MAIDEN VOYAGE ON OUR NEW NARROWBOAT! With a 1940s Lister JP3! 160 MILES & 100 LOCKS TO GO - 574

Today is the day! That we head down to Hemel, Hertfordshire, on the Grand Union Canal to our new narrowboat, to begin our week-long non-stop journey to get our new narrowboat back to narrowboat Olive! Narrowboat Majestic is a 70ft trad stern, built in 2000, with a VERY old but beautiful mid engine, Lister JP3, a 1940s, 3-cylinder diesel engine, with a beautiful sound. BUT it's not quite the same as a modern diesel narrowboat engine and has quite a big learning curve, with a wheel for a throttle and a bar for forward, neutral and reverse. It's a bit more difficult to start it too, it's not just turning a key and going! To get the two boats together, we must cruise 160 miles! And 101 locks! In 7 days! They won't be short days either! On average, we'll cruise 12 hours a day!

Hello and welcome to Taylors Aboard. Im Josh and I live on a 70ft Narrowboat with my Parents, Diane and Andy. Together we travel the beautiful waterways of the UK, with the ultimate aim of seeing them all. from crossing the hugely impressive 85m tall Pontcysyllte aqueduct, Battling the great river Thames on red boards to travelling through the centre of ancient cities like Chester. So subscribe to our channel for a very unique experience that you won't find anywhere else.

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