Thank you so much for the kind mention David! I'm honored! :) I thoroughly enjoyed the video as always and I'll check out the other channels this weekend :)
Thank you so much for the wonderful recommendations! So much better than the Christmas re-runs that are now on TV. Oh, and love your sweater! HO HO HO!
Roads like Rivers give one a sense of freedom. We Americans love the RV. We pull our boats behind our RV's. We have caravans of RV's that follow one another to different camp grounds. Norther's come south during the winter for the warmer weather. We southerners call them snow birds. Some people live in their RV's year round, traveling around the country working when they can and seeing this Big country. One can cross four states before another can cross Texas in a day. Keep your video's coming . I enjoy them.
Thanks for introducing me to the world of narrow boats. Hi from Arkansas, in the US. Great content. Very professionally done. Thanks for sharing your part of the world.
Cheers for the shoutout to ourselves and the other favourite vlogs you have on here, really nicely done and we are loving your Christmas jumper. You made us laugh when talking about Sailife, he is bloody incredible with his DIY and can't wait to see what happens in a year. Merry Christmas.
It was actually Exploring Alternatives that led me to your channel. I was trapped at home during Covid and devouring RUclips content about travel and getting away from it all as a means of coping. I've watched the vast majority of your videos and now I'm going back through them all from the start. Imagine my surprise when I found this video that mentions the very thing that led me here!
Hello David. Recently came to your channel and busy playing catch up; loving it I must say. Don't know if you've done it yet, but you must get some merchandise done up; 'Hello and welcome to the vlog' on your coffee mug has got to be a winner! Thanks for all your efforts and see you when I catch up. All the best from a chilly South Africa.
👍🏻thanks for adding to my 'must watch' list. I'm here in Quartzsite, AZ and totally agree with how enjoyable RVrTV is to watch. I especially love it when Russ goes 'he hee hee'
Another great video and loads for me to get into, been following you since the beginning and have really enjoyed all your vlogs and your mini adventures, discovered your channel after following narrowboat lad. Thanks again and have a chilled relaxed Christmas, charmaine
Tell me about it … wanted to go to bed 2 hours ago, then found this video and started clicking the links in the description … but I should really go now. Merry Christmas to you all!
Sure can't wait until you can show videos of you cruising the canals again with the peaceful countryside, wonderful locks, overhanging trees and slow cruising . Cannot remember when the last I saw those as they were wonderful. Also, have a wonderful Christmas and Cheers from Alabama.
Come the spring, there'll be plenty! Meanwhile, take a look at Robbie Cumming's channel - brave chap is narrowboating during winter. Lots of great scenery. Cheers!
Thanks for the recommendations. I have watched a few of these. Most of my viewing has been on RV VLOGS, however I found you channel and have been captivated. My recommendation to you is Keep Your Daydream. A nice family with well recorded and edited videos traveling the US and Canada. Cheers.
Excellent video David! Here's something you may not have thought about... Americans don't have a canal system, but they do have lots of wide open roads. RVs are the Narrowboats of the USA.
Hi David ... thanks I've enjoyed your vids .. I did consider buying a boat around the same time and you actually did it. It's great to see all aspects of boat life and it looks great fun ... merry xmas and have a vlogtastic new year :)
It was Mads who put me onto your vlog David! Now have you seen Nike's channel 'White Spot Pirates'? She is another sailor who bought a run down aluminium yacht called Karl without seeing it first! Then she flew out to Panama to live on it! Very gutsy girl who's taken us through many highs and lows, most compelling! Looking forward to your next posting... where do I send a Christmas card too?
Thanks, Sail Life is great, my type of vlog. I can see what you mean, he enjoys fixing and renovation more than the actual sailing. Im the same with everything i do. Id love to get my hands on his wiring!
Not sure if its been said before but i really like "Fully Charged" which you might like. oh and it appears I am now totally addicted to your channel having watched all 70 odd. Now waiting patiently for the next 70. Keep up the excellent quality and good work
I am subscribed to Fully Charged and it's interesting but Robert's rants against anything non-electric do become quite tiresome. I like the info though.
Thanks David , have already started on "Gone with the Wynns" what an adventure those 2 are having , always intrigued as to how some people survive financially , perhaps they inherited well or played the lotto
Wow! Thanks for the list! I must say I started following your VLOG because I saw a mention of it on Sail Life! I need to thank him for that, many enjoyable evenings watching your channel. I will definitely check out the channels you have posted. These long winter evenings need something good to fill them! Working on making my videos better. Original, interesting content is sometimes hard to come buy but I'll keep trying. Not sailing the Caribbean with a beautiful woman, just local sailing with friends is what I have. Thanks again, keep the videos coming!
That's the annoying thing about so many sailing channels isn't it - the "click bait" bikini-clad women thumbnails. Wish they put as much effort into the actual video!
Thanks David for this listing. What a delightful couple on the Driftwood Boat Blog. I really appreciate your continued discovery and association with great content and people like this. Keep up the great work. Cheers
Merry christmas to you!! im thinking with all the RV interest maybe cruising the cut could be coming to an end...maybe it will turn into tickling the tarmac!! haha. have a great christmas.
Keep up the good work loving the vlogs. you could do one on spring cleaning and pre boating season checks. Explaining safety on the canals would be good too. Cooking a narrow boat dish eg curry or summat might be good too. A new stove setting a fire vlog would be good using seasonal timbers lol. ( we need smellivision for pine wood)
Many thanks again David - really useful recommendations. Have a very happy Christmas and 2017 - talking of 2017 we have just booked accommodation in Crick for the Show.
Fantastic video about videos - always interesting to watch you vlogs and then find I've shot off to watch someone else in a new tab - wishing you a Happy Christmas and Good New Year too!
Lots of good viewing there. I found you on Exploring Alternatives , and I'm hooked. I have been following the Wynns for years ! What a great couple. Those are some of the best when you get the his/hers viewpoint on places and things. I'll check out the others. I'm building a Tiny House but may do a trailer refit to take a tour with.
Hi David, I've had several marathon sessions, watching all of your videos, I am now up to date, I think I deserve a medal! We met the other night at the Foxton Locks illuminated boats evening, and I made you jump, lovey to meet you in the flesh. Thanks for the tips on new channels, I am a big fan of Gone with the Wynns, so I'm glad you included them. I'll give the others a look see shortly. When's your next blog due out please? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hi Sarah. Congratulations on watching all of them :-) Next vlog due as and when I get round to it, I don't stick to a schedule. It's all a bit ad hoc :-) Cheers!
Ah yes, Mads. Been enjoying his videos for quite a while now. I think I found his channel shortly after I started following you. I'm surprised you didn't mention at least one narrow boating channel. I hope life on the water this holiday season is kind to you. Cheers!
This was specifically not about narrowboating channels, not least because we had our narrowboaters Xmas meal last week and they got mentioned in that video. Plus I've put a link to narrowboat vlogs in the video description.
My apologies. I'm going to blame my being up late and somewhat sick, at the time I caught this video, for my not catching that part. In recent months, I've started following a couple of travel and alternate life style related channels as well. With so much great content being made, I'm starting worry about not having the time to catch up on everything.
Thanks for the list of other channels - funny - I had already found a few that you mentioned and do enjoy them. Love yours as well. Good luck on the Cut this coming season!
The young couple in Adventure Adrift are tremendous guides to the history, geography, people, etc of the places they visit that hold the viewers interest....and expand our knowledge of distant places. the Old Coastie
I don't have any great amount of savings either; I was lucky enough to have a house to sell of course, with enough left after repaying the mortgage to buy the boat!
The BEST RUclips video I think I've seen. YT is my primary source for DIY, info, and entertainment, and I honestly cannot remember ANYONE I subscribe to dedicating an entire episode to promoting others. You rock dude! I live in the US, but maybe one day I'll win that same lottery you speak of and have the funds to come cruise the canals for a month...
I had a giggle listening to you describe RVing in the US because it sounded like me describing narrowboating in the UK. :D I discovered narrowboating during a 2016 trip to the UK (right after I bought a vintage Airstream that I started living in when we returned) and have been planning to someday live aboard abroad with my kids since. I very recently discovered sailing vlogs (Sailing Britatly was the first and still my favorite) which inspired me to add sailing the world and vlogging to my dreams. I'm very selective about the channels I subscribe to, having very little free time, and always appreciate recommendations from channels I watch.
Great vlog! I found you thru Exploring Alternatives, which I had watched for several years! If they like it, you will know it is good! Well, I watched you...highly impressed...nice shout out for some nice channels...having watched several of them already! Suggest you watch a guy named Bob Wells. He is in the USA, has many great tips for alternative ways to live the RV Life with lots think outside the box helps! He also does interviews with other travelers. Well worth your time. Thx for this!
Happy New Year David, agree with you about Saillife, Mads is very good and has some amount of viewers within a day of posting, very entertaining. A few others I have come across are Andrew Ditton (Airstream full timer, UK based), 4XOverland (Outback travels) and the More We Explore (Airstream semi full timers) and the Boss of the Swamp! Enjoy.
Great vlog. I recommend to you Adventures of an Old Seadog a retired sailing Brit from Plymouth who is currently in the Pacific. Secondly Tula's Endless Summer a young couple and their dog living on a catamaran one of my essential watches on cold miserable days. One of the items you can pick up at the "Tula's" store is a t-shirt with the phrase "Don't Give Up your Daydream" I can relate to that sentiment. We Americans don't have big RVs they are just proportionate, bigger country you know. LOL
I follow Madds channel. Every vidio of him hitting the high sea's and he get debilitatingly sick! But all narrow boaters should see his DIY projects. Especially refrigeration.
You might like to have a look at NZBusLife - a young couple who have completely refitted an old school bus - and travel the country with their two delightful young children. Fabulous shots of all over New Zealand as well as lots of stuff about the refitting process and life on the road etc. Andy, the husband had no experience of DIY when he started and made a beautiful job of the bus. I really enjoy them. Thanks for the other suggestions! Love your vlog style by the way and gradually working my way through them. (Mrs. L)
Hi David love your channel, found you through exploring alternatives and have since found other narrowboat channels via yours. I've noticed that you clearly love animals, wondered why you don't have a dog or cat on board, tho judging by all the fuss NB exp have maybe you are wise. Merry Christmas
Huntley film archives has some very interesting and very early (horse drawn and steam power) U.K. Canal boating films , worth a look. I find your subdued sense of humor brilliant by the way .....
Good evening. I came across your Cruise the cut well watching Sailing Life and I am now a subscriber. I have a Moody 34 sailing boat and also have my own channel which I have just started. Don’t worry I’m not going to ask you to plug it, as I am still finding my feet. I just wanted to say hi and I always look forward to your Vlog. I am cruising the cut next year round the midland with my Father who is 88 and family. so might see you out there. Merry Christmas
Aha David's secret is finally revealed. He's previously said that he moors up in a marina over the winter months basically to avoid the bad / cold weather here in the UK. In fact now we all know it's purely so that he can hunker down next to his stove & watch all those bloomin' RUclips vlogs that he's clearly subscribed to !! Fuelled of course by many cheese sarnies (that's 'sandwiches' to our N American "cousins" !!) and cups of tea - and no doubt the occasional G & T !!
Totally agree on your sailing choices. Three of my favourite channels. I will also check out the RV ones - not an area I have ever really looked at. Given your choices is there a possibility that you might move from the canals to sailing or RV'ing at some point in the future? And, of course, sailing would be the correct choice.
May I suggest, although you might already know about it, Fun For Louis who is a British traveller along with a great team called Live The Adventure. Very professional style of filming giving a great insight into travelling the world and seeking out adventures away from the usual touristy bits.
I watch a few of test channels too... and will check out the others thanks for the heads up 👍😏 are you staying warm with your cute wood /coal buring stove? hope so.
@@CruisingTheCut I recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching from Vlog #1 (in order, of course). :) I used to have a sail boat on the Chesapeake Bay (Eastern US) and frankly miss boating painfully. I'm not sure I'm young enough any more to live aboard, but I certainly enjoy doing it vicariously through you.
One channel I really like is Cruising Lealea, a retired couple living on and refurbishing their 27 foot albin vega sailboat in alaska. And there's Life Is Like Sailing, a single guy living aboard his C&C 34 sailboat on the coast of british columbia.
Just woke up an hour ago to minus 1 degree F. Windchill minus 17! Brrrrrrrr!! I do pray your not going through the cold spell we have here in Derry, New Hampshire USA. The cold isn't really bad it's the blasted wind. The nice thing is their forecasting the temp to be 50 degrees in two days! I'll take the 50 degrees by all means. I keep wondering if I'll come across St Nick some evening soon. Merry Christmas Stay warm Cheers Jim
It's quite mild here at present; around 10 (Celsius) daytime, 3-4C overnight. The worst we've had this winter was about -9C a couple of weeks ago. I hope you have a roaring fire to keep your spirits up!
Mads from Sail Life is the one that put me onto your channel, and I'm glad he did. I totally agree, once he finishes Athena I think he will buy another boat and start over. I'm going to check out some channels such as VDub, as I like little campers or caravans and not the big RV's. When I retire I think I'll get a truck with a caravan or a little sail boat.
Hi David.....Thanks for the kind words and have a great holiday.
Cheers Russ, you too!
Thank you so much for the kind mention David! I'm honored! :) I thoroughly enjoyed the video as always and I'll check out the other channels this weekend :)
Excellent! Merry Christmas Mads :-)
Thank you so much for the lovely mention! It's surreal to see ourselves being reviewed ;) hope you have a merry christmas on the boat!
Hahaha, I'm sure I will and I hope you do too! Pleased to see your first Portugal video too :-)
Thank you so much for the wonderful recommendations! So much better than the Christmas re-runs that are now on TV.
Oh, and love your sweater! HO HO HO!
Thank you. I'm rather pleased with the sweater too!
Roads like Rivers give one a sense of freedom. We Americans love the RV. We pull our boats behind our RV's. We have caravans of RV's that follow one another to different camp grounds. Norther's come south during the winter for the warmer weather. We southerners call them snow birds. Some people live in their RV's year round, traveling around the country working when they can and seeing this Big country. One can cross four states before another can cross Texas in a day. Keep your video's coming . I enjoy them.
Thank you. Yes, more videos in 2017! Cheers
Thanks for introducing me to the world of narrow boats. Hi from Arkansas, in the US. Great content. Very professionally done. Thanks for sharing your part of the world.
Thank you for watching. Cheers!
Merry Christmas and stay warm.
You too :-)
We always get excited when you post vlogs and play them on our flat screen tv! We will definitely try some of these new to us channels out.
Excellent. I'mm sure you'll like at least some of them :-)
Cheers for the shoutout to ourselves and the other favourite vlogs you have on here, really nicely done and we are loving your Christmas jumper. You made us laugh when talking about Sailife, he is bloody incredible with his DIY and can't wait to see what happens in a year. Merry Christmas.
I'm rather pleased with that jumper myself ;-) Merry Christmas to you too!
It was actually Exploring Alternatives that led me to your channel. I was trapped at home during Covid and devouring RUclips content about travel and getting away from it all as a means of coping. I've watched the vast majority of your videos and now I'm going back through them all from the start. Imagine my surprise when I found this video that mentions the very thing that led me here!
Thanks for the great suggests. Always enjoy finding new RUclips gems.
Hope you enjoy them. Cheers.
Some more vlogs to watch. Great stuff.
You can never have enough!
You are right there,Ive completely stopped watching television.Not today Mr.TV License Man!
Thank you for this. Have a Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year.
And the same to you!
Good vid, I've been following all but two you have mentioned and I agree, watching youtube is darn near a full time job...lol
:-) But it's fun!!
Hello David. Recently came to your channel and busy playing catch up; loving it I must say. Don't know if you've done it yet, but you must get some merchandise done up; 'Hello and welcome to the vlog' on your coffee mug has got to be a winner! Thanks for all your efforts and see you when I catch up. All the best from a chilly South Africa.
Haha cheers, yes I have merch (link in the video descriptions)
👍🏻thanks for adding to my 'must watch' list. I'm here in Quartzsite, AZ and totally agree with how enjoyable RVrTV is to watch. I especially love it when Russ goes 'he hee hee'
He's just full of the joys of everyday life!
Thanks for all the vlogs suggestions. I've seen many of the sailing vlogs but not RV. They are great too. I also enjoy your style.
Thank you. Lots of good stuff in the RV channels. Cheers :-)
Another great video and loads for me to get into, been following you since the beginning and have really enjoyed all your vlogs and your mini adventures, discovered your channel after following narrowboat lad. Thanks again and have a chilled relaxed Christmas, charmaine
Thanks Charmaine, glad you've enjoyed the videos. Happy Christmas to you too.
Thank you for this VLOG. I really appreciate your recommendations. Some of them i am currently watching, others are new to me. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Michael
Good show! Nice vids indeed. You are such a nice guy & have a fun way of describing, telling the story of, etc TKS for sharing🤓
Thanks Kay. Merry Christmas
Funnily enough 6 years later I just found you through gone with the wynns quite recently due to them trying narrow boating!
Welcome along! 😀😀
Good suggestions. Thanks!
Looks like I've got some new videos to watch ;) Cheers sir, Merry Christmas and a Happy (Boaty!) New Year! =D
And to you!
Tell me about it … wanted to go to bed 2 hours ago, then found this video and started clicking the links in the description … but I should really go now. Merry Christmas to you all!
Hahahahaha!!! Sleepy now?!
Yes, indeed. But I have a huge mug of coffee to help me through the day... :)
Thank you so much for yet another interesting blog. Feliz Navidad.
:-)
Thanks David....... I would add S/V Seeker.....Keep Turning Left.... and White Spot Pirates. P.
Cheers Peter
The Exploring Alternatives video brought me to your channel, been binging your videos to catch up.
71 episodes of interesting content so far!!!
grate vid mate.. always look forward to seeing them.. have a lovely Christmas and new year.
Cheers! And you.
Sure can't wait until you can show videos of you cruising the canals again with the peaceful countryside, wonderful locks, overhanging trees and slow cruising . Cannot remember when the last I saw those as they were wonderful. Also, have a wonderful Christmas and Cheers from Alabama.
Come the spring, there'll be plenty! Meanwhile, take a look at Robbie Cumming's channel - brave chap is narrowboating during winter. Lots of great scenery. Cheers!
I know I'm not the first but..... Have a Merry Christmas. You brighten up many of my evenings with your narrowboat meanderings. Thank you.
Thank you, and to you :-)
Excellent list :) always lovely to see you. You cheer me up :) take care and have a lovely Christmas.
Ahhhh, thank you! Happy Christmas to you too.
Thanks for the recommendations. I have watched a few of these. Most of my viewing has been on RV VLOGS, however I found you channel and have been captivated.
My recommendation to you is Keep Your Daydream. A nice family with well recorded and edited videos traveling the US and Canada.
Cheers.
Thanks for that, I'll have a look at it. Cheers
Funny, I watch everyone of these except the first you mentioned. You have good taste. :)
Great minds think alike... ;-)
Excellent video David!
Here's something you may not have thought about...
Americans don't have a canal system, but they do have lots of wide open roads.
RVs are the Narrowboats of the USA.
Very similar, for sure! Cheers
Love your Ho Ho Ho sweater. Merry Christmas.
Asda's finest and only £12!
Some quality knitwear, right there! Cheers for the link, most kind.
It's cosy AND stylish, what more could one want?
Exactly. It says festive, with a nod towards sports casual. Lovely Stuff.
Merry Christmas, love latest vid. ROD.
Merry Christmas to you too
Exploring alternatives is how I found your Chanel :)
Welcome!
Thank you :) I am currently watching through all your videos start to finish and thoroughly enjoying them!
Me too!
Hi David ... thanks I've enjoyed your vids .. I did consider buying a boat around the same time and you actually did it. It's great to see all aspects of boat life and it looks great fun ... merry xmas and have a vlogtastic new year :)
It is fun! Thank you, and have a great Christmas too :-)
Sweater weather! Great style! Merry Christmas!
Oh yes, ho ho ho!
Thank you for sharing this video with us, I will be going over to a few of those channels to have a browse !!
A world of new loveliness to explore!
It was Mads who put me onto your vlog David! Now have you seen Nike's channel 'White Spot Pirates'? She is another sailor who bought a run down aluminium yacht called Karl without seeing it first! Then she flew out to Panama to live on it! Very gutsy girl who's taken us through many highs and lows, most compelling! Looking forward to your next posting... where do I send a Christmas card too?
Cheers Stephen; no cards, maybe put a donation to a local animal rescue charity :-)
Thanks, Sail Life is great, my type of vlog. I can see what you mean, he enjoys fixing and renovation more than the actual sailing. Im the same with everything i do. Id love to get my hands on his wiring!
Haha, I'd like to see you try - he's having far too much fun ripping it out!
Not sure if its been said before but i really like "Fully Charged" which you might like. oh and it appears I am now totally addicted to your channel having watched all 70 odd. Now waiting patiently for the next 70. Keep up the excellent quality and good work
I am subscribed to Fully Charged and it's interesting but Robert's rants against anything non-electric do become quite tiresome. I like the info though.
Thanks David , have already started on "Gone with the Wynns" what an adventure those 2 are having , always intrigued as to how some people survive financially , perhaps they inherited well or played the lotto
Nope, they worked for it, they say. They've blogged about how they afforded the RV etc on their website. Cheers
Well then good for them
Nice one.lots of good info to us land-lovers.keep um comming.
:-)
Wow! Thanks for the list! I must say I started following your VLOG because I saw a mention of it on Sail Life! I need to thank him for that, many enjoyable evenings watching your channel. I will definitely check out the channels you have posted. These long winter evenings need something good to fill them!
Working on making my videos better. Original, interesting content is sometimes hard to come buy but I'll keep trying. Not sailing the Caribbean with a beautiful woman, just local sailing with friends is what I have.
Thanks again, keep the videos coming!
That's the annoying thing about so many sailing channels isn't it - the "click bait" bikini-clad women thumbnails. Wish they put as much effort into the actual video!
I’ve been watching Gone with the Wynn’s long before they switched to the catamaran. 🙂
Excellent!
Great video! All channels were new to me except for Sail Life. You're right every Sunday right away I stop and click on my Sail Life channel.
Haha, the world comes to a halt on Sunday nights thanks to Mads!!
Thanks David for this listing. What a delightful couple on the Driftwood Boat Blog. I really appreciate your continued discovery and association with great content and people like this. Keep up the great work. Cheers
Merry christmas to you!! im thinking with all the RV interest maybe cruising the cut could be coming to an end...maybe it will turn into tickling the tarmac!! haha. have a great christmas.
Tickling the Tarmac, I love it! No, not giving up the boat just yet :-)
Thanks for the suggestions! I’m nearly at the end of your vlogs, David. I’m going to be going thru CTC withdrawals! 😅😳
Oh no!
Keep up the good work loving the vlogs. you could do one on spring cleaning and pre boating season checks. Explaining safety on the canals would be good too. Cooking a narrow boat dish eg curry or summat might be good too. A new stove setting a fire vlog would be good using seasonal timbers lol. ( we need smellivision for pine wood)
Thanks for the ideas though I don't do cooking, for reasons I explained in a recent video. You may like my Christmas Day video though... Cheers
Many thanks again David - really useful recommendations. Have a very happy Christmas and 2017 - talking of 2017 we have just booked accommodation in Crick for the Show.
Well done; there can't be much accommodation in Crick, it's tiny! Maybe see you there. Cheers
Fantastic video about videos - always interesting to watch you vlogs and then find I've shot off to watch someone else in a new tab - wishing you a Happy Christmas and Good New Year too!
Will definitely check these vlogs out, thanks for sharing. Oh by the way 💕Loving the festive jumper💕
Cheers! I'm rather fond of the jumper too :-)
Lots of good viewing there. I found you on Exploring Alternatives , and I'm hooked. I have been following the Wynns for years ! What a great couple. Those are some of the best when you get the his/hers viewpoint on places and things. I'll check out the others. I'm building a Tiny House but may do a trailer refit to take a tour with.
Hi David, I've had several marathon sessions, watching all of your videos, I am now up to date, I think I deserve a medal! We met the other night at the Foxton Locks illuminated boats evening, and I made you jump, lovey to meet you in the flesh. Thanks for the tips on new channels, I am a big fan of Gone with the Wynns, so I'm glad you included them. I'll give the others a look see shortly. When's your next blog due out please? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Hi Sarah. Congratulations on watching all of them :-) Next vlog due as and when I get round to it, I don't stick to a schedule. It's all a bit ad hoc :-) Cheers!
I am another transfer from Mads. Glad he pointed me your way. I love your channel too.
Excellent, thank you for watching :-)
Gone with the Wynns, Excellent recommendation. I've just finished every vlog, lol.
Happy Christmas :-).
Happy Christmas to you too!
Some good suggestions, I am more of a anything that floats guy but I can see how RV videos would crossover with boaty things. Merry Christmas .
Cheers John
Mike and Lauren s baby boy= cutest baby ever 😊
Ah yes, Mads. Been enjoying his videos for quite a while now. I think I found his channel shortly after I started following you. I'm surprised you didn't mention at least one narrow boating channel. I hope life on the water this holiday season is kind to you. Cheers!
This was specifically not about narrowboating channels, not least because we had our narrowboaters Xmas meal last week and they got mentioned in that video. Plus I've put a link to narrowboat vlogs in the video description.
My apologies. I'm going to blame my being up late and somewhat sick, at the time I caught this video, for my not catching that part. In recent months, I've started following a couple of travel and alternate life style related channels as well. With so much great content being made, I'm starting worry about not having the time to catch up on everything.
Watching RUclips is a full-time occupation :-)
Thanks for the list of other channels - funny - I had already found a few that you mentioned and do enjoy them. Love yours as well. Good luck on the Cut this coming season!
Thank you
The young couple in Adventure Adrift are tremendous guides to the history, geography, people, etc of the places they visit that hold the viewers interest....and expand our knowledge of distant places.
the Old Coastie
Well you completely sold me on Sail Life! Cheers :o)
Grab your laptop, lock the door and settle down for a nice weekend viewing his entire collection of videos :-)
Holy video influx batman.... Your not bloody kidding! It'll take hours...
Best put the kettle on permanent boil!
Thanks for sharing!
As ever a great Vlog with some brilliant channels to look into.
Cheers
Cheers
Great recommendations. I would add Keep Your Daydream as another option.
Sadly many of us do not have any money behind us to achieve this great life you now have.Loving the vlogs by the way can`t wait for more.
I don't have any great amount of savings either; I was lucky enough to have a house to sell of course, with enough left after repaying the mortgage to buy the boat!
Two huge thumbs up for the amazing Christmas sweaters in this video!!
Thank you. You have good taste.
How funny! Roger Distill was my RE teacher in the 80s at Christ Church, small world living in small homes :)
Exploring Alternatives is how I found you! because of my THOW-tiny house on wheels interests.. due to covid interests in alternatives has explored
The BEST RUclips video I think I've seen. YT is my primary source for DIY, info, and entertainment, and I honestly cannot remember ANYONE I subscribe to dedicating an entire episode to promoting others. You rock dude! I live in the US, but maybe one day I'll win that same lottery you speak of and have the funds to come cruise the canals for a month...
Nice. I frequent 4 of those haunts of yours and may try the others.
:-)
I had a giggle listening to you describe RVing in the US because it sounded like me describing narrowboating in the UK. :D I discovered narrowboating during a 2016 trip to the UK (right after I bought a vintage Airstream that I started living in when we returned) and have been planning to someday live aboard abroad with my kids since.
I very recently discovered sailing vlogs (Sailing Britatly was the first and still my favorite) which inspired me to add sailing the world and vlogging to my dreams. I'm very selective about the channels I subscribe to, having very little free time, and always appreciate recommendations from channels I watch.
Great vlog! I found you thru Exploring Alternatives, which I had watched for several years! If they like it, you will know it is good! Well, I watched you...highly impressed...nice shout out for some nice channels...having watched several of them already! Suggest you watch a guy named Bob Wells. He is in the USA, has many great tips for alternative ways to live the RV Life with lots think outside the box helps! He also does interviews with other travelers. Well worth your time. Thx for this!
Cheers Patricia!
Happy Holidays! Stay warm! .pgw/OR/USA
Yep, I watch all those channels too. Bet you'd like catfish and carp.
Only in breadcrumbs and finger-shaped, with chips and ketchup ;-)
Happy New Year David, agree with you about Saillife, Mads is very good and has some amount of viewers within a day of posting, very entertaining. A few others I have come across are Andrew Ditton (Airstream full timer, UK based), 4XOverland (Outback travels) and the More We Explore (Airstream semi full timers) and the Boss of the Swamp! Enjoy.
Cheers for those!
Great vlog. I recommend to you Adventures of an Old Seadog a retired sailing Brit from Plymouth who is currently in the Pacific. Secondly Tula's Endless Summer a young couple and their dog living on a catamaran one of my essential watches on cold miserable days. One of the items you can pick up at the "Tula's" store is a t-shirt with the phrase "Don't Give Up your Daydream" I can relate to that sentiment. We Americans don't have big RVs they are just proportionate, bigger country you know. LOL
I follow Madds channel. Every vidio of him hitting the high sea's and he get debilitatingly sick! But all narrow boaters should see his DIY projects. Especially refrigeration.
You might like to have a look at NZBusLife - a young couple who have completely refitted an old school bus - and travel the country with their two delightful young children. Fabulous shots of all over New Zealand as well as lots of stuff about the refitting process and life on the road etc. Andy, the husband had no experience of DIY when he started and made a beautiful job of the bus. I really enjoy them. Thanks for the other suggestions! Love your vlog style by the way and gradually working my way through them. (Mrs. L)
I enjoy you vlog, very interesting.
Thanks.
And we in Quartzsite in-joy watching yours. Thanks
A bigger contrast between locations I can hardly imagine! Thanks for tuning in :-)
it is 112* F right now. A week ago it was 122* F. Thats way I am at home (in my caravan) watching you on the water.
Yikes. I hope your caravan has air-con?!
it does, and it works well! air-con is a must have in this part of the world. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Thank you for the link😊
Cheers Ed
Hi David love your channel, found you through exploring alternatives and have since found other narrowboat channels via yours. I've noticed that you clearly love animals, wondered why you don't have a dog or cat on board, tho judging by all the fuss NB exp have maybe you are wise. Merry Christmas
Hi. Thanks. Animals are quite costly (food/flea treatment/annual jabs/insurance etc). I'd also worry too much. Easier to borrow other people's!
Huntley film archives has some very interesting and very early (horse drawn and steam power) U.K. Canal boating films , worth a look. I find your subdued sense of humor brilliant by the way .....
Thank you! I'll take a look. Cheers
Good evening. I came across your Cruise the cut well watching Sailing Life and I am now a subscriber. I have a Moody 34 sailing boat
and also have my own channel which I have just started. Don’t worry I’m not going to ask you to plug it, as I am still finding my feet. I just wanted to say hi and I always look forward to your Vlog. I am cruising the cut next year round the midland with my Father who is 88 and family. so might see you out there. Merry Christmas
Excellent, welcome aboard the channel John and good luck with yours. Best wishes for 2017!
Aha David's secret is finally revealed. He's previously said that he moors up in a marina over the winter months basically to avoid the bad / cold weather here in the UK. In fact now we all know it's purely so that he can hunker down next to his stove & watch all those bloomin' RUclips vlogs that he's clearly subscribed to !! Fuelled of course by many cheese sarnies (that's 'sandwiches' to our N American "cousins" !!) and cups of tea - and no doubt the occasional G & T !!
I actually found out about your channel from Exploring Alternatives. I like to watch The Endless Adventure.
Totally agree on your sailing choices. Three of my favourite channels. I will also check out the RV ones - not an area I have ever really looked at. Given your choices is there a possibility that you might move from the canals to sailing or RV'ing at some point in the future? And, of course, sailing would be the correct choice.
Oooh, no! I get queasy even in a mild swell and I'm not partial to heeling over. It would be the RV for me! (sorry)
May I suggest, although you might already know about it, Fun For Louis who is a British traveller along with a great team called Live The Adventure. Very professional style of filming giving a great insight into travelling the world and seeking out adventures away from the usual touristy bits.
OK, cheers
I watch a few of test channels too... and will check out the others thanks for the heads up 👍😏 are you staying warm with your cute wood /coal buring stove? hope so.
Yes, very warm thank you!
OMG! I LOVE your sweater!
Haha thank you, a bargain from Asda :-)
@@CruisingTheCut I recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching from Vlog #1 (in order, of course). :) I used to have a sail boat on the Chesapeake Bay (Eastern US) and frankly miss boating painfully. I'm not sure I'm young enough any more to live aboard, but I certainly enjoy doing it vicariously through you.
Tha'ts a jumper worthy of Bridget Jones's Diary
Does that make me Colin Firth? I'm happy with that :-)
Why not.
:)
One channel I really like is Cruising Lealea, a retired couple living on and refurbishing their 27 foot albin vega sailboat in alaska. And there's Life Is Like Sailing, a single guy living aboard his C&C 34 sailboat on the coast of british columbia.
Yes, I watch Alfy too, his videos are beautiful. Cheers
Just woke up an hour ago to minus 1 degree F. Windchill minus 17! Brrrrrrrr!! I do pray your not going through the cold spell we have here in Derry, New Hampshire USA. The cold isn't really bad it's the blasted wind. The nice thing is their forecasting the temp to be 50 degrees in two days! I'll take the 50 degrees by all means.
I keep wondering if I'll come across St Nick some evening soon.
Merry Christmas
Stay warm
Cheers
Jim
It's quite mild here at present; around 10 (Celsius) daytime, 3-4C overnight. The worst we've had this winter was about -9C a couple of weeks ago. I hope you have a roaring fire to keep your spirits up!
Mads from Sail Life is the one that put me onto your channel, and I'm glad he did. I totally agree, once he finishes Athena I think he will buy another boat and start over.
I'm going to check out some channels such as VDub, as I like little campers or caravans and not the big RV's. When I retire I think I'll get a truck with a caravan or a little sail boat.
Note that VDubVanLife are now called The Indie Projects. In fact, I must change the link I expect, I'll do that later.
Really enjoyed the video this week. Curious what Mic you said you use? The sound quality is great and something I have struggled with on my videos.
It's the Rode Filmmaker kit (wireless lavalier). Full kit list at the bottom of the recent video descriptions.
Very cool thanks. I use the video mic to go but it is not a wireless lavaliere.