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. See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. As I said in the interview, one of the main reasons I began the podcast was simply as an audio journal to keep family and friends informed about our life - and they would have thought I was completely mad if I started changing boat names and things! Johns calls his 239 videos the "diary of my life afloat. Welcome to the Airscape, the online home of video producer David Johns.He has over fifteen years experience as a reporter and presenter on radio, television and online, working for ITV and the BBC amongst many others, as well as seven or so years as a full-time YouTube videomaker. Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram. Can you recommend a hire company for us to use? A rather lovely video to end the season sees David firstly having a new stove pipe custom-made to crown the chimney he'd fixed in Episode One and then, on an utterly glorious day in mid-summer, he takes a trip to Welshpool to see, and experience, a horse-drawn narrowboat. Its fairly foolish to do so though, so most people will either try it out with friends whove done it before, pay for narrowboat experience days, or even go on a one or two day RYA Inland Waterways helmsmans course. Why dont you use a cordless drill to operate the paddle gear?For several reasons. Bear in mind the boats pivot in the middle so as you turn, the back end is going out. A couple of years ago there was extensive winter damage on some of the northern canals due to flooding which even raised up boats onto the towpath and left them there once the waters receeded. ANDAMAN ISLANDS:Virginal and amazing India, The Journey to Business Significance (Part 1), Ten Cities I Absolutely Must See Before the Reaper Comes for Me. Nothing fast paced here and that is fine with us. And so, when David contacted me, I was a divided soul. Links to the episode as well as to David's channel can be found in the programme notes.

Little is known of the sword due to the high . Consider two, 57-foot-long boats coming from opposite directions. All fish must be returned to the canal alive except non-native species which must not be returned. It would not be wise to operate the boat and a drone single-handed, your attention would either be on one or the other and that would not be safe. Plus he goes past the goose fields of Northamptonshire. Is it cold in winter?No! Whats your fuel consumption?Ive never measured it but narrowboats typically drink 1-1.5 ltr/hour. Click here to watch it. On Episode 546 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined once again by MZ, he mustnt regret his decision to return full time yet. Its a tale of mid-life crisis, Boaters do pay an annual fee to the Canal and River Trust which covers provision of waste disposal services etc. All free, all the time. theres enough space to two to pass albeit carefully. A sense of aliveness that is contagious. Have a look at Vlog 74 which is all about heating on narrowboats. Then he takes us back in time to May 2018, when he went to London for the annual Inland Waterways Association's "Canalway Cavalcade", which is a huge and colourful pageant of narrowboats. Can you take a narrowboat to sea?People have done taken narrowboats across the English Channel but it requires extensive preparation and some alterations to make them seaworthy as well as a calm day and nerves of steel. He works with people so well. In short, not really worth the effort according to most sources Ive read. When David Came (Cruising the Cut) The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. As for voting, you can vote by post or by proxy and (Im told) either declare an affiliation with a particular area of the country and vote there, or if you still own a bricks-and-mortar home, you vote wherever it is. (hint: yes). 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. MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy, National Dog Day and Seeing Nature Up Close, This is Why Ill Never Invest in a Medium Format Camera, Editing Tips for Stunning Black and White Photos, How to Make Twitch EmotesQuick and easy, https://twitter.com/CruisingTheCut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor. That said, there are very few occasions when a bow thruster would really be needed. Feedback. Why dont you have / fit a bow thruster / trolling motor?Although many (generally newer) narrowboats have bow thrusters, it would be near impossible to fit one onto my boat without some major, and expensive, surgery. In his second year of narrowboat ownership, David Johns took it on a more extensive voyage involving five rivers, one Victorian boat lift, many canals and a lot of wildlife! David Johns YouTuber and Narrowboat-dweller Welcome to the Airscape, the online home of video producer David Johns. Solar would make little difference even a 1kW 1.5kW array (which would take up valuable roof space that you often need to walk on and store stuff on) would only give decent output in summer and still then not much in terms of engine powering for a typical 10kW motor even if it uses less than full power for actually moving along. WebDavidExpertTV Style Vlogging & Reviews Date joined March 15, 2013 Twitter @DavidExpertTV Other media Website RSS (Feedburner) Videos 11 Schedule Unscheduled Status Inactive Username CruisingTheCut Channel trailer Most viewed video First video [Source] UKAirscape YouTuber Information Profile UKAirscape Style Tech, Of all the vloggers, I think that is why for so many of us, his news that he was selling his boat to move on land, hit so deeply. A weekly webzine for the global church, since 2004. It's about, in some way, taking a break from the frenetic visual world, where our eyes are constantly assailed with images, it's about finding space to see things more deeply than simply a processed signal from an optic nerve. Actually, Donna had been watching Cruising the Cut before we had even thought about thinking of maybe living on a boat. Bear in mind the canals are entirely man-made and were quite literally dug out by teams of thousands of men a couple of hundred years ago, using pickaxes and shovels. If we toast a sandwich in the UK, it is then explicitly referred to as a toasted sandwich or toastie. 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. In that case they divide up your monthly fee amongst every creator you watched that month according to how much of each creators videos you watched. After leaving the Shropshire Union Canal, David turns his narrowboat onto the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, a journey that does not begin with good omens as he immediately picks up something large and soggy around his propeller. It was a golden silver sort of day. Lorna (aka London Boat Girl) has done a comprehensive video about it, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg. I am sure David is used to this and he was the epitome of warm-hearted politeness. Cruising the Cut web-series (2019) Cruising the Cut web-series (2019) Titles Cruising the Cut web-series. My brain was working with a slipping clutch and I could do nothing about it. Besides, I like being anonymous, that most of the people amongst whom I live and work have no idea that I podcast. A retired fed trying to make what remains of my life meaningful in South Dakota. David Alan Johns (born 15 July 1956) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Also, when you are going past moored boats, it is required (and polite) to slow to an absolute crawl, generally at engine tickover or just over, so that you dont rock them or pull their mooring pins out this really does happen when boats go zooming past with no regard for anyone else. In October 2015, David quit his job and went to live on a narrowboat where hes now making YouTube videos. His YouTube channels include: Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUK 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). I love cruising the cut, I have watched every episode and I hope amazon will give us another season of David and his narrowboat. Where does the water come from to supply the canals? Why dont you fit a wind turbine?Theyre quite costly, apparently make a lot of vibration noise throughout the boat, and dont generate a huge amount of power. The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. In which David boldy takes his narrowboat on his first solo cruise - albeit accompanied by a friend on another boat - along the Grand Union canal Leicester arm and up to the end of the Welford arm. There he attempts his first canal lock, single-handed and meets a sad horse. AND now see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021. Plus I have recently (vlog 139 onwards) taken to adding specific Google Map links to my start and end points for each video. He stops at pubs and villages. It could disturb other boaters or I could bang into things, even with the bow light on. David Johns Page 2 Cruising The Cut Author: David Johns Vlog 277: Without a Paddle September 7, 2022 Travels, Vlog 6 This is the third and final part of my Brings my blood pressure down. My tank is 62 gallons (282 litres) and I just tend to refill it when I remember, after a few weeks cruising. Who is Cruising the Cut? Cruising the Cut is a YouTube channel started by David Johns in July 2015. 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. ', 'I'm sure Cruising the Cut has been here'. A few weeks ago I went past the well-known historic narrowboat Dover on the Grand Union Canal but its looks belie its actual interior so I went back for a proper snoop around. See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. Thats calculated as 40 feet / 12m usable roof length at absolute max, assuming you dont store anything else up there (which most boaters do) and that you dont want to get on the roof during lock maneouvres (which again most boaters do) x about 1.6m width which you dont want to overhang else the panels may get shredded when you go through some bridge holes or tunnels.Using high output 400W LG Neon solar panels (1m x 2m dimensions), youll get 6 panels max = 2.4kW maximum theoretical output. All the points of connection and reference run just one way. All the while David silently nodded encouragingly and smiled his reassuring smile, and assured me that, that particular gnostic ramble could be edited out. Regular viewers will know I have long had an interest in some might say an obsession about very short narrowboats on the British canals. Its working out what shots are needed and from what angles. I have to admit to having quite a few qualms about the visit. 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. A lot of damage had to be rectified both to boats and the canal infrastructure afterwards. This is the title of a YouTube vlog about living on a narrowboat and cruising the canals in the midlands of England. Secondly, without some kind of clutch mechanism, the drill would crunch the paddle gear into the end stop and ultimately this would cause wear on it, which costs the CRT money to repair or As he travels, Johns points things out with a wry sense of fun. Can you change the boats name and how?You can call a narrowboat wherever you want, pretty much, and rename it as often as you like (superstition holds that you should do this with the boat out of the water but I dont believe in all that nonsense).As long as you inform the Canal and River Trust so they can reissue your licence, youre OK. It was totally appalling. Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022. ContactFor pictures of Erica and images related to the podcasts or to contact me, follow me on: I would love to hear from you. David Johns net worth is $1.1 Million. 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). Home Videos Live Playlists Community Store Channels About Recently uploaded Popular 14:57 Merry Christmas from How long was your boat, who built it and when?Its 55 feet 11 inches and was built in 2000. Very relaxing. The fact that he managed to put something together in which I not only have been saved from appearing as a jabbering fool, but has garnered interest in the podcast is a testament to his skills in salvaging silk purses out of particularly grotesque sows' ears. Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2022. There's a strangeness about meeting someone you know through video or film. As a former boater ( although speed boats and water skiing) I kind of get some of the boating life. And there, again, was that curious Janus hybrid of someone you know so well and yet is also a total stranger. David Johns canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut. You can view Davids episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. Ducks on the bank, dozed in the sunshine. Tom Ford. I prefer to keep the channel focused on narrowboats and canals rather than life in Britain as there are other channels that do that. If you still refuse then eventually legal proceedings begin with the CRT having the contractual right to remove your boat from the water. Plus, how to buy a boat if you can't afford a whole one. It was just that Nighttime on Still Waters is about the love (and power) of audio worlds, spoken words, sounds, a shared space in the night of a complicated word. 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. There's no snow but it did feel jolly chilly. He speeds through a very tight bridge, does some laundry, and comes to a legendary canal junction at Fradley. This gets stirred up each time a boat goes by and then hangs in the water so it looks dirty.The CRT do dredge parts of the canals occasionally but its an expensive business so sadly there isnt enough dredging done. This giant iron structure lifts boats from the Trent & Mersey canal down to the River Weaver below, and vice versa. It's all-action in this episode as the middle leg of David's narrowboat journey along the Grand Union canal is disrupted by a fallen tree; he stops to get a haircut; and he tackles a seemingly never-ending series of locks before stopping for a nice cup of tea. After all, if we are going to be rubbing shoulders with the YouTube, Boat-Vlog, Greats, we might as well go for the full Hollywood experience and style it out. I should also make clear at this point, that the David you get on Cruising the Cut is exactly the David you get off camera.

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