Hi welcome back on board the Naughty Lass I'm still doing loads of different jobs
I've got a huge job list on the go and this is just one page of
several but I'm getting through it and with the help of my patreon team
crank it crew and other people involved everyone's been really amazing and all
your support has really driven me these past few weeks so thanks for that anyway
so I wanted to tell you a little bit about my boat when I first bought it the
broker said or in the description it said 'one for the
traditionalists' which means that if you see this it generally means the boat's a
bit old it's got a few it's got yeah it's got a few lovely little quirks to
it and you know beautiful antique parts but
yeah in general if you see this written about a boat it means it's old and
probably needs a bit of work done to it and earlier on in the summer I actually
got quite fed up with this thing because I I was just thinking to myself why haven't
I upgraded why haven't I got a bigger better shiny newer boat but after a
real tough time I'd sort of I realized that I do actually love this thing
and everything on it especially this mirror which I found on the boat all
right I didn't steal it!!
Now we'll do separate videos on how I fixed my
holding tank for my toilet and also not so much the painting but there are some
crank it crew helping out videos that I think will make you laugh which I'll
upload but yeah so today I'm going to be painting and while the weather's still
all right just about acceptable not ideal but it's at least gonna be dry
enough and also yeah try and sort out my toilet tank a bit more with some great
help that I've had recently and getting some new fittings the bottom
line is, the bottom line! is that I don't have to take the whole tank out and
replace it for now anyway so what we're going to do now is to go and do what I
like doing when I'm lacking inspiration or I'm just fed up with my own boat
and that's to go and see someone else's boat this one is even more traditional
than mine and it belongs to a chap called
Kevin who used to be on youtube as Country House Gent and is now on Vimeo as
Kev: 'Travels by Narrowboat'
R: Travels by Narrowboat — and you've 'travelled by a narrow boat' from that
direction haven't you?
Which is what the... kev:Keadby on the on the tidal trent R: How did
you find it?
K: Very slow and at first nerve-racking I thought er... I thought I
was gonna die!
R: Ha yeah I think everyone feels like that the first time as well
Before Kevin set off he actually asked me for my advice
I felt very flattered but I've done the title Trent before and all I could say
was you've just got to crank it!
anyway let's go and have a little look inside your boat...
This is the saloon, cum relaxation area cum music recreation kind of area
Nice, and you've got your stove just out
of shot down here
Kev: Yes this old stove is great it easily heats the whole boat even in winter
R: it's nice and cozy I've got to say
K: Setee, sofa...
R: So your layout is a bit like mine up to a point
isn't it sort of in the middle yeah I always like that simple sink kitchen
K: Would have originally been the kitchen would have originally being part of the kitchen but this is my office this is
where I create oh all those incredible videos!!
R: A little plug... little plug there!!
K: Yeah
And this is where your engine is? Ah so here we go — what engine have you got?
This is a 1952 Petter McLaren it's twin cylinder
it's two and a half litres and knocks out 20 horsepower and the hydraulic
gearbox down there as well
R: so instead of the rubber
K: sort of a v-belt yeah
R: right you have leather ones, wow
is it a lot of work
to keep going, do you do a lot of maintenance?
K: not really keep them topped up with oil yeah last year I adjusted the valve
timing and changed the oil had the injectors
reconditioned and yeah she fires up and plugs along all day
R: Let's crank it!
[ long beep ]
[ False start ] K: Oh no!!
[ Engine turning over successfully ]
K: Always check the oil pressure
[ Sound of engine chug chugging away, getting much quieter as we leave the boat ]
I thought it would be really loud but you hardly notice it
so you'd be standing over here
Does all the smoke go in your face or...
Kev: If the winds blowing like that way, it'll go that way, but every now and then it'll be in your face
you just lean one side or the other
but sometimes yeah you end up looking like you've been down a coal mine yeah
Robbie: That's when you really know you're a proper boater — when you've got coal all over your face!
most boats have a forward and reverse morse lever which does
the engine and and the direction,
with this, that's the throttle
and then seperate forward and reverse
that's forward
From about 400 rpm tickover to a 'mesmerising' 700 rpm
Can you cope with that??!
no traditional boat would
be without a quality old horn
and if this one's not loud enough to be heard there's also another klaxon at the
front
[ long 'awoogaa' horn blast ]
so power wise you've got solar panels I've just seen up on your roof and
then you've got...
Kev: 1500 watt inverter pure sine wave which you need for
laptops and things
solar MPP... MPPPPPT?! solar controller yeah I've got
about 140 watts of solar okay that's to regulate the power coming in from these
R: [ on the MPPT controller ] That's to regulate the power coming in isn't it?
K: And er this brass ship's barometer
R: And also, I really like this as well...
K: Yeah the control panels, these are for the leisure batteries then you have all the boat systems
lights and power and fridge and so on and then over there
your starter batteries etc
all designed and built by a club at British Aerospace
yeah on the weekends
Wow... as their little hobby on the weekends... and theres the water right there look at that
woo! lovely, I love a good hatch!
and here we are in the bathroom so this has a
shower here oh that's cool, the portable loo is right there lovely little sink there and there's a door — can I open
this door?! Wicked, and this is where you sleep? So in this boatman's
cabin bedroom we've got another stove and that is just perfect really well in
winter when you're in your bed you want some extra warmth of course
so that was it — thanks Kevin for the tour it was really interesting to see your
boat and to have a good chat with you and catch up and also just thanks
everyone for watching and subscribing and I'll see you on the next video —
bye!