What a lovely boat - nice to see old boats get a new lease on life . It must have been a relief for Mike to have you Lorna on board to help him with the teething pains amd minor breakdowns . The music selection was lovely amd peaceful. It was a Great idea to mute out the traffic noise while close to that main road - it allowed us the viewers to appreciate how beautiful that stretch of canal is . Greetings from Canada
Loved the video and the music. Congrats to Mike for getting a boat, but a 71footer for a first boat. The man has more faith than I do. It was good to see you again.
Loved the video Lorna. Mike is going to have to learn lots pretty quickly with a narrowboat that length. Perhaps a pair of binoculars might be handy, plus a very large red L plate to wave at approaching vessels. Go for it Mike, have a great life.
Holy Purchase !!! Neat !!! ...he just need to take a few engine mechanics classes and make friends with a mechanical person !! ...its fun and fun to help people along the way once you know how that stuff works. ...please follow-up on what he does with that boat 1880 !! Really !!! Fun !!! ....and thanks for making your videos and letting us ride along !!!! ...so cool !!!
Watching him sorting out his gearing issues reminded me of my nightmare winter season of 2019-2021 with my snow blower The major problem was the series of springs inside that helped to engage and disengage the two stage throwing. It kept kept getting stuck off or stuck on either wearing out the drive belt or breaking the control cables. But even when it was working the speed selectors was woefully out of whack. I should have two speeds in reverse and several speeds forward but it was mis calibrated so that the only reverse I had was painfully slow and the slowest forward speed I had was at a hard March which meant I was turning my ankles ,bogging down , etc etc. This may not sound like a big deal but I have a very long driveway and large turn around that needs clearing and a very narrow space in which to finally dump the snow, so clearing more than three inches of snow from the entire thing often takes over three hours. As messed up as this throw was when it was working I was having to do half in the morning and half at night, and when it was completely broken it was taking me sometimes up to four sessions of shoveling to clear things. One particular bad snow storm had me outside with a shovel from full sunrise until sunset
Must congratulate Mike on going through with purchasing his new forever home. Hope you weren’t rushing him Lorna, LOL, Recon by this time next year he’ll be teaching us all a thing or two, especially single handing a 71 foot boat. Just a shame about the engine, however at least he will get use to it and its quirks, and at least he has a nice big warm dry space to work on the engine unlike the rest of us, having to crawl into bilges . And another well done for a great video as always Launa
That's the advantage of these old girls, they have propper engine rooms. With the bulk of what would have been the original engine (twice the size of the current one if it even had one) they had to.
When a TH-camr is considerate enough to their viewers to edit out the traffic noise you know you've found a channel worth subscribing to! :)
71' for his first boat. Very brave man,
Well done
Lorna, really good story telling and cinematography, thank you.
Wow 1880!!! How cool is that!?! 🤩Thank you for this lovely vlog!
Beautiful shaped boat, but all I could think of with that pitchfork was - horror films 😱 😂🤣😂
Love this, that boat has character.
What a lovely boat - nice to see old boats get a new lease on life . It must have been a relief for Mike to have you Lorna on board to help him with the teething pains amd minor breakdowns . The music selection was lovely amd peaceful. It was a
Great idea to mute out the traffic noise while close to that main road - it allowed us the viewers to appreciate how beautiful that stretch of canal is .
Greetings from Canada
What a trip! You are on a boat!
Very nice boat and video, thank you
Remember seeing that boat on brokerage. A classic. Seems a very graceful boat too. Well done Mike ! Great vlog. Thank u 🙏
Mike looks sooo happy, am proper glad for him, good video Lorna keep up the good work as always
Blimey, that boat is older than David 😂
Chief Makoi will be after a job on that ship. 😯. Good music...💡 held it all together 👍
Loved the video and the music. Congrats to Mike for getting a boat, but a 71footer for a first boat. The man has more faith than I do. It was good to see you again.
Thanks Lorna, you are getting very good at your editing .....
Loved the video Lorna. Mike is going to have to learn lots pretty quickly with a narrowboat that length. Perhaps a pair of binoculars might be handy, plus a very large red L plate to wave at approaching vessels. Go for it Mike, have a great life.
Looks like the start of either a labo(u)r of love, or loath. Either way as a fan of history it’s good to see some living history be restored
Really enjoyed this x
Great vlog, would be good to follow Mike on his narrowboat adventure. Thanks
Absolutely wonderful.
Holy Purchase !!! Neat !!! ...he just need to take a few engine mechanics classes and make friends with a mechanical person !! ...its fun and fun to help people along the way once you know how that stuff works. ...please follow-up on what he does with that boat 1880 !! Really !!! Fun !!! ....and thanks for making your videos and letting us ride along !!!! ...so cool !!!
Fair play to Mike, living the dream! Some fantastic footage there Lorna and think your experience helped him through his first day of sailing!
I was just wondering about Mike a couple weeks ago! Glad to hear the dream came true! Congrats!
Thank you for vlogging. Still missing Kath and Anna Marie, Jono and Mooring the Cut.
That boat is amazing..the history
Chuffed to see Mike get his boat.
Watching him sorting out his gearing issues reminded me of my nightmare winter season of 2019-2021 with my snow blower
The major problem was the series of springs inside that helped to engage and disengage the two stage throwing. It kept kept getting stuck off or stuck on either wearing out the drive belt or breaking the control cables.
But even when it was working the speed selectors was woefully out of whack. I should have two speeds in reverse and several speeds forward but it was mis calibrated so that the only reverse I had was painfully slow and the slowest forward speed I had was at a hard March which meant I was turning my ankles ,bogging down , etc etc.
This may not sound like a big deal but I have a very long driveway and large turn around that needs clearing and a very narrow space in which to finally dump the snow, so clearing more than three inches of snow from the entire thing often takes over three hours. As messed up as this throw was when it was working I was having to do half in the morning and half at night, and when it was completely broken it was taking me sometimes up to four sessions of shoveling to clear things. One particular bad snow storm had me outside with a shovel from full sunrise until sunset
Now thats a long boat, very nice lines though
Love your stuff Lorna ❤️
Looks a familiar boat - hope it’s working properly
Looks like a nice boat
Fantastic to see you ! 😀 lovely scenery ,interesting commentary, thank you for sharing
Will he be painting it? lovely boat. Great short story, thanks..
congratulations on your new boat!!!
Those sunsets! 😍
A very interesting boat with lots of potential. I found this one quite interesting Lorna, thanks for this one !
Well done Mike for getting a boat... he's brave getting one so old so hope he enjoys DIY work etc?
He’ll have to learn to love it
Oh, she's a lovely old girl but there's a hell of a lot of her!
Awesome boat and video. Being a 19th century build, is the hull steel? Thanks and safe travels to you both.
Yes
...good music choice..
Beautiful happy video
Must congratulate Mike on going through with purchasing his new forever home. Hope you weren’t rushing him Lorna, LOL, Recon by this time next year he’ll be teaching us all a thing or two, especially single handing a 71 foot boat. Just a shame about the engine, however at least he will get use to it and its quirks, and at least he has a nice big warm dry space to work on the engine unlike the rest of us, having to crawl into bilges . And another well done for a great video as always Launa
That's the advantage of these old girls, they have propper engine rooms. With the bulk of what would have been the original engine (twice the size of the current one if it even had one) they had to.
I bet he was stressing! Glad to stop for a good shake and a cuppa!
Looks lovely where they cross over. Aubergine looks ace too
congratulations
If you're going to live on a boat then size matters. Good man.
Awesome.. good to see you
good vid on you cha nnel keep up the good vid
Nice can I ask how much was it.??
Not really my place to say but I think the advert might still be online
What a Gut-Wrencher?? ... Breaking down on it's maiden voyage EH?? ..... Hopefully that's Murphey's Law out the window now !! .........
At 1:46 "Boat's so long it took a telephoto lens to even get Mike in the shot!" ;)
Neat boat, did you say built in the 1880s?
you are a sweet friend
Tbh I'd take it straight back...
At 71 feet long, I’ll wager she has an interesting turning characteristic.
Hi.. :)