Hi, Welcome to the Driftwood Boat Blog. We're Harry & Marion and we're here to share our boating adventures with you. We live in Ireland so most (but not all) our videos are from the Irish inland waterways.
Ireland has some of the best boating waterways in Europe and beyond. That's a pretty bold statement but it's one I think we can stand over. And we want to show you what boating in Ireland is really like.
Of course, this is Ireland so you won't see the sun splitting the rocks in every single video. You'll see the River Shannon and many of the other Irish waterways as they are. After all, this is real life, it's not a glossy magazine with carefully staged photographs!
The Driftwood Boat Blog is for anyone who has an interest in boating and enjoys a bit of "Armchair Boating", and sure, who doesn't?
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I'm looking to buy a boat soon, I have no experience, where do I start? We're from Cork but we live near Portumna so hoping to dock one there and use it with the kids before they get too old,
Great video guys.Any advice on 3night cruise from Banagher.Went athlone etc the last time looking at Lough derg this time.Portuma seems to be my issue with the swing bridge opening times.
Really enjoyed your video. Easy explanation of inverter installation, lean, clean, no frills and fluff. Well done guys! Cheers from west coast America!
The canopy looks great. When I bought my Nauticus 22, I didn't think I would use the cover much but it's permanently up. Great for when it's windy, wet, hot or cold! My cover is getting near the end of its days so I'm researching ideas as I'd like to have a go at redesigning the frame to make boarding easier. Great accents too.
Thanks for another great video. I live up this part of the country and was always wondering what the pot was for. You videos are great and very well put together. Could I ask how you put them together i.e. software, music etc. I'm want to do something similar for a history project I'm working on. Thanks. Sean
Thanks Sean, ye I use Davinci Resolve editing software (free version) and I usually get the music from the YT library. Hope that helps with your history project. H&M
by any chance you are still using this one? or can you recommend a latest model/brand that has same function ? i have friend who has wifi 200++meters away - he can let me connect (not possible for p2p) hope to hear from you sir
I wish I discovered your channel sooner! I was looking for cruising videos on the Shannon as I was a bit blue from my boating holidays there just this first week of September (you were right, we had a beautiful weather with 25 degrees). It would have been really helpful to have all your tips on the hidden & beautiful spots between Carrick-on-Shannon and Athlone. We rented a boat just for 4 days but what a blast it was. Definitely keep your channel in my RU-vid subscriptions for our next boating adventures (hopefully next year).
thanks for all the video, we used this great insight to plan our passage from Carrick to Lough Key (day 1), from Lough Key to Roosky (day 2), Roosky to Grange (day 3) and then back to Carrick (day 4). Our cruise was Monday to Friday of last week and the weather was the best this year (2023). we were a bit apprehensive about going thru that small gap to get to Grange, but it was the best part of the cruise - a very special place
Glad you enjoyed it. Salmon poachers sometimes put nets across this section of the river. If the nets get caught in a propeller the result is seldom good! H&M
Theres Something I just love about the canals,I've done nearly all of the rivers and lakes but I yearn every time to get back on the canals and of course the river Barrow.
Thanks guys for showing us part of the Shannon not many people see, great video I was rather nervous of what you were doing but you got there safely. Thanks again .
I went down to the Shannon estuary in 1995 before the development and mobile phones. I never knew anything. I followed a workboat through the barrier they notified the lock in Ardnancrusha. I waited at anchor till Balls bridge looked deep enough and low enough. I anchored then and went ashore to explore Limerick. I spent 2 nights at anchor in the estuary. No echo sounder.Going back I tied up below the lock at Ardnacrusha. I could not get an ones attention at the lock or dam. I walked across fields went to a house they phoned the lock who let me through. Ignorance is bliss. My father and his friends never went below killaloe bridge.
That's a fabulous memory to have. Fair play to you, you were train blazing👍 The new weir in Limerick made the journey a bit easier since you did that trip. 👏👏👏 H&M
Thank you for another interesting and enjoyable video. I first went on the grand canal in either 1958 or 57. The C.I.E. boats were still running. I remember as clear as anything, with my sister, on early clear dewy mid September morning hearing the thump of the engine and eventually she passed smoke from her chimney, smell of bacon frying, man in long coat and cap at the tiller staring ahead, water running from her cooling and then the noise echoing for ages. It was a completely different country.
Welcome back we’ve really missed you both.Know you were taking a break from RU-vid are you back go good .Hope we are going to more of you and Harry and Marion hope you keeping well.Thank you for sharing.Hope to see you again.GodBless.👍👍👍💟💟💚💟💟💚💚
Hi Harry and Marion. Great to see another video. Learned a few facts as well, especially about the original plan to cross the Liffey. Something similar was in place at Monastervan originally before the aquaduct. Just some observations on the rail elements of your video. The railway at Sallins is the Dublin Heuston to Cork railway and the first section if that opened from Heuston (then Kingsbridge of course) to Cherryville Jct. which is the junction for the Waterford line on the 4th August 1846, not 1883 as in the video.
Hi glad you enjoyed the video. On digging a bit deeper it seems that the bridge was refurbished in 83 but not built as you correctly said. I'm a bit peeved that I got that wrong.
Like everyone else, it's so great to see the both of you back again and looking well! We were worried about you. A barge is nice and all, but I still prefer your own Driftwood. Can't wait to see more.
Great to see you back folks. Marion must have revelled in the flat waters of the canal. 😀 Funny the Green & Silver came up. I have just packed the book of the same name away preparing for a bit of painting.
