36ft liveaboard narrowboat dwellers - your testimony is required!

[Jacsprat]

19 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Brilliant choice for keeping the sun off during the summer whilst steering, I have one one the yacht for just this purpose ?

 

You will of course then become known after either your dog, or the hat.  

 

Pete

Ack! You mean there's a precedent for cowboy hats on boats?? And here I thought I was being original.  Mexican sombrero it is!

And yes - 16 years of living with this dog has taught me that NOBODY wants to know me, only her canine majesty. Alas, she's getting a bit warty and smelly with age (bless her), so I may finally get some attention for myself now!

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Jacsprat

[Jacsprat]

24 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Brilliant choice for keeping the sun off during the summer whilst steering, I have one one the yacht for just this purpose ?

 

You will of course then become known after either your dog, or the hat.  

 

Pete

and is your pink tho?

 

Edited April 28, 2020 by Jacsprat

[Pete7]

Ha, no, a brown felt material.

 

Pete

[Alan de Enfield]

7 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Ha, no, a brown felt material.

 

Pete

I remember wanting to make one of those, I went into a DIY shop and asked where I could get felt - for some reason they escorted me off the premises.

[Jacsprat]

1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:

I remember wanting to make one of those, I went into a DIY shop and asked where I could get felt - for some reason they escorted me off the premises.

Alan - I take it you are one of the TOP characters on this forum...! X

[Alastair]

I lived aboard a 32ft (with a dog) for a while. cruiser stern.

Boats are small and if the dog is inside a lot, the boat can get, well, 'doggy' in odor. Suggest you accustom your dog to sleeping in the bow, under the covers in a nice warm box (a roofed box, even if just cardboard with a blanket over it will be nice and warm).

 

36ft is big enough for one, in my opinion. More space is nice to have, but not essential.

[Jacsprat]

6 minutes ago, Alastair said:

I lived aboard a 32ft (with a dog) for a while. cruiser stern.

Boats are small and if the dog is inside a lot, the boat can get, well, 'doggy' in odor. Suggest you accustom your dog to sleeping in the bow, under the covers in a nice warm box (a roofed box, even if just cardboard with a blanket over it will be nice and warm).

 

36ft is big enough for one, in my opinion. More space is nice to have, but not essential.

My poor old girl is 16 - no outdoors sleeping for her. In fact the boat is for her, of course ?! She's only a small terrier and we are used to campervanning all over Europe. In any event, it's too late to change my mind - the boat in question is now Murphy's!! We move in in about 5 weeks time, but hopefully sooner.

[David Mack]

On 28/04/2020 at 20:30, Alan de Enfield said:

I remember wanting to make one of those, I went into a DIY shop and asked where I could get felt - for some reason they escorted me off the premises.

"We knew what she meant" by Big Jim Jehosophat and Fat Belly Jones (aka The Two Ronnies), 1972.

2nd song:

 

One day she went into a department store, 
And she said to the guy who was stood by the door, 
I need some material to make a new belt, 
Perhaps you can tell me where I can get felt 

We knew what she meant, we knew what she meant, 
We heard what she said but we knew what she meant. 

[blackrose]

13 hours ago, Alastair said:

 

36ft is big enough for one, in my opinion. More space is nice to have, but not essential.

 

That very much depends on the person and what you mean by essential. I lived on a 45ft trad stern narrowboat for 3 years which probably had a 36ft length cabin. Taking off the engine room left about 30ft cabin living space.

 

That's all fine in summer when you can sit outside on the bow or even outside with a table and chairs with friends on wide towpaths, but in winter when it's p*ssing down outside you can get cabin fever and it can start to feel like being locked up in a cell. Sure you can go out and sit in a pub, but everytime you do that it costs you money and what you're actually doing is paying to get away from the boat! So for many people it's not simply about how much physical space one needs, space is essential for many of us for our mental health.

Edited April 30, 2020 by blackrose

[Jacsprat]

1 minute ago, blackrose said:

 

That very much depends on the person and what you mean by essential. I lived on a 45ft trad stern narrowboat for 3 years which probably had a 36ft length cabin. Taking off the engine room left about 30ft cabin living space.

 

That's all fine in summer when you can sit outside on the bow or even outside with a table and chairs with friends on wide towpaths, but in winter when it's p*ssing down outside you can get cabin fever and it can start to feel like being locked up in a cell. Sure you can go out and sit in a pub, but everytime you do that it costs you money and what you're actually doing is paying to get away from the boat! So for many people it's not simply about how much physical space one needs, space is essential for many of us for our mental health.

I think that's absolutely true. It it will  very much depend on if I am able to get off the boat - work or have a bit of a life on shore!  I think it'll be a marina in the winter for me first year. 

[Pete7]

Sounds sensible because it means you have access to shorepower to supplement any existing heating you have on board.  Showers, loos and a washing machine ashore also useful.  Life then becomes quite comfortable.

 

Pete

 

 

Edited May 1, 2020 by Pete7

[Jacsprat]

A few pics, as promised, of 'Kizzie* - my new home!! 

[Alan de Enfield]

Very nice, looks better than the Springer.

Hope it all goes OK when you have the survey done.

 

Where do the lines off the stern dollies go ?

[Jacsprat]

2 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Very nice, looks better than the Springer.

Hope it all goes OK when you have the survey done.

 

Where do the lines off the stern dollies go ?

No idea!

[Pete7]

Oh that looks rather nice and well looked after, great choice  ?

 

You must be single, there is only one wine glass and its huge ?

 

 

Edited May 1, 2020 by Pete7

[Alan de Enfield]

4 minutes ago, Jacsprat said:

No idea!

Have you not actually seen the boat yet ?

[Jacsprat]

Just now, Alan de Enfield said:

Have you not actually seen the boat yet ?

Photos came with the boat - they are previous owner's. And yes I have.

[1agos]

Looks a lovely boat with a good paint job.

 

Joe and Rose Skinner would say 30 feet of living space is pure luxury.

[Jacsprat]

29 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Oh that looks rather nice and well looked after, great choice  ?

 

You must be single, there is only one wine glass and its huge ?

 

 

Lol! I believe the boat was 'dressed' to attract classier folk than me! I'll be replacing that 'wine' glass with a nice stein filled with stout! 

Edited May 1, 2020 by Jacsprat

[Pete7]

Ok, thats enuff about boats, were is the doggie photo ?

 

Ours, rescued from puppy farm via Many Tears doggie charity.

[haggis]

1 hour ago, Jacsprat said:

A few pics, as promised, of 'Kizzie* - my new home!! 

Looks good! is she really only 30 feet? She looks longer than that.

 

haggis

 

Just read the first post again, she is of course 36 feet and that makes a big difference . Specsavers, when they reopen.

Edited May 1, 2020 by haggis

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, Jacsprat said:

A few pics, as promised, of 'Kizzie* - my new home!! 

My mates daughter is called Kizzie. I named one of my Caffs after her a few years ago.

On 30/04/2020 at 09:35, blackrose said:

 

That very much depends on the person and what you mean by essential. I lived on a 45ft trad stern narrowboat for 3 years which probably had a 36ft length cabin. Taking off the engine room left about 30ft cabin living space.

 

That's all fine in summer when you can sit outside on the bow or even outside with a table and chairs with friends on wide towpaths, but in winter when it's p*ssing down outside you can get cabin fever and it can start to feel like being locked up in a cell. Sure you can go out and sit in a pub, but everytime you do that it costs you money and what you're actually doing is paying to get away from the boat! So for many people it's not simply about how much physical space one needs, space is essential for many of us for our mental health.

Correct and we are all different. Widebeams are by far much nicer to live on as we both know. I am back n sewer tubes now but I couldnt possibly live on less than at the very least a 60 footer and that would be pushing it. Thats a pretty looking little boat that looks in fine fettle for the money though.

[Jacsprat]

50 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Ok, thats enuff about boats, were is the doggie photo ?

 

Ours, rescued from puppy farm via Many Tears doggie charity.

SO SWEET!! Name?? I'm familiar with Many Tears - well done you for taking a risk and adopting.

This is my Murph in Sicily on our big bicycle trip last year. She's semi-retired from cycling now, sadly...

[Pete7]

Her name is Lola.  Took us a 10 hour round trip to collect her from Wales.  Do you know how many names you can discuss with your other half in 10 hours.

 

Murph is a perfect sized doggie for a boat. 

 

Pete

[Jacsprat]

11 minutes ago, Pete7 said:

Her name is Lola.  Took us a 10 hour round trip to collect her from Wales.  Do you know how many names you can discuss with your other half in 10 hours.

 

Murph is a perfect sized doggie for a boat. 

 

Pete

She looks like a Lola - worth the 10 hour debate!