We Sold Everything To Live Here: 58ft Narrowboat Tour
We sold our house, quit our 9 - 5 jobs and bought a 58ft narrowboat. Today we’re finally giving you the full tour of Narrowboat Serenissima; our off-grid floating home on the UK canals and the heart of our digital nomad life. In this video we show you around our 58ft reverse-layout narrowboat, from the unusual “coffin-shaped” front and huge cross bed, to the galley, dinette, tech setup (solar, EcoFlow, Sonos, Hue lights) and the realities of living, working and travelling full-time by boat. We’ll chat about: • Why we ditched the house and 9 - 5 to live on the water • How we found Serenissima after cancelling a new-build narrowboat 😅 • What it’s really like living aboard in winter vs summer • The things we absolutely love about this layout (that massive bed!) • The upgrades we’d still like - from lithium batteries to Water Freedom • Tips if you’re thinking about buying a narrowboat or going full-time boat life We live aboard Serenissima for around half the year, cruising the UK canal network, and spend the rest slow travelling abroad - often without flying (yes, including UK to Brazil by ship!). This boat is our base, our tiny home and our favourite place to come back to. If you’re curious about: • Narrowboat life • Tiny home living • Digital nomad life in the UK • Off-grid living and slow travel …then we hope this tour helps, inspires you, or at least lets you have a good nosy round our floating home. 🎵 All music in this video is original and written and produced by Adam. ⸻ 👋 Who we are We’re Rick and Adam - digital nomads, musicians, designers and boat dwellers. We make weekly videos about life aboard our narrowboat Serenissima, plus our slow travel adventures “on board and abroad”. 🛎 New film every Friday - whether we’re on board… or abroad. If you enjoy the video, please like, subscribe, and say hi in the comments - and let us know what else you’d like to see about narrowboat life. ⸻ BUY US A COFFEE (OR A SPRITZ) If you’d like to support the channel, you can buy us a coffee (or a spritz) here: https://buymeacoffee.com/floatingnomads ⸻ 🌐 Come and say hi Instagram: @the.floating.nomads Bluesky: @floating-nomads.bsky.social Facebook: @Floatingnomads Chapters: 0:00 Our lives changed when we bought this boat 0:44 Meet Narrowboat Serenissima (58ft specs & exterior) 7:25 From 9-5 jobs to selling the house for a boat 14:07 Inside tour: saloon, stove & electrics 19:11 Galley tour: cooking, storage & Bob the dishwasher 24:31 Bathroom tour: big shower & cassette loo 28:18 Bedroom tour: huge cross bed & storage 38:00 How Serenissima fits our digital nomad lifestyle 38:44 Thinking about this lifestyle? Our advice before you buy 40:56 Costs, winter realities & hidden boat expenses 41:39 Outro, questions & Christmas on a narrowboat teaser #narrowboattour #narrowboat #boatlife #floatinghome #tinyhome #digitalnomad #slowtravel #ukcanals #floatingnomad