After fifteen years cruising the Mediterranean aboard our sailing yacht Ruffles Spray, we eventually found ourselves back on Britain’s waterways, this time aboard Rasmunda, a 1998 Colecraft narrowboat.
Follow our experiences of living afloat, keeping an older boat running, tackling DIY projects and finding out whether narrowboat life is quite what we imagined.
Portable power stations are becoming increasingly popular with narrowboat owners. But can one really replace a petrol or diesel generator, particularly if you live aboard all year round? It’s an
How we installed a Refleks 66 Mk aboard Rasmunda, why we chose the smallest model, and what it really costs to keep our 60-foot narrowboat warm through winter. When you
After discovering just how much faster the marina’s Wi-Fi was outside Rasmunda, and spending rather more time than anticipated installing our new MikroTik equipment, there was one question left to
In Part 1, we discovered that the marina’s Wi-Fi was considerably faster than the connection we were getting inside Rasmunda. Now it was time to do something about it. A
When we moved aboard Rasmunda, our 60-foot narrowboat, there were quite a few things I expected to spend time sorting out. Heating, hot water, electrics, and the various little surprises
A £14.59 programmable timer solved our narrowboat heating problem, giving us longer heating cycles and hot water without spending £520 on a new calorifier.
One of the things about owning an older narrowboat is that a simple problem can very quickly turn into an expensive solution. Rasmunda was built in 1998, and although we’ve
Living or leisure use of a narrowboat presents unique challenges and opportunities, particularly when it comes to cooking. Traditional gas cookers have long been the standard, but diesel-powered alternatives like
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Getting Away
A Dog Narrates Our Wild Escape to the Mediterranean
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Getting Away
A Dog Narrates Our Wild Escape to the Mediterranean
★★★★★ 4.2 rating on Amazon
