a.p.now's Blog

its been ages from my last post.

so we made it out of winter without freeeeeezing. if i am honest i am looking forword to winter to come it was grate on my little boat.

plans for the good weather times include,
a new burner
a working shower
a total re paint
a new kitchen
and some doble glasing or shutters

dont know how all of this will get done with...

Up to now i think iv probably wanted a narrow boat from the age of about 16 or 17 have reserched it on and off and slowly for some reason fallen a little in love with old working boat and lister jp2 engens well videos of them at least.

when i was looking for my first boat and had got to the stage were i was thinking well its now or never i realised how hard it is to actuly buy a boat haha well privitly enyhow, geting let down or promised a boat the it being sold out from under me. we visited a broker who did nothing but mis inform us about the boat we were looking at and corsed us alot of truble.

in the end a mate who was in ely said there was a boat that could posably be for sale in the boat yard over the cut so i trondled over and had a chat with garf the dude that ownes the yard who was doing work on her at the time. hay presto a cuple of weeks later i was the realy verry prowed owner of my first boat.

well as its my first post i should introduce myself. i am nathan and just befor christmas i got my first boat apnow she is a late 70s to early 80s harbrough with a slightly lower bow than the window smasher.

when i got her she was in a bit of a state with roten timbers and drafts all over half finished project i think the term would be. so i inlisted the help of a fue mates and have started to go to town on her.

so far she has had done....

new kitchen cabnets well half of them
a new sink and worktops with new taps
one side of her has had rotten timber and old t&g riplased
built in seating.
iv got wardrobes in the bedroom with a pull out bed now instald well retro fited till more time is avalable

i have spent much time re insulating her and geting her as draft and leak free as i can till summer gets here

there is other stuff too but its been some time so ill have to ceep ading to it as she gos along

more to come