Angry Boater: Joel Sanders

Angry Boater: Joel Sanders

If you could turn your back on everything you knew to follow a dream, would you? Joel Sanders used to perform comedy in Vegas but, since 2010, he's living on a canal boat, floating around the UK's waterways. His podcast explores the quirky and often harsh realities of life afloat. You can see 'Angry Boater' live at 'Chilibomb' on Curtain Rd, Liverpool Street on Sunday September 19th - his first show in over a year. All ticket revenue from will be donated to The Michael Sobell Hospice. http://www.angryboater.com

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July 1, 2021 82 mins

Angry Boater has been land based for over a year. He returns with an 'all things London' conversation with Gareth George -  towpath ranger with the Canal & River Trust.

A live Angry Boater show with proceeds going to Michael Sobell House will  take place on Sunday, September 19th at Cincinnati Chilibomb, East London plus a further (tbc) performance at Rickmansworth Canal Festival on Friday, Sept 17th.

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Next 'Angry Boater' is at Limehouse Cruising Association on Wed, May 29th from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Tickets:

http://www.angryboater.com

Here's a gripping little conversation about London, widebeams, boats going too fast, boating organisations, corruption, incompetence, jealousy and other stuff.

Info on NBTA London including details re: how to contact a caseworker can be found at http://www.bargee-traveller.org.uk

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'Angry Boater' 3 x live shows at Limehouse Cruising Association: Wed April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th. 7 pm to 9 pm.

Tickets: http://www.angryboater.com

Recently, a boater in Little Venice refused to hold a rope for a single-handed, double-moored fellow boater on the grounds that, "I never let people moor against my boat! If you  followed my example, you wouldn't need my help." Later that day, having moved off unassisted,...

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Angry Boater is back for 3 London shows at The Cruising Association, Limehouse on Wed, April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th (7 pm to 9 pm). Tickets at http://www.angryboater.com

 

Many of you will recall Highlander catching fire and sinking in April 2018. Luckily, Benjamin Mercer was not on board at the time. 12 months on, he has rebuilt his life and is enjoying life back on London's waterways. We met up in Little Venice wher...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


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Jasmin joins me in Limehouse to talk about all things London & boaty and I attempt to find out if she's really as nice as everyone thinks. During the interr...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


http://www.angryboater.com

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


http://www.angryboater.com

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Fresh from dealing with near catastrophe (mooring pins hammered into the concrete above electricity ca...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


http://www.angryboater.com

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By arrangement with Matthew Symonds & Sorwar Ahmed from The Canal & River Trust, here's the November 2...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

 

 

In this contentious and probably libellous episode, Lindsey Hood and I discuss recent changes at Springfield Marina, Carpenters Lock, London Moorings, Newbies, cake, King Salami & The Cumberland 3, The Victoria Park Facili...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


http://www.angryboater.com

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In November 2017, as I was struggling to handle a tricky mooring situation in Little Venice, another b...

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October 28, 2017 115 mins

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

 

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Barry Ferns has been on his narrowboat for just 3 weeks. He has already had a window smashed & a solar panel stolen. 

Joel has been boating  for 7 years. Once someone knocked...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.


http://www.angryboater.com

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Karl and his teen daughter continuously cruise on the Grand Union. He trades in crystals & fossils.

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

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This episode centres around two recent encounters I had on the Grand Union - neither pleasant. One involved Russell Brand. The other d...

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August 20, 2017 67 mins

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 2nd to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

 

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This podcast with my oldest boating friend begins calmly enough but once we get into the subjects of licence changes, enforcement, laws vs guidance & Widebeams things become ...

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'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

 

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 This episode covers a full range of London issues - the new London Mooring Strategy, banning wide beams from the capital, new moori...

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March 20, 2017 40 mins

The morning after our slightly drunken "Panic on the fleets of London" podcast, we follow up with a more sober talk. Any regrets?

 

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

 

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March 7, 2017 82 mins

Few boaters are better equipped to discuss the rapidly changing face of London boating than Lindsey Hood. She has been boating for 20 years & continuously cruising into London long before hipsters were invented. This episode - frank & unguarded at times - goes deep down the rabbit hole of how boating is being ruined in the capital. We explore SOME of the current issues including new boaters, old boaters, wide beams, people with 'no...

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Last week, having spent 2 days searching hardware stores & plumbers merchants across East London for a few inches of 19 mm hose, I threw out an appeal on Facebook. The next day I met today's guest and now I have a working shower pump again. David has worked with boats for a  long while , is an active boater himself and his house backs onto the Hertford Union Cut. We talk about the changing nature of boating in London, new boating t...

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John Hill - Springer Mobile Boat Mechanic - works along The River Lee. We discuss his worst customers, his 2 most amazing customers (I'm one of them), confidence & competence, good & bad mechanics plus how  & why he ended up with a restricted license.

 

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm t...

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Back in my Apsley marina days, Janul aka Jan Knox was my neighbour. She had one boat then . Now she has 4. She trains new boaters, drives trip boats, spent time as the main broker for Boatshed in London and is an author too (find her work on Amazon). As if that wasn't enough, she's married to Warren from Pumpout Boat 'Picot' and her neighbour is 'Keith' - the now legendary inspiration for much of the Angry Boater show (https://www....

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