Advice for a would-be liveaboard

[alistair1537]

5 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

Isn't that what everyone does?

I normally blame Jesus...he's the guy who runs everything? Or, has Bill Gates kicked him off the board as well?

[tree monkey]

1 minute ago, alistair1537 said:

I normally blame Jesus...he's the guy who runs everything? Or, has Bill Gates kicked him off the board as well?

Being a heathen I have swapped allegiance 

[dmr]

On 21/01/2021 at 19:46, Mikesp said:

Hi all.

 

I've come to the oracle for some initial help

 

I've been thinking about living on a boat for a long time and hope to make it a reality asap. I would dearly love to live on a widebeam but I will be single-handed. This will make locking a laborious task I'm  thinking. Is there anyone on here that may be in the same position as I hope to be, that could provide advice on this.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Mike

 

If you are 67, new to the canals and single handed then a narrowboat would make much more sense and be perfectly adequate. The big disadvantage of a narrow is getting in each others way at the pinch points which is not a problem if you are single. A huge advantage of a narrow is sharing locks on a wide canal which can be a very big part of canal social life. Big heavy boats can be a bit of a handful when roping through locks etc.

 

.................Dave

[matty40s]

 

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3 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

Being a heathen I have swapped allegiance 

You have bought an Apple?

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, alistair1537 said:

Every time you fall down, bump into things, knock stuff over, you can shout at Bill Gates like a demented Tourette's sufferer... 

I have come to the conclusion that they were all right and there is a micro chip in the vaccine. How else would they know how many people have been vaccinated every day, I am sure the Government couldn't collate those figures in 24 hours, it must all be automatically tracked on a central computer somewhere.

[matty40s]

18 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I have come to the conclusion that they were all right and there is a micro chip in the vaccine. How else would they know how many people have been vaccinated every day, I am sure the Government couldn't collate those figures in 24 hours, it must all be automatically tracked on a central computer somewhere.

I doubt it, the Excel 2007 would have crashed by now.

[GUMPY]

I will say this;

I have been on and off various boats since I was 8,  after some narrowboats I bought a 60ft barge when I was 50 managed well enough with two of us and single handed but decided at 60 to sell and downsize to a 60ft narrowboat which I still have. I am now 68, would I take on another barge  on the canal system?  The answer is no, way too difficult compared to how it used to be and way too much hard work. 

[Mikesp]

Thanks for all your answers everyone. Very informative and helpful. I'll be back. Oh no I hear them say lol