One sought-after mooring spot in London is the Wenlock Basin, off the Regent's Canal near the Angel, Islington, and Emma Fildes of boutique estate agency Fyfe Mcdade has sold a number of narrowboats in this private basin.
I spied a mooring spot, tied up, jumped ashore, and immediately stumbled upon a matching pair of bronze door handles, scaled in rust, sitting in a pile of bricks, bottles, seaweed.
Along the southern Sinai Peninsula, Egypt's Sharm el Sheik and Port Ghalib marinas are already well-established mooring spots for luxury yachts and superyachts.
"You don't go fast or far in a canoe, but you do enjoy the ride," Nick says, before we spot another heron, soaking up some rays on an old mooring post.
Spielberg uses these mechanical stunners for his special brand of eccentric physical movement; in "Raiders," when the flying-wing airplane, grounded and moored to the spot, kept circling, Indy, fighting some lout, ducked every time the whirling propellers swung around.
Since March 2007, the ship, now moored in a spot about a 10-minute boat ride from Midtown, has become home for a small group of secretive and resourceful people looking for an inexpensive, unorthodox place to stay.
The hosts' frustration continued after half-time as Rory Gaffney's shot was blocked but they ultimately emerged triumphant to leapfrog Solihull Moors into second spot.
The beloved concert spot Bargemusic, moored near the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo, floats serenely, with a cozy wood-lined interior and a temperamental toilet.
Instead, we battled on to moor at an empty spot just beyond Palavas-les-Flots, where we devoured our market produce.
The zone has also allocated an expanse of coast for recreation: an old Soviet aircraft carrier is moored in one desolate spot as the centrepiece of what is intended to become a military theme park.
Nowhere compares with the exhilaration of the Pennine Way across the valley from Blea Moor – as wild a spot as anywhere in Europe – or with the dark ages intimacy of Lastingham's crypt or with Whitby's charming harbour.
