How Can We Make It Past This Thick Weed?
There’s a weed crisis on the River Witham with boats turning back. If we can’t get through, it will mean the end of all our plans…
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Log
The Ship’s Log covers journeys undertaken by sail or canal boat, and includes general posts not covered by the Travel category.
Squeezing A Widebeam Canal Boat Through The Glory Hole
Can you fit a widebeam canal boat through Lincoln’s Glory Hole? We’re about to find out, but not before showing you this underrated city’s highlights.
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Is the Foss Dyke the oldest canal in England?
After the excitement of the River Trent, it was a welcome change to enter the sedate and secluded Fossdyke Navigation. Or is it “Foss Dyke”?
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From Historic Gainsborough to Torksey Lock: Our Tidal Trent Continuation
We continue further upstream to Torksey Lock, where we transition from the tidal river into the calmer waters of the Fossdyke Navigation
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Our Email Is Now Coming To You On Saturdays
Our emails are now going out on Saturday so you get our videos early
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Tidal Trent Triumph: Our Journey from Keadby to Gainsborough
Our first leg of The Trent was always going to be the most challenging: navigating from Keadby Lock all the way to Gainsborough.
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Problems With Vazon Bridge and Keadby Lock
We encounter two major problems on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal: Vazon Bridge and Keadby Lock. What happened?
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We’ve Achieved Complete Independence
As sailors, we lived completely independently on the open oceans. Can we do the same on the canals of the UK?
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Our 150 Mile Canal Adventure Begins
Having left the marina we are now starting to make our way eastwards towards the tidal River Trent
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We Are Now Continuous Cruisers
With the book out of the way, it is time to slip the lines and say goodbye to the marina. We are now continuous cruisers!
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“Spider T” Humber Sloop: Pride of the Fleet
Spider T is an iron-hulled Humber sloop of industrial and maritime heritage, which turned up at our marina just a few days before we left.
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Where Have We Been? (Hint: It Involves 100,000 Words and Two Thousand Photos)
We’ve been writing a guide for new cruisers, to be published by Bloomsbury, and is the reason you’ve not heard from us in a while!
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One Year On and Liz’s Book
We’ve just published our first podcast of 2026, and this episode is a little different if you’re watching it on youtube!
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Repairing Our Webasto Heater, Our Generator… And Our Dog!
There is only one thing stopping us from becoming constant cruisers, and it’s a frustrating one
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We’ve Revamped Our Website With Better Images & Clearer Navigation
Our website is updated! We’ve added “Destinations” and “Boat Skills” categories and are fixing old posts for a better, more organized experience. Find what you need faster.
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