The Narrowboat Pirate
Heidi, known as @thenarrowboatpirate, is a UK-based creator who documents solo narrowboat and van life on the British canals. Her channel has about 76,000 subscribers and a median of roughly 61,000 views per video, with about one upload a week. Sponsored integrations are priced at $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views, or roughly $1,200 to $2,150 per video.
Engaged UK canal audience with steady weekly boat-life vlogs
- Median of about 61,000 views per video across the last 30 uploads
- Engagement rate of about 10.6%, with a like rate near 10%
- Weekly uploads with 48 videos in the last 365 days
Brand fit report
Content
- Formats
- long-form vlog, travel series, event coverage
- Tone
- adventurous, candid
- Language
- English
- On camera
- Yes, talking head
- Production
- Clean, lightly edited
- Typical length
- 18 to 35 minutes
Audience
Commercial
- Brands seen
- None yet
- Categories promoted
- boating and marine products, outdoor and travel gear
- Affiliate links
- Yes
Metrics show a 10% sponsored share and affiliate activity across the recent uploads, but no named sponsors appear in the sampled video titles or descriptions.
Suitability GARM Brand Safety Floor + Suitability
Family friendly
Recent titles such as "Can SHE do it? - Trusting HER With My CANAL BOAT Home" and "The Reality of Narrowboat Life in a Storm…" describe everyday boating content with no flagged themes.
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Platforms
Benchmark score: 77 / 100
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Recent videos
▶Big Progress on My Narrowboat's New Living Space! · 61k views
▶Dreaming of a Life on the Canals? · 77k views
▶What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | Narrowboat Life · 76k viewsLast three uploads, latest 1 days ago.
Ahoy, I’m Heidi and i love everything about travel, adventure and living an off grid lifestyle . After years of living and working aboard my floating home, my canal boat ‘The Rum Wench’ I have now bought a 57ft Narrowboat ‘The Jolly Roger’ so join me cruising the UK's canals and rivers as a solo female, single handing locks and bridges while trading at canal side events as The Pirate Boat. I also have a camper van, so often switch between boat life and van life on my adventures. You can follow my adventures of living and working off grid here. 🛑 https://www.youtube.com/c/thenarrowboatpirate
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About The Narrowboat Pirate
The Narrowboat Pirate is the YouTube channel of Heidi, who posts weekly vlogs about living and cruising aboard narrowboats on the UK canals and rivers. She films solo, handling locks and bridges herself, and also covers her camper van life, Irish and Scottish waterway trips, and canal boat shows. Each upload typically runs between 18 and 35 minutes, and the channel publishes roughly one video a week.
The channel has about 76,000 subscribers and a median of around 61,000 views per video. Audience estimates suggest viewers are mostly adults in the UK, skewing toward those aged 35 and over, though this is an estimate rather than platform-reported data. Per the creator's website at thepirateboat.co.uk, Heidi also trades as The Pirate Boat at canal side festivals, selling nautical gifts and treasures.
Brands in outdoor, marine, and off grid lifestyle categories may find this channel a good fit. A sponsored integration is priced at $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views, so a single video typically costs about $1,200 to $2,150. That CPM compares with $10 to $30 for paid ads, and the channel's engaged, niche audience can justify the premium.
Written from The Narrowboat Pirate's public YouTube profile, platform data and web mentions. Numbers updated 2026-10-19. The Narrowboat Pirate can edit or remove this page at any time.
Questions about The
How much does The Narrowboat Pirate charge for a sponsored video?
A sponsored integration on The Narrowboat Pirate typically costs $20 to $35 per 1,000 median views, which works out to roughly $1,200 to $2,150 per video based on a median of about 61,000 views. Rates are estimated from public channel data and should be confirmed directly with the creator.
What does The Narrowboat Pirate post about on YouTube?
Heidi posts weekly long-form vlogs about living and cruising on narrowboats across UK canals and rivers. Recent videos cover solo boating, Scottish and Irish waterway trips, boat maintenance, and canal boat shows, along with occasional camper van life content.
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