324. What are brand new luxury narrowboats like inside?

PRICES: They're all custom-built so price will depend on what you spec. Typically you'll pay from maybe £150,000 upwards for a new narrowboat now, maybe £175k for a widebeam (but they can be zero VAT if for liveaboard use and meet certain criteria). The first boat in the video was approx £200,000.

See also the live broadcast I did from the show, at youtube.com/live/3zqsT0dKSK8

I'm fortunate in that I can look at nice things I'll never have and still appreciate them, so I enjoyed watching that, thanks !!

Wow. The wide beams are a virtual mansion!

I took my first trip in the very early '70's. And from that summer then till my dad passed away in 2006, it was narrowboating holidays every year. And as an angler, I loved them.
Moor up at night. 1 hours fishing before dinner. Eat, wash up and then fish till it was dark. Get up early in the morning without waking the rest of the family up and it was fishing once again. The only caveat that my mum insisted on was if she found a maggot had escaped, then no more maggots as bait! Not one maggot escaped! I made sure of that!
We even had a holiday in Easter one year. And bl00dy freezing it was too. The canal would be frozen over in the morning. We even went on the River Nene too and being in the top bunk, I woke up one morning and I couldn't move my left arm. My pijama top was frozen to window.
Things, 50+ years ago, were certainly not as luxurious as they are now with central heating, washing machines and even a replacement for me! A built in dishwasher (Geewhiz... Imagine how much more time I could have spent fishing back then?).
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Silly me. great video. It actually brings back some great, and frozen, memories en if they were touched by a tinge of sadness.

Interesting to see the range of options. Two sinks in the bathroom of the wide beam seems downright indulgent. Thanks, as always, for the entertainment!

The wide beams seem so liveable, if you had permanent moorings in a nice spot it seems a genuine alternative to house/flat living in real comfort.

Thanks a lot for thid beautifully filmed guided tourDavid, I sometimes had the impression that I was standing next to you.
Really very well - and of course as usually professionally done 👍👍👍.

I especially loved the Stargazer. The extra long hatch and fully framed well deck are fantastic. I wouldn't be surprised if more builders copy these, hopefully with their own variations. This is what a boat show is all about - evolution of design.
One thing I want to add... I visited the boat myself and I must say the camera makes the boat look a lot more spacious.

Good to hear from you again!!

Another great video David, thank you for taking us along for the tours of the boats.

I never tire of your humorous take on things David, never get too serious!

Thank you David for a very well edited and presented overview of these new boat offerings. Very interesting. 👍😀

Thank you for the tours, so many options for the modern narrow boater.

…maybe a third. Love your humor.

Informative & well presented. Thank you David for another look into boating life on the canals.

Thank you for the walk thrus. I do like the layout with the bedroom up front.

That was fun and interesting, thank you, David

Always interesting and enjoyable.

Interesting as always David…keep them coming,,,

Love to see it , brings back happy memories, from touring there at Nairn & Inverness .