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So youd need an hour of optimal sunshine to provide 1-2 hours of propulsion. Unlike rivers theres virtually no current in the canals except for whenever a lock is emptied, and with the canals being so shallow and having a lot of trees on the bank, theres an awful lot of silt lying at the bottom. Narrowboat construction: shell (hull) steelwork,. Theyre not great but I still prefer them to the main alternative which is Pearsons, although many boaters swear by those guides. I get buzzed by one or two a year. Why dont you get all-solar narrowboats?It sounds great, for sure. The steerers will wave and say hello when they pass each other, that is when the back of one boat passes the back of the other. Cruising the Cut English General Seasons Cast & Crew Artwork Lists Notes TheTVDB.com Series ID 357060 Status Continuing First Aired July 23, 2015 Network YouTube Average Runtime 16 minutes Genres Adventure Documentary News Reality Travel Original Country United States of America Original Language English On Other Sites IMDB Official Website David Johns ' canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut. 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. The trouble is that with a 50+ foot, 15 tonne boat, you really need to see what its doing as you maneouvre it, rather than have it all happening behind you. After 13 years of doing this and working in radio, I decided to chuck it all in and buy a narrowboat to cruise around the canals on. This isnt a movie or even a television show, its a video blog or, as IMDB puts it, a web series that you can watch on YouTube, Twitter, or Amazon Prime. Initially video logs . How do you turn around?There are turning points, known as winding holes (wind as in the breeze, not as in winding a clock) every few miles although not all of them are big enough to turn the longest boats in (sizes are usually marked on the canal guides though). David Johns net worth is $1.1 Million. Plus I have recently (vlog 139 onwards) taken to adding specific Google Map links to my start and end points for each video. For a typical video which will have taken me a day to film plus two to three more days to script, edit and upload, I might earn maybe 20-30 ish for each 10,000 views it gets. Why not use a drone to look ahead and around corners?Not really feasible as a solo boater. You just dont see it on my videos. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. Last updated Fri 21 Apr 2017 Environment Top stories. When David Came (Cruising the Cut) The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. A bygone age: horse-drawn narrowboat on the Welsh canals CruisingTheCut 124K views4 years ago 123. It has been known to happen but generally only in severe weather and often when a nearby river or stream overflows into the canal rather than the canal itself overfilling.