Plan, find, and manage
life afloat.
Narrow & Wide brings together cost tools, clearer boat listings, useful directories, practical guides, and a boat logbook for UK narrowboat and widebeam life.
A practical platform for every stage of inland boat life.
From early cost planning to listings, services, logbooks, and ownership tools, Narrow & Wide helps people make clearer decisions before and after they step aboard.
The complete journey
Everything you need, from early dreaming to everyday living.
Plan
Understand costs, boat types,
and if life afloat could work.
Find
Discover and compare boats
with clearer, richer listings.
Discover
Find places, services, facilities,
moorings, reviews, and useful notes.
Own
Track journeys, costs, maintenance,
documents, and everyday life afloat.
Plan and track the cost of boat life
Estimate likely costs before you commit, or track real expenses once you’re afloat.
Cost Estimator
Estimate mooring, licence,
insurance, fuel, heating,
maintenance, and other likely costs.
Affordability Planner
Work out if your budget aligns with
the realistic ongoing costs of boat ownership.
Cost Insights
Explore anonymised, real-world data
on maintenance and everyday living expenses.
Browse clearer inland boat listings
Thoughtful listings for narrowboats, widebeams, and Dutch barges.
Find the people and places that
keep boat life moving
Search for marinas, moorings, brokers, surveyors, engineers, chandlers, facilities, pubs, cafés, stopovers, and useful places around the waterways.
Keep track of the boat,
the journey, and the costs
Private tools for owners to log the journey and track expenses.
Guides for every stage
Practical articles and explainers
for dreamers, buyers, sellers, and boaters.
Read the Guides
Explore deep dives, buyer guides, and lived-in stories
from continuous cruisers and liveaboards.
List your boat with clarity
A calmer, better-presented way
to show your boat to serious buyers.
List Your Boat
Highlight its true character and practical details
to serious buyers without the clutter.
Built alongside a real journey
Narrow & Wide is connected to Explore Moor, our real-life story of trying to build a better future from rural Mid Wales, with boating as one part of the life we’re working towards. Explore Moor is the story behind the project. Narrow & Wide is the practical platform growing alongside it.
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