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Haven Knox-Johnston
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We’re one of the UK’s leading boat insurance specialists who can tailor cover to suit your needs. Click for a quote or talk to our helpful and friendly team who’ll understand your needs, appreciate your concerns and provide you with a competitive quote for insurance that’s tailored to your requirements.
You’ll find everything you’re looking for, and more, at Haven Knox-Johnston. That’s because we’ve been specialising in yacht and boat insurance since 1986. We are able to provide competitive quotes for a whole range of craft from yachts and motorboats to canal boats, speedboats and commercial boats.
When you contact our friendly team you’ll discover not only a consistently high level of award winning service but also an enthusiasm for boating as great as your own, with many actively involved in different aspects of sailing.
You’ll find everything you’re looking for, and more, at Haven Knox-Johnston. That’s because we’ve been specialising in yacht and boat insurance since 1986. We are able to provide competitive quotes for a whole range of craft from yachts and motorboats to canal boats, speedboats and commercial boats.
When you contact our friendly team you’ll discover not only a consistently high level of award winning service but also an enthusiasm for boating as great as your own, with many actively involved in different aspects of sailing.
How to operate a lock on a canal as a narrowboat user. How to go through a canal lock
If you are new to boating on the inland waterways, going through a lock feel like a daunting prospect. This video will equip you with all the knowledge you need to go up and down in a lock safely and with courtesy to other boaters.
A special thanks to Chris Bennett and @TingdeneMarinasBoatSales for all their help in putting this video together.
Watch this video to find out:
00:30 // How to go downstream in a lock
04:45 // Where to position your boat in a lock - what is the cill marker?
05:29 // What to think about when approaching a lock. What to look out for when going into a lock.
06:51 // How to go up in a lock. How to go upstream in a lock.
08:34 // Can you share a lock with another boat?
09:31 // What should I do if the lock gates are closed, there is a queue, or the lock is not set in my favour?
14:47 // Health and safety around canal or river locks
A special thanks to Chris Bennett and @TingdeneMarinasBoatSales for all their help in putting this video together.
Watch this video to find out:
00:30 // How to go downstream in a lock
04:45 // Where to position your boat in a lock - what is the cill marker?
05:29 // What to think about when approaching a lock. What to look out for when going into a lock.
06:51 // How to go up in a lock. How to go upstream in a lock.
08:34 // Can you share a lock with another boat?
09:31 // What should I do if the lock gates are closed, there is a queue, or the lock is not set in my favour?
14:47 // Health and safety around canal or river locks
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Live with Fran and Rich at Crick Boat Show 2024
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Welcome to Fran and Rich live Q&A with Haven Knox-Johnston, filmed at Crick Boat Show 2024. Watch the video to find out more Information about life as continuous cruisers on a narrowboat on the UK canal network. As narrowboat Vloggers, Fran and Rich can be trusted to say it how it is, as well as giving lots of top tips for life on a narrowboat. If you are thinking of making the move from land t...
Spring checks for small and large outboard engines - Haven's Helpful Hints
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Join @TheMarineSurveyorNotebookBenSu as he heads to Dale Sailing in Wales to discuss the checks you need to make before using your outboard engine at the start of the season. In this video, Ben looks at both small and large outboard engines. A 6hp engine suitable for use on a tender, as well as a larger 20hp engine that you might find on a larger RIB. Checks include: How to check your engine oi...
Spring checks for your RIB's Outboard Engine
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Summer is round the corner and it's time to get your RIB out for some on the water fun! But are you familiar with the checks you should make before heading out in it? We always recommend that you get your RIB's engines serviced by a professional, but for those of you who are interested in carrying out your own checks on top of the annual service, this video is for you! We are joined by @TheMari...
Annual maintenance checks for your dinghy's outboard. 2-6hp outboard checks
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Join @TheMarineSurveyorNotebookBenSu and Jake Boston from Dale Sailing as they run through the annual maintenance checks you should make on the small outboard you have on your tender. We are all familiar with the noise of a fading outboard, and the realisation that you're going to have to get the oars out and row the rest of the way to where you were going! There are many things that can cause ...
How to Start Racing Your Cruising Yacht
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Whether you want to get into racing as an activity to enjoy with your family, or perhaps your competitive streak makes you look longingly at those boats leaving their berths on a Sunday morning to go and take part in some Club racing. Whatever the reason, racing your cruising yacht can be immensely exciting and create memories to last a lifetime, whilst at the same time also helping you to impr...
How to buy a boat. Expert webinar on what to look out for when buying a boat in the UK.
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If you are thinking of buying a boat, this is a must watch webinar containing a whole host of tips on how to make your boat buying transaction run smoothly. Whether you are buying a boat through a private sale or a broker, this webinar will tell you all about the things to look out for when buying a boat including how to get marine finance and how to get the best out of your survey. For this we...
How to sail across the Channel and cruise northern France (Sailing to France/ how to sail to France)
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Do you want to expand your sailing to include sailing across the English Channel and cruising the coast of northern France? Is Sailing to France on your to do list? But you're worried about how to sail to France? This webinar has everything you need to know (we think!), and it's all in one place! Our expert Bob Garrett, Joint Channel Secretary at the @CruisingAssociation covers everything you n...
Using Lithium-ion Batteries on Boats - What they are and how to use them.
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Are you wondering whether you should be making the switch to Lithium batteries onboard your boat? The technology behind Lithium batteries has come on leaps and bounds in recent years, and more and more people are seeing the benefits and making the switch to a hybrid solution or even a fully Lithium solution. But how do you do it safely, and what other factors do you need consider? This webinar ...
Checking your windows before winter sets in
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If your window drains become clogged up with moss and lichen, you can quickly find you get water ingress into the boat, or even broken glass caused by freezing water. Ben Sutcliffe-Davies is on hand to remind you of all the jobs you need to do onboard!
Top tips for winter checks on your shore power supply
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If relying on shore power to maintain background heat and a bilge pump, it's really important to make sure your shore power cable, plug and socket are in good condition. In this video, Ben Sutcliffe-Davies takes you through what to look out for.
Winterising the water systems on your boat
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Leaving water in your tanks and pipes can lead to damage in the event of freezing, so it's always good to drain down your systems before leaving the boat for any length of time over winter. It's also important to leave a background heat source on, such as an oil filled radiator. This will help keep the boat from freezing. In this video, Ben Sutcliffe-Davies takes us on a whistlestop tour of win...
Checking your window seals for defects
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Moisture ingress can occur when the seals breakdown around windows. In this quick video, Ben Sutcliffe-Davies shows what to look out for.
Top tips on how to keep your narrowboat ventilated over winter
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Keep your narrowboat well ventilated when not using it is vital for stopping damp and mould from forming. In this video, Ben Sutcliffe-Davies discusses the importance of keeping your boat well ventilated with some background heat.
Winterising the bathroom on your narrowboat
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Nobody wants to come back after leaving their boat for a few weeks over winter to find a cracked toilet pan! Watch Ben Sutcliffe-Davies as he gives a whistlestop tour of winterising your narrowboat's bathroom!
Top tips on how to winterise your shaft and stern tube on your narrowboat
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Top tips on how to winterise your shaft and stern tube on your narrowboat
How to keep your narrowboat secure over winter
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How to keep your narrowboat secure over winter
Top tips for protecting your boat's mooring lines over the winter
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Top tips for protecting your boat's mooring lines over the winter
Protecting your Narrowboat mooring lines over winter
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Protecting your Narrowboat mooring lines over winter
Cleaning leaves on the deck of your narrowboat
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Cleaning leaves on the deck of your narrowboat
Holding tank maintenance tips for your narrowboat
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Holding tank maintenance tips for your narrowboat
Top Tips when using a Woodburning Stove on your Narrowboat
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Top Tips when using a Woodburning Stove on your Narrowboat
Winterising tips for the diesel tanks on your narrowboat
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Winterising tips for the diesel tanks on your narrowboat
Top Winterising Tips for your boat's heads
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Top Winterising Tips for your boat's heads
Winterising To Do List for your Narrowboat Generator
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Winterising To Do List for your Narrowboat Generator
Top tips for preparing your galley for winter (sailing yacht or motorboat)
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Top tips for preparing your galley for winter (sailing yacht or motorboat)
Top 5 tips for preparing your narrowboat's galley for winter
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Top 5 tips for preparing your narrowboat's galley for winter
Have you winterised your furling headsail? Watch our top tips on what to do!
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Have you winterised your furling headsail? Watch our top tips on what to do!
Top Yacht and Motorboat Engine Winterising Tips from Marine Surveyor
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Top Yacht and Motorboat Engine Winterising Tips from Marine Surveyor
Winterising maintenance checks for your Diesel filler caps onboard your narrowboat
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Winterising maintenance checks for your Diesel filler caps onboard your narrowboat
Couldn’t watch as the background music kept interrupting my concentration.
Great video, thanks
Great video. you are not allowed to bring spare fuel on jerry cans. Is that right? Thanks for sharing.
That was massive fun to watch .
Brilliant - thank you.
You're welcome, glad it was useful. Do visit our website to get an insurance quote when you've bought your boat!
Great talk as usual from Bob. thanks for sharing.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!
This is a must watch if you use Lithium batteries, which is pretty much all of us. There are q number of things you can do and selections you can make to help manage the hazards. When they fail...they fail very quickly. Manage the dangers whenever you can. We don't even think about these things but even the cheapest, small device can ruing our lives. No need to watch if you don't have when in your home...but for the rest of the 99% of us...watch and learn. This vid is not designed to convince you to avoid at all cost. It just talks about what dangers there are and how to limit your exposure.
Thanks for your comment. We certainly learnt an awful lot whilst putting the webinar together. Knowledge which can be applied both at home and on the boat, in fact - to every day life in general. It's really interesting to understand the different chemistries that are used in the batteries too, and how the different types of lithium battery have different performance and safety parameters. We've all now purchased charging bags and got rid of broken charging cables!
If you have small ship registration part one ( big ships) for your yacht that's the same as title deeds which provides tax cover at purchase. We found that out when transferring from UK to Irish registration we were worried about not having proof of VAT
Excellent, thanks.
You are welcome! Thanks for watching
I'm Rorc Rya offshore mot
Been around three times to date from Portland, clockwise via the canal in 2017, anti-clockwise around the top 2018, and clockwise around the top in 2022, twice up and down east coast of Ireland and once up coast of wales /Isle of man. The Orkneys (Stromness) is a good place to stay and visit the island. Only a short trip to or from Wick. Although be patient for a good weather, and tide window, if travelling through the Pentland Firth!!
Thanks for your comment Terry. Wow - you must have had some wonderful experiences and created unforgettable memories on those passages! Are you planning on doing it again?
Very helpful impulses regarding energy on board in general. I missed distinction between needs for blue water sailing and coastal sailing. E.g. load dumps are much more serious when you are 1000 miles off a coast. Also external vs. internal BMS is a topic here.
Thank you. If you have any further questions, do contact Paul at Marine Energy Systems (info@marineenergysystems.co.uk) and I'm sure he'll be happy to help.
This was such a great chat! So much information for boaters new and old!
good luck Ian and co
Just extraordinary 💋 💋. The secret to YT success > "PromoSM" !
Great to watch the second video.
Great video guys!
Fran and Rich, what a wonderful adventure. I am dying to know how you and Dee met to set it all up. Leigh
Wow. Fantastic. A truly wonderful vlog that deserves a lot of attention. Thank you all so much. XX
Wow! Fantastic. A broad-castable vlog that warms the heart. Thank you all so much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing this video. It was fabulous and Dee is a real adventurer. Fran and Rich were so sweet and helpful. I want to go with them on a canal trip!!
Thoroughly enjoyable to watch. Fran and Rich are such gracious hosts. I think I would be nervous if I were in either the position of a newbie narrowboater or a boat owner, but Dee does fine and Fran and Rich take it all in stride.
Very well done proper narrowboater now and you had 2 good teachers can you teach us as well when are boat arrives at middlewich with Elton moss keep the great videos coming .
Oh wow such a beautiful relaxing vlog. Thank you xx
You’re welcome 😊
Such a wonderful video, and a fantastic idea. So enjoyable to watch. Can’t wait for the second episode! 😊
Watched the release of this video at Crick Boat Show, brilliant video well done 👍
Looking forward to this! See you at Crick Boat Show
Can’t wait!!
the production value is stupidly high, looking forward to it hkj
Great interview, thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for great video. Please tell me what is the boat type and size?
Excellent stuff! Our advice is to take plenty of gas with you. It was a nightmare hunting down refills last year.
I have been round clockwise twice single handedin 31 ft yacht taking 12 weeks. I went along the French coast to St Peter Portthen to Falmouth. I spent sometime in Guernsey with my family when they flew over to see me for 10 days then went home. The cost both times was £ 3500 I never anchored. I went via Cally canal I crossed to Dunloghaire from Milford Haven & went up to ballycastle then to Croab & Oban & generally reverse of route in webinar. The first time I did not have a chart plotter & i am surprised that they were bothered about theirs not working. They are supposed to be a sailing school. Get the portland plotter & dividers out. I did not have charts other than C series & Only had a pack of folio ones for the scottish bit oban to Fort William. But I did have Reeds & the Imray pilots for the whole trip except my local east coast & the CIs ( I go there a lot so did not need one there)French coast is more of a sense of holiday & assured of berths & cheaper instead of south coast
Thanks for your comment Graham - lovely to hear about your journey and a great tip to go down to along the French coast. So many people have chart plotters these days which makes it an important thing to include when teaching - but we agree, nothing beats a chart and some dividers! For anyone reading this, Imray have a page dedicated to all the charts and pilots you might need for the journey here: www.imray.com/news/sail-round-britain/
@@HavenKJ Bradwell, Boulogne, Dieppe, Le Havre, Cherbourg, St Peter Port, Falmouth, Avoids the booking & cost of full up marinas on the solent etc
Salut la 1G13
I have been to a lot of beautiful locations around the world over the years, including some of the big comercial cities and islands, but have never revisited any of them, apart from the 'glorious Ibiza'. It is an underrated and in many cases an 'overexposed' island due to its commercial and clubbing aspects. (although I have also previously enjoyed this aspect also of the island too). I got married there in the wonderful, scenic Hacienda Na Xamena in 2010. Putting this to one side, it is the most beautiful, magical, 'soul awakening and chilled places that I have ever visited and continue to visit over the past 22 years. I feel that I have grown with it...seeing it before the motorways with just dirt roads, super marinas, beach walkways, and Manumission was the main superclub and cafe del mar was the place to sit on the rock to see the sunset. It is great to see the islands government are putting the tourists money back into the island and that it will continue to the islands growth and improvements, also from a nature preservation point of view. I will continue to visit this wonderful place with the sometimes sad but also happy memories it hold for me. Just a wonderful place.
Looks like you're having a party!😁 Is there cheese and wine?
Thank you
RAY HAYBALL AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
Could you remove the music track please? It just makes the speaker harder to follow and doesn't make the video more professional!
Great info - great video. Those warships - WOW!
Super useful - thanks Colin
3:06 What’s that spoon doing over there in the roof?? 😬
I am falling in love for all your videos. What an awesome place to live in
1:17 he emptied it straight back into the place he’s taken it from 😂
Lovely video. One small mistake, Scilly has four lighthouses, they forgot the Penninis lighthouse on St Mary's
hola mal video mesi
Good comment, I give 7/10. Needs more Messi.
Are there visitor moorings or a harbour master in L'aber Benoit?
Very nice and gentle filming plus excellent information about when & where to visit - all good stuff!
Shame you didn't visit Bigbury on Sea and Burgh Island at high-tide of course! Still love your filming style and gentle drone footage of "Devon Secrets".
John I really enjoy your touring films which inspire me to travel more when lockdown is over. Just a rough idea....how many days of fairish weather cruising at say 15-20 knot cruising would it take you to get from Falmouth to Northern Spain and also to Gibralter? Also what does the daily cost of marina plus fuel average out to in £ in very rough terms. Thank you. :)