I think the engine room says it all. never seen a room that clean, not a drop of oil. for being 16 yrs old. it's worth what they are asking

@terencejay8845

Ай бұрын

It's a thing of beauty. Put that in a standard widebeam and you'd be water-skiing behind it.

@IIVQ

Ай бұрын

It adheres to the white-socks theory (You should be able to enter an engine room in white socks and leave with them still being white)

@sarcasmo57

Ай бұрын

They run a pretty tight ship.

What a lovely couple and a magnificent boat. You can tell that the owners put a great deal of thought in the design and the interior is flat out gorgeous. I hope they sell it to someone that will give it the care and attention it deserves.

Only David can tell these stories in such an engaging fashion. IMHO, he is the Dean of Narrowboat vloggers! Cheers.

@kevinsummerley5399

Ай бұрын

I would buy it in a heartbeat if I had the money. But at about 25:1 my ZAR looks ridiculous. Great tour, David. Maybe. Someday... I can dream.

@allenhatt3433

Ай бұрын

He’s the best on this subject and he makes it interesting. Thank you David!

Such a nice couple and clearly they love their craft.

That’s an awesome boat in pristine condition, a credit to the owners who have made it a home and maintained it to perfect condition. Thank you for sharing this with us 👍👏

What the heck! I've casually got this playing in the background as I pack my house up in Canada to ready for a move back to the UK and Bruce and Joy appear! I've spent many a quality time around their home when their son and my good friend Ben was around. Such lovely people and Bruce makes a mean pizza! I'm so glad to see them again, happy and enjoying life together! x

Hi David, I have been subscribed to your channel for a long while now and always look forward to the next episode. I was really surprised for you to produce Bruce and his Bolberry. I have met him many times as I was one of the pilots who used to take Bolberry to and from Portishead every year. A delightful couple and a fantastic barge. I never had any worries about breaking down as I have had with a few of the narrow boats which we took. I hope he manages to find a buyer. Keep on going with the vlogs, we are currently on the Leeds and Liverpool on our narrow boat 😊😊 Rick

@kevinmartin3859

Ай бұрын

That is a gem of a Dutch barge well maintained an engine room and engine that looks new if I had the money I wouldn't hesitate well done with the video top notch 😊😊😊

The owners commissioned a well-thought-out boat.

Lovely couple. Someone is getting a gem. The engine room makes a statement.

The Dutch Barge is my unreachable dream home... between this life and the next I'm going to save up....

You see the phrase "finished to a high standard" in every other ad so you usually at best laugh quietly at it because most of them are actually on the shabby side not even comparing to Bolberry, which truly deserves this description. She's one of a kind and very obviously well loved and cared for, so the price doesn't surprise me, especially given how immaculate she looks - even the engine room is so clean you could eat there.

@popefang

Ай бұрын

well you wouldn't eat there, you'd make it dirty

Thanks David what a fabulous boat 👍

@CruisingTheCut

Ай бұрын

It really is!

Care, thought, planning, maintainance and attention to detail are extremely evident in this boat. An engine room to die for.

Thanks for the tour of this boat, David. They have a lovely home there and I can well imagine it has given them much pleasure through the years. Have a Blessed day.

what a wonderful space to call home

Another little gift from David on a cloudy Sat afternoon.

Perfect for the Scottish Canals.

I had to look up gongoozle, and find it interesting there is a word just to describe that activity. If nothing else, I've learned many new words over the last 8 years.

@looloo4029

Ай бұрын

I first heard the word ‘gongoozler’ on an episode of Rosemary and Thyme!

What a beautiful boat, if I had the money I would happily spend the rest of my days, the quotidian cheese sandwich for lunch. Thank you Mr Johns.

For many years we always went to the Dutch boat show in Amsterdam. The boats there were always steel, substantial, and supremely sensational, just like this one is. I hope it finds the new owner it really deserves. Yet another tip top episode David.

I had a 6’10” wide Dutch Style narrowboat with a rear collapsible roofed wheel house on the River Severn called Ess-Em-Jay. She eventually got renamed as Tea and Oranges. Best boat I ever had by miles!

Hello from Kansas! Wow, what a barge! They must have really sat down and worked out all the details with the boat builder! An example any boat builder would be proud to hang their hat on! Very well-maintained boat, it still looks brand new!!! Thanks!

Lovely boat & beautiful interior, really cleverly laid out. Best of luck to them with the sale.

@petermeler3275

Ай бұрын

Yes, hearing about the sale when it happens would be a nice update to this video.

My husband would not think Bristol a strange place to go for a holiday. He was born and brought up in Bristol

WOW!!!!! What a lovely boat. Thank you David for sharing with us this 60 foot long, wide-beam, Dutch barge.

I’ve seen a few Dutch barges over the time I’ve been interested in narrowboat content. But this has to be the nicest one I’ve seen. Great video hope she goes to someone who will give her care and enjoy living aboard her. Ben from Australia 🇦🇺

Another excellent adventure into a way of life that would have escaped us save for David's fine reporting. Makes for a lovely Sunday.

Oh wow. I wish I lived over there. I’d be sorely interested in buying that boat. What a beauty it is. Enjoyed the video, sir. Thank you. And thanks to the owners for letting you film. I hope they get it sold soon and at, or above, their asking price.

Seriously. Glad I was sitting down when he said you could get a house on the water for less than a million. And 200k for that boat was a little unbelievable too.

what a lovely couple and fantastic boat

What a beautiful (and well-kept) boat! Thank you for the tour.

Once again David, a superbly narrated, edited and engaging video. You ooze professionalism and are able to capture your audience within seconds. A wonderful craft is for sale here, meticulously cared for and it must be a wrench for this delightful couple to bid farewell to it. Thank you, one of your best pieces of work although I find myself saying these same words with most if not all of your videos!

Dutch bare are just the best, such a dream boat

10/10 👍 A fantastic boat thats both pleasing to the eye and comfy to the soul! I can only assume that they're selling it for physical purposes. At any rate a fine investment for lovers of the water. Thanks David and the owners, for sharing this with us.

@CruisingTheCut

Ай бұрын

Moving to a house to be closer to family.

@jamesa7506

Ай бұрын

​@@CruisingTheCut I thought they were able to be close to them while on their boat? However it is, it's good to be close to family! 👪

@lisadefries6718

8 күн бұрын

@@jamesa7506guess they not getting any younger and static living may suit them now .

Brilliant!! Always wanted one, might just have been able to afford one, but my other half couldn't see how it would work with her family and work commitments, so the ideas drifted away. Now having a tour around that lovely boat reminded me of ideas once floated, and never really forgotten. Cheers David, that was a cracking video. 👋🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦

Yes finally! 🎉. I have been wanting to see one. Absolutely can NOT afford 😮

@petermeler3275

Ай бұрын

Imagination doesn't cost anything & David's videos do spark the imagination. Meme:Reach exceeding grasp :)

Amazingly spotless for a boat of that age.

After seeing all the features of this Dutch Barge I'm surprised there not asking much more. I'm in the U.S. and it would be $290, 600 seems like a bargain for what your getting

Another solid video by our resident narrowboat expert.

Stunning boat! Inside and out!!! I think I'd find myself in that engine room a few hours a day just admiring that block and how clean it is!!! Kudos to the owners for keeping such a beautiful floating home!

The interior is wonderful; just what I would choose: cabinets, furniture, lighting, everything.

Well you got them all now David. That is an amazing boat! Thanks!

My grandparents and my uncle were barge captains in the Netherlands, that brought loads of all sorts of things all over Europe. My mother was born on a barge. I remember going from the Netherlands to Germany on my uncle's barge, before he retired and sold it. It was definitely a different life.

I absolutely LOVE a Dutch Barge! They are lovely!

That's a lovely boat. I can see living on that as it has something most tiny homes, vans and narrow boats don't have. Room for a hobby.

@YaaLFH

Ай бұрын

Have you ever actually seen a narrowboat? People living aboard them have hobbies and even small businesses.

@chrisabbott7458

Күн бұрын

I have a 44ft narrowboat and my hobby is railways.😊 I'm building a model railway in narrow gauge on a board raised on a bike lift above the bed.Not on the way at all.

Thank you for the tour David, as always very nicely done. What a lovely couple who have had a good 16 years enjoying this fine vessel and I can well appreciate the mixed emotions in parting company with it. I can empathise with their prior predicament when it came to downsizing their house and feeling like they were giving up too much but at least when they move ashore they will have a different perspective because although the barge is of ample proportions they will have much more usable space even in a ‘smaller home’. As to the barge - well all design is a compromise, but they seemed to have hit a sweet spot in terms of convenient layout, privacy and a more than functional plant room (had to smile at the more than generous hot water cylinder). I note a lot of irrelevant comments about the price from people who are not seriously in the market and at the end of the day something is only worth what a willing buyer is prepared to pay. Personally, I think they will have no problem in finding a keen buyer, lots of people taking early retirement with lots of equity in their now ‘far too large house’, so in those terms £0.25M is perfectly doable for those buyers. Too late for me (too old) but ten years ago I would have been sorely tempted. Thanks once again David.😀⛵️

Blimey! Didnt know Noddy Holder owned a Dutch Barge? 🤣

How exciting 😊 Love your work David. Australia 🇦🇺

This is a beautiful and well appointed boat and that is by far the cleanest engine I have ever seen in my life. I doubt it was any cleaner when it was fresh from the factory. Obviously these two have taken very good care of this craft. Oh, if only I lived in the UK with an extra $230,000 or rather Pounds.

I'd love to have this beautiful vessel in the US for the Intercoastal Waterways. She'd be an amazing way to experience the Great Loop as long as you kept inside or close to shore. It looks capable enough to deal with moderate conditions along the coasts. With proper trip management and weather predictions I see no reason this vessel wouldn't be well suited to the upper east coast of the US. Now I'm not saying she's all out gale or serious storm worthy but nothing I saw indicated she couldn't handle a decent blow. She's got plenty of power to push her through, as long as she's got the right prop and transmission. This one has really caught this old man's eye, what a lovely little vessel they've built and from all appearances maintained extremely well. Ahh to just dream about it will have to be enough for me as that is not my calling but Oh if it were. Thank you for showcasing this wonderful vessel and her owners as they seem as right as their little ship. Take care and God Bless...

@marvindebot3264

Ай бұрын

An ideal and different Great Loop boat for sure! She'd handle the gulf part OK, you would just need to pick your day but they travel from the UK to France across the channel all the time so I see no problem there.

I go for the short narrowboats but that surely is a nice barge. The access to the main cabin is ingenious!

@dougwilson4537

Ай бұрын

Yes, I've seen other dutch barges, with the up/down through the wheelhouse.... That through passage is absolutely brilliant!

always wanted to have a nosey around one of these! The dream for the future maybe! 🤔 🙌🏻

David is always on the look out for new and interesting places to gongoozle from.

Thank you for doing a Dutch barge ! As much as I’ve long dreamed of a narrow boat my real love would be a Dutch barge. This is a really nicely designed one and I think I’d agree with the owner, compare like to like and the price seems more reasonable. Only wish I could afford it 🙂

A beautiful boat and a nice couple.

The elephant in the room is always, "so why are you selling it?"

Beautifully done. What a boat❤

Thank you. That is a wonderful boat.

Wow...that's ridiculously gorgeous!

That is magnificent. I'm about £234k short right now but I am expecting a postal order from my aunt!

Great tour and showing for the boat.

Nice video! Thanks for sharing 😉👍

What a fantastic boat. Thanks for sharing. Be well and stay safe.

Hi David, thanks for sharing. I love Dutch barges.

So true! You don't have to OWN THE PLACE in order to enjoy its blessings and benefits. The "shanty boat" crew enjoy the same tides, scenery, weather, sunrises and sunsets as the wealthy man on "the hill." And they enjoy benefits unique to their situation aboard a capable vessel (in contrast to the perhaps better-heeled property owner, who is definitively "hard on" and cannot move--that is, change his scenery NO MATTER the tide), which squarely puts HIM at a DISadvantage in this instance.) But of course, THIS vessel is FAR from being a "shanty boat!" (Actually, I've got drool all down me front from watching this video....) Fair winds and tides to you (especially with a barge), we've missed your "Cut" videos of late, good to "find" you again! Thank you!

@theburnhams2925

Ай бұрын

sorry, I meant to use the term "hard aground" (although their meaning is the same)

Beautiful boat!

What an awesome boat! Thanks for the tour, David--excellent job, as always!!!

Absolute perfection, the boat and your presentation .

Great Show old Bean! Glad to see you well!

It will sell and no need to discount because people are being manufactured at a much higher rate than the housing to accomodate them. I lived on two boats over the course of 18 years and It's hard to beat boat life unless you need a lot of space, If you don't like your neighbors or the neighborhood, you don't need to buy a new house, sell your old house, and hire movers, you just make arrangements at the new location, untie, and float your whole kit and kaboodle there. Easy Peasy. I moved three time in those 18 years and it takes less than a day or two. Most people you meet who live on the water are nicer than you oridinarily meet. DBs are 'roomy'. Thanks for the video.

What a well thought out boat! Lovely, and well cared for.

excellant david thanks

What a beautiful boat. The quality is exceptional and is proof that you can’t beat a good boat builder, that’s why we chose a Bluewater boat for our home.

What a lovely couple and a fantastic boat, the engine has been cleaned and polished within an inch of its life 😂I hope they find a speedy buyer and I wish them well for their next adventure.

What a stunning boat. ❤

A nice experience to the education of what is on the water nowadays. Thank you David.

Interesting video David thank for sharing.

@CruisingTheCut

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

If only I had the money! What a beautiful beautiful boat 🤩

Now that is cozy! Hope they get the offer they want.

Beautiful boat!!!

Thanks David. Always wondered what they were like inside.

I love the design and decoration. You can tell it was built with love.

thank you for taking us on a tour, boy I would love that boat. Oh well. 😄

That engine room was glorious! This is going to make someone very happy. Thank you so much for another wonderful video.

What a beautiful boat

A really nice boat and that immaculate engine room is impressive.

Thanks David. What a lovely tour of a great barge. I hope they get a buyer.🙏🇦🇺👍

Such a beautiful boat, in immaculate condition. Thank you for a wonderful tour. 👏👏👍🥴

Great video David, thanks 🙂👍

@CruisingTheCut

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

this is all you need, what a great layout! LOVE IT! very homey, all the mod cons, clean.

Glad that lovely boat caught your eye, David. It’s beautiful! Thanks for taking us aboard. 😎🥰❤️🥰😎🥰❤️🥰😎

Bet it takes a lot of time to keep as clean as that! Thanks for the vlog.

Wow, beautiful. And lovely people. Hope it all works out for them. ❤

David , thank you. Your delivery is spot on, the way you deal with advertising or not as the case in this video is an absolute exemplar to others....thanks once again

I have been with you since day1 and this vlog is one of your best beautiful boat lovely couple and of course you to guide us through all the features

What a guy 😂💪❤.... what a lovely couple and home. If I had the money I'd be very interested...great work. All the best to them, and thanks for sharing this 🙌

You did an amazing job telling their story while show casing that amazing boat. I wish I could afford it.

That is a fine piece of floating paradise

Wow!!! That boat is gorgeous! David I think another season of cruising the cut with your new Dutch barge is in order!!! 😊

What an amazing craft...looks to be well thought out with all the creature comforts and amenities one might want. Amazing day with you on an amazing adventure.😎👍⛴️