We have a sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland and plan to be narrowest tourists someday soon. I was lent a narrowboat for a week by two viewers of the channel! This is a re-cut and reimagined version of the YouTube format to give it more of a TV feel for the Amazon series. I turned around, headed home and told my wife I was going to sell the bike, and it was gone in two weeks. David Johns Host. Thank you Lesley, I appreciate that. Should this cruising season open up for us, it would be great to see you on the canal again. David sighted that he had fallen out of love with cruising his narrowboat and was moving onto land to secure a land-based home for his future retirement (or this is the impression I got from watching his announcement anyway!!). And indeed, Prime Season Four ended at approximately vlog 201 at the end of 2019 so there is still some cruising from 2020 (when pandemic restrictions were lifted for a while) as well as many other videos since, which I hope you will enjoy either here on this website or on my YouTube channel which is where all new content is posted. What happened to Cruising the Cut? Thank you so much! Thank you for your dedication over the years, and as you are the Grandfarther of this media, well be counting the days until you find your mojo and publish again. I hope you enjoy your next project, whatever it might be! Dont be afraid of covering the same ground time and time again. All my life after the age of fourteen when I got my drivers license (driving license to you Brits, I believe) I have always enjoyed aimlessly driving about on the miles of back roads as a form of relaxing entertainment. Is it cold in winter?No! Watch with Prime. Thank you Iris. Many, possibly most, have multi-fuel stoves which burn coal or wood and they will keep a boat so toasty youll have the windows open in mid-winter! May the very best of your past turn out to be the worse of your future. Oh, how galling for you yet of course its entirely appropriate to have to do it. David, 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 still smile about the vlog where you let that other boat overtake and do the hard work for you! Thanks for watching and the info about the viaduct. All of these videos were very well presented and enjoyed by many! Lorna, aka The London Boat Girl visited our boat at Crick with David Johns of Cruising The Cut. 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. DOCUMENTARY; The real-life adventures of a man who quit his job, sold his house and went to spend his days cruising gently along the historic canals of Great Britain at 3mph The Caldon canal has two far ends - it splits into two, going to Froghall and Leek - so in this episode, David takes his narrowboat to the Leek arm. I have been working all through the Christmas period, obviously without being able to see my family, worrying about them and every day worrying about what I might be picking up at work and bringing home to my wife and two young children. Id just like to thank you for all your efforts. I hope to feel more energised about it all after a couple of months not doing it! Initially videos of my travels, I now document . Bear in mind the canals are entirely man-made and were quite literally dug out by teams of thousands of men a couple of hundred years ago, using pickaxes and shovels. I was totally amazed by the funny long boats and would imagine their lives travelling the waterways. Have fun & take us with you. Many boaters do not paint the bottom at all! 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. Welcome to the Airscape, the online home of video producer David Johns.He has over fifteen years experience as a reporter and presenter on radio, television and online, working for ITV and the BBC amongst many others, as well as seven or so years as a full-time YouTube videomaker. 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. Although there are others that do what you doyoure the best. Davids background in TV and Radio is probably what brings his YouTube channel such a unique feel. Cheers. At first I was able to help with the locks etc . Thus, I was drawn to your series during the past pandemic which is thankfully over here now for all of us vaccinated oldsters (had my third shot last week, a booster nine months after my two shot series in January and February of this year.) I produce videos on several YouTube channels, each with a different niche: Cruising the Cut (narrowboats, canals and other boaty matters); Vandemonium (campervans); UKAirscape and Tubeshootermag (camcorders and filming gear); DavidExpert (random gadget reviews) and David Reads Stories (exactly as the name suggests) Best wishes on your break. You might have heard some fellow boaters talking about a new Cruising the Cut TV Show and wondered what channel it was on. What does it cost to live aboard a canal boat?There are a huge number of variables which mean there is no simple answer to what does it cost? Please make a cup of tea, get comfortable and take a look at my Vlog 66, Vlog 67 and Vlog 68 plus the more recent Vlog 213, all of which go into the costs in excruciating detail. Fingers crossed but realistically. There is always something you will have missed previously. Happy new year! Cheers. I think that you are the very first one that have a balls to say that what you did. Hi Ian; to be honest, history per se is not really my thing so I doubt Ill do much on that (other than by virtue of the canals being historic in their very nature) but I hope to come up with some stuff of interest, well have to see! I wish you every success in 2021 and much good health to be sure. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. A couple of years ago there was extensive winter damage on some of the northern canals due to flooding which even raised up boats onto the towpath and left them there once the waters receeded. Cheers, Do you need a TV licence on a boat?This is a more complicated subject than you might imagine. I'm 53 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. USA. . And even if I zoomed in from above it doesnt really tell you anything useful about the place. So for the last 16 months narrowboat videos, yours and others, have been our only link to narrowboating. His YouTube channels include:Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUKVandemonium (campervans): www.youtube.com/VandemoniumTubeshooter (camcorder / gear reviews) www.youtube.com/tubeshootermagUKAirscape (informal camcorder tests): www.youtube.com/UKAirscapeDavid Reads Stories (exactly as the name suggests): www.youtube.com/DavidReadsStoriesDavidExpert (gadget reviews): www.youtube.com/DavidExpertTV, Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. We do get lots of houseflies and occasional wasps etc but theyre just the normal summertime pests. Whodathunk a man and his floating flat would become an over night success. It isnt as if you dont have options to rejuvenate that emphatic character and spirit.. I have put together a (short) list with links of some of the best known hire firms but this does not constitute a recommendation: click here to see the list, What about a route, can you recommend one for us when hiring?Again, alas no. Thank you! Hi David, . Do the canals ever flood? See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. That said many boaters disagree entirely with these arguents and do paint the baseplate how often is down to their enthusiasm for the task and / or the depth of their wallet. And you can get diesel stove as well. Jill, Your email address will not be published. Anyway, all the very best for which ever path, or should I say canal, you decide to take. David, I totally support the decisions and conclusions you have made in regard to your personal life and how it intertwines with your Youtube Channel. Anyway, look after yourself and have a better new year! Seeing your posts I hope whatever you have a go at you can enjoy it with the same passion. We have loved following you since we made something of a random discovery on the telly a few months back. 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! I see a lot o vlogers that their routine is so boring so you can see that they dont have any more interesting things to show or tell apart from the every day coffee making (in US) or tea sipping (in GB). Thank you Danie, I really appreciate the comment. Wish you a very happy New Year. Now settled in Portsmouth so swapped canals for seaside walks. He chucked his job, sold his house, bought an old school, live-aboard fifty-six foot "narrow boat," and started chugging along . Cheers. A break will do you good and you can decide on the way forward. Boaters do pay an annual fee to the Canal and River Trust which covers provision of waste disposal services etc. Thiswebsite has ads on it from Google; that also earns a few pounds each month, literally just enough to pay for the website hosting! My best wishes. However, he can also be found on Twitter if he ever goes dark on YouTube David is very active on there so it is probably a good place to keep up to date with his antics. Your email address will not be published. I have only done one canal trip, on the Brec, after a life-time of wanting to cruise. Theyre really not designed for water thats not totally flat calm, and typically have holes in the hull (eg for sink waste outlets or engine cooling vents) just a few inches above the waterline so any waves could easily flood the boat. If youre permanently in one location or have a base mooring, register somewhere near there and whenever you go back to the mooring you can get your teeth checked or whatever. Plus the supermarkets often react badly to people filming in them. For me, it was woodworking (specifically with handtools to start). Thank you David for a glimpse of life on the Narrowboat and cursing the canals. And . My father-in-law did that several years in a row and loved it. Hi David Just found "cruising The Cut" on Amazon this . Cheers! A change is in the wind then.. To be honest, I cant fault you and it DOES make perfect sense. 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. 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 here's his vlog of the experience which sits with his many other vlogs on You Tube:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9wASAnIvY My suspicion, like you, is that this virus situation isnt going away any time soon so next season is looking unlikely. from Tony Garden. Memphis, Tennessee 38120 Im 53 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. 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. Petrol gennys are much cheaper, a couple of hundred quid, but you have all the issues of storing petrol safely on board (it being extremely flammable of course) and of accessing it since most wharfs and marinas dont sell it so you have to trek along a road to the nearest garage with a canister in hand. 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. Certainly your out of that so-called Honeymoon period.. and to take a break from any aspects of our daily lives, especially when it is all starting to feel like forced attrition, i think noone could, would or should begrudge you David.. David Johns Director. English. You have brought our canals to life with your beautifully produced videos. 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. 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. Meanwhile: best wishes for the new year, stay healthy and safe! The novelty has won off now after 5years maybe. The boat has very little space to store things and I prefer a minimalist, uncluttered, lifestyle. I had to laugh at your comment about being a dab hand at removing a bra one handed when going through Birmingham and getting one stuck in your prop. I understand completely your reasons for cutting back on vlogs. Hi Peter. So its not a retrofit option but I wouldnt object to one on another boat. [1] Career [ edit] Come back when a fresh wind carries with it some new found enchantment. Grab the chance to break away for a spell Took time to develop these resources but find the boating community there outstanding. So frustrating for you to have a boat and be unable even to visit! I suspect you may be referring to the tune on the Prime Video episodes. I enjoy living on the boat but alas the joy of cruising is gone so I shall likely not cover any ground again. These wont be appearing on Prime (anything after about vlog 201 isnt on Prime) but will be on this website and YouTube. How very splendid! DJ. Very peaceful and pleasant. 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. Dear David, Thank you Barry, much appreciated! See production, box office & company info. Best wishes. DJ. 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 Your show is a wealth of knowledge as well as entertaining! Also, Im out of Kentucky, and was recently out with my wife buying furniture and we met a young saleswoman from the UK. And I can honestly say, my wife is very pleased with my decision as she was always worried when I was on the road. So peaceful and David did a great job! After a windstorm dropped a large branch near the house, I bought a cheap pair of chisels and decided to make a stool. Alongside this David announced that there would be no more cruising videos (as he will no longer be on a boat) and he would focus more on the documentary style videos such as the very successful Coal Finger video above, essentially reporting on stories he sees along the canals. Hence its not generally advised! Cruising the Cut. This year has been crazy and next will be more of same for a while. Hope your down time is great, and I know I cant wait to see your spring first cruise. Back in 2015, the UK television news reporter David Johns was very unhappy with his personal and professional life. I agree entirely: a lonely, odd year it most certainly was. A history of canals was something I was going to suggest as a diversion, pleased to learn you are already on it. Just say you were visiting and felt ill or needed a checkup or whatever. One of the reasons for Remini's departure from Scientology in 2013 is because she had first asked about Miscavige's wife's absence at the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in November . 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 am not surprised you are struggling. Cheers, Hi David, I am in Johannesburg, South Africa. I know I have really enjoyed this channel since its creation, offering some of the most informative and well-presented narrowboat based content around! WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT Gemma Rowlands was sentenced to 14 months in prison . I have to say I loved the Coalfinger vlog and watched it more than once. I will still watch yours because I havent seen them all yet. I rather like the idea of a motorcycle despite never having ridden one but it does seem to me that there are too many dangers (on the British roads, at least) from other drivers. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. The argument is partly that most rust occurs at the waterline (true) because thats where you get the highest mix of water and oxygen, and partly that the baseplate is (usually) 10mm thick so it can withstand many, many years before its rusted to a point where youd worry about it. Lots of Love Tracey. I recently discovered you on Amazon Prime over Christmas and your series has been a great help to me. Enjoyed your informative and sometimes witty scripts and your video quality is excellent. Life is better when it goes by slow and you can enjoy it worts and all. Theres not much to see at night its dark! Get enough views and this will eventually add up. Passion is everything! Fashion designer Victoria , 48, featured on the cover . (1962) was a surprise commercial success when it was first released. I dont do much either, just eat a meal and watch telly or YouTube (see my Day in the Life in Lockdown video). Bravo! Lets find out together. An unheated boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating installed. Why not use a drone to look ahead and around corners?Not really feasible as a solo boater. Totally understandable, and while I enjoy your cruisin vids, can sure understand how what you do in life has got to have some fun in it and some, cant think of the word, but you have to enjoy what you do. 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. Rest and see how you feel. I will be back later in the year, all being well. What do I think about Cruising the Cut moving back to land and selling his narrowboat? The videos the last 5 years you can see and hear that in your videos. It was rest for the mind in this crazy 2020 year. 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. Dont eat them, youll likely give yourself something nasty from the water.See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs for the CRTs Fishing Questions page.For the various types of fish in the canals, see https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species. 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 hope 2021 is less dreary for you and that wonderful things inspire you. I wouldnt take my own boat over though, Im more likely to hire one. David Johns. Thank you for a lovely gentle series of programmes. 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. Highland Dreamer, Thank you both and happy new year to you too! Only in peak summertime are you likely to approach the solar panels maximum output and even then only when the sun is high.In spring and autumn, any solar is very variable and in winter its negligible plus the hours of daylight are much shorter too and the angle of the sun much lower (Its not always possible to angle the panels at the sun and even so, the other factors mean the resulting power will be far less than in summer).On an average 57 foot narrowboat you have space for about 2.3kW of solar. Fair winds and following waters from California. This series presents it beautifully. Plus I have recently (vlog 139 onwards) taken to adding specific Google Map links to my start and end points for each video. In short, not really worth the effort according to most sources Ive read. The shell (hull) was built by G&J Reeves and the interior fit-out was by Millburn Boats. Good luck with your endeavours in the future , on the waterways or not! May rain casting rings on thrashed water, The flash of fin, And a watery thunder. Love the vlogs as we see places where we would like to go.then maybe try them. I grew up on a lake in Iowa and miss the water here in California. Why dont you steer from the front, in a covered wheelhouse? See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. As an American, I am astonished at just how much history England has to offer in terms of beautiful things such as a flight of locks, or a Steam Engine Works museum. Why are you driving on the right when you drive cars on the left in the UK?Apparently international maritime convention is for driving on the right. I knew what this vlog was going to be about before I watched it; I had the feeling you were feeling a bit dejected. Bruce Martin, Hello Bruce. Loved the Christmas dinner episode. David Johns is on Facebook. As a future narrowboater I must say your vlogs have been extremely helpful. Im pleased to say my parents are recovering well, and your series has really genuinely helped me to find some calm and re-centre. Thirdly, its not uncommon to drop a windlass into the canal by accident and it would be a very expensive mistake to do that with a cordless drill! If it is anything like the YouTube content, I am sure it is as well presented and informative as ever!! Its a great idea about focusing on more human interest topics. However, things changed with recently, which avid fans will have seen. A documentary series following former UK television news reporter David Johns who quit his job, sold his house, bought a live-aboard narrowboat, and films his travels on the historic British canals. Cheers. Sir, I would simply like to thank you for your series, Cruising the Cut, Seasons 1-4. Jill, Thank you Jill, much appreciated! Can you drive a narrowboat in the dark?Technically you can but I dont. Although he does also have an Instagram account and Facebook page, which might also come in handy . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_nZYR2nK4&list=PLa9px3O5n5hADgtrnNwa5jTzO7uaWC8-e. By that point the camera on my boats bow is 50 feet further forward so its missed it. There are others but not a patch on yours. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute("id","ae08fd0ebc537953908e189669cabfe3");document.getElementById("ab9e42216e").setAttribute("id","comment"); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg, see vlog 69 I did about just such a craft, vlog 244 which was all about electric boats vs diesel. Thanks Daz. 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. Certainly I can well understand that making videos and doing all that dialogue would not be at all a joy compared with simply turning on ones television set and watching from a reclining easy chair. I came to love the canals when I was 73 and if it were not for the fact that I live on the west coast of Canada and now too long of tooth to try an international relocation to live on the canals, you have provided me with hours and hours of vicarious pleasure for which I am most grateful. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. of thousands of video views to get any sensible money. How do you get post and what about registering for a doctor?Your mail can go to a friends or family members address plus there are postal redirection services you can sign up for that will either scan and email your letters to you or forward them to a location of your choice, which you can update as you move around the canals. I (David Johns) quit my job in 2015, sold my house and went to live on a narrowboat. Since July 2015, the Cruising the Cut YouTube channel has become one of the most successful narrowboat and canal boat based channels on the platform. So youd need an hour of optimal sunshine to provide 1-2 hours of propulsion. It varies month on month. If Im honest I have been struggling a bit lately. Cheers. We love the insight into your amazing lifestyle please give us something to look forward to! It is not exactly what I would like to see happen but I get it fully. I used to paddle a canoe. david johns cruising the cut wife. "The carp are spawning! Whos Deborah Johns? Cheers! Those canals look very narrow, are they one-way?Very, very few bits of the canal network are so narrow that you can only get one boat through. Just found your videos on Prime. Do continue to enjoy your boat. Your narration lulls us viewers into thinking that we are listening to an old friend telling stories over an amiable pint, even though many of us, myself included, have never met you. Why dont you put maps in your videos?Im not convinced that if I show a map with a location marked it would necessarily help anyone who didnt already know where it was to know where I was. How do you make money?I am now a full-time YouTuber; every time someone watches the ads that occasionally play, I get a fraction of a penny. I must admit I do enjoy your interview vlogs and hope that you can carry on with that side of boating. Available on Prime Video . Dont give up! The canals are what brought many of us, but your wit and presenting are why we watch more. Thank you! How long was your boat, who built it and when?Its 55 feet 11 inches and was built in 2000. Ive really enjoyed your videos over time. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, as the saying goes. 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! 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 Amongst the constant roar of noise and urgency that is my life, as I watch your episodes for 30 odd minutes there is silence. 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. You were terrific! 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