Do We Miss Sailing? | One Year Living on a Canal Boat | Casting Off Ep 064
It’s been exactly a year since we swapped our sailing boat for a widebeam canal boat, after nearly 20 years living afloat. How has it been — and do we have any regrets?
Before reflecting on our first 12 months aboard Happidaze, we take a quick look at Liz’s new book. She’s been commissioned by Bloomsbury to write a guide to casting off and setting sail, which explains her recent radio silence.
Meanwhile, Jamie has been busy editing the photographs. In this video version of the podcast, we share a few of those images as a gentle reminder of our time aboard SY Esper.
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00:00 Intro
02:59 Liz is writing a book for Adlard Coles about how to become a sailing liveaboard cruiser
09:10 Do we miss sailing?
12:48 What have we done in the year since we moved on board our canal boat?
21:33 When will we start continuous cruising?
24:00 The main downside of being back in the UK
25:37 Getting to Ely and the Fens
27:58 Please send us comments and advice on boating on Britain's waterways
28:21 The most important thing that happened to us in 2015
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