Two Anchors On A Boat - A quick tour inside our floating weekend home

[@davidf2703]

Perfect. Shows exactly how you can make one of these little boats your own.

[@DreddJoe]

totally impressed with all the upgrades, thankx for content.

[@shanehumberstone5262]

For a little boat it has a phenomenal amount of storage space,fabulous

[@tracyali2533]

Hi we have recently bought a boat same as yours and we think yours looks great. The toilet on ours was removed and one side of the sofa/sleeping area was made longer and electrics put in after that, on same side as lengthenedsofa area. So we're thinking of building a toilet on the opersit side and making the kitchen area smaller as we think will be less involved and just be easier. What we would like to know is, what are the measurements of your toilet cubicle as this seems perfect size for a wc.

[@marklawrence855]

Its brilliant, you have your own boat 😀

[@andrewholloway231]

A great video, I enjoyed this. Thank you for showing us round your 'Dandy'. Incredible amount of space for a 19 footer, great idea of making the door into a 'stable' door.

[@djsherz]

The door mod has proved quite useful. Our previous dog was old and lazy enough that we could just leave the door open and not worry too much, but Joe is a lot more bouncy, and it gives a lot of peace of mind!

[@ontothenextboat]

Nice video. I just bought one in rebuild condition. I want to make allot of videos on doing the rebuild. Thanks for the video. This keeps me motivated!

[@jonb6660]

Hi, did you rebuild the dandy after? I'm seriously looking for the right project at the moment.

[@ontothenextboat]

Not yet, I'm planning to start within a month. Tomorrow I'm going to cruise to the dock and see what's the damage underneath. It stays al winter on the shore. So that I can completely refurbish the hull and fix everything that's needed.

[@jonb6660]

Brilliant video , very informative and helpful. Do you still have the boat? I'm seriously considering one and I'm impressed how much useable space there is. Any tips or modifications you would add to yours if you were doing it again?

[@2icelollys1goat]

What a great video. Your boat is great. I like how it's just functional and simple and that you've carried out most all the fittings and wiring up etc

[@paulaustin4720]

Nice chilled out video both x

[@djsherz]

Cheers Paul!

[@jonnyjones5201]

Nice little dawncraft dandy.

[@djsherz]

They're cracking little boats - cheap and cheerful, low maintenance and easy to work on for a novice like me!

[@andysinclair1161]

Love yer boat. Looking for one myself at the moment - being 6' 3" thought I'd have a issue but you seem to manage ok....

[@djsherz]

If you're in the cabin, you're normally sitting or lying down anyway, so I rarely find it an issue. If I'm doing the washing up I just do it on my knees.

[@mentesmehmet]

Guys hope your all well and looking forward to a vid soon hopeful;)

[@matthewevans6171]

I'm considering a dandy myself, as the price of steel boats its just crazy these days. This video was really helpful, thanks.

[@djsherz]

I know right! Why pay more for something that's going to rust and cost a fortune to moor haha. Glad the video was of some help to you, hope you find that perfect boat!

[@lorithorpe3502]

it's a nice little boat, very compact , maybe you should fit one of those lifting roofs , like they used to have on the old vw campers lol .

[@djsherz]

To be honest I haven't found the headroom to be much of a problem so far. If I'm doing the washing up it's quite comfortable to do it kneeling, and the rest of the time you're either sitting or lying down in the cabin anyway. Ideally the toilet cupboard could do with being a little bigger I suppose! :)

[@davidf2703]

Hi Sherz and Linz. Can I ask you did you ever take your Dawncraft Dandy out on a lake? Or did you ever sail her in windy or rough conditions? I'm thinking of buying one and wanted to know if it would only be suitable for canals. Thank you. Dave

[@djsherz]

Hi Dave - I've only ever been on the canals with her, but there's no reason why it couldn't handle lakes and rivers, although for river conditions I might prefer a stronger engine to cope with water currents that you don't get on canals. However because it's such a lightweight boat, it's not great when the wind gets up, you get blown around a lot! The design of the hull is such that it sits more on the water than in it, there's only around a foot or so below the waterline. I have a couple of sandbags under the V seats in the bow which helps stability a bit.

[@davidf2703]

@@djsherz Thanks so much for all that info. That really helps my decision making. 👍🏻Really enjoying your videos- keep up the good work!

[@tomtilley8660]

it's yours and paid for i think it's epic high 5 to you both

[@marklawrence855]

Do you think you will take your boat on the Norfolk broads ?

[@djsherz]

Unless our numbers come up and we end up moving to Norfolk, I doubt it. I did look into it once, and there's a lot of expenses involved - getting the boat lifted out of the canal, transported to Norfolk, lifted into the river, paying the Broads Authority license, it would end up costing more than just hiring a boat for a week - a far bigger and better boat at that!

[@marklawrence855]

@@djsherz yes I understand nothing is cheap with boats, im lucky I have boat in brundall, and now living in Norfolk, so at long last living the dream, happy boating to you both 😀

[@djsherz]

@@marklawrence855 Oh yes that's living the dream alright. Would love to be able to just turn up, take it out for a spin, drop mudweight in the middle of Surlingham Broad whenever I felt the need for a night's getaway! One day maybe haha.

[@marklawrence855]

@@djsherz definitely, i made it happen so can you 🤠

[@naemasufi]

haha John that did make me laugh

[@shanehumberstone5262]

I’ve got one of those usb flexible led lights,handy little things aren’t they 🙂

[@djsherz]

Yeah I added that to the dashboard so that I could see my RPMs when going through Harecastle tunnel...

[@terencemorrall6967]

6foot10 ,blimey how do you ever manage to sleep on boats ?

[@djsherz]

Luckily the bed on that boat is surprisingly roomy, better even than the beds you get on Broads cruisers.