Marianne lives aboard the MV Treshnish on the River Dart with her husband Nigel.
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Life Aboard
Life Aboard- December 2014
Is it boats or me? I don’t seem able to function sensibly ashore any more. Read more
A Life Aboard: October 2014
Outboards. I’ve snapped. They’ve pulled my cord once too often. Read more
A Life Aboard: July 2014
In the event that you go mad and decide to test the strength of your relationship - live on a boat! You can’t just flounce out of the front door. Read more
A Life Aboard: May 2014
Time to sort out the fishing tackle. Sigh. Do I really want to go through it all again? Read more
A Life Aboard: March 2014
This is preposterous. I mean, it’s a harbour not the Bay of Biscay. What nincompoop said, “Any port in a storm”? Read more
A Life Aboard: December 2013
I was perched in the wheelhouse peeling silvery mackerel scales off my socks – don’t ask – and realised that we’ve been on the boat now for two years! I dread to think what I look like. Read more
A Life Aboard: July 2013
We had just retired and thought “Oh, let’s live on a boat, why not? After all it’s just a house that floats, isn’t it!” Read more
A Life Aboard: The beginning
It’s been a steep learning curve for the newest recruits to Dartmouth’s live-aboard boating community, but Nigel and Marianne Bartram say they wouldn’t move ashore again if you paid them. Read more
A Life Aboard: August 2013
It could only happen on the Dart! A dinghy pulled up with three on board. I went on deck, they cheerfully announced that they were Jehovah’s Witnesses and offered me some leaflets! Read more
