Thanks for the rundown of "THE RULES"! I can't get enough of the real-world canal experiences, so that I'll be ready in a few years to come to that side of the Atlantic and have a go. Cheers!
I would have thought that mooring in one place by a tow path, would help the CRT because you wouldn't be using the locks and this would save on maintenance. As for council tax, when I lived on a boat thirty years ago in Sussex it was called the Poll Tax. When I received a bill, I phoned the authority and asked what it was for, they said street lighting and rubbish collection etc, I said fantastic as the mud berth I was in on the river had no lighting and I had to dispose of my own trash, so I asked when they would start work on the lighting and what day they would come to my boat to pick up my rubbish. After this phone call they never sent me another bill.
ThisNarrowboatAdventure Yes, I understand the charges for permanent moorings , what I don't understand is the logic behind it from the CRT. Obviously a marina can charge what they like, but if you just stick pegs in a tow path and want to stay for a week, month or year, where is the harm in this? After all you are paying the CRT to use the waterways, and the CRT's definition of continuous cruising are ambiguous to say the least.
@@LinuxUser119 I would imagine the canals would become choked up with liveaboards that never move. In a way I understand why they're enforcing the 14 day rule or move to a marina. It may be had to invisage now but eventually the whole canal system in the cities and towns would be clogged up with pernanantly moored boats.
thank you for your great video, been mulling over buying narrow or widebeam am disabled in some ways still feel like making it happen, look forward to more videos, so nice and encouragingx
maybe you should rent one and see , I passed a rental place specializing in boats for disabled people called CanalAbility it's on a really nice bit of the water ways
I’m a Canadian who’d love to retire to a narrow boat. I’m a follower of a number of channels. I never will due to $$$ however I can dream. 😍😊🇨🇦 Herein Canada on the Trent Severn you buy a lock pass daily, weekly, not sure beyond that. If you moor it’s probably at a lock and it’s a nightly fee. Otherwise we all moor in marinas, and in winter the boat comes out of the water, of course.
Hello, I am Graham, I live in Cape Town South Africa, the most beautiful city in the world. on a recent vlog seen by me you mentioned a web site that has narrow boats for sale, the name ends in duck, I did not catch the first part of the name, could you please enlighten me as I am looking for a boat to purchase in the next 2 or 3 years once I have saved up enough. I have found some of your vlogs quite interesting and do enjoy watching your and the dark destroyer, David, doing your thing and informing the world about your antics. Keep it up and hope to see you cruising the cut some day in the future. Oh, Happy easter, hope you get lots of choc to eat. G
I have an idea ... Continuous cruise the longest stretch of canal that has no locks ... I believe it is on the Lancaster ... About 40+ miles ( 60+ kilometers) ... I hope my conversions are close ... Is this section available for widebeams ??? ... I would be a solo boater and have difficulties with steps/stairs ...
I think I understand the difference between canal and river (under CRT), canal: mooring on one side private on the other, rivers: private on both sides i.e. no ware to moor, but what about river-navigations like on the river Lee.
qwert trewq you can almost always moor on the tow path side but rearly in the off side. the CRT have paid for full time moorings on the off side sometimes. the river lea is CRT jurisdiction. other places are not depends where you are.
awesome video , you remind me of the war time poster with the girl with a bandanna and it says we can do it, and also one other thing crossed my mind is you said if your not feeling well you dont have to move you boat, curiosity does pms follow one of those categories , dont mind me just thinking out loud and ya
Ah, I came to the comments section to talk about the "We Can Do It!" poster too. At first I thought it was obvious that's what you were going for, but then it struck me that since it is an old American WWII poster, you might not even be aware of it - being neither American nor old! For those who aren't familiar, here's the image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter#/media/File:We_Can_Do_It!.jpg
Hi and thank's for the video. I'm in the process of purchasing a 70ft narrowboat, I too will be a continus cruiser but on the Bridgewater Canal so need a platinum licence (about £1750 per year just for the Bridgewater) which oon that canal allows 28 days in one place (may help people going on the Bridgewater) I get my boat in November and you mention about moving from A, B, C, D, E now if you know the area would this mean I can move from lets say Altrincham, Timperley, Sale, Stretford then back to Altrincham and back up the canal?? Please help anyne as I cannot get a home mooring between Stretford to Altrincham as I need to be close to each of these areas as I work near Manchester Airport and rely on Family and public transport as I am not allowed to drive due to ill health,
Next time you're along the Wey let me know, that's my dog walking territory so I'll give you a wave or maybe have a drink with you and your partner in one of the excellent pubs as you approach Guildford.
Although I know that CRT licence fees can be quite high (depending largely on the size of your boat) but I would add they do get a significant amount of income from membership fees - from people just like me !! 😎
@@ThisNarrowboatAdventure I'm a Friend of the CRT and make regular donations to them. As I said in my original comment, I fully appreciate that boaters' licence fees are considerably higher; I was just trying to point out another source of income for the CRT.
I believe there were rules (which may have been superceded) that you had to move out of the Parish after 14 days, and into another Parish, and not allowed to return for x amount of time (unknown). The requirement to move 20 miles a year doesn't really sound like 'continuous cruising', but what do I know!
Small point. The boat licence fee is the same regardless of whether or not you have a mooring. Obviously if you do have a mooring then you have to pay for that in addition to your boat licence.
No it's the same price and same license. The big difference is that if you have a 'home mooring' you don't have to meet with the bona fide cruising and travel the distance / range that CRT require of those who don't have a mooring and are 'continuous cruisers'. Boats with home moorings still have to comply with the 14 day rule when away from their mooring though. NB Disclaimer : I'm fallible so always check these things for yourself just to be sure 8--) PS Always enjoy watching your videos.
Think of the water ways as high ways would you like to try to go to the mall and find that you can't get on the high way as it is already full of people who just want to park and live in their car's or van's. Well I probably shouldn't say to much as I don't live there and I don't need to deal with those problems. Just I guess trying to see it from both sides as a boater in the USA
there is always a huge gap in the middle of the canal for people when they are cruising so I'm not entirely sure I understand your metaphor maybe its more like when you drive down a normal street and see people parked on the street out side their house and you drive past them, maybe have a look at some of my cruising videos it will she you the moored boats don't impact the ones cruising. also I would never think of waterways as "highways",I would want to get off the motor way as fast as possible as they are smelly and unattractive, but the canal you can enjoy the journey.
As I understand it, you only pay Council Tax on a Home Mooring if you're actually living onboard your boat. If you have a non-residential Cruising Berth, then you're not subject to Council Tax (which you'll be paying at your main residence, anyway).
Council Tax is for residences, so if isn't your home ... think of it like a caravan, Now. it may not be your primary home so, for those instances. you pay CT at different rates, depending on how much time you actuallt spend living aboard (for instance, you may live in sunny Dorset (with it's wonderful Bulbarrow Hill) (Let's see if anyone actually gets that reference), but stay in London, say, during the week, whilst at work ...). I'll try to find a reference point for you ... :)
bwml.co.uk/council-tax-clarification-for-residential-moorings/ There's a lot of jargon (or "wibble-wibble", as I sometimes like to call it), but it's basically there.
CTR receive nearly half the mooring fee for each boat in a marina, so a large marina says 250 berths would pay CTR about 40'000 per month. This is why they hassle continuous cruisers because they don't get as much out of them. CTR is very greedy, they are not very charitable, they are obsessed with money, the directors and bigwigs have massive salaries, charity is just to exploit the obvious loopholes. Also, they do as little maintenance as possible, preferring to let things break first rather than maintain. They dredged part of the K&A a few months ago, took the sludge from the middle of the canal and just dumped it in the water along the towpath side making it even harder to Moore. Recently the local councils have been expressing an interest, pretending to care about the welfare of boaters and if they would like permanent home moorings? The real reason for this is they are aware that many have escaped to the canal for a cheaper and freer lifestyle, so they cant allow that when there's money to be had from home moorings and council tax. I would advise, warn any live-aboard boaters to tell the council to stick it and have no contact with them, they will only ruin this last little bit of freedom we have.
Hi Jasmin, I'm watching your videos as part of my research of living on a Narrowboat (as well as enjoying your general life content of course), and this video has answered questions that many people have about continuous cruising. Thanks. However, sorry to go a little off topic, but can you mention your experience of spiders on the boat. I know it sounds bizarre, but its a real phobia of mine. Do you get lots of them? Thanks.
we love spiders they make webs over the windows and stop the mosquito. my partner and i have no problem with spiders so are at one with them id say no more than a house.
Unless You are coming Through Oxford they have Willow Trees that hang down Nearly touching the water (There are videos here of It). Very Pretty to see. But as they Roll over the Boat they Drip with thousands of Little Spiders. You get covered In them they get everywhere. All You got think about Is there are NO Poisonous Insects even Spiders that can do You harm Is this Country. If It was Australia I would understand how People are frightened of them. But here In the UK It's not be Scared of them. In face Like She said here they are Your Friends. Be a Man and brave Nature.
as I say we haven't had a full year and tried to get a new licence so as yet I dont know. we have once overstayed a day because of engine problems but let them know so hopefully it will be ok
fab vlog but do have one question.. Can you move from a to b to c..d..e..f..g.. and then back f..e..d..c..b..a.. or do you have to go back to a again and start from there? many thanks and keep the vids coming :)
reason I ask is because if there's somewhere u'd particularly like to stay you could call it your d then move up to e..f..g..h then turn round g..f..e.. back down to a and then turn round again so in theory u'd only ever be 10 miles from where you wanna be?!
1) I am not in charge look at this canalrivertrust.org.uk/refresh/media/thumbnail/30348-continuous-cruising-faqs.pdf 2) I believe you can turn around BUT if I was in a situation where I only wanted to be near one place I would seriously look at getting a mooring. we did a 58 mile range last year and didn't go in a strait line more of a zig zag, we took the boat down to weddings we went up to some lakes at the end of summer we took her to a boat yard a bit further away because we like the area and like to sure the boat for what it is made for cruising! we where never more than an hour and a half / two hours to get to work and frankly for us after two weeks mostly we are ready to move on. for us moving is the joy of boating not the sacrifice.
ThisNarrowboatAdventure thank you for the link, it's very useful. the reason I need to be around a certain area (leighton buzzard) is for work as unfortunately I cannot afford to stay on a boat without it and will need to work 2-3 days a week to support myself, but after reading the Info the crt do sound pretty amicable and don't think my plan is undoable it just means sometimes I may have to ride further to work than others. thanks again for the link and your time, it's appreciated. Regards lee
lee butler I have know people do 22 miles and still get a reduced licence but they are quite contactable , also presumably there would still be trains further away?
ThisNarrowboatAdventure when I said ride I meant by bicycle.. what do you mean a reduced licence? on crt's info they mention '20 miles' a few times so thought that'd be a good figure to work around.
Hi I am just buying a boat at Leicester marina....I know nothing. What are the immediate things I need to know to survive?..I am a sixty year old single bloke...James
Interesting and thanks for sharing. Your rules over there, on your side of the pond, can be confusing. Also, it looks a bit like your hair got a coloring and a different style, maybe a trim?
Thanks for the video. I am searching for a boat (narrowboat likely due to lengthbut not only) to live on for CC too. Any suggestions from anyone? I've lived on one and maintained one for a year (ex girlfriend's 40 footer Springer) and so am happy and capable to start with a (safe) box of rust and rehab it completely. Thanks for reading! Craig
Is it nowhere to be found or am I looking wrong? How much is the boat license? Also 20miles is really not much at all. If you're actually interested in the boat lifestyle you'll make it even without trying.
What are the rules of mooring? She who gets there first wins!🚣🏾🚣🏼🚣🏼🚣🏼. If you use a fixed winter mooring you might consider one of the fuel boats that have gas, coal, wood etc to visit you if your going to be there for the winter. JMHO Jim Derry, New Hampshire
So what is it the trust is trying to accomplish? Are they trying to get boats that are not new and luxurious off the canals? Do old beater boats upset the "ruling class"?
they are trying to make sure boats comply with the terms and conditions of the licence [depends which licence] which include an Act of Parliament. The canals round London and in other places are used by people who do not want to move, especially if they have a nice spot with or near facilities like water. This is purely selfish and too many people think that a boat is a cheap life, in the most expensive city in the world. Ihe CRT would probably like boaters who are not genuine navigators to moor in a marina. This would take pressure of the canals and the utilities,
They have volunteers who go around snooping on boaters moments quite clever being a charity crt dosent have to pay people to snoop anywhere else that would be illegal and well creepy
I like your videos. Very useful for those looking to live life on the cut. Would be nice to know of various different ways people can earn an income while continuously cruising.
Not specifically working boats but earning a living in general while continuously cruising. I also live aboard but am based in a marina due to work commitments. Would be nice to be able to work and continuously cruise but not sure how or what field of work would enable me to do that. Cheers
What arrangements have you for Doctors, if ou should need one? Do you know any families that live aboard a boat, not marina based and have children in schools?
i am still with my land doctor, i dont like to go to the doctors much....i dont no any cruiser familys but there is a few that are in the papers alot because they find it too hard to forfill the crts enterpritation of the rules
Where do you buy your licence? If you're about to enter the Thames or the Wey, do have to buy your licence in advance or can you buy one once you're already navigating on that stretch of river?
Thanks Jasmin - very helpful video! My girlfriend and I are considering moving onto the canals in September, but we need to stay close-ish to Kings Cross for her commute. Do you know if there many continuous cruiser mooring opportunities on the Regent's canal?
hi ! you have to move at least a 20 mile range per year so you will be close to kings cross some of the time and father away other times , and the likely hood is they will make you move farther in the future. in london we do between totenham hale and cowroast but we always do a much longer trip or two for fun. if the commute is an issue consider a mooring!
I've given this a thumbs down because you obviously are not very flexible, there are trains and buses and tubes, its called commuting. You can't just stay in one place.
Olly Burton Continuous cruising has ruined London canals. Nose to tail scruffy boats that constantly jostle for any available space and really don't comply with the spirt of the rules means visiting boaters don't stand a chance. If you are tied to one location for work realistically continuous cruising is not going to work. There is a reason residential moorings in London cost upwards of £10,000 a year. Anyone who thinks they can bent the rules and live permanently on the regents canal in the heart of one of the worlds most expensive cities is taking the piss frankly, and selfishly ruining the canal for everyone else.
It takes some planning but if you have a bike your ok most places and as for boat supplies many of them arrive by boat any how, I think if you are way up north it might be harder though!
I know you travel further so this is not aimed at you, but the 20 mile a year minimum always makes me laugh, we regularly will cover 30 miles in a weekend on our 16 foot cruiser. Moving less than a mile every 2 weeks can hardly be classed as bona fidi navigating, I often wonder if the 20 was a typo and is missing a "0".
we did over 100 in the summer, but my point in mentionining that is more for people thinking of buying a boat so they can be realistic when going into it about if it suits their life. we do have periods of not moving as far in the winter and frankly i am glad its 20 miles as this year we will need to do work to the boat and will probably do quite a lot less miles than useual
Thanks for the rundown of "THE RULES"! I can't get enough of the real-world canal experiences, so that I'll be ready in a few years to come to that side of the Atlantic and have a go. Cheers!
nice one there is some great information in the comments too so have a read!
Love your cheery attitude. Blessings from across the pond.
thanks so much ! you too!
I would have thought that mooring in one place by a tow path, would help the CRT because you wouldn't be using the locks and this would save on maintenance.
As for council tax, when I lived on a boat thirty years ago in Sussex it was called the Poll Tax. When I received a bill, I phoned the authority and asked what it was for, they said street lighting and rubbish collection etc, I said fantastic as the mud berth I was in on the river had no lighting and I had to dispose of my own trash, so I asked when they would start work on the lighting and what day they would come to my boat to pick up my rubbish. After this phone call they never sent me another bill.
+LinuxUser119 if your mooring in one place all the time and want to be you cold be spending few hundred a month on a mooring
ThisNarrowboatAdventure Yes, I understand the charges for permanent moorings , what I don't understand is the logic behind it from the CRT.
Obviously a marina can charge what they like, but if you just stick pegs in a tow path and want to stay for a week, month or year, where is the harm in this?
After all you are paying the CRT to use the waterways, and the CRT's definition of continuous cruising are ambiguous to say the least.
crt makes money from marinas and the moorings they run
@@LinuxUser119
I would imagine the canals would become choked up with liveaboards that never move. In a way I understand why they're enforcing the 14 day rule or move to a marina. It may be had to invisage now but eventually the whole canal system in the cities and towns would be clogged up with pernanantly moored boats.
@d c - Yeah sure they are - in your own head!
thank you for your great video, been mulling over buying narrow or widebeam am disabled in some ways still feel like making it happen, look forward to more videos, so nice and encouragingx
maybe you should rent one and see , I passed a rental place specializing in boats for disabled people called CanalAbility it's on a really nice bit of the water ways
Hi Jasmin, glad you have your voice back. I think you covered the mooring situation very well, so well done and look forward to the next update.
next one will be next tus! its all ready!
Nice explanations and video!
Excellent video lots of useful information thank you for shearing this video as I will be buy a narrow boat next year fingers crossed ☺👍
I’m a Canadian who’d love to retire to a narrow boat. I’m a follower of a number of channels. I never will due to $$$ however I can dream. 😍😊🇨🇦 Herein Canada on the Trent Severn you buy a lock pass daily, weekly, not sure beyond that. If you moor it’s probably at a lock and it’s a nightly fee. Otherwise we all moor in marinas, and in winter the boat comes out of the water, of course.
wow that sounds expencive!
I was told by email that I had to move my boat a minimum of 1km each time.
Useful info. Thanks
Very refreshing you come across great. Great you are doing videos
Hello, I am Graham, I live in Cape Town South Africa, the most beautiful city in the world.
on a recent vlog seen by me you mentioned a web site that has narrow boats for sale, the name ends in duck, I did not catch the first part of the name, could you please enlighten me as I am looking for a boat to purchase in the next 2 or 3 years once I have saved up enough.
I have found some of your vlogs quite interesting and do enjoy watching your and the dark destroyer, David, doing your thing and informing the world about your antics. Keep it up and hope to see you cruising the cut some day in the future. Oh, Happy easter, hope you get lots of choc to eat.
G
hello graham , its is apollo duck , they sell boats all over the world!
I have an idea ... Continuous cruise the longest stretch of canal that has no locks ... I believe it is on the Lancaster ... About 40+ miles ( 60+ kilometers) ... I hope my conversions are close ... Is this section available for widebeams ??? ... I would be a solo boater and have difficulties with steps/stairs ...
Do you have a home mooring? Have you moored in London? Just back from visiting the Regent's Canal near Kings Cross. Great fun! Love your videos!!
no , I'm a continuous cruiser so move every two weeks im not yet back in london!
I think I understand the difference between canal and river (under CRT), canal: mooring on one side private on the other, rivers: private on both sides i.e. no ware to moor, but what about river-navigations like on the river Lee.
qwert trewq you can almost always moor on the tow path side but rearly in the off side. the CRT have paid for full time moorings on the off side sometimes. the river lea is CRT jurisdiction. other places are not depends where you are.
Wow she's got lovely eyes
thank you john
Trust me watch all the videos. Great stuff, and the eyes. 😊
Very nicely done young lady, thank you.
thank you BD
I just subscribed and I'm looking forward to watching your videos!
Nice one Narrowboat Adventure, and thank you.
awesome video , you remind me of the war time poster with the girl with a bandanna and it says we can do it, and also one other thing crossed my mind is you said if your not feeling well you dont have to move you boat, curiosity does pms follow one of those categories , dont mind me just thinking out loud and ya
I was going for that, I feel like her in my overalls. I have no idea I dont suffer that badly with it , maybe if you had a doctors note it would.
Ah, I came to the comments section to talk about the "We Can Do It!" poster too. At first I thought it was obvious that's what you were going for, but then it struck me that since it is an old American WWII poster, you might not even be aware of it - being neither American nor old!
For those who aren't familiar, here's the image:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter#/media/File:We_Can_Do_It!.jpg
Rosie the Riveter. Had the same thought. Need to be a bit of a DIY type to keep the boat afloat, i imagine.
Hi and thank's for the video. I'm in the process of purchasing a 70ft narrowboat, I too will be a continus cruiser but on the Bridgewater Canal so need a platinum licence (about £1750 per year just for the Bridgewater) which oon that canal allows 28 days in one place (may help people going on the Bridgewater) I get my boat in November and you mention about moving from A, B, C, D, E now if you know the area would this mean I can move from lets say Altrincham, Timperley, Sale, Stretford then back to Altrincham and back up the canal?? Please help anyne as I cannot get a home mooring between Stretford to Altrincham as I need to be close to each of these areas as I work near Manchester Airport and rely on Family and public transport as I am not allowed to drive due to ill health,
Very useful! Thank you!
thank you :)
Next time you're along the Wey let me know, that's my dog walking territory so I'll give you a wave or maybe have a drink with you and your partner in one of the excellent pubs as you approach Guildford.
might be a while!
Awesome
Thanx Jasmin ! I am very intresset to test this lift under som Times' and I love your film !! Sorry for bad english ! 🙏😘/Björne Sweden
thank you!
Although I know that CRT licence fees can be quite high (depending largely on the size of your boat) but I would add they do get a significant amount of income from membership fees - from people just like me !! 😎
fees for what?
@@ThisNarrowboatAdventure I'm a Friend of the CRT and make regular donations to them. As I said in my original comment, I fully appreciate that boaters' licence fees are considerably higher; I was just trying to point out another source of income for the CRT.
I believe there were rules (which may have been superceded) that you had to move out of the Parish after 14 days, and into another Parish, and not allowed to return for x amount of time (unknown). The requirement to move 20 miles a year doesn't really sound like 'continuous cruising', but what do I know!
3 months no return usually, 20 miles is what CRT currently enforce, I don't have control over them but to be 20 seems fair
Small point. The boat licence fee is the same regardless of whether or not you have a mooring. Obviously if you do have a mooring then you have to pay for that in addition to your boat licence.
I thought it was less if you had a home mooring , sorry about that ! thank you for watching!
No it's the same price and same license. The big difference is that if you have a 'home mooring' you don't have to meet with the bona fide cruising and travel the distance / range that CRT require of those who don't have a mooring and are 'continuous cruisers'. Boats with home moorings still have to comply with the 14 day rule when away from their mooring though. NB Disclaimer : I'm fallible so always check these things for yourself just to be sure 8--) PS Always enjoy watching your videos.
thanks yea i knew you guys still have to move every 14 days but I did think you paid less .
These rules are very easy. ....for those who feel they are extreme be thankful..you're not in California or Hawaii.. :)
Hi, thank you for this info. My question is how is this policed? How do the CRT know where your boat is?
they have people who track everyone's licence plates
Thankyou Jasmine..
I dream of buying a narrow boat and exploring the canals. I am American and live in Chicago. I trace the canals on Google Earth for hours.
maybe start with a narrowboat holliday!
unfortunately not allowed to fly for medical reasons.
Very useful cheers ......
thanks for watching!
ThisNarrowboatAdventure mmm
Think of the water ways as high ways would you like to try to go to the mall and find that you can't get on the high way as it is already full of people who just want to park and live in their car's or van's. Well I probably shouldn't say to much as I don't live there and I don't need to deal with those problems. Just I guess trying to see it from both sides as a boater in the USA
there is always a huge gap in the middle of the canal for people when they are cruising so I'm not entirely sure I understand your metaphor maybe its more like when you drive down a normal street and see people parked on the street out side their house and you drive past them, maybe have a look at some of my cruising videos it will she you the moored boats don't impact the ones cruising.
also I would never think of waterways as "highways",I would want to get off the motor way as fast as possible as they are smelly and unattractive, but the canal you can enjoy the journey.
Great video
fab video keep up the great work
thanks glad you like it!
As I understand it, you only pay Council Tax on a Home Mooring if you're actually living onboard your boat. If you have a non-residential Cruising Berth, then you're not subject to Council Tax (which you'll be paying at your main residence, anyway).
I didnt know that!
Council Tax is for residences, so if isn't your home ... think of it like a caravan,
Now. it may not be your primary home so, for those instances. you pay CT at different rates, depending on how much time you actuallt spend living aboard (for instance, you may live in sunny Dorset (with it's wonderful Bulbarrow Hill) (Let's see if anyone actually gets that reference), but stay in London, say, during the week, whilst at work ...). I'll try to find a reference point for you ... :)
I trust you, I suppose it never crossed my mind because we live aboard
bwml.co.uk/council-tax-clarification-for-residential-moorings/
There's a lot of jargon (or "wibble-wibble", as I sometimes like to call it), but it's basically there.
CTR receive nearly half the mooring fee for each boat in a marina, so a large marina says 250 berths would pay CTR about 40'000 per month. This is why they hassle continuous cruisers because they don't get as much out of them. CTR is very greedy, they are not very charitable, they are obsessed with money, the directors and bigwigs have massive salaries, charity is just to exploit the obvious loopholes. Also, they do as little maintenance as possible, preferring to let things break first rather than maintain. They dredged part of the K&A a few months ago, took the sludge from the middle of the canal and just dumped it in the water along the towpath side making it even harder to Moore. Recently the local councils have been expressing an interest, pretending to care about the welfare of boaters and if they would like permanent home moorings? The real reason for this is they are aware that many have escaped to the canal for a cheaper and freer lifestyle, so they cant allow that when there's money to be had from home moorings and council tax. I would advise, warn any live-aboard boaters to tell the council to stick it and have no contact with them, they will only ruin this last little bit of freedom we have.
thats very interesting!
sorry CRT lol
Hi Jasmin, as a continuous cruiser do you go for a Gold (CRT+EA) licence or just a CRT licence? Is EA mainly just for Thames?
Hi Jasmin, I'm watching your videos as part of my research of living on a Narrowboat (as well as enjoying your general life content of course), and this video has answered questions that many people have about continuous cruising. Thanks. However, sorry to go a little off topic, but can you mention your experience of spiders on the boat. I know it sounds bizarre, but its a real phobia of mine. Do you get lots of them? Thanks.
we love spiders they make webs over the windows and stop the mosquito. my partner and i have no problem with spiders so are at one with them id say no more than a house.
Unless You are coming Through Oxford they have Willow Trees that hang down Nearly touching the water (There are videos here of It). Very Pretty to see. But as they Roll over the Boat they Drip with thousands of Little Spiders. You get covered In them they get everywhere. All You got think about Is there are NO Poisonous Insects even Spiders that can do You harm Is this Country. If It was Australia I would understand how People are frightened of them. But here In the UK It's not be Scared of them. In face Like She said here they are Your Friends. Be a Man and brave Nature.
first!!thanks again.
Haha my first first comment! thank you!
Cool I will look for a weather mooring next 1/10/18. thanks.
So, by the sounds of it they've pretty much got you by the buster browns, no matter what you choose to do you pay either way....
the licence fee ? yes
hink of it like a car you need a licence even if you are parked ion a street or a multistory car park
Thanks for posting! I'm intrigued have you ever fallen foul of the rules or think you have been treated unfairly by Cart.
as I say we haven't had a full year and tried to get a new licence so as yet I dont know. we have once overstayed a day because of engine problems but let them know so hopefully it will be ok
fab vlog but do have one question.. Can you move from a to b to c..d..e..f..g.. and then back f..e..d..c..b..a.. or do you have to go back to a again and start from there? many thanks and keep the vids coming :)
reason I ask is because if there's somewhere u'd particularly like to stay you could call it your d then move up to e..f..g..h then turn round g..f..e.. back down to a and then turn round again so in theory u'd only ever be 10 miles from where you wanna be?!
1) I am not in charge look at this canalrivertrust.org.uk/refresh/media/thumbnail/30348-continuous-cruising-faqs.pdf
2) I believe you can turn around BUT if I was in a situation where I only wanted to be near one place I would seriously look at getting a mooring. we did a 58 mile range last year and didn't go in a strait line more of a zig zag, we took the boat down to weddings we went up to some lakes at the end of summer we took her to a boat yard a bit further away because we like the area and like to sure the boat for what it is made for cruising! we where never more than an hour and a half / two hours to get to work and frankly for us after two weeks mostly we are ready to move on. for us moving is the joy of boating not the sacrifice.
ThisNarrowboatAdventure thank you for the link, it's very useful. the reason I need to be around a certain area (leighton buzzard) is for work as unfortunately I cannot afford to stay on a boat without it and will need to work 2-3 days a week to support myself, but after reading the Info the crt do sound pretty amicable and don't think my plan is undoable it just means sometimes I may have to ride further to work than others. thanks again for the link and your time, it's appreciated.
Regards
lee
lee butler I have know people do 22 miles and still get a reduced licence but they are quite contactable , also presumably there would still be trains further away?
ThisNarrowboatAdventure when I said ride I meant by bicycle.. what do you mean a reduced licence? on crt's info they mention '20 miles' a few times so thought that'd be a good figure to work around.
Hi I am just buying a boat at Leicester marina....I know nothing. What are the immediate things I need to know to survive?..I am a sixty year old single bloke...James
Good video, on a different note, what happened to your cushion covers - I recall you asked for colour choices?
It is coming!! I've had some issues with sourcing the material you guys choose!
Interesting and thanks for sharing. Your rules over there, on your side of the pond, can be confusing. Also, it looks a bit like your hair got a coloring and a different style, maybe a trim?
I had to dye it for an acting job, its supposed to be wash in wash out but its not coming out!
I never said or implied that I did not like it, just that it looked different when you were doing your "Rosie the Riveter" pose. Denim shirt and all.
I didn't think you didn't like it! to be honest I don't really now! yes it works for the pose!
Really good video x
thank you , I'm glad you liked it!
Thanks for the video.
I am searching for a boat (narrowboat likely due to lengthbut not only) to live on for CC too.
Any suggestions from anyone?
I've lived on one and maintained one for a year (ex girlfriend's 40 footer Springer) and so am happy and capable to start with a (safe) box of rust and rehab it completely.
Thanks for reading!
Craig
Interesting!
thanks cuz!
Is it nowhere to be found or am I looking wrong? How much is the boat license? Also 20miles is really not much at all. If you're actually interested in the boat lifestyle you'll make it even without trying.
it depends on boat length. we did much more than 20 miles too.
No problem for many but it would make it more difficult for people who work in a fixed location or have elderly parents to keep an eye on for example.
How can they enforce a rule to move with no minimum?
Most moorings that are free it is only 48 hours stay.
What are the rules of mooring? She who gets there first wins!🚣🏾🚣🏼🚣🏼🚣🏼. If you use a fixed winter mooring you might consider one of the fuel boats that have gas, coal, wood etc to visit you if your going to be there for the winter. JMHO
Jim Derry, New Hampshire
So what is it the trust is trying to accomplish? Are they trying to get boats that are not new and luxurious off the canals? Do old beater boats upset the "ruling class"?
they are trying to make sure boats comply with the terms and conditions of the licence [depends which licence] which include an Act of Parliament.
The canals round London and in other places are used by people who do not want to move, especially if they have a nice spot with or near facilities like water. This is purely selfish and too many people think that a boat is a cheap life, in the most expensive city in the world.
Ihe CRT would probably like boaters who are not genuine navigators to moor in a marina. This would take pressure of the canals and the utilities,
you said something about the council, which I assume you refer to your local governing body.
So my question is how or where do you vote?
th-cam.com/video/kjG59FqFV-s/w-d-xo.html here is some info on voteing!
They have volunteers who go around snooping on boaters moments quite clever being a charity crt dosent have to pay people to snoop anywhere else that would be illegal and well creepy
I like your videos. Very useful for those looking to live life on the cut. Would be nice to know of various different ways people can earn an income while continuously cruising.
do you mean as in the working boats? as i plan to do videos about some of those !
Not specifically working boats but earning a living in general while continuously cruising. I also live aboard but am based in a marina due to work commitments. Would be nice to be able to work and continuously cruise but not sure how or what field of work would enable me to do that.
Cheers
interesting leave it with me
I was told by a person who has a liveaboard in a marina that you don't have to pay the CRT licence fee because it is included in the mooring fee?
not something i have ever heard of, to be honest.
How do you know there is a mooring space ahead? Then you get there and it is already occupied....
then you keep going till you find one, like parking a car.
What arrangements have you for Doctors, if ou should need one?
Do you know any families that live aboard a boat, not marina based and have children in schools?
i am still with my land doctor, i dont like to go to the doctors much....i dont no any cruiser familys but there is a few that are in the papers alot because they find it too hard to forfill the crts enterpritation of the rules
Where do you buy your licence? If you're about to enter the Thames or the Wey, do have to buy your licence in advance or can you buy one once you're already navigating on that stretch of river?
you buy them at the lock , from the lock keeper
Thanks Jasmin - very helpful video! My girlfriend and I are considering moving onto the canals in September, but we need to stay close-ish to Kings Cross for her commute. Do you know if there many continuous cruiser mooring opportunities on the Regent's canal?
hi ! you have to move at least a 20 mile range per year so you will be close to kings cross some of the time and father away other times , and the likely hood is they will make you move farther in the future. in london we do between totenham hale and cowroast but we always do a much longer trip or two for fun. if the commute is an issue consider a mooring!
Cheers for your reply Jasmin - that all makes sense :)
I've given this a thumbs down because you obviously are not very flexible, there are trains and buses and tubes, its called commuting. You can't just stay in one place.
Olly Burton Continuous cruising has ruined London canals. Nose to tail scruffy boats that constantly jostle for any available space and really don't comply with the spirt of the rules means visiting boaters don't stand a chance. If you are tied to one location for work realistically continuous cruising is not going to work. There is a reason residential moorings in London cost upwards of £10,000 a year. Anyone who thinks they can bent the rules and live permanently on the regents canal in the heart of one of the worlds most expensive cities is taking the piss frankly, and selfishly ruining the canal for everyone else.
I live in texas usa what is it like to shop and resupply your boat when traveling
It takes some planning but if you have a bike your ok most places and as for boat supplies many of them arrive by boat any how, I think if you are way up north it might be harder though!
0:05 Nice wooden underpants but modern science has provided us with more comfortable materials. 😉
What do people do who live in a conventional home and use the boat for cruising at weekends? In other words how do they moor during the week?
I would imagine most have a leisure mooring (much cheaper than a live aboard mooring i think) or maybe cc ?
Screw it! There’s too many adverts! Pretty soon I’ll be watching knout!
I know you travel further so this is not aimed at you, but the 20 mile a year minimum always makes me laugh, we regularly will cover 30 miles in a weekend on our 16 foot cruiser. Moving less than a mile every 2 weeks can hardly be classed as bona fidi navigating, I often wonder if the 20 was a typo and is missing a "0".
we did over 100 in the summer, but my point in mentionining that is more for people thinking of buying a boat so they can be realistic when going into it about if it suits their life. we do have periods of not moving as far in the winter and frankly i am glad its 20 miles as this year we will need to do work to the boat and will probably do quite a lot less miles than useual
Must you keep a log to document that you have traveled 20 miles in the previous 10 months?
you don't have to but its a good idea to in case they ask you about it and they missed you some place
Please add costs into any future videos as that information is important, particularly for the uninitiated. Thank you.
I personally choose no to talk about money on my channel but cruising the cut has some very comprehensive videos on the subject
charming young woman...thanks a lot for the info ;)
Hello Jasmine!!! Where do you live?
in a boat
Where do You get the money to pay the fees
Bank heists
k interesting
lolololololololol
Why do i imagine a hi speed chase with your boat in the lead and the coppers behind ?
Prices????
i dont really talk about that youll have to google
If you don't know the law or rules, then why are you doing a video on it?
did i get something wrong?
Ahoy I'm John love your video jasmine if you pass my way give me a call
ahoy john! where is your way?
Ahoy let me no wen your going to a boat event London or Wales make a day out
I live Wales and London let's meet up go for hot meal go dancing r you up for it
sorry john but I'm very busy at the moment and working evenings maybe ill meet you at a boaty event some time!
Thanks jasmin are you single
hi john, I am not single , my partner writes the music for the videos!