Monday, August 29, 2022

YouTube Monday: A New Narrowboater

During the pandemic, I discovered the joys English narrow boat videos, on Amazon Prime, then discover that my favorites were on YouTube, often on YT long before other platforms.  There are a variety of people who live on canal boats and document it on YouTube.  Some of them are brilliant content producers, some are interesting people, some are annoying. A few of my favorites have sold their boats (Cruising the Cut, Foxes Afloat, Boating Beyond ), a few seldom post.  

There are new voices, Chris started this journey about 10 months ago, and documented building his boat, he is now living on it.  He is a nice working class guy.  Retired military. Well educated and endlessly curious and learning. Divorced with kids.  His storytelling is good, and has gotten better.  He decided to buy and live aboard a boat, having never spent the night on a boat before.  He describes why, and the process of deciding and building what he wanted.  

You can follow his story from the beginning, or jump to his current postings, he is now on the boat, near his kids.  He is posting a couple of times a week, I look forward to his posts.  

Are there similar channels that you follow? 




14 comments:

  1. As much as I get on You Tube, I don't think I follow any one channel.

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    1. I have several that know when they usually post and I get noticies on my phone

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  2. Anonymous8/29/2022

    Thanks for the Chris tip. I follow the Foxes who no longer cruise but still make good clips, Cruising the Cut who also no longer has a boat, Robbie Cumming, Floating our Boat and Narrow Boat Life Unlocked.

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  3. SG loves the narrow boats on YouTube. And he agrees, some of the owners are annoying.

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    1. Some are very good story tellers,

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  4. I have often fallen down a YT rabbit hole, but I don't follow any channels.

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    1. I generally focus on content producers that I like, and sample the suggested content carefully

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  5. I discovered the Foxes Afloat fellows only a month ago; I enjoy them.

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  6. I spend enough time keeping up with blogs -- I can't add YouTube or other social media platforms to the mix!

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    1. How did we fill our days before the internet?

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  7. Interesting. No, there are no channels that I follow.

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    1. There are some great content producers

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