What happened to #61

@CruisingTheCut

4 жыл бұрын

It was a competition, long ago closed so now removed.

@atariastinus

3 жыл бұрын

I was curious too.

@stevenrix7024

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no - it’s impossible for us newbies to watch the full set! (Guess I can cope…)

I love the choice you made to lounge luxuriantly on the bed while talking about potty business very high glamor

@CruisingTheCut

4 жыл бұрын

I’m naturally high glamour.

Having a pump out boat for 16 years I know of what you speak. You sir are a hoot! By the way, you are an expert at choosing the titles of your vlog, I love them all 😎

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers John!

Loved your description of the gentle flow of water in the canals. The water moves just enough that your poo bobs against your neighbors boat and you get the stuff from the boat a little further up! Comedy!

When camping we use a composting unit. At first my wife was telling me no way . After 18 days she now tells everyone how great it is . No smell easy to clean. It even smells nice like fresh damp dirt.

Only sensible that it should be discussed. An absolute fact of being alive. How many dreamers would LOVE to live this way and would jump in without forethought if the opportunity came round . . . Here we have a mentor and friend who schools us on the ups And downs, the ins And outs. I Love this channel. Love it.

Regarding the cassette tank with wheels and extendable handle which looks rather like expensive luggage as you wheeled it along the canal path. If you ever got mugged (God forbid) as you were wheeling it along for disposal, they would be in for rather more than they bargained for.

@johnb4183

5 жыл бұрын

LOL ! Better yet disquise your cassette tank to look like expensive luggage .

I know that indescribable smell you mentioned. It permeated a plastic holding tank on a sea going boat (yes which one empties outside the regulatory limits from shore) but the smell stayed with the tank and the whole boat stank, constantly. We had to get rid of that tank. It was a small tank but it was not a nice job, then to dispose of it. THE SMELL. A fresh poo and a distinctive fart would be quite acceptable but that smell goes beyond rotten eggs. Great video. My thanks to the writer, producer, director, cinematographer, commentator and oh and to the presenter. What no swans in this one? Always a treat and look forward to the next.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Best comment line EVER: "a fresh poo and a distinctive fart would be quite acceptable"!!! Hilarious. Made me chuckle lots. Cheers

On my 1967 Columbia 31 sailboat in Florida, I removed the original pump-overboard head, which was no longer legal. My next step was to install a Thetford Porta-Potty, which had a 6.2 gallon tank and which I hated. That device was never used in the manner for which it was designed; we used "Wag-Bags," which were intended for campers and small boats. The bags had a sanitizing powder which solidified everything and could then be placed in normal trash disposal facilities. I was a charter boat skipper and had to clean up after disasters with leaky hoses and y-valves, over-flowing heads and failing macerator pumps. When you go down into the cabins of many boats, the first thing that hits you in the face is the smell of sewage, most likely due to leaky hoses or insufficient venting. Consequently, I never wanted my boat to have a holding tank, or a Porta-Potty, or to use a pump-out station ever again in my life. So then I installed a C-Head composting toilet, which has two moving parts and cost $600. It uses a standard 5-gallon bucket into which you put a few cups of sawdust, peat moss or sphagnum moss. Liquids are collected in a standard 1-gallon milk container. After a few weeks of composting, the contents of the bucket could be either stored in additional buckets with specially-designed lids (I had two aboard the boat for longer cruises), or even dumped on a garden. Urine collected in the milk jug could be dumped into an onshore toilet or simply emptied overboard in the Gulf of Mexico and rinsed out.The C-head could handle the average output of two adults for about 10 days with NO SMELL AT ALL. The contents looked and smelled just like ordinary dirt. My wife was skeptical about the C-Head, so we used it in our house, exclusively ,for two weeks with no problems. It cost about the same as a Porta-Potty, but saved me at least $1600 I would have spent on a marine toilet, holding tank, macerator pump, hoses, y-valves, etc.. Plus, I wouldn't be sailing around with 15 gallons of sewage. The simplicity and lack of smell convinced her. Installing the C-Head was the best modification I did (othe than installing a Beta 20 to replace the old Atomic 4 gasoline engine) during the 32 years I owned that boat. A narrowboat would be the perfect application for the C-Head, which also cost less than the Airhead, Nature's Head and similar toilets, and is easier to use.

This has to be the most interesting video about #2 i have ever watched in my entire life...

Agree about the smell from a pump out - stopped at the cafe at Norbury Junction and bizarrely the pump is right outside the cafe! My tea and cake in the sunshine wasn't as pleasant as I expected :0

Your future as an after-dinner guest speaker is assured - people will pay thousands to cringe and roll about laughing at the same time! Thanks again!

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Pay thousands? (Eyes light up). Sounds great!!

You make me laugh you are so comical at times with a dry scene of humour you always cheer me up, please keep the vids coming.

I know now that you have never been downwind of a humpback whale after it has expelled it's previous breath. Love your videos. Cheers. Oh, the "marigolds", would have many Yanks saying Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is that.

I am not really interested in Canal Boats and I am not really sure how I ended up watching your channel. I have to say you are an excellent presenter. I love the length of you videos. Informative, to the point and some humour. Did I say I wasn't interested in Canal Boats??? Well, I guess I am now!

such a very interesting vlog once again. I must say the chap doing the pumpout is a handsome gent. so glad you edited the video as I do remember that day. also hope you are well hope to see you here again soon. Ade & Angie and the dogs

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Haha, hope you're all well and thanks again for letting me film. Let us not dwell on what happened... ;-)

Reading some of the comments about our composting loo. It would appear that some think we went about it to be eco friendly and failed because we use plastic bags. We did not. We did it for other reasons. Our pump out tank was a dump through, tank was in bathroom by the way not under the bed, which the seals had gone and needed replacing which meant we'd end up getting a smell in the boat after a week or so as the chemical additive broke down. So we took the opportunity to remove the tank and remodel a larger bathroom where the tank protruded through the floor. During this process we used a cassette. Nothing wrong with it either. Would quite happily use one again. Getting the composting loo was a leap of faith. Sure we researched it and listened to others who had them but still wasn't entirely convinced that it would work and was quite prepared to revert back to the cassette and scrap the composting loo. We were, like most people very skeptical about the claims of no smell. However, the claims are correct you don't get any smell in the boat. You also don't get a smelly bathroom when someone goes to the loo as the fan takes the smell straight away, at source as it were. Even when emptying the solids there is barely a waft. When we did the video it was actually a used bucket that we filmed being emptied, we'd saved it up just for him :). A comment from CruisingTheCut on what he thought of the smell when we did it would be most welcome. What convinced us and our main reason for going this way was the time between emptying (about 8 weeks for solids and six weeks for urine). We have the spare buckets too so if we're iced in and the bucket is full, sods law, we can always seal the used one and store it outside. For me the biggest downside for the cassette was the frequency of having to empty it and/or have a few spare cassettes laying around. Splashback at the Elsan was also annoying. Having to pay for chemicals and water usage. The pump out smells were easily solved by replacing the seals. However, we had to pump out every two weeks which meant we had to find and pay for it. Also paying for chemicals and water usage.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

I genuinely did not notice any smell at all when you emptied it.

@mjallenuk

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks to this video I've done a lot more research into the composting toilet and it seems the way to go not only for boat life (should we make that move) but also for camping. One interesting thing I learned along the way is that hemcore (which I use a couple of handfuls in a bucket to clean up after our German Shepherd and it keeps the flies disinterested and the smell negligible) is a much better product to use than shavings. It rots down far more quickly, it's more environmentally sound and it smells rather nice! Thanks both for putting this together. I feel I could hold my own in a narrowboat toilet trivia pub quiz after watching all this!

When I first starting on the cut in the 60s all the loos discharged into the water. The few remaining workings boats often used to sling a bucket of ‘waste’ over the side. Made you think twice about falling in. 😂

A wise old sailor once told me as we were trying to un-block his yacht's heads (and marine loos are a sight more complex than narrow boat ones) "Remember lad, there's nothing down here you didn't eat!"

I really don't no why I enjoyed this video but I did, you have a way of even talking about emptying out💩 and wee tanks sounds quite enjoyable. Thanks for the laughs❤❤

Finally, a 'Bog Standard' Vlog... We have much the same system here on the East coast of the US along the 'Intracoastal Waterway'. The huge amount of traffic and the fact that you're not really in the open ocean means you can't dump your dumps. Although most boats here have 'black water tanks' that are fixed to the hull and can be pumped out at a nasty smelling 'suction station', there are even volunteer 'Poo Sucker Boats' that will come to you and empty your 'Honey Bucket' storage for you. We do have quite an extensive canal system here, but it's considerably wider, deeper and less used. Mostly because it was built hundreds of years after yours. The Erie is my favorite, over 580 km of fairly straight canal, the original 83 locks have dwindled to 35 today...

I found narrowboat videos via my interest in tiny homes, so I'm always eager to learn about the nitty gritty of life unconnected to modern conveniences. This was actually a very interesting chapter, and I had a long discussion about this video just yesterday with my brother. I told him this topic separates the romantics from the grownups. I think I'm #TeamCassette after watching this.

Toilet talk is also a common topic amongst motorhome and campervan crews. And why not? Frank conversations about life should be welcomed not avoided. Well handled Dave. 👏

Never been to England and likely never will, but, I really enjoy your videos. You keep even emptying the toilet interesting. Thank you.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

I reckon that you've produced the defenitive guide to all things scatalogical and narrowboaty -- informative toilet humor at its best. Glad I'd already eaten my breakfast before viewing though ;-)

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Mmm, perhaps there should have been a breakfast warning caption at the start!

What a great overview, David. Thank you for covering this topic. We experienced a cassette toilet for the first time during our 3-week campervan journey from the Great Barrier Reef to Sydney in Australlia last year. We did find that for two people, it filled rather quickly, certainly in comparison to our typical North American RV black tank setup, with 45-gallon capacity. We have dear friends (fellow full-timers) who LOVE their composting toilet, and have encouraged us to get one. We've considered it seriously, but haven't gotten around to doing anything about it so far. They surely save a tremendous amount of water compared to our current method, and we might make that switch at some point.

@CruisingTheCut

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, for two it would be very quick-filling. Do take a look at my friends on "The Narrowboat Experience" channel, Kath & Anna, who recently made some videos all about their composting loo, maybe of interest.

I used to work at a Boat Hire company. Like many of the small independent ones it's now gone. But I can say that the smell of pumping-out is unholy, truly awful. Now imagine doing twelve of them on a turn-around day. I think I must have got desensitised to it. Worst thing was is that the company I worked for was sited below the sewer line so we in turn needed pumping-out. I have used both systems, and I think I still prefer the pump-out system. The pong of pumping out is preferable to lugging a box of ones evacuation, and seeing it all swill down a something akin to a hospital sluice is unpleasant to countenance. Whichever way it goes, living on a boat puts one in closer proximity to ones leavings, than many people would find acceptable.

@CruisingTheCut

4 жыл бұрын

Yuck

Good heavens, I didn't know skipping an ad would cause a lack of funds for KZread video makers. I'll wait a bit from now on! Thanks for sharing that information.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Oh yes - the advertisers only pay up if they think you've actually seen their ad. Watching them is very much appreciated by all KZreadrs, so thank you!

9:17 "because the tank is so big you go for weeks without emptying it" Nicely done sir!

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

:-)

Informative and educational! I often have to work on the sewage treatment systems on rigs and I'm just hoping if I buy a boat that the Cinderella incinerating toilets are more affordable by then.

I watched on another device, and this had me laughing as you discussed the sloshing sounds under the bed. 😁😂😂 I personally would go with Composting or Cassette. 😉

But you forgot to mention the most important benefit of the bedroom pump out toilet tank - if you construct the tank itself out of very soft plastic or rubber and just throw a very thin mattress on top, it can also double as a soothing and relaxing water bed to gently rock yourself to sleep in :) Thankyou for a very informative video as always.

@geraldhenrickson7472

4 жыл бұрын

Would not the resulting mattress be cold and...a bit lumpy?

I somehow missed this wonderful vlog on toilets. Out of context, it's hilarious and I had a jolly good laugh. On a more serious note, your explanation was superb. I often wondered how an onboard toilet worked and now I know. Well done David. John from Ontario, Canada

...and so ends my dreams of narrowboating around England. :-)

I am in the USA. My boat, a commercial tug, has an incinolet aboard. All waste is held in a paper cone. Then when you step on a pedal it drops into a pan. Around the pan are heating coils, you push a button and it heats for a few hours. Advantages are: zero discharge, no plumbing, only a vent, uses no water. Disadvantages are that it uses a lot of power, you have to buy the paper cones, it gives off some heat. We must use this because we have to operate in the Hudson River which is a zero discharge area. It is not practical to have a tank large enough for to store the effluent from a 4 man crew for several days. We empty the ash pan about once a week and dispose of it with our garbage.

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

I'd love one of those but, as you say, they use a lot of power or gas unfortunately. And they're very expensive.

@Martin-se3ij

5 жыл бұрын

So maybe the toilet should be directly above your coal fired stove? May give you a hot bum though and not a good view for any guests in the living room.

I met the owner of Wobbly on the Stort a while back, had a good chat about what its like to live aboard. He has a great boat with a fantastic sounding engine.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

He has - you can hear it chugging very gently in the background on some of the shots.

@Tinhare

7 жыл бұрын

Well, how about that. Glad you enjoyed our chat and you like the engine.

you have lifted the lid on this tricky subject with great delicacy. Very informative thanks.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Good! Cheers

A dirty topic with clean humor... Well done. : )

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

:-)

You just make me laugh so much . I love the way say the way it is . Keep it up my friend you are helping me get through this pandemic far easier. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

Thanks for this information. When I originally started wathcing these vlogs about narrow boats and didn't know the difference I immediatly thought I would want a pump out toilet if I were to live on a narrow boat. After watching your video I have changed my thinking. Now I think I would prefer a cassette type toilet. Unfortunately I probably will never get the oportunity to live on the canal because of living in Omaha Nebraska, although I would certainly love to be able to live on a narrow boat. Cheers...!

Team compost! My friend has a tiny house and has one. You are a brave man pouring that cassette out in basically office work clothes. I'd be wearing that slop because the universe hates me.

I've taken to watching your Vlogs whilst having my breakfast.I should perhaps have paid a bit more attention to the title this morning !! ha ha, Very interesting as ever. Thanks.

Excellent use of camera angles . . . . . . and "Tank You."

Although I'm a Yank and I live in Kansas (the middle of the United States) with no canals or narrowboats around I have really enjoyed your blog. I have built a boat, or actually a couple of boats, so I'm familiar with many of the issues you touch upon. I find narrowboats a fascinating concept and really wish they were popular here. In fact, I have never heard of one in the States. We have a dearth of canals but many rivers, some very large with swift current. Most of the small rivers are not navigable for any length and none of them are maintained for that purpose. The popular boat here is a lake craft that can easily be trailered, which usually limits length to no more than 25 or 30 ft and powerful motors that can move them at 25 or 30 miles per hour. Houseboats, some rather large (50 ft or more) are common on the large lakes but narrowboats would not be practical because of the choppy conditions on the lakes. With a shallow freeboard and a low speed they would be dangerous to use in bad weather. They are perfect, of course, for England's canals. You have a very professional and enjoyable blog. I have purchased several books on narrowboats, some back issues of magazines and a couple of maps. Keep up the great work. Wish I could share your way of life.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for those kind comments and for watching the vlogs. If ever you're in the UK there are plenty of hire boat firms who'll let you experience the canals (at a price!)

An unpleasant subject to be sure, but all the same, thanks for doing this video. Watching your videos has a taught me about a facet of UK life essentially unknown to Americans. I've even watched a few seasons of "Great Canal Journeys" thanks to you. I'll be living in a small space in a few years(tiny home) and there is an analog to your experiences, toilets being one of them. Can you one day envision an all electric narrowboat? Imagine going 4mph in near silence.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of electric narrowboats but we don't get enough sun to make solar very practical so you're tied to recharging at a marina each night or using a diesel generator in a hybrid sort of system. Good luck with your tiny house!

The Elsan dump station puts the average US campground dump station to shame.

@lilbatz

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it feels cleaner to do your business in the woods than anything campground provided. They take gross to a new level.

God’s man! I laughed till the tears came. ChiefD

Great and helpful video David, Two summers ago we came to the UK and hired a narrowboat and did the London Ring. I have been obsessed ever since. I have seen at least two hundred-fifty videos on the subject. My wife and I are now obsessively working at getting a 58 footer. I worked in the TV industry also and really recognize your camera and editing skills. You make the best videos of them all. I started with your videos around number 6 and have watched all of them and look forward to seeing the next one each week. Hire boats can't do the London Ring anymore. It's a good thing. I have many years of boating on large, large boats and wouldn't recommend the Thames to anyone without great navigational experience. Hope to see you on the cut soon. Sam Dodge

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I had a feeling they'd relaxed the rules on hiring on the Thames again?? Best of luck getting your boat. Cheers

Another great vlog! As you say, a universal topic of interest and discussion. Our boat has one of each - pump out and cassette. I prefer using the cassette. The trick is to empty it frequently, and not wait until it gets full, then it's not so heavy and easy to manoeuvre. The other trick I use is to get my husband to empty it!

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Definitely; "little and often"!! Poor husband :-(

Working my way through your channel (with diversions to those you collaborate with!). I'm gradually getting your style of humour - I learn tonnes with each viewing, but this is the first that made me LOL ;) Really hope to catch you on the cut (when I get there!). X

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@meanqueensuperscrimper8908

5 жыл бұрын

This one made me laugh as well. From someone who was driving a truck for many years and could never find a loo when I needed one.

The fumes from the pump out toilet. My guess is that the smell is coming from the exhaust of the vacuum pump rather than from the boat it's self. And I can't say which type I would choose, it would depend on the toilet its self. I am a big boy and I can't help but look at those toilets and wonder if they will break under me.

Another good video and very informative.

As usual fantastically informative and helpful, even to those of us who do not have a narrow boat. Many thanks and loving all your videos.

The composting toilet you show is actually a separating batch toilet and UNLESS the user takes that last step mentioned (actually removing the waste to a composting facility) there is little to none composting involved. Most MOBILE composting toilets sold these days are of this design. Of course the manufacturer urges you to compost your solids yet...I know nobody that actually does that. Instead, the waste goes into into the nearest bin. Tossing poop into the waste bin makes no sense to me at all. REMEMBER that under ideal conditions (rare) composting your poop takes 12 weeks or more. If its too cool or too hot, is not mixed daily or is too wet for some reason...composting may not occur at all.

@TruthTortoise81

3 жыл бұрын

won't it just compost in landfill though? why does it matter?

There are also incinerating toilets which can be powered by electricity, propane, or diesel, which convert waste into a few scoops of odorless ash. A friend of mine uses one in his airplane hangar, and while it's a bit fiddly to use the paper liners at first, it seems like a very good option.

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

They're unfortunately very, very expensive and use a lot of energy which is at a premium on a narrowboat.

Quite a funny vlog ,it tickled me pink 🤣

very informative as usual. this is my favorite vlog on this topic, thanks for sharing.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers

Ok, note to self: If you ever buy any movable home (or make one yourself) - so boats, campers (hell even a private plane, but I doubt I will ever buy one of those, they are expensive after all!) etc. - put in a composting toilet (sounds like the best option with the fewest problems!)

@geraldhenrickson7472

4 жыл бұрын

They are wonderful yet unless you are willing to place the output of your CT into a composting bin for the Summer...its a mixture of poop and whatever you use for composting material.

This video certainly provides food for thought. Very helpful to analyze the various options. I wonder when the movement towards incinerators will begin as I imagine improvements are being released regularly. I suppose in the meantime a diet high in fiber and vodka might bring down the costs of running the incinerator. Just kidding.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

There are a few boats with incinerator toilets but they're very expensive and use a lot of fuel.

Had to laugh when you said”don’t breathe in”!!!! Great advice 😀

Some ideas immediately spring to mind. Disposable cassettes, a cassette with separate chambers for #1 and #2. These ideas pretty much amount to the composting toilet, but that could do with a more convenient disposal system where you don’t need to be quite so hands on. Combine this with a pump-out option for just the wee, and now you’re talking. Plus the wee could be diluted prior to pumping out, or otherwise rendered less offensive.

All three options are pretty gross.... the chemicals help in the cassettes... but if you use a lot of toilet paper, you've got problems with blockages. The compost thing is more akin to a cat's litter tray :) And as you say, the downsides to a pump out, don't even bear contemplating.... It's a problem that really needs addressing.... both for land and water travellers. Maybe the Dyson guy can think of something :) All the best....

Well done David. Having watched 61 vlogs from the beginning my master plan to persuade the better half that she would enjoy a narrowboat came to a crash! Your video about canal bogs caused much merriment and we howled with laughter. Then the fateful words were uttered, ‘not on your nellie, I’m not using one of those loos’. Oh well, the dream endeth here. Will continue to watch all your remaining vlogs for the enjoyment factor alone. 😀

@CruisingTheCut

6 жыл бұрын

Or, ditch the wife....

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian

6 жыл бұрын

CruisingTheCut Opps, your comment received a loud ‘pardon ‘! The wife was not best pleased. 😀

@TexasVeteranPatriot

6 жыл бұрын

Already ditched mine! Amazing how they are "on board" with the dream when you marry, then reality sets in and it turns into "Not on your life!". She walked the plank! (back to shore forever).

@Simonsvids

6 жыл бұрын

If you hired a boat it would have pump out probably and as far as you are concerned work like a normal toilet. At the end of your hire period the boatyard staff would do all the nasty work. The missus would not know the difference to being at home. Moral - be careful what videos and info you give the wife - ignorance is bliss lol!

Excellent information and presentation - thanks very much - amazed how many people do not seem to use gloves!!!!! Keep up the good work - thanks again.

Thanks , very well put together videos. You can tell your a pro. Exactly what i needed to know.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you

600 quid for a bucket and a fan? wow.

Having experienced a composting loo for a long time at in-laws (they have been out for decades, and are not as nice as made out to be) I think the best system would be a tank system that has a good seal, and having mobile pump boats who you can call out or just visit (maybe just flag one over like a taxi as you are navigating the water ways) just like truck septic tank ones. Or you can change to be a Moclan like Bortus and pee just once a year.

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

There are some pumpout boats, mostly in London I believe

@ilox11

5 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness. "... having mobile pump boats who you can call out... ". Your suggestion suddenly brought to mind the scene of the Piss Boy in Mel Brooks classic spoof, "History of the World Part 1" and I'm still laughing at the visual of a Piss/Poo Boat, just hanging around selected places on the Cut, just waiting for the call, "Hey, Piss Boat!" kzread.info/dash/bejne/loWg1tl9n9yzZdY.html

@lightdark00

4 жыл бұрын

Composting toilets seem to get a bad rap if they rely on air filters alone and not an outside vent. With a positive pressure outside vent all air in contact to the bin should go up and out. As for the urine part, ammonia forms much better in an anaerobic environment. To avoid spillage that's probably helping cause a higher ammonia smell. Urine stored open air isn't bad at all, unless the water is rapidly evaporating away leaving only the urea.

Very well explained, The composting shown is a lot less complicated than another video showed on here.

So happy I found your vlogs on KZread. I intend to live aboard a narrow boat from 2020 onward and your videos are full of great practical information as well as highlighting the sheer beauty of canal life.

@CruisingTheCut

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them, cheers

Wow, impressive camera & editing to avoid ... the cringe. Though I could not get over the casual bed briefing. Lay down loo chats made me feel weird.

Reminds me of the Alan Partridge episode where he tests out the Saniflow 33 toilet by putting a mashed up Dundee cake in it....one flush and the dirt is gone😊

@grotekleum

3 жыл бұрын

mmmm Dundee cake; hope it was eaten first - waste otherwise.

@AKUJIVALDO

2 жыл бұрын

@@grotekleum wouldn't be called mashed at that point... LOL

Excellent report David.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jon

Another great video about canal life, love watching you and TNE vids, just bought my first boat and fitting it out. Thank you! :)

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers. Good luck with the fit out!

For the 15 months I spent on a narrowboat, I just used this, - Denny International 【LIGHT WEIGHT】 Large 6L Compact Portable Toilet Potty Loo with Washable Basket and Toilet, less than £20 0n Amazon. It didn't smell at all really. Thought might have to smear Vaseline on the rim to provide a good seal. That wasn't necessary. Just lift out the bucket by its handle and take to Elsan point. Easier to empty than a cassette. I had two 4lt Worcester Sauce bottles for pee, provided free from a takeaway, very strong, with advantage of being food safe.

I wonder how many people have dropped the little yellow dump tank lid down the cesspit

Excellent description of all three 100% Cassette for me 👍

And now we know. Enjoy your vlogs.

Thanks for this video. Ive just returned my chocolate mouse back to the fridge, to consume at a much later date.

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Mmmm, delicious

Yeah, most responsible deep water vessels stopped dumping untreated waste overboard about 30 years ago. I am not saying it is not still done, many small fishing boats (especially Chinese and asian countries) still have not joined the 21st century. But (especially in port or inshore waters) there are regulations now.

This is not a subject we often think about. So this is a very helpful video. Especially as an old retired guy considering travel in the near future. It’s something to consider. Thanks again. J.B.

Thank you for these great videos. I’m new to narrowboats but I’ve always been intrigued by them since childhood and often fancied trying one out, I now have a clearer understanding of canals and narrowboats by watching your informative and detailed vlogs, So now I’m contemplating hiring a narrowboat next spring and giving it a go!

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Hope you have fun :-)

I'm confused why you would use a composting toilet over a cassette? Seems like the composting toilet is basically like pooping into a bucket. The cassette seems so much easier and more sanitary.

@555promonkey

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Albrecht Hi, I swopped from pump out to compost (had experience of cassette in my caravan and camper in the past !) as soon as l could !! By separating the wee from the solids, it makes a huge difference, no longer does wee activate with the solids and a little ventilation is all my loo requires ! I have spare wee bottles, which I empty more often than I need to with the solids ! For me there is no better loo !!

Gee Bob the vegetables from your garden are really tasty. What's your secret? Well...

Very helpful info. Thanks.

Thank you for this blog. I learned more about the cassette and compost from you which I really wanted to know. As an ex-Navy vet I have dealt with black and grey tanks and having to pump out while in port. Nasty business that. Kinda like the cassette from what I can tell. Thanks again.

whats with the black nail varnish on your thumb ? lol

@petesheppard1709

Жыл бұрын

It looks like he hit his thumb with a hammer--a project, perhaps.

Well, that was more interesting than I thought it would be lol On a side note, what happened to episode 61??

@CruisingTheCut

5 жыл бұрын

It was a competition, long-ago closed, hence removed!

@jugglerjim01

5 жыл бұрын

@@CruisingTheCut Aaaah, that explains it 😎

Oddly fascinating....plenty to sit and think about that's for sure

I have secretly been so curious about this, haha (and blech) ... thanks for the edifying vlog!

Well, it's either cassette or composting then - a huge tank under the bed doesn't appeal. Eesh.

@geraldhenrickson7472

4 жыл бұрын

Few are composting in a composting toilet. Instead they are batch collecting the solids and throwing it in whatever trash bin they can find. It takes weeks under perfect conditions for composting to take place and months in colder weather. I have used everything since I started living on wheels in 1991 and I am going back to a cassette toilet I can safely dump in many varied locations.

Ok so im in team pump out

always enjoy your blogs

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tracey

This is a compliment, and I know you don't look anything like him, but seeing you on that chair reminds me of when, I was a child watching Ronnie Corbbit on the 2 Ronnie's on a Saturday night. listening to him tell one of his famous tales, like him compulsive viewing, keep up the good work :)

@CruisingTheCut

7 жыл бұрын

Haha "and it's goodnight from me..." :-)

@MAGrantAuthor

7 жыл бұрын

ha ha

And there's always that shit in the woods method....

Wait, so your toilet can't play cassette tapes? Bummer.

@DJTrainBrain

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder whether the cassette tape part or the bummer part is better. :-)

"Slap on yer marigolds" I LOLed!! I have worked in sewage treatment plants and sewage pumping stations and after a bit, it's nothing new under the sun. I have owned a travel trailer (caravan) with both gray water tank and a black water tank. They worked well enough, but I found the black water tank needed priming with plain water, or significant agitation (ie, driving) to keep it fluid enough to drain out properly. Here in Canada, and the USA, drain out stations were available at trailer parks (or at your specific site) and were included with the price of staying there.

David, I always wondered on how this was managed...Well all I would say is that adventure coupled with Hard work must be the crux of Narrow boating. Also the discipline of all Narrow boat owners can be felt to not let anything in the water which is your neighbour at all times.. Nicely explained :)

Silly question - but... what does elsan mean ? I assume the 'san' part means sanitary.

@CruisingTheCut

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a brand name from a marine toilet manufacturer that has simply become synonymous with the disposal point.

@andrewmonument8847

2 жыл бұрын

@@CruisingTheCut Ahhh ! Thank-you David. I thought it was maybe an acronym for some grandiose phrase.

Advanced Composting Toilet Technology: The $1000 way to crap in a bucket & bag, then throw it away

@jmpattillo

3 жыл бұрын

It is a mystery to me why they are so expensive

This was informative and useful, but I do have to admitt to hesitating before 'liking' this vlog. As I said, it was very useful but..... PHEEEW!! I don't think you've sold the pump out to many folk watching. :D