I walked through this boat and thought the finishes were not well executed, you don't expect a poor paint job with that asking price. Also the roof light in the main bedroom made it unbearably hot. I prefer something more understated and classy. For me the Swan boats knocked spots off everything else we looked at.
We loved the Swan boats too, our friends are the new owners of Lerryn and it was so good to see their ideas brought to life. I guess everyone has different tastes and boatbuilders do their best to cater for everyone 😊
Thank you Caroline and Pete for showing us the 'winning' widebeam and narrowboat 😊. They were both stunning and I'm sure the owners are thrilled with the end result of their plans and dreams. ❤
Our pleasure Jill! We met one of the owners and they were so happy seeing their design choices come to life on Lunar! I'm working on a video of all the boat tours now, and that should be out by tomorrow 😊
Well that widebeam is the bees knees it’s beautiful. If i could win the lottery, that would be my first choice of boat builder. Now that’s what dreams are made of. Thanks very much for sharing your footage with us.
The boats are beautiful. Widebeams are SO BIG? So much space!! We were not able to make Crick this year (we did get there in 2019 and had a blast!). Thanks for showing us around!
Next time Justine and John! We had a wonderful weekend as you saw. And toured some beautiful boats. Widebeams have so much space but we feel very intimidated standing at the back as if we were going to drive it! I’m working on the last of the Crick videos now which is all of the boat tours. I didn’t realise I had filmed so many but I know how much we loved watching boat tours when we were planning our new life aboard so it’s our way of giving back! 😊
Why thank you queen of all the pirates! There are even more coming in the Boat Tours Galore video! Why didn't someone tell me to just put the camera down? I have so much footage it's a little overwhelming now, but I know it's useful for others to see, just like when we were researching boats and obsessed with boat tours! 😂
You’re so welcome Leigh! Lots more boat tours to come plus an overview of the whole show weekend. I hope to have it all uploaded by the weekend, if our very slow internet in Crick cooperates! 😊
I've been editing up a storm to try and get the Crick videos out quickly, and a bit behind on on comments! Have you seen the full Crick video that I put out yesterday yet? You'll see a tour of the 45x10 boat on there. We loved that whole concert of reusing materials to fit out the boat. Something a little different wasn't;t it! 😊
Thank you so much James! That means a lot. I should have the rest of the boat tours and the general Crick show footage uploaded by the end of this week, if our really slow internet will cooperate! 😊
Saturday was a beautiful day but so busy wasn't it! I think people checked the forecast that were flexible, and decided Saturday was a better bet than Sunday! Lunar was the first boat we went on before the crowds arrived on the preview day which was good 😊
Oh there will be lots of dogs in the full Crick video coming very soon. And the best dog in show (in my opinion!) will melt everyone’s hearts for sure! Even the non dog lovers! 😊
Lovely boats and huge congratulations to them. Having been part of it this year I really take my hat off to all the boat builders that run this gauntlet each year 😂😂❤❤❤
It was a wonderful weekend! Now we are exhausted, and I’m ploughing through all of the footage! Hope to have the full crick video and more boat tours out by the end of this week, if our slow Crick internet will cooperate! 😊
Fantastic effort on such a quick turnaround 😊. Highgrove is lovely but my personal favourite was Silly Knot Too from Bath Canal Craft - the fit out was stunning with the owners' choice of figured ash and the wonderful glass panel from Pod4art. Not to mention the dinette table with its resin pour and hidden Watneys red barrel😊
Whilst I'm not a widebeam fan, the concepts and interior design of Lunar were great. Unfortunately, the finish was atrocious 😢 you can see the chipping of the tile edges even in the video and the sealant work looked as though it had been done by a reception class child. Ragged cuts around the porthole in the galley/saloon area and the chimney exit through the deck head looked almost dangerous. The lack of attention to detail in their show boat and self-proclaimed 'most expensive boat yet' was telling. In my eyes it was made worse by hearing the company staff running down the potential owners to people viewing the boat. There appears to be a dispute between them but the behaviour I saw and heard would put me off using them as a builder. (This my view only and is likely to go contrary to those who saw the style and missed the lack of substance)
You're so welcome John! It's been a labour of love getting all of the Crick footage out in a timely fashion, as I know from previous years that so many people want to see it quickly! I'm working on the last video still, which will be of all the boat tours, in their entirety. Boring for some perhaps, but I know how obsessed we were with finding all the boat tours we could on TH-cam when we were planning our own boat! 😊
I'm not sure of any dispute so can't comment, but I have to agree that the finish on some of the boats is somewhat hurried to get it all done before the show, and you can see that in quite a few places sadly 😞
@@onedaymoreaboard That's why we went over so many and were looking at details with a build slot coming up this winter and an expected launch in April next year 😁🤩
Thank you for this. A comprehensive walkthrough of each boat. Both very lovely in different ways. You’re very quick getting this out. How on earth did you manage this with the poor signal at Crick?🤨
Fantastic video - so many TH-camrs videos of the show were all about giggling and dogs and talking whereas yours was the boats set to music - perfect!! Did you see many “incinerator” toilets - are they popular?
Thank you so much, you know how I love finding the perfect music for our videos Swanny! You'll see True Blue, the new Bluewater boat in the Boat Tours Galore video that I'm working on. Hopefully that will be out tomorrow latest. It's going to be a long one! We really don't see many incinerator toilets. The initial outlay is expensive, but they seem so convenient compared to other options. We know the owners of Enchantress who have Cinderella incinerator toilet on their new boat, so it will be good to get their honest feedback in a few months! 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard it would be great to hear about the Cinderella experience - main issue I see is how much power does it use for each “flush” but I can’t imagine it would be more than boiling the kettle and putting some toast down.
Those where some nice looking boats. While the wide beams are nice. Like I said before, you are so limited on where you can go with them. You would miss so many lovely canals and locations. Thank you for the video. Hope the puppies / family and you are doing well. Been a bit stormy here, but a cool day with rain on and off. High in the low 70's and nights of high 40's or low 50's. Take care
Weren't they beautiful Spinner! You're right that the widebeams are stunning and so spacious, but limited as to where you can go on the network. It's a big compromise, but works for many. I'm working on the Boat Tours Galore video right now showing so many more of the boats that we looked around at the Crick Show, so you will have that to enjoy soon! We have woken up to beautiful weather today, in the 70s with a lovely breeze and blue skies, and overlooking a glorious field full of buttercups! This is when we love this life the most! Not when we have January weather in June and have to light the fire again, like yesterday! 😊 ☀️
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. You missed a massive downpour on Sunday afternoon! I should have the full Crick video out by the end of this week so at least you will be able to enjoy the show virtually 😊
Oh you’ll see Martin singing and dancing in our main Crick Show video that I hope to have finished and uploaded in the next couple of days! They were our mooring buddies for the show. We had a wonderful time with all of our boaty friends. You’re right those boats are lovely! 😊
Yeah saw both of these and didn't like either but that's just my personal opinion... If I could take bits from all boats I think I'd have my perfect boat .. was bits I liked and bits I didn't.. wasn't keen on the cooker on the island
We have said the same about taking our favourite features from lots of sudden boats to create the perfect boat. It’s good that there are so many boat builders that cater to different tastes and budgets 😊
Not quite related to the video, but sort-of is cause I thought of it while watching this video… Why don’t narrowboats collect rainwater? In Australia where water is scarce most new build home needs at least at minimum a small rainwater tank to meet planning requirements, off-grid homes always have large rainwater tanks. You guys have to go to water points to get water and worry about running out, which can be difficult in winter… yet it rains a lot? Wouldn’t it make sense to collect the rain and filter it for domestic use?
Hi Cheryl, thanks for watching. We have seen one or two boats with rain tanks in their well decks. I can imagine they might cause problems with “listing” unless the same on either side. They also take up a lot of space which can be quite scarce. The alternative could be to drain into the main fresh water tank but that would contaminate the tank and then require filtering all the water from that tank. Not a straightforward answer I’m afraid but perhaps something to think about. Some new boats do have a system to filter canal water. We usually go around a week on a tank and pass water supplies every few days when moving so it’s not usually a huge problem for us. 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard I wasn't thinking why they don't have tanks, sorry my mistake. Of course there wouldn't be room etc. I forgot the "tank" is called a welldeck. I was wondering why the rain water didn't filter into the well deck like they would in an Australian tank. They have a filter before the tank to remove leaves etc, the drinking water is filtered, but often the showers, toilets etc aren't so refined as the drinking water. It is a big set-up I guess, but Australia you can't always rely on a big reservoir to supply your needs. Even in the city water is unreliable. Restrictions can mean reduced showers, being ultra conservative with washing dishes etc, carrying buckets of dishwater/showerwater to water your plants, letting the grass/gardens die. Having a rainwater tank gives a person a backup when this scenario occurs. In Australia it happens often enough to think you shouldn't rely on the "city tap".
I felt Crick this year was lacking! The weather played its part of course, but it wasn’t the weather for me…it was the soulless shinny attempts on show? Don’t get me wrong…There were some lovely boats there, but is it me or are all the main players trying too hard? It was all too much gloss and metallic going on…the build quality too was questionable and some looked very hurried/rushed, irrespective of whether they had hundreds of people walking through them! The Money wanted for these vessels was alarming too, we’re does that stop…270k for a bespoke Narrowboat? I couldn’t see that money! Last year’s Narrowboat winner was a well crafted inventive, somewhat original styled boat, thankfully this year’s winner not one of the main players…but still somewhat normal in its layout and look, nicely finished and all, but thats all for me? The widebeam, well for me the classy Abode MK2 was nicer🤗. I fear that the waterways are being clogged up with overly shinny soulless boats that cost up of 250k, with far too much tech…lacking real character and real Narrowboat presents…for me the likes of the Ovation Boat, the Bluewater boat, even the Braidbar, or even the sailaway shell at Colecraft we’re more inline with a good, honest stylish modern narrowboat, well crafted and laid out…yet understated and real, with good open solid build quality. But hey…only a personal opinion🫣!! The rest of the show was off quilter, the shops, food etc….the TH-camrs I saw/met were I am sorry to say lost in there little spotlighting moments, which lead them to be aloof, one couple in-particularly was very aloof, of which I was one of a few ‘normal’ folks at that stand who felt there attitude was off! Again…only my opinion…but come on, please don’t get lost in the whole celeb/TH-camr thing….it don’t really wash well in todays narrow thinking world, especially when my wife and I bumped into another TH-camr couple around a corner having a good old ding-dong, smashing the loved up illusion somewhat🥴 I know many won’t agree, but hey…I spoke with many who felt similar…insiders, boat builder and suppliers alike who all felt there was a uneasy, somewhat trying too hard to achieve/win, to be all shine and no true substance…rather than display great original well crafted and thought out Narrowboats, with a respectful nod to the past, to the future, all delivered in a beautifully executed, designed lead innovative way…with change out of, let’s say 180k? (Yeh right😥, or at least for a good old diesel fed boat)😍 Anyhow….as per a nice vlog, look forward to the longer edit to come…but all in all for me and others I spoke to and heard chatting, whilst walking back to the swamp, sorry car park…it wasn’t as good as last year and needs to rethink how it stages the event next year, the layout for one…all the gloss in one area is too much….space them out better and maybe they will shine better🤓! Over and out! 🤐😘✌🏻.
I agree with everything you have said. Many boats we walked through had poor finishes, poor paint jobs, silicone smears showing around the windows etc. We noticed a few TH-camrs who were cringe and acting like celebrities too.
I think you're right Helen, and we noticed the same on some of the boats. I know there is a big rush to get boats 'Crick ready' but that leads to corners being cut. I hope the builders go back and rectify after the show for the new owners. Not sure what you mean by TH-camrs acting like celebrities? I can only speak for ourselves obviously, and hope you're not referring to us, but there was a noticeable difference for us to last year of being recognised, as our channel has grown so much in the last year. We hope we come across exactly as we do in our videos when we meet viewers, some of whom want to stop and chat and enjoy doing so, and we love putting some faces to names of some of our regular commenters 😊
We were there on the preview day on Friday. At least we had good weather! But next year we will go on another day, although it was lovely with minimal queues to get to see the boats. If ever I bump into you I will say hello!@@onedaymoreaboard
A beautiful boat in almost every way. Pity the location of the statue of Lord Buddha is offensive. He should never be placed where he can see the soles of a person's feet.
It was a beautiful boat, you're right, and I'm sure the owners wouldn't have placed Lord Buddha in such a place as you mention had they known. I have learnt something new today from you, so thank you for mentioning it. Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you for a fantastic tour of Highgrove! We are so proud of her and delighted to have won Favourite Boat in Show with her.
You’re so welcome! She was such a worthy winner. So beautifully finished! 😊
Oh my goodness, Lunar the widebeam is just stunning 💚👌🏻
It felt very luxurious on board for sure 😊
I know nothing about boats but that widebeam is glorious. ❤
I walked through this boat and thought the finishes were not well executed, you don't expect a poor paint job with that asking price. Also the roof light in the main bedroom made it unbearably hot. I prefer something more understated and classy. For me the Swan boats knocked spots off everything else we looked at.
It was beautiful wasn’t it, and designed by the new owners. The Bespoke Boat Company did a great job bringing their ideas to life 😊
We loved the Swan boats too, our friends are the new owners of Lerryn and it was so good to see their ideas brought to life. I guess everyone has different tastes and boatbuilders do their best to cater for everyone 😊
The swan boats where just brilliant 🤩 I loved them
Thank you for a great vlog. The widebeam was stunning.
Glad you enjoyed it! That was a beautiful boat! 😊
Thank you Caroline and Pete for showing us the 'winning' widebeam and narrowboat 😊. They were both stunning and I'm sure the owners are thrilled with the end result of their plans and dreams. ❤
Our pleasure Jill! We met one of the owners and they were so happy seeing their design choices come to life on Lunar! I'm working on a video of all the boat tours now, and that should be out by tomorrow 😊
Thanks for showing us the favourite broadbeam and narrow boat
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed the tours 😊
The attention to detail on Highgrove is amazing.
She’s a real stunner isn’t she 😊
Well that widebeam is the bees knees it’s beautiful. If i could win the lottery, that would be my first choice of boat builder. Now that’s what dreams are made of. Thanks very much for sharing your footage with us.
They do build a beautiful boat! They really brought the new owners’ ideas to life 😊
The boats are beautiful. Widebeams are SO BIG? So much space!! We were not able to make Crick this year (we did get there in 2019 and had a blast!). Thanks for showing us around!
Next time Justine and John! We had a wonderful weekend as you saw. And toured some beautiful boats. Widebeams have so much space but we feel very intimidated standing at the back as if we were going to drive it! I’m working on the last of the Crick videos now which is all of the boat tours. I didn’t realise I had filmed so many but I know how much we loved watching boat tours when we were planning our new life aboard so it’s our way of giving back! 😊
You are the boat tour queen - thank you for showing me around boats I didn’t get to see 😃🏴☠️
Why thank you queen of all the pirates! There are even more coming in the Boat Tours Galore video! Why didn't someone tell me to just put the camera down? I have so much footage it's a little overwhelming now, but I know it's useful for others to see, just like when we were researching boats and obsessed with boat tours! 😂
Many thanks for posting this excellent video of the winning boats. 🙂👍
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Beautiful boats! We were inside the Dunchurch Pools stand during the announcements and presentations, and were delighted for Kings Ground.
Such a worthy winner, and so many beautiful boats 😊
Thanks for the video! Both boats had some really great features. ❤
Our pleasure Dorothy 😊
Wow, amazing boats.
We agree! 😊
Thanks for bringing those two boats to us, Pete and Caroline. Hope you had a wonderful Crick weekend. Can't wait to hear more about it. Leigh
You’re so welcome Leigh! Lots more boat tours to come plus an overview of the whole show weekend. I hope to have it all uploaded by the weekend, if our very slow internet in Crick cooperates! 😊
I like the way you put the winners with the boat quite clever. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
You got this video out quickly! We liked the 45/10 foot boat we saw at Crick…it was beautifully crafted and a happy compromise 😊
I've been editing up a storm to try and get the Crick videos out quickly, and a bit behind on on comments! Have you seen the full Crick video that I put out yesterday yet? You'll see a tour of the 45x10 boat on there. We loved that whole concert of reusing materials to fit out the boat. Something a little different wasn't;t it! 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard yes, I watched it this morning…I loved that you couldn’t remember what number day it was! 🤣
I have been looking for 2024 Crick coverage today: your videography is excellent.
Thank you so much James! That means a lot. I should have the rest of the boat tours and the general Crick show footage uploaded by the end of this week, if our really slow internet will cooperate! 😊
Thanks for posting this video we went on Saturday also a lovely day but couldn’t get on the wide beam ones for the number of people waiting ❤❤
Saturday was a beautiful day but so busy wasn't it! I think people checked the forecast that were flexible, and decided Saturday was a better bet than Sunday! Lunar was the first boat we went on before the crowds arrived on the preview day which was good 😊
With all the 4-legged friends wandering around, I was half-expecting a "best dog in show" competition to go along with best boat ones 🙂
It was a bit like Crufts 🤔
Oh there will be lots of dogs in the full Crick video coming very soon. And the best dog in show (in my opinion!) will melt everyone’s hearts for sure! Even the non dog lovers! 😊
Wow fantastic thanks guys 😁
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great vlog again
Thank you Ruth and David 😊
Thanks for showing us the favourites.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching 😊
Lovely boats and huge congratulations to them. Having been part of it this year I really take my hat off to all the boat builders that run this gauntlet each year 😂😂❤❤❤
We said the same when we were seeing the behind the scenes for the preparation for the show! I’m sure everyone sleeps so well on the Monday night! 😊
Two absolutly stunning boats. Thanks for sharing ❤️
You’re so welcome Vicki! Hope you are all well up north 😊
The widebeam boat Lunar was beautiful!
She is a stunner for sure, especially that roof top deck and the circular sky lights! 😊
Wow love the wide beam fit out. That round sky light 🤩
Isn’t it gorgeous! They were telling us what fun they had installing it as it’s very thick glass 😂
Is there a way to cover that skylight over the bed? I would not like the early morning wake up sun!
Beautiful bloats! I’ll have one like this one day 🏅👍🏼
Aren't they lovely! Thanks for 😊watching
The wide beam is amazing
It was like a gorgeous floating apartment! Especially that roof top deck 😊
HELLO BOTH I WAS WATCHING JULIE AND MARTIN THE OTHER DAY THEY WAS IN A REAL NICE SPOY CHUYCH BELLS IT WAS JUST GREAT HOPE YOUR ALL WELL GOD BLESS YA
Hello! That was the mooring in beautiful Braunston overlooking the church and the bell ringing practice on a Thursday night. So lovely to hear 😊 🔔
Well done for getting this out so fast hope you both had a great weekend, and I look forward to seeing more boats
It was a wonderful weekend! Now we are exhausted, and I’m ploughing through all of the footage! Hope to have the full crick video and more boat tours out by the end of this week, if our slow Crick internet will cooperate! 😊
Hello Both, Was good to see you both at Crick this year X 🐰x
So glad we finally got to meet you Julie! 🐰 ❤️
Fantastic effort on such a quick turnaround 😊. Highgrove is lovely but my personal favourite was Silly Knot Too from Bath Canal Craft - the fit out was stunning with the owners' choice of figured ash and the wonderful glass panel from Pod4art. Not to mention the dinette table with its resin pour and hidden Watneys red barrel😊
Whilst I'm not a widebeam fan, the concepts and interior design of Lunar were great. Unfortunately, the finish was atrocious 😢 you can see the chipping of the tile edges even in the video and the sealant work looked as though it had been done by a reception class child. Ragged cuts around the porthole in the galley/saloon area and the chimney exit through the deck head looked almost dangerous. The lack of attention to detail in their show boat and self-proclaimed 'most expensive boat yet' was telling. In my eyes it was made worse by hearing the company staff running down the potential owners to people viewing the boat. There appears to be a dispute between them but the behaviour I saw and heard would put me off using them as a builder. (This my view only and is likely to go contrary to those who saw the style and missed the lack of substance)
You're so welcome John! It's been a labour of love getting all of the Crick footage out in a timely fashion, as I know from previous years that so many people want to see it quickly! I'm working on the last video still, which will be of all the boat tours, in their entirety. Boring for some perhaps, but I know how obsessed we were with finding all the boat tours we could on TH-cam when we were planning our own boat! 😊
I'm not sure of any dispute so can't comment, but I have to agree that the finish on some of the boats is somewhat hurried to get it all done before the show, and you can see that in quite a few places sadly 😞
@@onedaymoreaboard That's why we went over so many and were looking at details with a build slot coming up this winter and an expected launch in April next year 😁🤩
Love Highgrove over the winner, my kind of boat 👍
It’s beautiful isn’t it. Simple but the finishes were stunning 😊
That wide beam was better than any motorhome I ever owned.
Wasn’t it stunning 😊
Thank you for this. A comprehensive walkthrough of each boat. Both very lovely in different ways. You’re very quick getting this out. How on earth did you manage this with the poor signal at Crick?🤨
Glad you enjoyed it! Brought to you from rubbish Crick internet by a cup of Wi-Fi at Starbucks and a chat with a lovely friend 😘
Fantastic video - so many TH-camrs videos of the show were all about giggling and dogs and talking whereas yours was the boats set to music - perfect!! Did you see many “incinerator” toilets - are they popular?
Thank you so much, you know how I love finding the perfect music for our videos Swanny! You'll see True Blue, the new Bluewater boat in the Boat Tours Galore video that I'm working on. Hopefully that will be out tomorrow latest. It's going to be a long one! We really don't see many incinerator toilets. The initial outlay is expensive, but they seem so convenient compared to other options. We know the owners of Enchantress who have Cinderella incinerator toilet on their new boat, so it will be good to get their honest feedback in a few months! 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard it would be great to hear about the Cinderella experience - main issue I see is how much power does it use for each “flush” but I can’t imagine it would be more than boiling the kettle and putting some toast down.
Those where some nice looking boats. While the wide beams are nice. Like I said before, you are so limited on where you can go with them. You would miss so many lovely canals and locations. Thank you for the video. Hope the puppies / family and you are doing well. Been a bit stormy here, but a cool day with rain on and off. High in the low 70's and nights of high 40's or low 50's. Take care
Weren't they beautiful Spinner! You're right that the widebeams are stunning and so spacious, but limited as to where you can go on the network. It's a big compromise, but works for many. I'm working on the Boat Tours Galore video right now showing so many more of the boats that we looked around at the Crick Show, so you will have that to enjoy soon! We have woken up to beautiful weather today, in the 70s with a lovely breeze and blue skies, and overlooking a glorious field full of buttercups! This is when we love this life the most! Not when we have January weather in June and have to light the fire again, like yesterday! 😊 ☀️
Another great vlog guys, gutted I didn't make it to see you, ticket for Sunday still in pocket, car broke down on the way there😭
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. You missed a massive downpour on Sunday afternoon! I should have the full Crick video out by the end of this week so at least you will be able to enjoy the show virtually 😊
WHAT A GREAT SHOW I SEE JULIE WAS THERE DIDNT SEE MARTIN BUT I KNOW HE WOULDNT MISS THAT THEM BOATS ARE POSH
Oh you’ll see Martin singing and dancing in our main Crick Show video that I hope to have finished and uploaded in the next couple of days! They were our mooring buddies for the show. We had a wonderful time with all of our boaty friends. You’re right those boats are lovely! 😊
Wow beautiful boats and fabulous video thank you ❤️❤️xx
good vid on chabnnel thanks lee
Thanks Lee 😊
Yeah saw both of these and didn't like either but that's just my personal opinion... If I could take bits from all boats I think I'd have my perfect boat .. was bits I liked and bits I didn't.. wasn't keen on the cooker on the island
We have said the same about taking our favourite features from lots of sudden boats to create the perfect boat. It’s good that there are so many boat builders that cater to different tastes and budgets 😊
Not quite related to the video, but sort-of is cause I thought of it while watching this video… Why don’t narrowboats collect rainwater? In Australia where water is scarce most new build home needs at least at minimum a small rainwater tank to meet planning requirements, off-grid homes always have large rainwater tanks. You guys have to go to water points to get water and worry about running out, which can be difficult in winter… yet it rains a lot? Wouldn’t it make sense to collect the rain and filter it for domestic use?
Hi Cheryl, thanks for watching. We have seen one or two boats with rain tanks in their well decks. I can imagine they might cause problems with “listing” unless the same on either side. They also take up a lot of space which can be quite scarce. The alternative could be to drain into the main fresh water tank but that would contaminate the tank and then require filtering all the water from that tank. Not a straightforward answer I’m afraid but perhaps something to think about. Some new boats do have a system to filter canal water. We usually go around a week on a tank and pass water supplies every few days when moving so it’s not usually a huge problem for us. 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard I wasn't thinking why they don't have tanks, sorry my mistake. Of course there wouldn't be room etc. I forgot the "tank" is called a welldeck. I was wondering why the rain water didn't filter into the well deck like they would in an Australian tank. They have a filter before the tank to remove leaves etc, the drinking water is filtered, but often the showers, toilets etc aren't so refined as the drinking water. It is a big set-up I guess, but Australia you can't always rely on a big reservoir to supply your needs. Even in the city water is unreliable. Restrictions can mean reduced showers, being ultra conservative with washing dishes etc, carrying buckets of dishwater/showerwater to water your plants, letting the grass/gardens die. Having a rainwater tank gives a person a backup when this scenario occurs. In Australia it happens often enough to think you shouldn't rely on the "city tap".
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Thanks Edward 😊
I felt Crick this year was lacking! The weather played its part of course, but it wasn’t the weather for me…it was the soulless shinny attempts on show? Don’t get me wrong…There were some lovely boats there, but is it me or are all the main players trying too hard? It was all too much gloss and metallic going on…the build quality too was questionable and some looked very hurried/rushed, irrespective of whether they had hundreds of people walking through them!
The Money wanted for these vessels was alarming too, we’re does that stop…270k for a bespoke Narrowboat? I couldn’t see that money! Last year’s Narrowboat winner was a well crafted inventive, somewhat original styled boat, thankfully this year’s winner not one of the main players…but still somewhat normal in its layout and look, nicely finished and all, but thats all for me? The widebeam, well for me the classy Abode MK2 was nicer🤗.
I fear that the waterways are being clogged up with overly shinny soulless boats that cost up of 250k, with far too much tech…lacking real character and real Narrowboat presents…for me the likes of the Ovation Boat, the Bluewater boat, even the Braidbar, or even the sailaway shell at Colecraft we’re more inline with a good, honest stylish modern narrowboat, well crafted and laid out…yet understated and real, with good open solid build quality. But hey…only a personal opinion🫣!!
The rest of the show was off quilter, the shops, food etc….the TH-camrs I saw/met were I am sorry to say lost in there little spotlighting moments, which lead them to be aloof, one couple in-particularly was very aloof, of which I was one of a few ‘normal’ folks at that stand who felt there attitude was off! Again…only my opinion…but come on, please don’t get lost in the whole celeb/TH-camr thing….it don’t really wash well in todays narrow thinking world, especially when my wife and I bumped into another TH-camr couple around a corner having a good old ding-dong, smashing the loved up illusion somewhat🥴
I know many won’t agree, but hey…I spoke with many who felt similar…insiders, boat builder and suppliers alike who all felt there was a uneasy, somewhat trying too hard to achieve/win, to be all shine and no true substance…rather than display great original well crafted and thought out Narrowboats, with a respectful nod to the past, to the future, all delivered in a beautifully executed, designed lead innovative way…with change out of, let’s say 180k? (Yeh right😥, or at least for a good old diesel fed boat)😍
Anyhow….as per a nice vlog, look forward to the longer edit to come…but all in all for me and others I spoke to and heard chatting, whilst walking back to the swamp, sorry car park…it wasn’t as good as last year and needs to rethink how it stages the event next year, the layout for one…all the gloss in one area is too much….space them out better and maybe they will shine better🤓!
Over and out! 🤐😘✌🏻.
I agree with everything you have said. Many boats we walked through had poor finishes, poor paint jobs, silicone smears showing around the windows etc. We noticed a few TH-camrs who were cringe and acting like celebrities too.
I think you're right Helen, and we noticed the same on some of the boats. I know there is a big rush to get boats 'Crick ready' but that leads to corners being cut. I hope the builders go back and rectify after the show for the new owners. Not sure what you mean by TH-camrs acting like celebrities? I can only speak for ourselves obviously, and hope you're not referring to us, but there was a noticeable difference for us to last year of being recognised, as our channel has grown so much in the last year. We hope we come across exactly as we do in our videos when we meet viewers, some of whom want to stop and chat and enjoy doing so, and we love putting some faces to names of some of our regular commenters 😊
We were there on the preview day on Friday. At least we had good weather! But next year we will go on another day, although it was lovely with minimal queues to get to see the boats. If ever I bump into you I will say hello!@@onedaymoreaboard
Like the walk through but to the side bathroom of the narrowboat but thats it 😂 Generic reverse layout are all the same now, not my cup of tea at all.
We were saying the same thing David how there were hardly any, if any, traditional layouts! Reverse seems to be the way it is now 🙄
A beautiful boat in almost every way. Pity the location of the statue of Lord Buddha is offensive. He should never be placed where he can see the soles of a person's feet.
It was a beautiful boat, you're right, and I'm sure the owners wouldn't have placed Lord Buddha in such a place as you mention had they known. I have learnt something new today from you, so thank you for mentioning it. Thanks for watching 😊