love watching your vlogs when youre doing DIY. Its like watching an episode of Mr.Bean

loved this vlog. Brought back memories of when I discovered pitting on my boat! As I had relatively bad pitting to sides below waterline and baseplate, especially stern baseplate... Had the bad pits puddle welded to avoid overplating, which both my surveyor, welder and myself all wanted to avoid. Along with two pack epoxy on sides and baseplate (which I can't recommend enough, as it's sets so hard over bitumen based paints) to fill in pitting and give better and more long-term protection, I feel the boat has had a new lease of life after welding and epoxy. Don't let pits get you down, I know it makes you think the worse, having them all over, but my welder said you get them on all boats pretty much, and mine wasn't the worse he'd seen by far. Although saying that, my parents bought a narrowboat just after I had mine, and they don't have a single pit! Got lucky I guess. Im in a marina which isnt great for boats apparently, as the stray currents can cause pitting if your boat is exposed or suseptable to galvanic corrosion. Most folks here at the marina say they've all got pitting of some degree, so think it's just one of those things that comes with older boats, boats that haven't been blacked when they should have been and boats sitting in marinas for the majority of their life . Anyway, just wanted to share my experience.

Wes, your editing has come on leaps and boundaries and I love the editing in this video. The karate chop English muffin, the ready to go to war musical montage... just perfection!

I love how you touch anything you’re eating together,that’s really cute

Rollers!!!! I’m so excited!

Lynn on Hubby's phone 😏, Awwww that blooming rain , it's respondsable for loads a stuff ruined in this country 😏😥☹️😡, Hope all goes well for you this coming week 🤞🤞🤞, I'm only on You Tube so sadly I'm gonna be waiting a week ☹️, How patient was Rufus , my god some Dogs would have been barking and whining all Day 🤔😊, His so good , hope he got his favorite dinner 😊🤞🤞❤️, Take Care you two ❤️❤️xx🤗

Oh my days, best vlog ever. One minute i was on the edge of my seat, then the next feeling so sorry for you both and then... laughing my head off 😂 No matter what life throws at you two you always manage to laugh and smile about it and i love that about you. Cant wait for the next one. Thank you both. Some much deserved chips on their way. 💙💖🐕🐇

Just catching up with blogs I’ve not seen! We’ve got St Clare booked in for 31st October and I’m petrified!!! Lol 😆 Well done doing it yourself xx

What an adventure. Hoping you can finish nicely.

Typical Midlands weather 🙁Amy you have a paint buddy , l’m doing some masticing at the moment so it’s eau de turpentine for me to .Debdale looks like a good option for blacking and at least you know the boat is good for another 4 years or so 👍

Ey up mi ducks, just finished watching 9 episodes almost back to back today. Great content, really enjoyed them. Well done, some good memories for us of Market Harborough and Foxton. Fortunately at our boat club we have a covered dock for blacking, makes all the difference👍just over half way through your Portfolio, well done guys 😊

Ahh...life experiences. We live in America and we were both shouting at the TV "don't do it yourself" "have someone else do it for you". LOL We've both watched a lot of narrowboat vlogs.

Nothing beats the smell of bitumen when your trying to sleep. You should be okay. If you are worried about the base plate, do it again in 12 months or so to keep an eye on it. Cheers

Great Vlog. You did a great job capturing the up and downs of having a time schedule and having the weather working against you. Love the expressions on your faces. I couldn’t help but laugh, but I am sure if it was me, I would have been shaking my fists at the heavens. Hopefully……the continuation is sunshine and a finished blacking. Now off to watch Stranger Things…thanks for the remind. 🙏😊🤗 Kathy

Frog tape is good for getting nice sharp line, just peel off afterwards. So glad you didn't paint the anodes. Great team work and sorry about the rain. You done a brilliant job and the lifting music was ace. Nice one 👍

Retired painter if you had put roller on a pole would have been ten times easier and twice as quick keep up the good work

Hi Amy/Wes, Well done guy's and hats off to you. Despite the unpredictable weather and trying circumstances you both done a bloody good job. As always you get through a difficult situation with a smile. take care and stay safe..😁

You guys have done such a beautiful job on your house. The constant upgrading and up keeping, has paid off well. You guys put in a lot of hard work on your home and you can definitely tell. Cheers

As they say, you can’t control the weather. All in all a good job done. Good to see you both on your way to Banbury. Rufus looked good. Happy boating.

Amazing job and she's looking great already! You had a right todo with the rain! It's a bit late now but if you mix old, used coffee grounds with liquid soap and use that to scrub your skin it helps get stuff off without being too abrasive. Know what you mean about the boat not moving. A while ago I sailed to Shetland which was about a week offshore on the way there but when I got to Lerwick Harbour I went to have a shower and the cubicle felt so strange that it seemed like it was rocking around and I had to get out and get back on the boat. I remember feeling really sick until I got back onto the boat and then felt fine again. 😊

Hi Amy and Wes. That looked like incredibly hard work. Such a shame that the weather didn’t play ball. Loved your attempt at creating a tarp cover and your in typical Boat Time fashion Pound coin jar idea😃. Hope the rain stopped on Sunday and you managed an extra coat of blacking. Take care. Nick

Well done guys. That video really cheered me up. Couldnt help but laugh at the tarp situation. You are my favourite boating You tubers as its not just hours of cruising down canals its general boat life and all its ups and downs. Keep them coming x

Omg. Just hilariously funny with the amount of paint you had over yourselves. Wes looked like a warrior with that streak near the eye. Looks like you did a great job with the blacking though considering the crappy weather you encountered. Can’t wait to see how it ends in part 2 😘

Haunted Narrowboat - Was it the white spirits ~~? Spooky

Great work guys! That looked like very hard with all that rain!! Love how you two make anything negative into something funny :D Thanks for another ace vlog! XX

I’m trying to catch up on all your videos watching no 55 but have seen lots want to say hey from Queensland Australia I find the long boats fascinating

Amy, Wes, Rufus and Dupes, What a stressful time you have had with blacking your boat. My heart went out to you both. Rufus seemed well behaved in his strange surrounding, wondering what his Mummy and Daddy were doing with his big Kennel (boat). Was Dupes able to have a walk about? Despite the stress of the rain, you guys always keep going with a smile. Great video, and well edited.

What a task you both took on hope you are both ok thinking of you tc Ann and David⭐️⭐️

Just subscribed, that’s the first time I’ve seen anyone blacking the underside of their narrowboat!

Thanks guys for another entertaining episode. We have been doing this livaboard Lark for 15 years and it is so refreshing to see the younger generation of boaters giving it s go and doing your best. Thanks again guys Nicknpolly nb Thomas ryan

You two are troopers. How frustrating can it be You Did the best you could... Credit where credits due. ❤️ With a bit of luck and the following wind you should have succeeded in blacking. Well done and have a good week xx

Well done all four of you, hard work, disruption to your home, looks great #teamwork

OMG what are you two like, you’ll have a go at anything. Well done guys you’ve done so well must say tho it’s so funny you just make everything fun. Can’t wait for next great vlog.

Aw bless u. Done so well. I hope it’s all ok. Rain - forgotten what I feels like. We are desperate for it down south. Lol. Keeping fingers crossed for you. Best wishes.

Crazy few days. Rain rain and more rain. Think you did well given the weather situation. Prob next time see if its possible to book in at a dry Dock. Upside is at least you didn't have any overplating to do or anodes ❤

Oh guys I really felt for you! I've been following your channel for a while now as I'm hoping to become a boater in the not to distant future. Your vlogs are fantastic, I really feel like I'm along for the ride lol....but I can't help thinking that marina should have had an under cover area for such activities. Tut tut, hope they were cheap? Keep living the dream guys. If I ever get a boat and bump into you I'll buy you some chips lol

Yet another entertaining vlog, you guys are making me choose between 'Stranger Things' and 'Boat Time' for my evening viewing! You are winning hands down for first watch... I can honestly say I've spent more time catching up on your vlogs from the beginning up to now, than any other vlog, programme, series etc, wonderful stuff, excellent editing btw

Well done you two.A hard job well done.dont know anything about boats but looked good to me.certainly loved watching your funny and lovely ways look forward to the next episode..☕😄

Great vlog, I t definitely looked hard work. Well done hope you are all well x

Hey guys! I just found you, and loved watching the blacking of it. I just bought a 34ft and planning to take it out of the water as soon as possible. Maybe I missed the information of where (which marina) you did it, but I was wondering if you could share it again? My little one is in East London atm. 🙌😊

Great video guys!! 😍

Oh feel so sorry for you guys, you worked so hard. Hope it will be ok

Hi guys another good video keep up with the good work

I am going to be moving on to a boat Within the next six months And my biggest worry was Where do you live when you re getting your black , Because I was worried about the pets , But your videos put my mind at ease Thank you

There's a product called GOJO. It's available in the UK. It's just a few quid but worth it for icky greasy hands. You can use it on the face, but be careful to not rinse stuff into your eyes. I close my eyes and wash my face in the shower. I'm still young and pretty. lol I can get oil and grease all over working on engine bays and cleaning projects. Been using it for the better part of 30 years without fail.

Also haha u know your dry mat for mattress did u cut a piece for down the side of bed where it hits wall cuz incase of condensation down from window or wall ok guys .

Loved it. Thought my diy blacking week was bad !

Well if that's your first time you should be proud😉 top job👍. Get some of the white disposable overalls next time, yeh I know there a little bland lol but you can always jazem up with flashing bunny ears🤣. As always guys stay safe xxxx

You’ll have to be careful when you get back in the water,she’ll be so fast now with her smooth bottom

Amy,Wes, IF I had known you were up at Debdale I would Have come up & given you a hand , as I only live down the road.

Hi guys next to put kitchen foil in your trays so u can throw foil away and use trays again also with 4inch trays useful tip 👍

If I’d known and I wasn’t far from you I’d have brought my big tarp for you to use,it’s bigger than a tennis court,just right for covering the entire boat( half at a time )

Always enjoy your videos and just subscribed. We need a new 12 volt fridge for our boat. Where did you get yours from, what make and is it any good? Ian

I know this vlog wasn't funny for you two to make but you made us laugh your so funny. Felt your pain when the bottom plate was crumbling though we are in the process of buying our first narrow boat and it goes for a hull survey on the 15th and getting blacked... we are scared lol xxx

Love Papa Johns vegan menu x

Moisturise your skin heavily before & afterwards and the skin will loosen the paint off. Don't use white spirit as it dry the skin out and the body absorbs it.

Where did that rain come from? Haven’t we just had the driest July for about a hundred years? I pay someone to do mine.

Use baby oil as it takes tar off skin

Great vlog once again….what walk-in talkies are you using ??

Cant control the weather. Can only do what you can only do. Would suggest getting it blacked before its due next time as you might not have proper coverage now

I know its a bit late - but eucalyptus oil is great for removing bitumen from skin. I know this from my time as a nurse at A&E Wigan RAEI. 😉

Did you rename her while she was out? Hope it all worked out with all the rain……this is my luck exactly, if anything can possibly go wrong it will. For instance, last weekend the whole upstairs family( daughter, husband and 2 kids) were away and my exciting plan was to wash everything that I often put off because they are always doing laundry and I don’t like getting in their way. Before they left they were doing laundry and washer was acting up, granddaughter kindly cleaned out all screens to make sure it would work for me…..😳first load flooded the whole laundry room and storage area where some things were packed in cardboard boxes on the floor🫣. I have arthritis so by the time I sopped up buckets of water, repacked boxes, set things out to dry, discovered the floor was quite dirty🤢and finally sat down I was in big time pain. 😢 Son in law was due home next day so I decided to make a pot of lovely soup only to discover my potatoes had gone bad, liquid , with horrible stink and had run under all the bins to sort garbage, soaked broom, dustbin, and a feathery cat toy🤮it was awful. Finally son in law came home, fixed washer and I got a bunch done but was in too much pain to take down curtains, get all extra bedding out to refresh in case of company…….like that ever happens.😂🤣 So yea that’s my luck, if I’d tried to fix washer myself I’d have no doubt broken something that destroyed the machine for good. Hope your luck has improved and blacking a success🥰🤞👍🏼🙋🏼‍♀️

Hi both what is your life ambition to live continually on a narrow boat !

You needed to tell people who follow you and they would have come helped. Also I wondere it those bricks would be accidentally pulled on someone’s head.

Would you do this again yourselves or pay someone else to do it?

Have you guys heard of a blacking that can last ten years? I'm trying to figure out if it's real or not lol