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. I really enjoyed your travels after my daughters found you and gave me a pointer. Hopefully 2021 will bring some good news, lets cross our fingers and wait. Cruising the Cut tells the real-life story of a man who quit his job, sold his house and went to cruise gently along the historic canals of Great Britain on a traditional narrowboat. Thank you Tracy; I shall post the occasional update until my proper (albeit reduced) schedule returns! Links from my videos to Amazon with an affiliate code in themmean I get a small commission if someone buys anything (yes, anything, not just the product that was linked to) after going to the site from clicking on my link.I also have a Patreon page for really dedicated viewers yes, there are some! Youll be missed. I dont get anything if the viewer presses Skip on the adverts so if you like my videos, Id be grateful if you could grit your teeth and try to let at least some of the advert run!The sums are tiny; its a fraction of a penny for each advert view, so you need tens (hundreds!) However, like what some other popular Narrowboat Youtubers have done, this isnt a traditional TV show but an Amazon Prime series of videos that you can buy and watch. It looks different each time because of direction, season of the year and time of day. To clarify though (and as you will have no doubt noticed from this website), I am still producing videos about canals, just not cruising on my own boat. How Can I stay in Touch with 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. Thank you! I worked briefly for a time at IBM in Havant many years ago so I vaguely know the Portsmouth area :-), Hello David from Houston TX. I have to say, they were the sunshine of my day, the sugar in my tea and such a welcome break, here in Seattle. I (David Johns) quit my job in 2015, sold my house and went to live on a narrowboat. Love the vlogs as we see places where we would like to go.then maybe try them. Cruising The Cut is a video series on YouTube documenting the travels and life aboard a. Cruising The Cut is a video series on YouTube documenting the travels and life aboard a narrowboat by a man who quit his job and sold his house. Glad you like the videos. To start with due to my advancing years I do not hear as well as I did but I can hear every word you say and you do not drown out your remarks with inappropriate music. david johns cruising the cut wife. Sneaking ahead and watching the great Electric over Diesel generator river run. David Johns Director. Then he leaves the boat again and visits friends going over the world-famous Pontcysyllte aqueduct in north Wales. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes. In her own words "I sold my house and bought a narrowboat in East London. I wouldnt take my own boat over though, Im more likely to hire one. 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. You take care David & thank you. Thanks for the support. Now 30 odd years later youve given me a fascinating insight. A history of canals was something I was going to suggest as a diversion, pleased to learn you are already on it. Hi Peter. This is part 1 of 3 of that week-long cruise. So, he quit the rat race. After cruising the cut since 1975, starting with hire boats, then owned boats and shared boats I have since my widowhood enjoyed hotel boats. This year has been crazy and next will be more of same for a while. So youd need an hour of optimal sunshine to provide 1-2 hours of propulsion. Best always. Lets find out together. My 2020 trip was, of course, cancelled and am sorry to say due to advancing years (94) I shall not be able to cruise any more and will look forward to reading anything you write about. I'm David Johns. All the navigations on the canal, even the tight corners can be easily turned by using the tiller, as can most maneouvres such as mooring. David, Do I regret my decision? Happy new year! I have recently started work on Season Four for Prime (which comprises footage from 2019). So keep well, stay safe and enjoy 2021! Many people were shocked and some hardcore fans were dissapointed at David for abandoning the narrowboating community that they knew and loved. I look forward to your long format in depth videos. I still smile about the vlog where you let that other boat overtake and do the hard work for you! I lived in Rugby the last 15 years while my daughter attended the eponymous school. Hi David, I shall miss your humour and lovely take on the world of cruising, but, take the time you need to fall back in love with it. Thanks. Thank you so much. . Rest assured there are at least two more seasons for Prime still to come before they catch up with where I am on YouTube :-), I grew up along side the Birminham & Worcester near Hopwood; the brightly paintled narrowboats always caught my attention & instilled a calming sense of freedom when they chugged by. . It has been known to happen but generally only in severe weather and often when a nearby river or stream overflows into the canal rather than the canal itself overfilling. I dont know of any narrowboats that steer from the front though there are some old, shorter, ones that had a wheelhouse slightly back from the middle. However, time has come, you need to change up some stuff to bring the adventure and fun back into what you do. August 23, 2022 Travels, Vlog 10. I also enjoyed the cheerful ditty, in the beginning of each episode! What happens if you overstay on a mooring?The CRT have towpath rangers who patrol and note down boat licence numbers and dates; they will issue an overstay notice requiring you to move if you hang around too long. It is not exactly what I would like to see happen but I get it fully. So hybrid solutions are the only reasonable option. A narrowboat needs only 1-2kW to move along (once it has begun moving) thus a 20kWh battery pack could sustain 5-10 hours travel (presuming standard lead-acid tech ie 50% drawdown before recharge) and presuming the battery is not used for anything else aboard (though in reality most electric-focused boats use it for domestic purposes as well so the battery and solar system has to support that too)However, solar is not so reliable in the UK. 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. Cruising The Cut is about the historic canals of Britain. Heres to 2022! 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 will look forward to any other up and coming projects, excursions or hobbies you choose to do and film. Apart from a few high spots around the canal network, we just dont get the kind of breeze these things need.Plus they have to be put up and down each time you travel. Vlog 275: Cruising the Canute. Cheers, Do you need a TV licence on a boat?This is a more complicated subject than you might imagine. The shell (hull) was built by G&J Reeves and the interior fit-out was by Millburn Boats. The trouble is that with a 50+ foot, 15 tonne boat, you really need to see what its doing as you maneouvre it, rather than have it all happening behind you. I was totally amazed by the funny long boats and would imagine their lives travelling the waterways. Have a good New Year and hope we hear from you when your ready. By the way, there may be a shed load of boat tubers out there, but none of them have the professionalism (and dulcet tone!) His YouTube channels include: Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUK Also enjoy yor VAN videos, Thank you Tony. theres enough space to two to pass albeit carefully. I believe you truly Shine in your documentary videos, they are of excellent quality, super-interesting, and most informative. I say he should do whatever makes him happy and if he wasnt feeling it with living on a narrowboat, then he should make whatever change is needed to help him feel better. Watching Paul Sellers and Matt Estlea (his older videos), I did just that and got hooked. 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. Since that original video we enjoyed binge watching all your videos (starting with #1) this past year. Thanks and have a great new year! Cheers. In all honesty, pretty as the canals may be, for me it will always be the human interest and your personal touch that attract me to your channels. Regards, David. Youd probably yield enough return to purchase an brandnew electric boat with money in the bank. I hope you know how much appreciated your and your colleagues are and I really do hope you begin to get some relief soon. WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT Gemma Rowlands was sentenced to 14 months in prison . Hey guys, welcome back to the channel!I am your host and in this video, I am going to inform you about the YouTube channel Cruising The Cut.You ought to have. Why dont you have a generator?Dedicated diesel generators (ideally in a silenced enclosure) are great but fantastically expensive many thousands of pounds even for little ones. Ive watched all the youtube stuff now. Whodathunk a man and his floating flat would become an over night success. My goodness, what a tonic. David, your VLOGs have been so wonderfully informative and enjoyable that it is no surprise there have been so many positive comments following your video yesterday. Although he does also have an Instagram account and Facebook page, which might also come in handy . https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species, Links from my videos to Amazon with an affiliate code in them. A fireside chat where I update you on what my plans are for 2021 which starts with taking a break for a couple of months. Living in N.Ireland we used to visit my granny over in England and the absolute highlight for me every year was a visit to Foxton Locks. (1962) was a surprise commercial success when it was first released. You have a unique talent that will be greatly missed on the West side of the pond. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures! David is survived by. How long was your boat, who built it and when?Its 55 feet 11 inches and was built in 2000. Starring David Johns Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Watch for $0.00 with Prime Watch with Prime Start your 30-day free trial Buy Episode 1 HD $0.99 Mental health is more important to David than pleasing his fans! Instead I include plenty of place names so that the viewer can look them up on Google maps and then zoom in/out, scroll around and get a much better sense of the geography than I could ever show on a video map. Cheers, mate. Life is better when it goes by slow and you can enjoy it worts and all. I joke with my friends about this interest phenomenon and call it A big bad case of the low Ts. (male and female alike) Extremely funny! 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. David at Cruising the Cut still has a lot to offer the narrowboat community even if he isnt living and breathing the live day to day , If you are an avid fan of David and his Cruising the Cut channel, I would love to know what you think in the comments section below . Jasmin from This Narrowboat Adventure has done an excellent video about a new phone app which you can use to get services from a local GP wherever you are on the network. We love the insight into your amazing lifestyle please give us something to look forward to! Bruce Martin, Hello Bruce. This has been such a lonely, odd year. Which guide books do you use?I use Nicholsons Guides because some of those were on the boat when I bought it so Im used to them. AND now see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021. 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. Thank you David for a glimpse of life on the Narrowboat and cursing the canals. Can you recommend a hire company for us to use? "Best Of Cruising the Cut" Play all 187. Thanks for watching and the info about the viaduct. The videos the last 5 years you can see and hear that in your videos. Cheers. Whats yourname and whats your background?Im David Johns. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. Also, I dont like handing out my address for obvious reasons. Do you need a licence to drive a narrowboat?Incredibly and unfortunately no. Just found your videos on Prime. Im glad he experienced life on the canal, but understand his desired to be on dry land. Congratulations on becoming lead cutter. Well, thanks for the excellent vlogs so far, thoroughly enjoyable and you need to enjoy the knowledge the hordes of other narrowboat vlogs now out there were highly likely inspired by yours. Hi DavidI must be psychic. If Im honest I have been struggling a bit lately. For a typical video which will have taken me a day to film plus two to three more days to script, edit and upload, I might earn maybe 20-30 ish for each 10,000 views it gets. Can you drive a narrowboat in the dark?Technically you can but I dont. At a push, I will eat pickle in it as well but its not something I add by default.And no, the sandwich is not grilled, that seems to be an American thing. Typically, a canal might be maybe 4-5 feet deep in the middle (the canal bed tends to slope upwards slightly at the edges). And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) I had heard you were banned from leaving (quite extreme, I thought, Id have imagined coming back was more of the problem). Hi Peter. There are no speed police or radar traps on the canals however; its more the ire of other boaters that you will incur though Im sure if a CRT officer saw you zooming along theyd note your boat registration number (which is required to be clearly visible) and send you a suitable letter. Seeing your posts I hope whatever you have a go at you can enjoy it with the same passion. Wish you a very happy New Year. Boaters do pay an annual fee to the Canal and River Trust which covers provision of waste disposal services etc. I used to paddle a canoe. My father-in-law did that several years in a row and loved it. Fully understand your reasoning. Dont give up! David always had an interest in media - his earliest broadcasting recollection is sitting in his childhood bedroom DJing a 'radio show' to his mum downstairs via a pair of kids walkie-talkies - so today he creates videos about canals, narrowboats and life afloat on his YouTube channel Cruising The Cut, and about his DIY campervan conversion at Whats your fuel consumption?Ive never measured it but narrowboats typically drink 1-1.5 ltr/hour. Its got loads of very expert people who chip in but the only thing you have to watch is that sometimes the discussions veer (quickly) wildly off on a tangent, which is unhelpful, or occasionally descend into vitriolic arguments. Cheers. Hireboaters are not allowed to usually, under the terms of their hire. Required fields are marked *. 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. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a466f7fa279cfeb3faa3721fc2cbb4ba" );document.getElementById("ga9fca26c7").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. David Alan Johns (born 15 July 1956) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Its a great idea about focusing on more human interest topics. Theyre not great but I still prefer them to the main alternative which is Pearsons, although many boaters swear by those guides. The reason I'm blogging about this is that in October 2019 the vloger, former TV presenter David Johns*, came to Liverpool to experience crossing the Mersey estuary in a narrow boat. Take a bow, but dont fall in! I loved every minute. Will you film a shopping trip for us please?Its likely not something Ill do because if Im going shopping I dont want to lug the camcorder along as well as the bags of food. If you have a permanent mooring on a wharf or in a marina, you can often have post sent there though it depends on the contract terms. I wish you that your new subject for videos gained even a bigger audience. Unfortunately, 2021 doesnt look much better. 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. Just watched the episode about Fazeley and Tamworthmy home town, even though I now live in Montana, USA! I have only done one canal trip, on the Brec, after a life-time of wanting to cruise. Bravo! At the time of writing, it has well over 200,000 subscribers and some of the highest viewed videos among narrowboat vloggers. Cheers, Hi David, not sure how to add an independent comment so jumping off your response. You can just rock up at a hire firm or brokerage, pay your money and head off down the canal with no experience, test or licence whatsoever. I spent happy hours walking the Oxford canal (gongoozeler) and its rich wildlife. I just wanted to say thanks for these videos. 31 talking about this. You were terrific! In short, not really worth the effort according to most sources Ive read. Thank you Peter, I hope to be back before long although since we are now in another full lockdown, who knows, Hi David, Happy new year to you! l Googled you and saw that you are doing no more of them, and that disappoints some but I certainly understand it if cruising the narrow boat has lost its joy. If you start doing mini documentaries about the channels, and perhaps some history, about the building of the channels, and interesting places along the channels I am sure it will be nice And you do the documentary well. Bear in mind the boats pivot in the middle so as you turn, the back end is going out. 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