still on…

Hmmmm I really want the adventure of living on a nb… but can see there will be some tricky ones to solve…. Thanks for sharing.

Soothing voice… easy to listen to.

I would gladly live on a narrow boat, but the option to move every two weeks would disrupt me. I like to keep my feet in the same place.

All great points....that unspire me further to give it a go. 😂 thank you

Thanks Dan

Video that could have been a paragraph or list.

I don't know what to say just watched the video and am left a bit befuddled by the fact that most people find all your negatives apart from toilet which a compost toilet is best way forward their positives If anyone want to live on a narrowboat the solid sound advice would be hire one for a week or two and see You could also have mentioned water tanks need filling leisure batteries running flat the list goes on but so what just get on with it

That depends where you moor , if your in London it’s nit surprising.

😂 you were very lucky you didn’t split your difference 😂

If your a bit used to things been done for you and not very hands on. It can be an expensive and stressful life. Hands on approach, a love for water, outdoors and a bit of getting mucky almost regularly then its a dream, 4 years in. Love it

Try having breast biopsy surgery. Pretty much look like a an aubergine 🍆 afterward. Too Much Info ? Yah

Hopefully a one-off, my experience was 10 years ago, I swung my legs out of bed and sat up but kept going and found myself laying down again, then sat up again feeling very unsteady thinking 'is this the rest of my life'. I was prescribed Cerc, it works in the short term but can't work long term as it become less effective over time. My initial dizziness lasted a week, but it comes back when I'm tired and lasts anything from minutes to hours. I went for an MRI, ENT, and audiology tests a couple of years ago when it came back with a vengeance, they have a great room in the Royal London hospital where they strap you into a chair and purposely make you dizzy while checking your eye movements, so there is some excitement to be had. Like I said, hopefully you just had temporary symptoms and no permanent damage.

Thanks for the update 😊

can we get a boat tour?

Tokyo Drift a boat haha!

It's nice to know that it's not just clumsy old guys like me who fall in! Wind kind of sucks on a canal boat. I've been kicking around the idea of installing one or more of those "fins" that rotates into the water like a little keel to see if it helps. Sorry you got sick. Take care of yourself, my friend.

Ha ha ha ha yeah, I’d have laughed too!

It sounds like heaven to me well except the toilet bit but I was a nurse so it wouldn’t faze me. This Aussie may need to find a way to get myself over there after my kids are all adults 😄

I have just now discovered you videos and they are exactly what I need as I'm thinking of my first narrowboat purchase.

I've noticed solo constant cruisers made a point of having the thought of needing to emptying the cassette as a normal "chore" its helped them to keep ontop of the check list and making waypoints so they do not catch themselves being empty of water, gas, firewood/coal. Which is a great point. I can see myself doing that unless I had something constantly reminding me "I need to be sorted" So having to do the nasty job once a week or every two weeks or how often I will fill it on my own I know I'll make a habit of checking everything else reducing the "Oh, I want a shower but ran out of water" moments which I bet happens more often than people like to admit lol (Having shampoo in your hair still and out of water completely at 7pm dark, unable to travel to the nearest point)

I love watching these "Don't do this" video because it keeps me doing reality checks and I keep finding more reasons to do it. I tend to answer the key points people bring up as "it might not be fore you" and I am happy to still go and live on one. One point I can see will be Showering - Taking shorter showers, I tend to take LONG LONG showers because I can. I would have to be actively changing that behaviour. if you can't afford to cut down shower times because you have limited water supply until your next refill then maybe its not for you.

I crave solitude. No poophobia. Don't get hysterical about privacy. Love all weather. Lightning tho, eeeek! I'm retired. It's dull. Nothing ever changes. Thiz would be a step up! Thanks for this wisdom. It helped to hear about these. The only thing I think would bother me would be the smells.

Seems straightforward. I'll drop my speed in the country (place where there might not be 5G).

Hi really good vid thanks , but just in case you weren't aware , for pump out toilets you can purchase your own pumps from a company called Lee San. This means if a person's boat was stuck in ice they could still pump out into 25 litre barrels then empty at elsan

We have a pump out, its expensive and a constant worry that it will leak, we thought about a composting toilet but disposing of it is the problem, i will not put poo in a bin, in plastic bags its not right and not environmentally friendly and its not composting

Thanks for the contact: Jay Wolff ? Note: if you're filming metal work, hold a dark lens, or a pair of amber sunglasses in front of the camera lens, to catch the welding

❤

Cool 😊

Good job. Reassuring

Hmm. Should i buy silicone sealant to put behind the wall studs in my apt. Would the water just lead further down. Yes, it would. However, fantastic fix - you must be pleased

Nice one Dan, there isn't a lot of room in the engine bay for that sort of thing is there. Stirling job though. The quote of the video "my pipe is frozen stiff" 😂 good job mate.

Totally sympathise about holes in pipes - we had engine coolant leak because engine vibration had worn a hole in the pipe where it runs through the bulkhead to the calorifier. Hope you weren't without heating for too long.

How does it work for an address? Do you still have a registered address on land or can you get registered living where you moor up?

Nice one! It would be interesting to see what routine checks you carry out on Red October.

Filmed this in Jan but had other videos I wanted to show it out first. Hope you enjoy!

Top video as always dude! I’m loving seeing this all come together.

I really envy you. The quiet and solitude is what I would _really_ enjoy, and I plan to live one a boat soon, myself. Your insights since you started this channel have been really useful and I hope you can keep it up. Thanks for everything and the very best of wishes and luck to you 👍

Got to love the honesty

been great following your journey! looking forward to joining you on an adventure!

Many thanks for your honest answers to all the questions. I'm faced with a few life changes and a narrowboat is very much an option so this channel is proving to be very informative!

Been on my for boat many many years.... Everything you said I love and more.... Even the pump out toilet.... Those that love it, those that hate it 😂.

Awesome vlog Dan ,lovely having you as a neighbour, look forward to seeing you soon 🍺🍺

Great stuff mate Very honest It's a big learning curve

*coffee contraption* Oh, you kids...! 🤣 Have you fallen into the canal yet? I have - twice! Well, three times technically, but once was on purpose looking for a certain *cat* who went overboard one night, and who I thought was drowning. (He wasn't. I froze my ass off in the canal alone, in the middle of nowhere, looking for his furry butt. Nothing. He turned up on the towpath the next day perfectly happy. Stupid cat.)

The last question was the best, imho. Bright blessings to you and yours, including your boat. Namaste'. 💖

Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my questions! Very much looking forward to the next video!

Feel free to add questions here if you want another questions answered video