Like you would perform regular maintenance on a car, motorbike, or anything with a motorised engine, a narrowboat is precisely the same. As narrowboat owners, whether you live on them or not, it’s crucial to be aware of how often you should black your canal boat. But how regularly should you do this? Knowing how …
Whether you want to take a boating holiday or thinking about making that exciting investment in a canal boat, it’s essential to understand the rules. Failing to abide by these regulations set by authorities (i.e. The Canal & River Trust) will result in you receiving a hefty fine. Even if you don’t mean any harm, …
Today is a new type of post I want to try out! The private sale review post is born 🙂 I have no idea if this will catch on but it is something I have been wanting to do for a while. The idea here is to review some of the narrowboats for sale on …
If you are browsing this website regularly, I assume you know all about narrowboats! One thing that pops up all the time in the narrowboating community (other than toilet talk) is what kind of fridge is best for a narrowboat? Does a gas fridge work in a narrowboat? How much power do I need to …
Welcome back to Canal Boat UK. Today I would like to do a quick post around the subject of narrowboat joinery. What do I mean by narrowboat joinery? Well, I am not talking about building a complete boat out of wood (it can be done, but it’s not exactly common). Instead, I am talking about …
Knots are probably one of the last things that people think about when they start narrowboating! With so many other exciting things to think about, it’s hardly surprising that learning how to make knots in rope is often not high on the priority list. But think about it this way…. how much is your boat …
Living on a narrowboat can be challenging at times, what with all the small chores you need to do. Filling the water tank, doing engine checks before a cruise, wiping off your solar panels… I could go one 🙂 Add to that washing your clothes, and you may be starting to wonder why you bothered …
For anyone that has ever tried to live on a narrowboat for any period of time (especially continuous cruising in Winter!!) , you will know that power is king! Meaning there are plenty of times that your leisure batteries run dry and need topping up! If the sun is shining and you have solar, you’re …
As someone that is a bit camera shy, I prefer to blog rather than Vlog! However, there are an increasing number of people that are not and are putting up an ever growing number of narrow boat based vlogs! Today I want to let you in on a little secret and tell you my favourite …
As a narrow boater, you will spend a lot of time around water. For starters, you will do everything to make sure that the canal water doesn’t get into your boat for love nor money 🙂 On the other hand, you want to carefully place drinking water in your boat, usually in a water tank. …