127. Interview with narrowboat broker Rugby Boats
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2018
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What do narrowboat brokers do and should you use one, either to sell or buy a boat? These questions and more are answered in a sit-down interview with James Millsop of brokerage firm Rugby Boats, based at Stowe Hill Wharf in Weedon, Northamptonshire.
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You can take the man out of the journalism, but you can't take journalism out of the man! Nicely produced, David.
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I think that is the nicest compliment I've ever been paid (including in my time at ITV, where I was largely regarded as just another video journalist). Thank you, that's made my day. Cheers :-)
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I liked the gentleman from Rugby Boats: a good interviewer and interviewee. Thanks, David.
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Thank you :-)
This was such an interesting episode, great interviewing by David and really well answered questions by James.
Thanks for a no nonsense, informative video.
My wife and I are looking for a place to retire, and are weighing all options. The narrowboat lifestyle certainly has its charms.
Key takeaway: "It's got to float". Seriously though, I really enjoyed the interview. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for taking the time to show this valuable insight that I am sure many will helpful. Thanks also to Rugby Boats in Weedon, Northamptonshire. For their candid and honest answers. Wonderful.
I bet all the brokers love you...it is you and people like you on TH-cam that create the interest in cruising the cut. And that interest became international with TH-cam channels like yours.
It shows a way of life that is appealing to many people from all countries.
I should send all the brokers an invoice maybe :-)
I loved this episode, mainly because it was between two polite and educated people. Im glad the broker man didn't sit there and toot his own horn. Seems like a great guy.
Hes an ex-journalist which makes his interview soo much more professional.
What a nice guy.. this was so interesting. Totally glued. He generally seemed a tad nervous in painting a glossy picture of brokerage but he also showed a very nice human side. Great video again as always.
Very impressive, and most informative. I liked that guy, and I love your work.
I have no chance of ever buying a narrowboat, and still I watched this vid.
Great quote to end on there: “It needs to float!” Wise words indeed!
Nice and comprehensive. Your journalist roots show in the bone dry professionalism on display here. Thanks for this slice of the boating world.
I watch many of the brokers for sale boats. Rugby does the best job of all in taking you thru the boats they have for sale. I keep looking although my present physical condition will never allow me to live on a narrow boat unless i bring someone or someones to handle the boat and me. Escaping the mess that we are experiencing in the USA makes it very appealing. I need to run away...keep on informing us as always..love and luck xox
A first class and very professional interview there David.
I'm not long from retiring and my wife and I intend to buy a Narrow boat, so for us this was very helpful. Many thanks.
Just by looking at the bookshelf I can tell Rugby Boats is my kind of company :)
i don't normally comment, but this video was my fav for some strange reason
After watching dozens of Rugby Boat videos, it's nice to be able to put a face with the voice. An interesting discussion.
Have been watching Rugby Boats for months. Love nosing around other peoples boats. Never knew he was so young!
Love James and Rugby boats on TH-cam "and into the boat we go".....could watch their channel for hours.....I would buy from them. " very boyant" if you pardon the pun...
James is the only broker I would use. We bought our boat from him and we haven't ever had any issues. He's a great guy and we always pop in when we pass. We almost went with a few other brokers, but there were varying issues with every broker we met.
Great interview, answered a lot of questions, and nice to see the face behind the enjoyable commentaries on the Rugby Boats videos which, like yours, I never miss!
Thank you to both of you for this! A good insight into the buying process.
This was a wonderfully done interview with great questions, very informative. Your TV background really came to the front in this. Well done.
ahhhhh,the voice of Rugby Boats. Nice to see a face to the great voice. It's a Great Channel is Rugby Boats!
David, another great vlog........ I met this guy whilst working near Daventry, popped in on the off chance in my truck and asked a few questions. Very helpful gentleman, strangely enough I started talking to a lady who’s husband was talking to the broker and she lived in the same town in Cambridgeshire as me. Well worth anyones time visiting Rugby Boats. Keep up the good work..........
Very informative, great questions - thank you Captain CtheC!
Very good sit down great questions asked by you . The gentleman was sincerely honest and streight forward.
Bought my boat thru rugby boats. Absolutely brilliant service. Especially for all those reasons outlined in the vlog
Once again very imformative and well put together ( anyone would think you were a pro ) . it is also very nice to put a face to the voice that has been showing me around boats for so long .
Nice to put a face to the voice.Great interview. Cheers from Indiana.
Wow! Loved this vlog! Very informative and reassuring! It was nice to put a face to the voice! ⛴☺️
Excellent and informative vlog answering my questions and resolving some misconceptions. One of your best yet - thank you.
Having watched very many sales videos from this brokerage firm, it's good to see James's face as his voice is certainly very familiar to me at least. Cheers once again David.
Very interesting interview. And very professionally produced video. Thank you.
Thank you, David, very well done. I’ve been following Rugby Boats since discovering narrowboats a year ago. Watching their videos give a wide perspective into what’s available, both boat size and how they can be fit out.
Thanks so much I really enjoyed the style, presentation and content! Cheers
Great Vlog David - really provided a lot of food for thought… as do all your posts.. appreciate all you do ….
Thank you David for doing this. It should be given a lot of thought before buying a boat and this lifestyle. This answers a lot of questions and gives a good guide to starting.
Thank you David for that particular Vlog
Very interesting and VERY HELPFUL.
You asked all the questions that I needed answering
And I'm sure you will
receive a lot of excellent feedback
I love watching your vlogs but this 1 in particular. 👍👍👌😊
As always David, a very good and informative vlog. Your works skills really are showing through. Some great info there which, I am sure, if anybody was in the market for a boat would find very helpful. Thanks again..
What an honest and forthright interview with all the right questions. If I was in the market for a narrowboat Rugby Boats would be my first port of call.
love your interview style, its sort of a light hearted Jeremy Paxman... very concise and well thought out questions, Can clearly see your reporter background at play in this :)
Lovely interview David and seeing more of James (after hearing him on Rugby Boats YT channel) is fun.
Very informative. Thank you 🙏🏻 for this one. Narrow boats are so interesting. Fun to watch your vlogs. Good job 👍
First class presentation and gave a very good insight into the purchase process , keep up the good work, regards Mark
That was excellent. A really great discussion about how what to consider if looking for a boat.
Getting into some of your older videos. This is another well done one. The broker you picked to do this with you was a very good choice. I like the way he did not put down other brokers but said there were different types of brokers with different focus and integrity. Great questions and answer video for those looking to buy a boat.
Another great one David! The camera angles and switching back and forth during the interview was spot on! I’m sure there’s a name for it.
Haha, in TV they call it ... "switching" ;-)
Excellent...very informative. Thank you David.
Thankyou for these really useful vlogs, they’re incredibly helpful in making informed decisions:)
That James is great, the rugbyboats youtube page is the absolute best way to see a boat before going half way round the country to view it in the flesh, the videos are very detailed and comprehensive, people should look at that channel, this was a useful, informative video as usual
Haha, how much did he pay you? ;-)
Haha, i was one of the lucky ones, got my deposit back lol
Thank you unveiling the story teller of the wonderful Rugby boats. We to enjoy looking at different boats keeping our dreams alive for our future life on a narrow boat. Hope your planning to revisit Crick this year. Warmest regards, Chris and Denise from Abu Dhabi
Very informative video. The interviewee of course is knowledgeable of the subject and you asked questions that I have wondered since seeing your first video. Thanks for thinking of this interview.
My mom and I have very much enjoyed your great video presentations for the past year. Thank you for taking the time and effort. Paul and Anne from Connecticut, USA.
Thank you!
Hello!
I'm a subscriber & love your vlogs very much , I m catching up on past vids . I have been watching "Jorney with Juno" & got me hooked on narrow boating !!! I'm in Southern California (USA) & no canels here the closest to it is car camping . Keep up the good work !!! Thanks for your time , Rodger Terrey
Great vid and great advert for Rugby Boats. They came across very well. Many thanks.
Love your videos, David. They are head and shoulders above the rest. Your TV experience really makes a difference in the viewability. You really make me want to narrowboat, though that will never happen.
Thank you
Great interview, very interesting. Thanks David 👍🏻👍🏻
Great Job interviewing! and James did a great job avoiding answering.
(Off Topic, but I bought my used truck because the person who wanted it did not put down a deposit.)
Thanks very informative. It boggles my mind that there is no “registration” requirement for boats, to track ownership etc. AMAZING.
It confirms Caveat emptor “let the buyer beware”.
Once again a great video David, and I must say it was great to see the face behind the videos of Rugby Boats, some very interesting facts brought up in the interview, and it would be great to see other interviews with other people connected to canal life. All the best to you!
Thank you, I'll bear that in mind! Ta
Very informative. Thanks for creating this video.
Very honest -- good questions - can't ask for more. If you don't like the deposit issue, buy somewhere else. I think as long as it's clear you know what you are getting into.
I have no interest in buying or living on a boat; my machine shop won't fit. But the guy you interviewed seemed quite clear and honest regarding the issues involved, and you did a good job preparing the questions.
Congrats!
I've watched many RubyBoats videos, thank you for this interview David!
Great interview lots of the important questions asked and answered.
Really enjoyed that and good to see the face behind all those Rugby Boat videos.
That was great information! Good job from both of you!
Hello from Ireland. I can understand a deposit that you can't get back. This is to stop messing about and stopping other buyers from loosing a boat that they had there eye on. Excellent video.
Well done! I learned a lot. And I recognized that soothing baritone from dozens of Rugby Boat video tours : )
Loved this one. More like this would be great.
GREAT sit down interview Video David. I've been watching the Rugby Boats TH-cam channel for quite a while. Almost as long as I've been watching your channel. Can we have more of this type? Maybe marina staff, boat repair guru's, and folks doing their jobs with the CRT. I know... back to the profession you escaped from, but you really are good at it.
Hmm, interesting. I was curious to see how well this kind of "picture-limited" video would go but if enough people seem to like it, I won't rule out doing others. Cheers.
Rugby Boat Chanel is great. Very informative. Already found them earlier and subbed. I really like Sweet Caroline.
Very informative, great format and worth my time in watching as per usual :-)
Those journalistic skills are still sharp! Great interview. Great vlog!
Very interesting video. You ask questions like a seasoned journalist. Oh, wait. You are.
This interview was extremely buoyant.
Very informative. Thank you for uploading.
An excellent Video. Very professionally done. I wish I could edit my videos one tenth as well. Well done David.
As an American, I find this lifestyle fascinating! Thank you for the information!
Different lifestyle for sure but in the US and Canada you have what is known as the Great Loop which includes the Hudson, river to the Erie canal to lake Erie or crossing lake Ontario to the Trent Severn in Ontario which takes you to Lake Huron. From there you travel through Lake Michigan to Chicago and the Chicago ship canal to the Mississippi, The Gulf of Mexico and around Florida and up the inland waterways back up to the Hudson.
Good explanation of the purchase by broker system. Enjoyed the interview very much...
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another excellent vlog .Most interesting as my brother in law and wife are going thro’ the process of buying as I write . They watched your vlogs from Spain ( and introduced me to them) , after repatriating from Spain after 25 years last month they decided a life on “the Cut” was worth a go !! So you’ve got a lot to answer for my lad !! Kind Regards Terry Hammond
Uh-oh... not my fault! ;-)
I can hardly wait until warm weather arrives and I can watch you continue cruising the cut. Winter sucks, even though the Eskimos may disagree. The cold robs us of a certain degree of enjoyment of nature's wonders (well, except for skiers). *Bring on the warmer weather!!!*
awesome strong interview.
Some people are verry well in interviewing people but this is your strong side.
Greetings from Holland,, Kitty.
Thank you
Thank you, this has been really very useful. It's also good to put a face to the voice of Rugby Boats as I've watched lots of their adverts. I really hope I can sort out my finances soon and actually buy one! Another great vlog, I'm even watching your van vlogs and I've no interest at all in vans lol I just enjoy your vlogs. Yours were the first I watched, one after the other, when I was first contemplating a narrowboat and they've been informative and entertaining, thank you.
Haha, James actually hates being on camera ;-) Glad you enjoy all the videos, that's very pleasing to hear. Cheers
WeaverBird64 154 million euro this weekend m8 👌
Very interesting and informative vlog. Thx
Really interesting thanks David.
Great Interview David. Often scan through Rugby boats on line catalogue. I'd buy a boat from him! Your breadth of questioning threw up some interesting information.....well done!
When you asked the question, (what should buyers be looking for?) I was hoping he would answer , Hull and engine/running gear. Anything else like interior, Paint can be done with the boat in the water. A survey would answer these questions. These are the most important things. As long the boat size suits your requirements and the survey checks out, you can change layout and exterior finish a lot cheaper than overplating and mechanical issues.I have
known quite a few boat buyers who have fell in love with an interior of a boat and not bothered with a survey.
This is a great informative video, I actually met James afew days ago while viewing "lady Grey" he was very helpful, turned out it wasn't the boat for me..I would definitely feel more comfortable buying through a broker.
Great Video David :-) Good answers and questions :-)
We have been bingeing Rugby’s channel for a few weeks.
ive watched alot of rugby boat vlogs nice to put a voice to a face and very sound advice
we watch rugby boats channel every sunday with my wife here in canada its given us a good look at what we want and is helping us with our choice of boat for the future for when we retire ……. good video thanks …...
Great. Cheers
Another great vlog and interview. I would say there is one thing that needs full consideration and understanding of pro/cons and that is the stern configuration, not easily changed and a place you will spend a lot of time. We have had cruiser semi trad and trad on our previous boats. Trad now with a back cabin but we are a little less inclined to have lots of family and friends on board. Nothing beats a stove warming your legs and the doors closed on the wind. Before that the semi trad was great. The cruiser was also very useful but could be a cold place to spend a lot of time !! Keep 'em coming
Yes, I'd go for a semi-trad if we're to buy again because even though I don't have people aboard that often, when I do there's nowhere really for them to stand to join me at the back (mine being a trad stern). It would also be a nice place to sit out on summer evenings as an addition to the well deck.
Great interview, very informative...