Why.. would anybody dislike this blissful Sunday viewing?!

@cdowns81

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@wattster71

2 жыл бұрын

There’s bound to be a few folks with fat fingers who ‘missed!’

@tedarcher2316

2 жыл бұрын

Some people are a#seholes

@Bravo21

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think they have a reason, Haters hate, it's what they do. Best just to ignore them and enjoy yourself.

@dannybroughton908

2 жыл бұрын

Some people are just miserable sods

This is the first time a narrowboat video has made me feel seasick!

In 1988, I crewed a narrowboat from the Netherlands to Teddington lock. A totally hair-raising journey which took a week. We actually crossed the North Sea at night! Crossed shipping lanes dodging supertankers, container ships and ferries. It's a tale most would not believe, but it's completely true.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes

@fromthedeskoftimlovell7920

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah yeah, course you did.....

@oddities-whatnot

2 жыл бұрын

@@fromthedeskoftimlovell7920 why would he make that up ? He has nothing to gain by doing so except to look foolish if it wasnt true, so im going to say yes its true.

@dougchance8891

2 жыл бұрын

Mike- you video'd it of course.

@hairymarmite6419

2 жыл бұрын

That would draw my arse up a bit too.

I have nothing common with narrow boats, England, sea, ocean, canals, darn, I can barely swim. But I feel this thrill watching you entering the open sea!

Boston to Denver by sea. Such an odd thought for an American....

@Steamzombie1838

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of places in the US named after English places.

@CaptainK007

2 жыл бұрын

That’s no tea party 😂

@stifledvoice

2 жыл бұрын

Also odd thoughts to go from Wetwang to Shitterton or to North Piddle (honest to god names in UK)

@GenaF

2 жыл бұрын

@@stifledvoice 😂😂😂

@nigelshindler6334

2 жыл бұрын

@@stifledvoice not to mention Pratt's Bottom

That pause with the faintest of smirking on your face was priceless....

@jeffmoore4266

2 жыл бұрын

Haha.it was the highlight for me.

@chriswatson9818

2 жыл бұрын

Made me laugh out loud. My wife thinks I'm an idiot 😂

@colh5910

2 жыл бұрын

David, that remark and pause about the dogs playing was brilliant. I'm still chuckling now. Thanks for sharing and best wishes. Col.

My grandfather once told me that he took a narrow boat across the channel for a day trip and back again. I took it all with a pinch of salt because he always had such wild stories to tell us. However the worrying thing is that they often proved to be true.

I was not expecting to be so immensely unsettled by the sight of narrow boats in wide open water

@TheHongKongHermit

3 ай бұрын

Right? Seeing waves coming over the bow of that little canal boat gave me massive anxiety.

"The sun was out and the dogs played with their balls." Brief pause and sidelong glance. "We're now off again." Ha! What fun.

@MrTumbleweed22

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the dogs weren't licking them 😆!

@donallmccrudden4812

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrTumbleweed22 dogs usually love to chew balls like crazy, sound slightly painful😬🤪

@abradolflincler747

2 жыл бұрын

On god, I was a half second away from typing out the same thing, lolol

@retropalooza

6 ай бұрын

Hey I'm in Boston usa

"but things can change, and when it goes wrong it goes wrong fast" reassuring words from any pilot at the start of a journey 😂

@royfearn4345

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that phrase several times in my world!

Madness. Can't believe they're allowed out. Although it has to be said, they definitely knew what they're doing. Good thing it stayed calm.

Watching your channel Dave, makes me wish we upkept the canals here in New England where they have all gone to pot.

Man, I so loved this one. Bbc documentary level : achieved.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

@MargaretLeber

2 жыл бұрын

Concur. It was spectacular...drone footage included!

18:22 _"....& played with their balls.."_ The look on your face immediately after you'd said it.... hilarious, so pleased you kept that in.

I’m an American and I’m in love with British narrow boats. I almost want to say goodbye to Texas, move to the UK and buy myself a narrow boat to retire on. Maybe someday.

@garyc5483

2 жыл бұрын

You will be more tham welcome. regards

@wordzenpix

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same, tried to get my way to do that after we rented a narrowboat in 2005 for a week in England, the best vacation ever, and the best way to see two-thirds of England in the comfort of a luxurious liveaboard.

@redlioness6627

2 жыл бұрын

What stops you? I would love to live on one but I would prefer a much wider one than the standard narrowboats, I used to build them in the early to mid 1980's, sadly I have never been on one outside of the workshop that I worked in when building them.

@franklowe2996

2 жыл бұрын

@@redlioness6627. Then you would know about widebeam boats.

@franklowe2996

2 жыл бұрын

On a narrow boat there are 365 days in a year. Five of those days you would wish you had never seen a narrowboat , Three hundred and sixty of those days…..Heaven!!

Quite the interesting Life Style. Retired U.S. Coast Guard, Aviation of course. Before the Coast Guard I spent 3 years in the Gulf of Mexico, Oilfield trash, helped me appreciate the Coast Guard Aviation. I am amazed at the lock system and how it's been working with Low Tech for hundreds of years, hats off to you Brits, job well done. Semper Paratus.

"The dogs playing with their balls" brought hoots of laughter .. .. ..

Narrow boats on open water, deliberately grounding them, marine mammals, doggos, what an adventure! Thanks for letting us share in it!

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Haha! You are like the Jeremy Clarkson of Narrow Boating! "With engines throbbing, We embarked on the most challenging journey........... In the World!" :D

I've watched this before - love it. "So we just head over to the other river, yeah?", "No, we head out to sea to avoid the sandbanks", "Okay, so we need to avoid sandbanks", "Of course. Except for the one we're going to ram and beach ourselves on."

@CruisingTheCut

2 ай бұрын

🤣

Nice to see you posting again! Nice episode

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. More to come (eventually!)

@SamSitar

2 жыл бұрын

@@CruisingTheCut it's very entertaining as well.

Well, that video had it all - excitement, beaching, dogs on the beach, drone views, bobbing in the waves, speeding on the tides & emergency repairs. Cool pilot, too. Thanks!

The first (and hopefully only) time I had to bleed a marine diesel was on a small sailboat near Port Townsend. There was no wind, so I had to drop anchor and row the tender into town to purchase fuel. After which it took me the better part of four hours and multiple phone calls to the local marine shop before I was able to get the engine bled correctly and able to start up again. Which is a rather lengthy way of saying I'm extremely impressed by the Wobbly Boat captain managing to get the entire operation done that quickly. Kudos!

I don't even like boats and I still enjoy your channel

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

A triumph of adventuring and expert filmmaking as well! Well done and bravo, David!

Those sandbanks and all the seals loitering upon them - must have been a welcome sight to weary travelers across the centuries.

The algorithm got me here. Nice but a bit scary video. Greetings from Germany.

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

This man not only is a great entertainer but his english is soooo pleasant to listen at! The outcome is that also ppl who are not mother-tongue english kann full enjoy his adventures. Much love from Italy to you all!!

As an ex commercial fisherman on the west coast of Canada I certainly know that the excitement of transiting through boiling narrow passages that plow you sideways without warning and the near frantic wheel cranking in order to get back on track. A bump on the bank like that is nothing to be embarrassed about given the maneuverability of a narrow boat. Great video as always.

Smashing video. And by smashing I mean the American form as in "you really smashed them reeds good!".

10:30 ”It’s all rather exciting but we’re having bacon sandwiches so that’s OK” 😁😁😂😂 how very 🇬🇧

that look on your face when you said and the dogs enjoyed playing with their balls was priceless lol

@irongoatrocky2343

2 жыл бұрын

I almost spit my coffee out when he said that!.....lolol

@xotan

2 жыл бұрын

@@irongoatrocky2343 I was marking the commencement of evening here (near Canal du Midi) by having a G+T. I almost drowned in it when I heard that comment. :-) Coulld it be that David was teasing his followers?

I think your all just a tad crazy!!!!🙄😂 You had me cringing. I promise when the Wobbly was rocking in circles out there in the waves...glad to didnt keep the camera there to long...felt like I was on the boat...🙄🤪! Great video David...thnx so much for the exciting afternoon...Happy your all safe...the dogs loved it...and thanks for letting us see Snubby...😊❤

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a fun trip, even in the wobbly bits

Did the trip get everyone's 'seal' of approval., ha ha.

@goofe.washington953

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t “bank” on it

@timstewart8690

2 жыл бұрын

I thought "Navy Seals" was funnier. :o)

@MargaretLeber

2 жыл бұрын

While on the beach, no doubt. "The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things..."

This is of the highest quality, could be a proper TV documentary. Brilliant.

It's great to see you back on the water. I've missed these videos. Take care.

Another outstanding cinematographic vlog. Beautifully filmed and beautifully narrated. Thank you David 👏👏👍😀

See the others' versions of the day here: Jo & Michael: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c4VhzrWslpS2mpc.html Lorna: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmx5yaWYZqbeh8Y.html Richard: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXVm2JKYYbrfaNo.html See also Jo & Michael’s “planning the trip” video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2hs0tuShc2no6Q.html You can buy the *best* canalside ice creams from Alan and Tina on NB Wobbly; see where they’ll be on: Twitter twitter.com/WobblyBoater Facebook facebook.com/Wobblyicecream/ Instagram instagram.com/wobbly_softserve/

This is a BBC quality production. Your narration even reminds me of David Attenborough.

Dutch guy with a seaworthy boat here. I am glad you made it. If the weather had deteriorated only a wee bit you might have been in trouble.

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, yes that’s why we had a close eye on the forecast before setting off.

Incredible video! This is *so* well thought-out and put together, and the presentation was easily as good, if not better, than a commercial channel. The cross-over with Minimal List is like seeing two of your favourite soap operas with a shared plot line. Love it!

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Love the Volvo Ocean race cap!

I'm sure if anyone was seasick it would all come out in The Wash.

American bro made it sound like they were rounding cape horn 😂😂

@jimbob-robob

2 ай бұрын

In canal boats built for man made flat waterways, it might as well have been...

I watched Minimal List video first. It was really nice seeing the trip from both perspectives.

"That once appear in a narrowboat video i made about toilets", that's life goals right there lol

I'm a cruiser boater, 10m with twin diesels. I must say I've never seen your channel b/4 but I thoroughly enjoyed this trip. You make very good videos and elocute most clearly. I liked the trip from the start as Micheal explained it and you captured the whole show. It's always interesting to see other locations that we/I in the US may very well never visit @ 78 y/o. I liked and subbed and hope to see more of your work.

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Beautiful drone shots. Really appreciate the camera work on this one.

Very nice and professionally assembled piece, particularly lifted by the drone footage of the deserted "beach," really enjoyed it. But, you're a braver man than me to set out to sea in a narrow boat !

Oh my gosh! I was so nervous for you guys while you were out on the open water when it was so choppy! Looks like you had a really great adventure. I really enjoyed the drone footage over the sand bank. Thank you (and your friends) for sharing this wonderfully exciting trip.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Found this channel by accident and now I’m totally hooked.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome along

Landing on the sand bank was amazing great video ✌️💚🇮🇪

It is magical to see those boats at the beach. Thank You.

Excellent. Almost made me seasick while sitting at my desk.

These boats are so facinating. Being from the middle of America I'm surrounded by the great lakes. But there is nothing like this around. Would love to live aboard something like that.

@Joesolo13

2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame more of our Canals weren't maintained. I'm on the east coast near the Raritan river, the old Delaware and Raritan Canal crosses NJ to the PA border, having been a route from the coal fields to New York Harbor via the Arthur Kill. Sadly it's locks have all been turned to dams and two large portions of it paved over for highways. I've biked the old mule path along side it a few times but it'd be something to be able to experience it on a boat like this.

@markb8954

2 жыл бұрын

The closest we have is the C&O canal along the Potomac River. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal

@eloiselong3290

2 жыл бұрын

Go to England and rent a narrow boat someday. Great fun. Hello from Southern California.

as a sailboat owner. I think we have different definitions of "hairy" when it comes to wind and wave action. haha!

Quite a change from the normal narrow-boating!

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

Just after 18:15, that subtle pause to think "phrasing?" to yourself had me in stitches.

@alistairkirk3264

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the link, I was watching a 2x speed so missed the pause and therefore the humour!

Wow you never realise how out of place narrowboats look on open water! Love the video! Great work as always!

"an almost imperceptible motion for the last twenty minutes or so", which is basically all your videos. Love it.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha true

You're all nuts....and I love it, thanks!

When the wind started picking up and the sky turned grey, that "put-put-put-put" didn't sound all that comforting.

Old seaman here, you have got some balls yourself, putting out to sea in a steel bathtub with a mere 18 hp. I have seen two of those crossing the channel once.... Crazy people.

This was my dream to live like this , I was going to move to England. But I got married. Have a family now . I so happy you have video s I can watch. I forgot to introduce myself my name is DON from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦. Nice to meet you sir.

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Hello!

Another fun one, Mr Dave;) Being a Californian yank, the fact that you so often pass buildings from the 14th century really puts things into perspective. Forever enjoyable... Thanks

@callummclachlan4771

2 жыл бұрын

Same case for me. But even younger buildings in Australia. Oldest ones are still younger than the United States (post independence).

@DaveKahn

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine who's the vicar at a local church enjoys telling American visitors that his tower, built by Christopher Wren, is older than their country.

I have to say it's not often I find 3-foot waves exciting. Good job. And the puttering of the museum-grade engine was oddly comforting.

I know I’m not the first to mention the dogs playing with their balls… but I want to say thanks for keeping it in the video… your take to the camera after was spot on.

This video showed up on my list a couple of weeks ago, so I watched it out of curiosity - with no prior interest or specific knowledge in narrowboating, and now I am getting quite addicted to this channel! Thank you for all these fascinating videos, the fantastic commentary and your insight into narrowboating. What comes through is just how important skill, patience and learning from (and gaining) experience are for this activity. I'll stop writing and go back to binge-watching this channel. :)

@CruisingTheCut

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@williamgoode9114

Жыл бұрын

@@CruisingTheCut Could you do an update/overview of the current drought situation and how it’s impacting the waterways ?

Impressive and memorable stuff, David! There's no forgetting you were a professional broadcaster - the narration and filming here is just perfect. As good as anything on tv! Entertaining, interesting, educational, exciting, beautiful to watch and some very nice human touches. I especially like the drone filming on the sandbanks. Thanks for this.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@joelhenry8459

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Very high standard.

Great video David, you're all much more brave than I am, I'd be scared stiff of taking my boat out there 😬 dogs and their balls comment....priceless 🤣🤣🤣

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

That took a lot of courage and seamanship to make it across in a narrowboat! Well done!

I came here to watch narrowboats peacefully gliding along, I was unprepared for the level of stress wind and waves caused me. As the pilot stayed calm, so did I.

Imagine my surprise as, when I was browsing my Amazon Prime movie lists, and saw "Cruising the Cut" !

That was a proper adventure! Thanks for taking us all along!

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I had no idea a narrow boat could cross any open sea. 😂 I was on Hunstanton beach not a year ago swimming in the sea and to think a boat crossed the wash from Lincolnshire to Norfolk is actually mental. Very brave and able mariners. Respect

@leedsman54

Жыл бұрын

Just because they can it doesn’t mean they should!

Wow I didn't know you could go on the wash with a narrow boat! Living on the edge!!

"We've gone from Boston to Norfolk and are now on a route to Denver" *Confused American noises*

@arthurvilain7270

2 жыл бұрын

You can blame your forebearers' regrettable lack of creativity :P

@eekee6034

2 жыл бұрын

It's Athens, Georgia which always gets me. "You're what? You're going to drive to Athens? Have they made a bridge over the Atlantic or something? Oh, right!" XD

@notmenotme614

2 жыл бұрын

There’s a Lincoln up the road from Boston. Even a small village called New York.

I watch all 4 vlogs one after the other. It's a full-length movie. "Ground Hogs Day on Narrow Boat". My wife and I enjoyed your adventure very much, thank you.

that was different. Very good. Excellent the dogs enjoyed playing with their balls, and even better the straight face maintained until the camera was off.

Quite a little adventure. Thsnks for letting us. Watch.

It is so good to hear your storytelling prose again, David. I always enjoy your adventures with Perseverance. Cheers to the whole crew!!

As a sailor accustomed to having a deep keel under me, this would be a fine and easy jaunt. Being in a narrowboat with a flat bottom, I'd be chewing my fingernails all the way. Well done staying calm!

I love that Floyd just opted out of the whole video. Man knows his priorities for an open water crossing.

What a wonderful day. Thank you for taking us along David.

Really miss these

If your new approach to vlogging produces this level of storytelling, then take as much time as you need to produce them. Really spectacular! Makes me want to go reread Melville and Conrad and Patrick O'Brian. The drone segment was especially lovely -- and shocking to see a narrowboat hauled up on a remote beach. Maybe it was time for you to get out of Hobbiton and have some adventures.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching that. I wish I could do that one day and moor up on a deserted sand bank.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@joesophie90

2 жыл бұрын

@@CruisingTheCut Can I come with you next time? 😊

Brilliant thanks for taking us along.

I have been missing the chug-chug-chug of a narrowboat's diesel's engine. You don't realize what you have been missing until the sounds break through the silence! Here in the states if things go awry we usually say things are going south (down the drain)!

What a great episode; thank you for your hard work putting this together.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

So very nice to see you again.

Still probably the most British channel ever...

A short history of NB Wobbly would be an interesting addition to this video. It seems to be an "older" boat or at least old-fashioned. You may have already covered this in your earlier video but I've forgotten.

Please do a crossing the Atlantic by narrowboat next!

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha not a chance

@stephenburnage7687

2 жыл бұрын

That would be positively dangerous.

What an adventure, so interesting to follow. Thanks for sharing. Definitely “pilot” worthy!

Love it when you and Lorna go adventuring with Jo & Michael. Hope there are many more fun times to come.

Wonderful! Probably your best ever video - which is saying something! Utter madness though. Flat bottom boats with tiny (very old) engines, with almost no power, AT SEA! What could possibly go wrong?? We are all very happy that (almost) nothing did! But imagine the engine failing in that rough bit... And the bit on the sand bank was as surreal as it was unexpected. A totally riveting and enjoyable video - many thanks.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Cheers

I was getting more and more tensed up as the video went along. Glad you all had fun and more importantly, are safe! Cheers!

thanks for sharing these beautiful day !!!

Excellent adventure! Was glad to get to witness it.