55ft Narrowboat ''La Vagabond'' Build and self fit out 2016

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[@AshaJacobb]

Fascinating!

[@mpart_woodlathe-stuff]

Dunno what I see here, but I like it !!! Stay safe. -Mike😷 p.s. Me? I'm not a boat or canal person by any measure

[@jonoepworth4056]

Nice Job, for myself the galley at the stern is a much more practical and sensible idea Thumbs Up Stay Safe o7

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

cheers, we've just put her up for sale due to a change in circumstances ..

[@cuttersgoose]

Wow, now that’s narrow...it’s like living in a hallway..

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Hi they are all 6ft 10inch wide, this is so they fit into a single lock cheers

[@johnoleary528]

Amazing

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Fascinating! I was surprised by the very hard chines. Are there any made out of fiberglass?

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Cheers Tom, you can find a few older Narrowboats where the top half is made from fiberglass but nowadays most are made from Steel..Thanks

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

GraphiteGray1 Designer Jim Brown once used a process for one off boats in the Pacific. The builder built an inverted 1:1 model of the hull from sand and a little cement, coated it with wax or aluminum foil, then used it as a male mold to make a hull, removing the sand when the glass hull was done. A matching top molding could also be made. I often wondered if that could be done on a one off narrowboat. Steel is probably best for bumping the stone canal walls.

[@jackbarley6937]

tom jackson

[@billyjenkins2467]

The music is well good who is the band please ?

[@danielledykgraaf6483]

I want one of these real bad...but...to get it from the UK here to the states i could propbobly pay someone here to build one..or at least buy the steel. Beut of a boat folks.

[@kenirwin276]

What is seldom shown is the ballast. Do you line the entire bottom with bricks, or do you adjust it for even weight distribution after fitout.

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Ken Irwin hi yes the ballets covers the whole of the bottom of the boat, in this case it’s blocks of concrete evenly placed over the whole boat, once fitted out you trim it as it’s called to re balance it, I bought a few bags of stone that are hidden which worked perfectly, cheers

[@kenirwin276]

Is it virtually impossible to adjust the ballast because of the finished floor?

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Ken Irwin no you can take the floor up, but it’s best and easier to trim the boat with weights etc

[@WoodenItBeNice]

Hi Grahame, Is there anything you won't tackle as a project? Take care mate. Cheers, Huw

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Anything electrical Huw! Lol cheers

[@Mr91495osh]

Just build a “bed pad” for an RV and add an electric motor and rudder

[@tonyeden8381]

Where is it now..............why no new videos,?

[@karlsmith242]

Hi looking good is it possible to send me plans to make one myself

[@ilumine5089]

enrtrega no Brasil?

[@kenirwin276]

So, with so little extra space on the boat, where can you hide the extra ballast?

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Ken Irwin it depends how your boat is fitted out, I hid mine in the storage area of the bed base and in the pump room of the bathroom..

[@hmausfr]

Update?

[@chessfun]

that must have cost a fortune?

[@stotas2]

Who is the builder

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

HI The builder was JD Narrow boats at Shardlow..

[@thameswater2561]

remember don`t fit the boat out before you put the sides on will you :)

[@michaelmooney3369]

is the plate at the point of the hull the thrust bearing? I would have covered the two areas beside the engine and made a built in fuel tank, looks like it would hold around 100 to 150 gallons. I would make it a hybrid the engine would be a 30 to 60Kw generator propulsion would be an electric motor. it would also have a big battery bank lithium ion.

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

michael mooney hi the fuel tank is at the stern below the rudder, you can buy electric engines from approx £20,000.00 to expensive at the moment... we have 3 leisure batteries (we may add more) and a starter battery,

[@jean0michel]

Just miss solar panels

[@jondoe7899]

I'd make one that looked like a battle ship

[@thameswater2561]

you might need it the way this world is going... hold on to your hat.

[@mozamariner4443]

If you do let me know, I’ve gotta battle axe you can have

[@fukkyoutube]

these thing are not boats they are barges

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

These are Narrow Boats, a barge is a working vessel with a small cabin at the rear for the boatman and his family, the rest of the boat would be open to carry coal, etc

[@greebo7857]

I HATE these photo essays that pretend to be videos. Do it properly, can't you? I'd watch, and maybe sub, if you did. I WANT to see narrowboat vids, but this is just a waste of time.

[@OurFrenchHouseRenovation]

Greebo don’t watch it then simples...