Me and my mom dad and brother used to love and work on a pair. We used to work for F M C which was Fellows Morton and Clayton.Brings back lots of memories. I can remember the bad winter of 1947 when nothing moved for weeks on end owing to the cuts being frozen.

@mykaskin

Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for your memories. I know a friend that is planning on putting together some interviews of people from the boats if you'd be interested? I'm can PM you her email. Lots of us remember the 1947 and 62/63 winters, but only though photographs and stories as I was born much later! :)

An olde 'un but still a darn good 'un ✨ Thanks Mike🌿

In the coming years of peak oil England will be very glad they kept these canals up.Good show!

A glimpse into the past to see what it must have been like on the work boats of your. Well done, JIM

Great camerawork, loved the shots of lines being used,

Great camera work and editing. I felt like I was part of the crew!

Further to my last comment we started with a horse boat pur horse was named flossie then we got a engine boat with a bolinder engine I can still hear the sound and we left the barge in 1951.

Awsome video !

excellent lads well done

Sweet line trick ehh...

Tieing up to a handrail thats clever.

@avroflier

4 жыл бұрын

Its called thumb lining

I was surprised to see that there are no rubbing strakes on these boats. Could it be that the loss of beam and carrying capacity is the reason? In this example of a pair of vessels the second has accommodation so the only saving in towing would have been on coal of which in terms of fuel there is no lack here! I assume that towing was only cost effective in the transport of coal when steam power was discontinued.

@mykaskin

5 жыл бұрын

Reginald Graves if you look hard enough then you’ll see what looks like D section on the hull which are the rubbing strakes. The cabin is enlarged on the Butty larger than normal for extra amenities but it’s the weight that’s important not just size of hold. With heavy bulk cargo the Butty without the extra weight of engine and fuel (even diesel - though steamers carried much less cargo, they usually carried lighter expensive goods that needed moving quicker) would carry more for a given depth.

Belle vidéo je n'ai pas eu le plaisir de naviguer sur vos canaux, Par contre, j'ai eu la chance de remonter le Rhône de Port Saint Louis jusqu'à ValencePour les regarder (vidéo remontée du Rhône en bateau LC VIDEO)Je m'abonne good bye Louis

Somebody explain the lock controls {cranks}, etc

@lfsheldon

5 жыл бұрын

Windlasses ("cranks" ) open and close paddles ("valves") to let water in to fill the lock (raise the boat) or out to empty the lock (lower the boat).

Do both boats have engines?

@mykaskin

5 жыл бұрын

Only the front one has an engine, hence why the butty boat is being towed. This allows greater cargo to be carried while not adversely effecting speed and crewing.

@320ifq

5 жыл бұрын

The second boat, the Betty used to use a horse to pull it along. The horse retired and they are training a new one, they have to tow it until the new horse is good enough.

@michaelkenny1326

3 жыл бұрын

Freedom on the waterways, must be a great way of life.

What a morose looking cast of characters.

@thomaspaulkelly6124

3 жыл бұрын

KZread has plenty of other videos full of "whooping" and 'high-fiving" sufficient to feed the feeble minded.