Sally Grim
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And remember you need an anchor before you venture out on a river - an anchor that is correctly fastened in the boat!
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You can use https://canalplan.eu to plan your journey. It's quite some trip for a first time. Are your daughter joining you, or are you single-handing?
There are courses both in boat handling, and in engine maintenance, which may be useful. I did the latter at River Canal Rescue, it was very good for a novice like me. http://www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk (A membership might also be a good idea.) Willow Wren does both types. http://www.willowwrentraining.co.uk
Good luck with your undertaking - I hope you will enjoy it!
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When are you doing it? You're not supposed to be boating after dark on a hire boat, so if it's anytime soon sunset time will be a factor.
If it's in the summer, you can keep boating till quite late, of course.
Good luck with your trip!
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We usually cruise with our fenders up. One day we'd forgot, and going out of a lock the rope got caught in the lock gate. It pulled one of our nav lights right off. The fender was OK, though!
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I'm very sad to read your news. I can't start imagine where I would be without my husband, whom I've been married to 20 years this April. It's so good to hear that you at least got to experience and enjoy boat-ownership. It's an inspirational story, not crazy at all.
My sympathy;
Sally
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I see that, and I really do understand and agree, but have you ever been on a narrowboat? I might be very wrong, but your reaction to Alan de Enfield's photo leaves the impression that this is new to you. If so, I would strongly recommend hiring first, before committing. The canal society in the UK are great, I'm not saying otherwise. I've got the bug myself. ☺️
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I think you need to make up your mind about where you would like to keep this boat first, and then start to think about which boat would suit you. The UK, Norway, or somewhere else? Because it would be different requirements.
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21 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:
Or 3 foot wide bunk beds.
Far too old for that!
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10 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said:
I'm confused now. Did you mean space in the boat, space to get past the beds, space in the beds, or storage space?
I just meant that two 2'6 beds equals 5 ft total. Which is wider than one 4 ft bed. No further implications.
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47 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
2.5 * 2 = 5 > 4
Exactly! ☺️
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33 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said:
They look narrower than that but assuming you're right, (....)
I took the measurement off the layout-drawing. But naturally I have no idea how accurate it is, never having seen the Boat.
As to maths, you are right that the gunwhales doesn't make up all of it, of course.
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2 hours ago, doratheexplorer said:
How do 2 singles take up less space? Maybe Olivia is your perfect boat?
2 ft 6 each - loads extra space!
Technically I suppose because you get to use the area under the gunwhale on both sides.
But I'm done boat-buying for years to come. We used over a year researching, before buying. I won't be doing that again soon!
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1 hour ago, doratheexplorer said:
I can't quite work out who would want that.
I wouldn't mind changing our 4 ft bed with two singles. More space.
But then we've been married for a while, so we're preferring comfortable to romantic.
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Depending on how many days you've got, you could take a detour down the Grand Union from Braunston. Down to Weedon bring you past Whilton and Rugby, and up to Crick to ABNB.
But as others have said; probably most efficient to hire a car.
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I haven't realised that CO could be accumulating in one end of the boat. A scary thought!
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4 hours ago, Jennifer McM said:
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At 6 this morning the alarm kicked off by the bed. After scrambling out of bed, the levels were 55 ppm at the bed, and by the stove the alarm (which didn't kick off) read 45 ppm (guess the eco fan does work
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We have only got the one by the stove. And an eco fan too. I thought it would pick up the CO first. (The alarm, not the fan.) We need to go shopping another one, I see.
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1 hour ago, Jennifer McM said:
Is that recent?
We had ours a year ago, and also got a pdf from the surveyor on e-mail.
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We had our first hire from Wyvern (in 2013, i think) . They certainly took us through the first lock. I would be very surprised if they have changed their routine.
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The Wyvern boats we hired had a useful cupboard with a shelf on top under the gunwhale opposite the kitchen.
https://www.canalholidays.co.uk/our-boats/2-berth-narrowboats
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19 minutes ago, Justin Smith said:
.... and the boat has ventilators in the ceiling (for the carbon monoxide) ...
Isn't carbon monoxide heavier than air? Or do I remember wrongly?
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If you think you just need 180 liters, can´t you just make a habit of filling the tank half-full? And leave the tank as it is?
I imagine that if you at some point would wanting to sell the boat, a small water tank would be a minus.
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I know it is not what you are looking for, but if you ever should reconsider: Canal Cruising Company in Stone also has a couple of boats for long term hire. https://www.canalboatlongtermhire.co.uk
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And don't take it for granted that you can get a meal in a pub Sunday evenings. Some pubs serve Sunday Roast at lunchtime/early afternoon, and then close the kitchen. Our first Sunday dinner out hiring ended in self-cooked pasta on board. But do try to have a Sunday Roast somewhere nice!
Checkers missing boats on home mooring
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Why on earth would one be paying a lot of money for a marina mooring, if not to use it as a home mooring, and a place to put the boat when one is not out cruising?
Can't be many who are paying for a constantly empty berth. I don't quite see why this is worth the bother for CRT.
Is there something here I'm not getting?