Did I make a mistake? - buying the wrong boat

[@shirleygreaves9650]

Gorgeous boats, but yours is going to be wonderful too and even better because you’ve done all the renovations yourselves. Yes widebeams are amazing, as big as an apartment but if you want to travel the whole network you can’t do it on a wide beam. Lovely to meet Annabel, I’m going to check out her channel. Take care. X

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks for the comment, Shirley! Definitely check out Annabel’s vlog, she’s great 😊

[@user-kev-k5v]

Now that is quality exquisite in fact that rich man’s boat 🛥️

[@Theandyaston]

The first wide beam you were in. My friend Clive bought it. Lovely isn’t it 🛳😊👍🏻

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Really?? I'm well jealous! It's gorgeous. 😊

[@utek3420]

Love this episode -- especially the dry suit wrangling. But you know what? If you had a wide beam, you couldn't cross some of those amazing aqueducts!

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Too true! That would be a real shame

[@Michael-ln7us]

Somw beautiful boats, those wode beams though would struggle to get through some of the older super narrow bridges from what i habe seen

[@user-kev-k5v]

I think this must be in the hundred thousands isn’t this stunning gorgeous just your style 👍❤

[@billg8677]

Just came across for video a s subscribed. Quite enjoyable and fun. May Peace Health and Happiness follow you and yours

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks for watching & subscribing! 😊

[@charmainemanley]

Hi - New to your channel and enjoying your renovation journey. Wanted to chime in on the bed situation. We've had a couple RVs (caravans) that had table/benches that converted into the bed. It is a giant pain to entirely remake the bed every night in order to have the table set up during the day. Plus, all the under the bed storage is used to store bed linens/pillows (and very little else). If you can find space to have your desk and/or table in the living room area, it would save you so much time/energy every day.

[@GrahamWilkinson-gl9ko]

Hi Nesha & Mike ... Just wanted to say Hi ... We are new to your channel but we are loving it .. We started at the beginning so we are playing catch up and loving it so far ... Love your realistic approach and your shoulders to the wheel attitude .. you guys go on ahead and we will catch you up soon ... Take Care - Graham & Joanne xx

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks for subbing! We hope you enjoy 😄

[@michaelhibbert4393]

Chesterfield Canal Trust started their paddlesports hire last year….boards, canoes & a kayak

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Oh that sounds great!

[@neilrobinson9806]

You will be fine lass❤

[@mariohommersom2519]

Went to the boatshow , too .. Very inspiring and educational .Thanks for the Vlog !

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@talkinnmedia4535]

Great video

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@annanadiajohnson6590]

Super video. We've had the chance to see so much of beautiful narrow boats , without going ourselves. Keep the good work girls so that I can pick ideas. Thankyou again Anna xx

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks Anna! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@Theritualkitchen]

Ahhh I love seeing all the boat show footage! Hopefully I can make it next year too!

[@DriftwoodFolk]

I hope so too!

[@James-In-Exile]

Great vlog as always. It's fascinating to follow your journey and your channel's sure to start growing even quicker once the boat is finished and you're cruising around with your finished boat.

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks so much, James!

[@mayavril1]

This was so cool. Thanks for sharing and your friend seems fun will check out her channel

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Please do! And thanks for watching :D

[@paulplant6486]

Some of those boats are gorgeous. Way better than my house even 😂

[@DriftwoodFolk]

They’re soooo gorgeous right 😍 I think they’re about £160k+ as far as I know so I guess they should be!

[@traceygriffiths8919]

This was so lovely 🥰 I can see you both having a long and wonderful friendship xx

[@acedia4453]

A widebeam is a non-starter for anyone dreaming of cruising the canal system. Wont fit most locks, canals or bridges.

[@davidhall4079]

Great vlog love the boats amazing 👏

[@paulreynolds5114]

Fantastic girls... that's where you sneaked off to last week Añnabel hahaha. Great vlog love Deborah & Paul nb Lady in red ♥

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thank you! We had fun 🥰

[@Justuswandering]

hey Paul! yes! it was a lot of fun to have a look at the show! :)

[@bigKDL]

Widebeam boats are great if you don't want to move them if you want to travel then it has to be a narrowboat

[@DriftwoodFolk]

We definitely want to be able to travel so narrowboat is best for us I think

[@toricostin243]

As someone clueless..are the wide beams really just incapable of traveling most the canals?

[@steveperrin1590]

Absolute rubbish, there are many hundreds of miles of canals (called widebeam canals) built specifically to accommodate the widebeam barge. (Another case of boat envy, I think) 😉

[@chrischristofis8501]

I considered sub 50ft as its easy to handle but went for 60ft in the end cos it doesnt take long to get experience and the extra space is great, although is harder and cost more to heat, and for moorings

[@anniemac3075]

You can't have a widebeam, think how limited you'd be. So many places you couldn't go. The boat at the end is very James Bond.

[@DriftwoodFolk]

True! Yessss it was very James Bond indeed.

[@michaelreilly5940]

Are you still renovating or have you finished can't find any more videos

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Widebeam, narrowboat, barge or yacht - which one would you choose (in an ideal world)?

[@kevinbrown5321]

Looked into canal life 25 years ago but went for a 30' racing yacht. Living life in the fast lane at an angle of 45 degrees lol. Impression I got with canal boats was that there were an awful lot of divorced floating alcoholics

[@DriftwoodFolk]

@@kevinbrown5321 Hahaha sounds amazing, I can't imagine the adventures you've had!

[@jillosler9353]

Surely the answer to that is "the boat I can afford"? We can all drool about the brand new award winning hybrid narrowboat or widebeam but if we don't have £250,000 to spare then a small doer- upper is better than nothing.

[@DriftwoodFolk]

@@jillosler9353 Agreed. But I meant in an ideal world, what kind of boat would you prefer 🙂

[@brownnoise357]

Trouble is, once the Ocean and Sailboats get into your blood, they never leave. I was lucky as I was about set to go Sailboat Racing, the 1979 Fastnet Race Tragedy happened, and I permanently stayed with Sailboat Cruising, and got my high speed kicks with Motorbikes instead, though as a Tourer, not a Racer- was going Racing, but got priced out of doing it, as to be successful you needed sponsorship, and to get Sponsorship you needed to be successful. 😅 Ho hum. My Cousin is happy with his Canal Boat, I think he's somewhere around London, a d being Afloat a ywhere in a boat, is much better than not having a boat to be Afloat in, says the presently bottles guy. I've definitely got one more Sailboat to liveaboard in, and maybe have two if I can get back to the Tropics for a few years, while a new Sailboat gets built. Good luck, Best Wishes and Fair Winds to you all. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[@garyheap3780]

Great vlog this week👍 was the first boat you featured a viking? It looked a lot like my brothers boat (only bigger)

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks! We had so much fun. I have no idea, I got so caught up in going inside the boats that I didn't take note of which builders made each one haha!

[@garyheap3780]

@@DriftwoodFolk probably the best way, just enjoy the show.😁

[@joysmith6721]

You have gorgeous hair!!❤

[@MaritimeFox]

I hear a lot of people say that narrowboating is off grid. In reality it isn't. You have to pay a licence fee to be on the canal, you need somewhere to dispose of your rubbish, places to dispose of toilet waste and refill with water. So from that standpoint it's very much on-grid in the holistic sense. Sure, we generate our own electricity, but we still need diesel for that. 🙂

[@mike-driftwoodfolk2651]

Great comment. Id say it's probably the best you can get in the UK for being off grid ha. Technically you could have solar panels and create your power from that so no need for the engine or shore power but as you said then it's the licence as well as the rubbish etc ... But then again even if you had land and a house with a completely off grid system you would still have the council come round to collect your bins and the lpg man come to swap your bottles over ... So is anything truly off grid? Not really but it's as near as you can get especially being in the UK.

[@Dore60]

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[@DriftwoodFolk]

thanks for watching!!

[@TatyanaValdaBelindaHill]

"Rich 65-year-old man vibes" 😆😹

[@DannerisMr]

I cant find out how long you are in the interior building,

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Do you mean how long we’ve been restoring/building the boat? If so, then about 9 months!

[@DannerisMr]

No, how fare you are comming in the building

[@DriftwoodFolk]

@@DannerisMr We are almost onto the electrics now, but we hope to make the boat liveable by Summer

[@paulhulse1975]

Hi you 2 I have been following you from the beginning good luck and when is the next video 👍🍺

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Not sure because we’re going on holiday today and having a break! The next video will mostly likely be in two weeks when I’m back and settled from holiday :) thanks so much for following our journey from the start!

[@mikejfranklin7000]

It's not too late! You could build yourselvs a 60-foot broadbeam out of, say, 3mm MDF. You'd be fine.

[@DriftwoodFolk]

😂😂

[@DannerisMr]

Hey my freind, where is Mike, i surf around, but i cant ever find the last vlog,

[@DriftwoodFolk]

He was at work. And you can find our vlogs by clicking on our channel name 👍

[@DannerisMr]

@@DriftwoodFolk okay, i know , you just write in one vlog….in memory to Mike….so i was woried that something bad had happend, thereś a long way fore him to drive op to your place All the bedst..cheers. Jan Danneris. Denmark

[@DriftwoodFolk]

@@DannerisMrAhhh! I wrote in memory of Mick - he was the previous owner of the boat but he passed away and then we purchased it

[@DannerisMr]

@@DriftwoodFolk okay…..pheeeew…..i saw it in the night time, and was not reading the text well enough. id love to see more of your building, Mike is a good carpender, and have the right idieas together with you, ill give a cup of coffee some day, love to see more

[@mike-driftwoodfolk2651]

​@@DannerisMrhaha appreciate the love my friend. But don't worry I'm very much alive & will be back to the boat soon 💪🏽

[@talkinnmedia4535]

I'm back again. 👋🏼

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Hiii

[@SneekOutside]

What's with all the whispering???😂😂

[@robtheplod]

In answer to your question, no, you didn't buy the right boat!..... widebeams are just for people not interested in cruising, but cant quite afford to live on land.....

[@DriftwoodFolk]

Thanks sharing your personal opinion. I’m sure there are widebeam owners who feel differently though. I don’t think everyone shares the same reason for living on a boat, regardless of the kind of boat they chose

[@robtheplod]

@@DriftwoodFolk True... its just how many widebeam boats do you see moving... :)

[@dallassukerkin6878]

:grins: Given the widebeam prices I have seen you might as well buy a house - at least that is an appreciating asset rather than depreciating :)

[@user-kev-k5v]

If women can go through having babies and monthly bad times as you do I think you were both fantastic in the water 👍