Your narration lulls us viewers into thinking that we are listening to an old friend telling stories over an amiable pint, even though many of us, myself included, have never met you. However, he can also be found on Twitter if he ever goes dark on YouTube David is very active on there so it is probably a good place to keep up to date with his antics. If the boat ever goes up for sale, it will be through a broker and yes, I would announce it on the channel. As an American, I am astonished at just how much history England has to offer in terms of beautiful things such as a flight of locks, or a Steam Engine Works museum. When mom was alive she would tell me that I had a wanderlust born within me. Unfortunately theres no charging infrastructure on (most of) the canals so yes youd also need a generator of some sort even if thats just the engine standalone diesel gennys are ridiculously expensive and a massive battery bank which is expensive, weighty and requires maintenance. Click here to watch it. Have a look at this video from Slim Potatohead where he experiments with one on his caravan (travel trailer): https://youtu.be/ZvXwqMWbt1c?t=122. I had to laugh at your comment about being a dab hand at removing a bra one handed when going through Birmingham and getting one stuck in your prop. I hope you enjoy your next project, whatever it might be! Hi DavidI must be psychic. Bravo! Cast & Crew. Cheers. Haha thank you and Im glad youre enjoying the shows. So a huge thanks for your wonderful videos, youve been a link to the canals for us. Cheers! Because youve now become a global celebrity, Ill bet you that theres several CTC fans out there willing to buy your bettie for at least ten times what shes worth. Oh, I can imagine just how your wife is pleased! However, this all changed on March 2022 when Cruising the Cut (AKA David) announced that he was selling up his narrowboat and moving onto dry land again. The argument is partly that most rust occurs at the waterline (true) because thats where you get the highest mix of water and oxygen, and partly that the baseplate is (usually) 10mm thick so it can withstand many, many years before its rusted to a point where youd worry about it. There is always something you will have missed previously. Makes sense to me! Ive also heard it said that most people are right-handed thus their right hand is on the tiller so they stand on the left hand side of the boat; therefore when passing another boat coming towards you, both skippers will be on the side thats nearest to the oncoming boat.A recent comment on my vlogs also explained that the steering board on ships of old would be on the right (hence the term starboard for right) and boats would put into port on the left (hence the term port for left hand side). What does it cost to live aboard a canal boat?There are a huge number of variables which mean there is no simple answer to what does it cost? Please make a cup of tea, get comfortable and take a look at my Vlog 66, Vlog 67 and Vlog 68 plus the more recent Vlog 213, all of which go into the costs in excruciating detail. Whos Deborah Johns? Oh, how galling for you yet of course its entirely appropriate to have to do it. And you do the documentary well. Although there are others that do what you doyoure the best. I recently discovered you on Amazon Prime over Christmas and your series has been a great help to me. How fast can you go on the canals?Asking how fast is to miss the point of narrowboating. It varies month on month. Available on Prime Video . David Johns Director. John Lennon and first wife Cynthia had a son, Julian, who was born in 1963 and was believed to be the inspiration for three Beatles' songs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967), Hey Jude (1968 . Glad you enjoy them! If Im honest I have been struggling a bit lately. Have breather and keep safe ok? But no boats have them and there are no disposal facilities for grey water, so its not going to change.The abundance of fish and wildlife on the canals suggests it really isnt an issue! They can advise you of everything and answer any query about good routes for hirers.Just google uk canal boat hire or have a look at places like Black Prince, Kate Boats and so on. Cheers. This last year has been a pain for us all and must be even more lonely when youre a single handler. The canals are what brought many of us, but your wit and presenting are why we watch more. Cheers Tom. Good luck with your endeavours in the future , on the waterways or not! The handsome viaduct you filmed on Rugbys outskirts at Hillmoreton used to carry a railway line, long gone, now much used by bikers, walkers and horse riders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_nZYR2nK4&list=PLa9px3O5n5hADgtrnNwa5jTzO7uaWC8-e. Hello David. see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg, see vlog 69 I did about just such a craft, vlog 244 which was all about electric boats vs diesel. Can you recommend a hire company for us to use? Petrol gennys are much cheaper, a couple of hundred quid, but you have all the issues of storing petrol safely on board (it being extremely flammable of course) and of accessing it since most wharfs and marinas dont sell it so you have to trek along a road to the nearest garage with a canister in hand. CanalBoatUK is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Its therefore important to use wildlife-friendly washing products so as not to poison the fish, ducks, swans and other canal animals.A lot of people seem to get very irate about the grey water situation and I suppose in an ideal world, if we started again from scratch, wed be likely to use grey water tanks and have to pump them out. Have fun & take us with you. Took time to develop these resources but find the boating community there outstanding. Unfortunately, 2021 doesnt look much better. Why dont you use a cordless drill to operate the paddle gear?For several reasons. I only recently discovered you on Prime and now currently working my way through your YouTube videos. A lot of people also got great joy from the cruising videos and joked the channel should be renamed to Not Cruising the Cut. Watching your interviews and a bit if Vandemonium, Im quite confident in your ability to pivot and find a new wind. About. He usually asks me to rewind a few times at the beginning to play boat show song again!. Dont be afraid of covering the same ground time and time again. Only in peak summertime are you likely to approach the solar panels maximum output and even then only when the sun is high.In spring and autumn, any solar is very variable and in winter its negligible plus the hours of daylight are much shorter too and the angle of the sun much lower (Its not always possible to angle the panels at the sun and even so, the other factors mean the resulting power will be far less than in summer).On an average 57 foot narrowboat you have space for about 2.3kW of solar. Can you fish in the canals and do you eat them?You can fish if you have the appropriate licences local angling groups tend to have the rights to each stretch of canal so talk to them. Id love to do some of the French canals though. Thanks John. Deborah (who composed the music for the version of Cruising the Cut seen on Amazons Prime Video) is my sister. Im sure you have your own interests, but when youve got some of your joie de vivre back Id like to put in a vote for a video about the Worsley mines, the equipment used and the people that worked them. I. am a retired licensed professional mechanical and electrical engineer, age 78 living in Memphis, Tennessee, USA (of course). List of other boat-tubers: www.CruisingTheCut.co.uk/links/. As of April 2022 however, I have moved off the boat (for the reasons why, see my explanation video by clicking here). Alongside this David announced that there would be no more cruising videos (as he will no longer be on a boat) and he would focus more on the documentary style videos such as the very successful Coal Finger video above, essentially reporting on stories he sees along the canals. Certainly your out of that so-called Honeymoon period.. and to take a break from any aspects of our daily lives, especially when it is all starting to feel like forced attrition, i think noone could, would or should begrudge you David.. Good luck to you wherever this takes you. Memphis, Tennessee 38120 Now I live in France, your vlogs have opened once again the window onto this get away from it world, to which point, Im really considereing buying a boat. Take a bow, but dont fall in! David then decided to sell up his land-based home and a lot of his possessions and live a more nomadic lifestyle cruising the canals of the UK. We love the insight into your amazing lifestyle please give us something to look forward to! Plus the supermarkets often react badly to people filming in them. Unfortunately, due to a bit of an issue with Amazon (to do with showing the show in the UK), I am unlikely to compile Season Five but new videos will always appear here on this website and on my YouTube channel. We have loved following you since we made something of a random discovery on the telly a few months back. Whats the narrowboat forum you mention sometimes in your videos?The forum I gained most of my info from is canalworld.net. Cheers. My suspicion, like you, is that this virus situation isnt going away any time soon so next season is looking unlikely. Dont give up! Jill, Your email address will not be published. Your show is a wealth of knowledge as well as entertaining! What happened to Cruising the Cut? My tank is 62 gallons (282 litres) and I just tend to refill it when I remember, after a few weeks cruising. This has been such a lonely, odd year. Plus lots of other topics I could cover, I hope. May rain casting rings on thrashed water, The flash of fin, And a watery thunder. Thanks Jim. After cruising the cut since 1975, starting with hire boats, then owned boats and shared boats I have since my widowhood enjoyed hotel boats. David was once a local news reporter for a major TV channel in the UK and did this for over a decade, as well as working on local radio. Journal entry: 11th May, Wednesday. There were narrated cruising videos, informational videos about buying and maintaining a narrowboat and even some documentary style videos (Coal Finger is a great example, watch it below if you havent already!). How do you turn around?There are turning points, known as winding holes (wind as in the breeze, not as in winding a clock) every few miles although not all of them are big enough to turn the longest boats in (sizes are usually marked on the canal guides though). When something you once loved to do becomes a chore it is indeed time to step back. An unheated boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating installed. I suspect you may be referring to the tune on the Prime Video episodes. Hello and thank you. So no, the canals are two-way for 99% of the time. I tell you the things about boat life that others are too nice to talk about" She is a very candid lady, and she LOVED Sea Glass I have enjoyed listening to David Johns as he experienced his travels of the a English canals and becoming adept maneuvering his narrow boat. Thank you Iris. I have only done one canal trip, on the Brec, after a life-time of wanting to cruise. I recall how unpleasant it was when I got divorced so you have my sympathies. Why do you steer from the back, not the front?Because with 40, 50 (indeed up to 72) feet of solid steel boat, you really need to stand at the back to see what its doing when you manoeuvre it; bear in mind they pivot in the middle so when you turn left, the back goes right and vice versa) not seeing what the back is doing could end up with you bashing a lot of moored boats on these narrow canals. And even if I zoomed in from above it doesnt really tell you anything useful about the place. I turned around, headed home and told my wife I was going to sell the bike, and it was gone in two weeks. The CRT has an excellent page explaining it all, at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day but I have also done a video all about it, see vlog 247 (The Leaudown). Of Suicide Squad was a million the 2016 Ken . Lets find out together. Cheers. Stars David Johns David Johns See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video S1-4 included with Prime Add to Watchlist 11 User reviews So its not a retrofit option but I wouldnt object to one on another boat. What video gear do you use?See my gear page! Boats that move around do not since they are not resident in any council area. As Dory says, Keep on swimming.. I have wathced some other videos but they are not as good as yours. You might have heard some fellow boaters talking about a new Cruising the Cut TV Show and wondered what channel it was on. When boats were horse-drawn and there was no towpath in a tunnel (because to build one would require a wider tunnel which would cost more), the boats would be legged through; a plank of wood laid across the bows, two men lying flat on it and walking the boat with their legs out to reach the walls of the tunnel. Thank you for a lovely gentle series of programmes. As a future narrowboater I must say your vlogs have been extremely helpful. Hi. I think that you are the very first one that have a balls to say that what you did. Hi. The good thing is that there are several canals under restoration, at various stages, so no shortage of material there! Cheers. How deep are the canals?Not very; they only needed to be dug deep enough to float a barge full of tonnes of cargo, any deeper was wasted effort. Just for the record, I once tried to find a book shop in Nuneaton (none) it is not only the canal full of crap! Regards from South Africa Thanks for tuning in and Im so pleased you enjoy it! Cheers. By the way, there may be a shed load of boat tubers out there, but none of them have the professionalism (and dulcet tone!) A. There's two reasons. September 12, 2021 at 11:23 am. Fully understand your reasoning. Not good to have a boat you totally cant use. Best of luck to you regardless of how you spend this coming year. 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