THE REALITIES OF LIVING ON A NARROWBOAT | IS IT EASY?

We always get asked if i's easy living on a narrowboat and most of the time we say YES, but, it's not without its quirks. We take a look at a few in this video which hopefully will give you an idea if living on a narrowboat is for you. Enjoy the video and please leave us a comment with your thoughts or indeed any questions you may have, ooh and don't forget to leave us a like and subscribe, see you soon, Shane, David & Floki.
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[@glennclarke9787]

Thank you so much Shane 😂 David. For your lovely guided tour, you did an amazing job. 👏 We do like your warm humour. Cheers ❤🎉xx

[@alifenomadic]

That is such a nice comment, thank you so much. Glad to have you with us 🤩🙌

[@user-bo8sh7dn1n]

Lots of information, great sense of humour as well.

[@alifenomadic]

Much appreciated! 🙏

[@pamelamckenzie2685]

What a lovely dog bless him, love your boat love the video.

[@alifenomadic]

He is a sweety pie 😃and thank you, so glad you like our vlogs 🙏

[@AndrewBroadbent-dr8wb]

Lots of great tips and advice, many thanks.

[@alifenomadic]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lilo7019]

Thank you very much for sharing Great video

[@alifenomadic]

You're very welcome 🙏

[@MultaGemems]

Bloody marvellous. Love this.

[@alifenomadic]

Thank you :)

[@rondamon8004]

Lovely boat...I love that lifestyle.....!!!!

[@alifenomadic]

Thank you, it is a very special way of living 😃

[@angiedodd3016]

Thankyou for all the useful info. I've decided I would be better on a marina and did wonder where the washing up water goes and had visions of trying to sort that out. I presume from the info that it goes into canal? I always use natural products so that's okay. Love your channel x

[@alifenomadic]

Thank you for watching :)

[@user-oo1ku5fs1b]

Love your video. It's the best I've seen. I'm a live aboard aswell. For my gas bottles I sling a rope through the top to pull out and lower back in, I find it much easier ( I have 4 bottles in the bow).

[@alifenomadic]

Thank you so much, That is a good tip regarding the rope, do you have control when lowering it, we have to go in at an angle to get both of ours in 😃 are yours 13 kg or 6 kg ?

[@user-oo1ku5fs1b]

@@alifenomadic Yes it's quite easy to control the gas bottle when lowering it into the locker. I have a slight angle to get it in. Mine are 13kg.

[@StrawPerson-xq9ko]

Great. Very informative as i think we will go down this route and downsize. Subbed. Cheers.

[@alifenomadic]

Fantastic, 🙏 thank you, so glad you found it useful 😁

[@willduckworth5535]

Thanks for the video. We are live aboards too and have the same oven which works very well and the middle shelf is at the temperature as set.

[@alifenomadic]

Thank you 🙏

[@paulbarty9296]

Lovely video guys and great demonstration shane lol you definitely feel it if your getting on and off your boat a few times in the day. Good job your so fit lol. My weedhatch is a nightmare to open because it has about 20 bolts to undo compaired to yours and most narrowboats with just one handle to turn. I really like how light your matress looked when you moved it. You carnt move mine its to thick and heavy i got it from dreams and weighs a ton. Is yours just a thin memory foam matress? Im looking at changing by bed and matress anytime soon 😊

[@alifenomadic]

Thanks Paul, our mattress is just a sprung one the air flow layer makes it very easy to slide back into place.
I think memory foam mattresses are more heavy to lift 👍

[@555promonkey]

I’ll second that observation re memory foam being heavy to lift and yes under bed storage is very good. Winter gear stored in summer and vice versa in winter.
Finally I have lived with the same layout but if I was to change for another boat, it would definitely be a reverse layout. Bedroom can be more private and a better bed layout.
Rear galley very handy for all those teas and coffee 😊and no traipsing in and out of the bedroom.
Oh by the way, a good video, I wish you both many years of happiness cruising and living aboard 👍😊

[@alifenomadic]

Shop shape bedding is a fantastic company and they also sell the dry mat,
shipshapebedding.co.uk/index.php?option=com_hikashop&view=category&layout=listing&Itemid=561

[@dianehargrave6747]

How do you get on with eating a meal you have no table, we don’t and we have lap trays and we hate it

[@alifenomadic]

We eat off lap trays too, we do have a drop down table but don’t have space for additional chairs to sit at that table, we would have preferred to have a dinette to work and eat at 😀

[@555promonkey]

I have two of fold away individual tables (could be put together) and folding chairs. They all live under the gunwales,
Works fine for me 👍

[@karend6748]

How tall are you both? I'm loving the narrowboat life but alas, I'm from an even tinier island and that'll never come to past 😞

[@alifenomadic]

David is 6ft and I am about 5’9” where do you live ?

[@karend6748]

@@alifenomadic ahhhh...I'm 6'2" the narrowboat dream is just going to be that for me then...a dream. Height and location are the stoppers 😭😭

[@555promonkey]

I’m 6’4” and liveaboard, no problem 😊