Saying GOODBYE to our first narrowboat home + moving onto our project houseboat with NO UTILITIES

[@lauralowery9303]

Well done! Congratulations! Today is a bittersweet day for you, but you will come to love your new home just as much! Y'all are so sweet to each other and that is what makes it work! 💕

[@teresac1060]

Congrats 🎉 and good man Richard ❤

[@sophiematthewman1770]

That was the best home move ever! Very Slick!! Hopefully now you're in a better position with the electric you can move forwards faster. What a lovely guy -Richard we solute you! These are the kind of people we all need more of! 😁

[@thistinylife]

Such a nice thing to do, isn't it! The world needs more Richards 🙂

[@stephenpyner4156]

Have just subscribed to your channel and enjoyed watching this video. Looking forward to seeing your future videos and catching up on your previous ones

[@thistinylife]

Welcome aboard Stephen! Thank you for subscribing 🙏🙏

[@racebanning6390]

CONGRATS AND WHAT A FANTASTIC ELECTRIC UPGRADE ON THE NEW HOME.. WOW!! AND TO YUR SUBSCRIBER.. WELL DONE MATE.. THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART TO HELP OTHERS... ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TRYING TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE!! IT ALWAYS BRINGS ME JOY TO SEE PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE.... IN A WORLD OF ELITE SELFISHNESS. BE BLESSED YA ALL, FROM IDAHO U.S.A.

[@thistinylife]

Hey!! So unbelievably thoughtful and kind, we're very thankful 😊✨ it's a pretty impressive set-up isn't it - we're so happy with it!

[@BritishAnts]

I’ve watched a few videos but now subscribed seeing you’re solar and all electric, I’m here for this kind of content! ❤

[@paulfowell9532]

Getting more and more exciting now onwards and upwards all the way

[@thistinylife]

Isn't it, we need to keep checking the photos of when we first got her to realise how far we've come! Thank you✨

[@chrisknowles7443]

Good that the electrician was able to manoeuvre around your moved over stuff. It’s all looking good!!! xx

[@thistinylife]

We kept a channel clear for him 😅 thank you ⭐

[@donnaburske1925]

Congratulations! Amazing accomplishment. I am envious.

[@thistinylife]

Oh thank you Donna ✨ we're so happy with it 🙂

[@captaindavejseddon8788]

Absolutely brilliant boat. I love the electric motor setup. My engine is 50 years old and still purs. Good luck troops and cruise with style and a smile 😊

[@thistinylife]

Thank you!! It's pretty awesome isn't it. Can't beat the sound of a purring engine though!

[@LoveTwoTravel]

We've been watching you two for a while and really enjoying it! Very happy to see the channel growing. Thank you for all the work you put into it! Definitely some of the better-quality narrowboat channels :)

[@thistinylife]

Oh thank you so much, that means a lot 🙌 we're learning as we go with it but hopefully improving 😊

[@Glyn001]

Well Done today is the first day of your new journey you both deserve it congratulations 👍👍👍

[@thistinylife]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@christineprice5463]

I am so excited for the two of you. Enjoy!

[@thistinylife]

Oh thank you ✨✨

[@LincolnGreenUK]

Have watched a couple of other narrowboat channels for a while and at the time thought what a shame it is that diesel propulsion seems the only option - and here you are hopefully about to prove that wrong! As public infrastructure for EV charging is pretty woeful, the same for electric powered narrowboats must be non-existent, so I hope the solar panels and batteries give you what you need, especially in winter. Following with interest on that front, but also enjoying your engaging content in general. The best of luck to the three of you!

[@thistinylife]

Thanks so much Lincoln! Our electrician is pretty hopeful we'll get through the winter... we don't want to get a generator so instead might just have to really go into low power mode in the winter, but we'll see how we get on when we get there! A huge learning curve 😀

[@jasonwoods3711]

Gee I remember the day I moved on my boat 18 years ago .... I'm electric propulsion too now ! Though with my upgrade il have to miss out tidal rivers ( done them already ) lol .. Safe journey 😇

[@thistinylife]

Ooh what motor do you have? We've only done a small section of the Thames on our previous boat... Would like to do a lot more river cruising through the summer... But we also would like to check out the llangollen

[@jasonwoods3711]

@@thistinylife I've fitted two 24v trolling motors to my 55ft boat... I only really use one motor at a time . Travels at 1.7mph off me 720watt solar which is plenty fast enough for just canals ... I've travelled all the rivers apart from the Thames when I had a diesel engine, though London and the Kennet don't appeal to me .. I've left the riverless West last on me list and will enjoy it much more now I'm electric propulsion 😉

[@mishkawp8200]

Fantastic! So pleased you’ve got to this point. Electricity and light make all the difference. Hopefully very soon you’ll be plumbed and able to move in properly. Congratulations on the progress. 👏👏💡

[@thistinylife]

They really do, it still feels magic to be able to turn a light on! Thank you for your comment :)

[@sallysmith155]

Lovely video as always.your narrowboat is beautiful.keep up the good work . looking forward to your next video.Have lovely week both of you.😊

[@thistinylife]

Thanks so much ✨ you too!!

[@paulturner7837]

The boats looking so good, what a boost for you to get the electrics finished. The engine power is impressive. It will be interesting to see how many cruising hours you get from a full charge. Great idea putting the boats together for the moving in process 👍

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Paul! We were shocked when Phil showed us it on for the first time... think we had to see it to believe it. Looking forward to the first cruise and put it to the test 🙌

[@efortunywhitton]

Wow! The lights look amazing!! When you were moving, Tilly looked a bit sad in her bed; was she wondering what was going on? So sweet! ❤😊

[@thistinylife]

Aren't they so exciting!! Yes poor little Tills - we felt bad packing up around her! Dropped her at a neighbours boat for the last hour or so!

[@christopherlauber13]

all caught up! such a joy to watch (from Mamaroneck, NY in the USA) you do what I can only dream about.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks so much Christopher, glad you've enjoyed our journey 🙌

[@beverleybutler7685]

Looks brilliant going all electric! Well done & all the best with the next phase!

[@thistinylife]

Thank you ✨ we're so chuffed with it! Can't wait to go for a cruise!

[@peterjensen1455]

Well Done!!! Cheers.

[@thistinylife]

Thaanks 🙌

[@claireskinner9077]

Wow lots of improvements!! Now that the harder parts are almost over, things should hopefully start moving faster for you!

[@thistinylife]

fingers crossed 😀

[@aniabrandt7]

Excellent plan it was just what is was thinking about 😅

[@thistinylife]

Worked a treat!! Thanks for watching ✨

[@champagneshutterphotography]

Having been subscribed and watching each upload since you featured on the Jits Podcast, I'm sitting in a B & B room watching this week as excitedly waiting to be on a course tomorrow; found myself shouting "oh, well done!" at my laptop screen as you manoeuvred for the move - also, mega solar array! Slightly jealously, but more excitedly, wishing you all the best!

[@Self-fitout-madness]

Hey guys, loving your videos. I will be buying a shell soon and fitting it out myself. Thanks to you and others I am getting an insight to all the mistakes people are making. If I actually take any notice is a whole different question 😂😂😂. I want to go electric and it was interesting so see the lynch motor. It’s on my short list for motors. Are you still happy with it? Keep up the great work.

[@thistinylife]

Haha oh our channel is full of mistakes to learn from! The one thing I would advise is to allocate much more time than you think it will take and double your budget!! We're really happy with the lynch motor, the only real downside is the fact it isn't brushless but servicing doesn't seem too complicated. Also, allow for plenty of ventilation in the motorbay as overheating isn't something we accounted for. It's been fine but on one really hot day we struggled a little and had to slow down whilst the motor cooled

[@Self-fitout-madness]

@@thistinylife I was going through your videos in sequence so didn’t see your great news when I originally sent my message. Congratulations to you both, the work you have done on the boat is going to seem easy to the work of bringing up a family. 🤪🤪🤪 Thanks for the tip on the motor. Good luck with baby and hope all goes well.

[@ElectricNarrowboat]

So exciting seeing your boat come alive. How many KW is your motor?

[@thistinylife]

Hey Charlie, thanks for your comment 😊 I've popped a link to the motor here lynchmotors.co.uk/marine-motors/swordfish.html

[@ElectricNarrowboat]

@@thistinylife Thanks for that. I just wondered as you sounded pretty confident about your ability to tackle tidal waters. I live on an electric boat and I wanted to compare KW 🤣

[@thistinylife]

Oh nice! What motor did you go for? 🙂

[@ElectricNarrowboat]

@@thistinylife I’m not sure if the make but it’s 15kW. I am assured that it is powerful enough to do the Ribble link. I guess I won’t know that’s true until I try it🤣🤣

[@deliawood1]

Should have gone traditional and borrowed a horse to move the boat. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺

[@thistinylife]

Great shout 😅🐎

[@ronaldhornsey7453]

Hi didn't realise what you wear doing with Artichoke beside the wiring for lights, sockets ets how was your elec involved it seems fantastic keep up the good work 😊

[@thistinylife]

Thank you 🙏 we're so excited by the electric set-up!!

[@paulwinskill5810]

Really love watching the interior build of Artichoke, following your adventures & also that you're going 100% electric. However, do you have a back-up generator as you know how the English weather can be...🙄

[@thistinylife]

Heya Paul! We're going to see how we get on without a genny... we do have a diesel tank installed in Arti in case further down the line we decide we need to pop one in. We're hoping that winter will be a case of using the woodstove a lot more. So that will take over heating and hot water responsibilities. The solar only really needing to power the lights... We fortunately have a mooring spot for the winters. It doesn't have a hookup but does mean we don't need to cruise. We'll see how we go, it's all a bit of an experiment. I'm writing this fully expecting this summer to be the rainiest on record hahaha

[@paulwinskill5810]

@@thistinylife Thank you for replying 🙂 Really looking forward to seeing how everything goes 🙂 Ah, the rain... However we're British & we won't melt, but fingers crossed you're wrong... 😂

[@alanjohn6355]

Wow, that looks to be a power house of a motor, will you be able to generate enough storage power in winter? The interior is coming on well, great work, just the big job to do now, de cluttering your possessions.

[@thistinylife]

Decluttering is definitely the big job! I don't understand how we've accumulated so much. So the solar... In the winter we're planning on staying on our mooring, so won't need to use the batteries for cruising. We'll become the epitome of fair weather cruisers 😅 the panels should be ok to generate enough for our lights etc... The stove will be our main cooker in the winter and provide hot water too... We'll see how we get on... There are always candles 😂

[@sugarpuff2978]

How exciting! I'm really pleased for all of you including doggy 😊. Just wondering how the solar power will hold up in the gloomy British winter though? Do you think you will get enough charge even though you have lots of solar panels? Not knocking but I know how dreary out winters are 😂.

[@thistinylife]

It's a good question! The plan is to use our mooring spot in the winter so we don't have to use the batteries to cruise. We don't have a hook up but the solar should be able to generate enough for lighting etc... The stove will also takeover cooking responsibilities and heating. It'll be a bit of an experiment 🙂

[@sugarpuff2978]

@@thistinylife Sounds like a good plan 🙂. You'll have the best of both world's then.

[@malcolmone1]

yes just what i would have done put one boat beside the other ,but would have moved everything while i was at it ,,

[@thistinylife]

made the whole process a lot easier! The sofa had to be taken on a trip via the towpath and over the boat's roof!

[@Joanna-gg4qx]

Amazing! I love this, do you guys think you can put together a list of the electric engine and solar fittings and batteries you guys have purchased? And maybe add it into the video description? It would be so helpful for some of us to return to if we wanted to do the same. We’re having so many problems with our diesel engine atm that one mechanic has advised switching to electric would be easier. Although we also need enough power for coastal cruising as we’re in a Seamaster atm, after we’ve flipped this boat it’s a narrowboat next for sure 🌼

[@thistinylife]

That's a great idea, we will get something like this sorted soon but probably post it on our website 🙂 I'm honestly so impressed with the electric motor. It might be worth taking a look at their site as they build them for seacraft too lynchmotors.co.uk/marine-motors.html

[@RazvanGoldum-xh3yo]

So they build your electric system?

[@chrisharvey7461]

very cool, ill be watching and learning. question, is it worth having a extendable wind turbine for winter? or perhaps no allowed

[@thistinylife]

Hey Chris. Sadly at the minute the wind turbines are quite inefficient and we wouldn't be able to raise it high enough to get consistent wind.... one day maybe!

[@John_Smith__]

Could you tell what is the power of your Electric engine ? And how much batteries capacity do you have? Just curious.

[@thistinylife]

Hey John, this is the motor we've gone for: lynchmotors.co.uk/marine-motors/swordfish.html Well worth checking the company out! The battery is 48v 15Kwh lithium 🙂

[@John_Smith__]

@@thistinylife Thanks for your reply but note that you have a 15KWH battery and the engines are either 16KW or 26KW of maximum power. So your battery will last at maximum power in the case of a 16KW electric motor about 1 hour. Your Solar setup is indeed Impressive ! 2 KW is Perfect ! If you allow me I would strongly recommend a Powerful Generator for winter time in particular. A 4KW Diesel generator would be fine.

[@thistinylife]

​@@John_Smith__ Realistically the motor will be very rarely operating at maximum output, if ever. On average the top speed along the canals isn't much above walking pace... Plus on bright days we will be able to create an equilibrium between charging and the amount of energy we expend. Winter will be a different beast. We have a permanent mooring so plan to be on that during the darker months meaning we don't have to use the motor at all.. All the batteries then need to provide is enough power for laptops and the led lights

[@John_Smith__]

@@thistinylife You're of course correct about the famous canal "speed" I believe it is about 4mi/H tops, a Very Very good and relaxing speed! You should try and see the power/Amps necessary for that speed. Because imagine it is about say half power ... 8KW, the batteries on those circumstances will run for 2Hours. And also Remember, if you drain your batteries to near 0% they will only last at best 3000 cycles, in reality with that sort of deep cycles they will only go for about 1000 cycles ... the stated 3000 deep cycles is in Perfect conditions of very slow battery draw (1C, 2C at best) and perfect 25C temperature ... so be advised about this issues.

[@champagneshutterphotography]

Also, how many watts is your inverter to power appliances? And how many amp hours of batteries do you intend on having?

[@aniabrandt7]

After moving over 20 times in my life the only thing left is to have a cunning plan when u moving

[@thistinylife]

It's exhausting isn't it! And we're only a small space!!

[@mwhitcombe]

Great and interesting vlog, I hope you get it liveable soon! Can you let me have details/supplier for you edrive please? Cheers Martin

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Martin! Us too 😅 sure - we've got a Lynch swordfish motor installed ✨

[@algonsalves8932]

What happens when you don't have sun for days at a time

[@thistinylife]

We still generate an ok amount on cloudy days. Winter we're not planning on cruising and summer will be reserved for good weather.. other than cruising we won't use a huge amount of power during the average day