314. The BIGGEST fun in a tiny boat!
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- A day aboard a micro-cruiser on the river!
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I was delighted to be invited to spend a day aboard a wonderfully quirky canal and river cruiser boat by Samantha Rigley whose adventures I follow on Instagram. Join us, in this video!
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I was delighted to be invited to spend a day aboard a wonderfully quirky canal and river cruiser boat by Samantha Rigley whose adventures I follow on Instagram. Join us, in this video!
Follow Sam at instagram.com/themidlifecruises
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I looked up the Wilderness Beaver Cub. You set a high standard. Sweet looking boat, though.
I know this is how he makes his living, but honestly, if I hear one more commercial, I might go screaming out into the woods.
David is making the world a little bit better , 20 minutes at a time.
Oh how I agree. You're lovely David.
😊😊
well said
David, hubby and I had a few boats throughout the years. Pontoon boats, fishing boats, bass boats. They were all fun and really let you get out and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. Son is married now with his own family and has his own boat. That's what happens when you raise a child out in the open fresh air and a good hobby like fishing. Seemed like you enjoyed that trip. Good to see you again. Take care.
Loved this video I just took my micro plus 500 out of the water after a nice summer, and thank god the river’s in Lincolnshire have risen greatly in the last few days. Winter refit and back at it next year. If your floating you’re boating ..
"If your floating you’re boating .." Soooo true! years ago I built a 7' row boat from 1 multi ply 1/8" board, and made it into a mini sailboat, absolutely delightful!
What a lovely lady with a great outlook on life. I smiled throughout the whole video.
When you spoke of wanting a Dutch barge, I understood. Always wanted one like The Princess Matilda, designed and built by Peter Nicholls. Already liked it before reading Timothy Spall’s book. Not a narrowboat but quite the beauty.
Yes!
Nice to see my home town of Sawley on the channel David. Ha! It’s clear to see who’s sponsoring the channel. Sam is spot on, and a really nice person. Sawley Marina home of the now dreadful looking ‘floating homes’… isn’t what it used to be but , oh well, it’s a great video and with it being my ‘regular haunt’ for most of my life a place I regularly return to. Hail Sawley Cut.
I'm sorry but . . . 3500 pounds for this boat is an absolute BARGAIN ! It doesn't take a genius to see just how much joy and fulfillment she gets from her tiny boat and, I know the Brit's rarely tell you how much they paid for something, something most American's are more than willing to do, just a cultural difference from across the pond. I also love the way the boat is decorated and those fruity cushions are the bomb. I really enjoyed this video David far more than I initially expected. I wish you well in your search for your next floating vessel, a new chapter and a new adventure in your life. Thanks so much for sharing.
Glad you liked it! 😀
The concrete barge at 17:14 would make a real project!
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Oh my, yes!
There used to be two of them parked (I doubt they were moored) alongside the Grand Union, visible from Old Oak Lane Bridge, in London, but they were removed, some years ago.
I had a few thoughts about possible uses but no more than that, as I had a house to rebuild.
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DO IT DAVID DO IT !!!
Pleased for Sam finding a new adventure with her sweet little boat. Loved the river trip David, thankyou.😊😊
Thanks for that very nice people and boats 🚢
Great inspiration!
Bit of chop on water bounce aroujd like a Cork.
There's not much chop on the rivers and canals
I always like the fact that you like the Dutch barges so much. Being Dutch and living near a number of canals I do see them a lot (as workboats on the Dutch Canals).
The bigger the boat the further away you are from the water.
You got my attention!
You are an amazing journalist david, very well done as always.👍
Thank you kindly!
What an absolutely lovely woman Sam is, and it's so good o see how much she loves her little boat and really enjoys being on board.
It must have been a great little cruise David, with excellent weather to enjoy it even more.
Thanks for this very entertaining video.
Nothing quite like the joy on David's face when he's on a tiny boat. Did you get to pet Daisy and Duke?
Haha no but I said hello to them :-)
She nailed the perfect description of why people love boating! Well done to you ma'am! Thanks for sharing Dave. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
'When the weather is fine you know it's the time
For messin' about on the river
If you take my advice there's nothing so nice
As messin' about on the river'..
Sam was such a delight. It would be amazing to meet people like that and spend a day with them in a relaxing, lazy afternoon. Another amazing, fun video!
David thank you for introducing Sam. A lovely lady, a lovely story and very wise words. Cheers
Agree about Sam. Lovely lady with some really great, sincere words of wisdom at the end.
Wise and actually fully true words. Just to come down to my boat is enough to feel what she expresses. I hope many listen to her and are encouraged to take a similar step into something new and nice in their lives!
Best video I've watched for ages, going to get rid of my sailboat and buy a boat like Sam's
David you were so spot-on with your thought about the "tiny cabin" with regard to a stormy night. Nothing like being cozy and dry whilst just above your head Mother Nature rages unabated. Unless of course you are poking your head out of a hatch! Cheers.
As ever what a fantastic community David. Nearest thing we have today in Britain to those terraced streets where neighbours looked out for neighbours and where it was easy to get assistance when needed.
Great vid and what a delightful lady Sam is. Her positivity and enthusiasm is genuinely contagious and is very refreshing to say the least
Sam is awesome, and her boat is adorable. Thank you David.
That's a really nice little boat. Sam has sold the dream quite well.
I am so glad that she was able to buy a boat so she has her happy place. That’s what we all need to do. She had great advice at the end. Her boat was so cute and cozy and it looked like so much fun. I’m also glad you got to enjoy the day with her. I hope you can find a mini boat soon
Lovely as always
A Matrix reference was the last thing I was expecting on this channel 🤣
Glad you liked it! Hahaha ;-)
A man of many talents! 🇨🇦
Such a great movie. Somehow the reference went over my head the first time watching. Haha
@remyllebeau77 I must admit it was about 30secs when I suddenly went HEY Tank that's the Matrix v funny
I loved this vid. And she’s very wise, really knows what’s those priceless moments we all need from time to time.
Sam and her boat are a wonderful pairing, thanks for sharing her story, so glad you had perfect weather for the event.
Ironically, I'm currently moored just opposite the marina and the towpath was under a foot of water this morning! It's going down now, but the lovely handlers of the local mini-tug collected us from our boats and ferried us to dry land so we could go shopping. Anyway, the day before the flood we had a great lunch at the cafe and visited the chandlery too - all very professional 🙂
Yeah, I've just been watching a video of the flooding there posted by the Sawley locks volunteers, it's astonishing how high it's come (and burst over the lock)
@@CruisingTheCut Further down at the Beeston Weir, it's like an ice rink. A fast moving ice rink, but there is no stepping down anymore. And that's a decent sized weir.
@@CruisingTheCuthi where could I see the vid?
@SpikeSCFC It was on Twitter
@fredbrandon1645 weather.
'Narrows' were once all wood, I'm sure people were opposed to it when iron plate narrows came out, but they became the norm. There's no reason, beside nostalgia, for narrow boats to not now be made from fiberglass. I'm sure the 'steel' boat makers and traditionalists are opposed, but the price and maintenance would be substantionally lower. That alone would increase the number of regular folks able to 'cruise the cut'...
There's at least one narroboat being built out of plastic. Not GRP but thick polyetheline or something. I'm sorry I can't give you a link, it's been months since I read about it.
Long ago, before buying a "real" boat, we had an 8.5ft. Zodiac inflatable, the smallest thing you could buy that would mount an outboard engine. I miss it to this day. Tiny boats are big fun, and so much cheaper to run and easier to maintain.
Your a real journalist, David, always finding something different and interesting, with really good quality video as well as content! Keep 'em coming! A.
Thank you!
Oh my goodness David. It’s been a long time since I left a comment. But I felt a sense of real excitement when you said you are looking for a boat. Oh boy, what an a wonderful new adventurer you will take us on now. GO FOR IT!
Haha stay tuned... ;-)
I live in the U.S., and we don't really have waterways like this, but if I lived in such a place, this would be the type of boat for me. Don't want to live aboard; it wouldn't work well with a lot of my favorite activities, but being able to boat on a river or even the canal network would bring big enjoyment.
David, your videos never disappoint! Thanks and keep up the good work.
Glad you like them!
I've always been a bit snooty about 'yoghurt pots' but I can now see the appeal, as compared to the onerous investment entailed in owning a narrowboat. Samantha's enthusiasm is definitely infectious!
Such passion went into personalising that boat. Delightful. And Tangerine Dream is a great name, regardless of whether or not you remember the prog-electronica-forefathers. 😁
What a lovely little boat and owner.
You are right about hatches and sticking heads out 😂❤
Absolutely!!
We lived in the thumb of Michigan, when my kids were younger….they had a boating class & got a boaters license BEFORE a drivers license 😳😬🫣
It's thanks to this channel I bought my "fixer upper" house boat finally finished repairs and upgrades after a year and a half, and I can safely say nothing has done my mental health more good than spending weekends checked out of the world on my boat.
Superb!
What a charming woman Samantha is! Thank you for introducing her to us, and sharing the fun of UK waterways. 🙏👌 Liz
What a lovely lady. Her personality is highly attractive.
What an adorable little boat! Proof positive you don't have to have a huge budget to enjoy the hobby -- doesn't AQUAHOLIC always say, "if you're floating you're boating?"
A fantastic looking vessel. It reminds me of a nautical version of the "Bond Bug" car.
Oh it is, isn't it? I wanted a Bond Bug so much when I was little! 😄
A cozy little boat for a weekend getaway 🙂
Your "standing up in the hatch" bit made me chuckle, David. Thanks for another great mini-doc and I really think you need to get one of these--soon!
Working on it hahaha!
The message at the end was so right. Unfortunately boating here in the Pacific Northwest is becoming more and more unaffordable. Moorage and Insurance is pricing many older boaters out and is cost prohibitive to younger people. While prices on cruise ships continues to drop. It’s tough.
Nice video as always David, I have just returned from Sawley today, went to check my boat, could not get near the jetty as its underwater, will be putting a short video up later.
Lovely vlog David and what a super community. Thank you.
What a lovely video. Even this boat might be more than I need. I've been thinking of importing an Arran 16 with the forward cuddy shelter and steering console. Seems like the perfect boat.
What a great boat! Exactly what I'm looking for myself and the grandkids. Thanks.
I vote yes to a vid about a converted lifeboat! Sam and Tangerine are wonderful! I think my lady wife may have just seen herself boating just a bit! Well done !
Eeeeeeee!~. This is so delightful - she's done a fabulous job with it! ❤ omgosh it's so cute!
Isn't it just?!
Glad Samantha found the enjoyable past time of boating . Thanks David. I appreciate and enjoy your work.
Fantastic stuff and you DEFINITELY need to get one of those boats! 😀 There are lots of similar boats, albeit in white, at my marina and some very hardy souls use them as London liveaboards. They're perfect dayboats / overnighters for the canal and river and, if you can find another one in orange, then it's a winner! My friend has a 1970s speedboat (like the ones in the Bond film Live & Let Die) that he's painted orange with a black stripe and we've nicknamed it "Jaffa" 😀 Had lots of fun on that recently pootling along the canal.
That sound superb!
04:40 "There is no joy, quite like the joy ,of poking your head out of a hatch". Man alive, I laughed at that - such a human thing we're almost all guilty of enjoying.
🤣🤣
Unlike that swan, you fed us a nice video! Looks like you had a delightful day on the water. Thank you for the adventure.
Thanks for watching
When you mentioned Women’s Weekly🤣. Memories of Victoria Wood. RIP. You need to be a certain age, if you know 😀👍
Hahaha that's why I mentioned it!!!! I was curious to see if anyone would make that reference ;-)
You were my go to quiet place, when you were on the cut. Thanks David.👍🇦🇺🙏
David, noticing all those small Japanese outboards triggered a not-so-fond memory of my 1964 British Seagull. I’ll keep my comments to myself, thank you, but you should consider doing a British Seagull episode. There are some absolute Seagull fanatics out there ready to be interviewed.
That's an excellent idea! I remember those engines too. I'll have to do some Googling
That brings back memories of my first sailboat (a 28 foot homebuilt deep draft cutter) that had a seagull as it's only power - memories of going "full steam ahead" south down the ICW, trying to outrun winter - while the current was actually pushing us back north in relation to the land... fun times!
What a fun little boat!
Can't beat a bit of bargain boating. I spent a couple of grand on a little Dawncraft Dandy for my 40th a few years ago. Cheap and cheerful, and requires next to no maintenance - fibreglass for the win!
Perfect!!
What a lovely boating day! Such a nice video 👏
Thanks so much! 😊
Hope everyone on the Trent is ok after Storm Babette
My parents had an orange Micro Plus exactly the same in the 1970’s. It could even be this one!! We used to cruise in in exactly the same area you were filming David, and often stayed out overnight, us kids in a tent in a cow field in the shadow of the power station (no risk assessments in those days) and we also used to tow it to Pwhelli in north Wales and use it on the sea! We have actually seen Sam in her orange boat on the Trent recently near Trent Lock - we overtook her in NB Sea Glass (she was just pootling along) What a really enjoyable video. Thank you so much. Catherine 😅
What a fantastic lady, and a gorgeous little boat. I am ready for another adventure. ilona
"You won't be sorry." So true. I have had power and I have had sail. I cannot pick a favorite. I can no longer handle a boat bit I do remember the good times. That alone was worth the ownership. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
You too!
I hope you find a magnificent Dutch barge widebeam. I'll bet its magic would captivate you....
I like that even the ropes on her boat are colorful. What fun! 😊
Great Blog As Always ❤️ Nice Bit kit 👀
Glad you like it!
Fantastic activity and an inspiring woman. Thanks for the lovely video ☺
Glad you enjoyed it!
So why must "traditional" narrow boat be built from steel. Original narrow boats were timber boats. Why can't new age "modern" narrow boats built from be fibre glass (& cheaper) ?
Good to see you so exited about a small boat.
Thanks for letting Sam show how it's possible to own a boat without breaking the budget and knowing nothing about boats but showing it can be done , the outboard makes it simple to maintain as if its a major problem with it just get another one,
Now you already have a canal wife for boaty stuff so I hope you are not looking to engage in canal bigamy
Great chanel, keep it up ( not a double entendre 😂)
Regards Richard
I'll happily listen to you talk about Readley if it means that you'll get another boat someday. cheers
What a lady! As I understand "in a certain age" means "the best time of your life".
This is the life I want. Maybe not to live aboard a narrowboat (which no doubt brings its own inconveniences), but to have a little cruiser that is just big enough to sleep aboard for a few nights, maybe a week at a time, and use it whenever I need to get away from things for a bit.
Oh David! You belong in a boat!!!
It just suits you....Get your Skipper Cap out of storage!!..There's just something about you on a boat of your own.! its just so Right...I think I am as excited to see you excited about a little boat..And knowing now that a boat is in your future...Im excited!, Happy! And relieved!! Thank Samantha for sharing her sweet Tangerine Dream....what great fun..🛥⚓
Well done as usual David. I have been having some of life's challenges thrown at me. I saw you vid pop up, an instantly found a spot to hide out and watch. Totally relaxed. Thank you so much.
Glad to help 😀
Oops I forgot. Well done David.
Hi David,
So you have the boating bug, eh? I'm sure you ill find the right one eventually.
That Angerine Dream boat seems nice too, goo dfor that lady.
You make a compelling case for the Readly App I must say.
There’s a hole in the roof of the boat, you’ve got to stick your head through it 😂👍🏼
Exactly!
I would LOVE to see you in your own boat again❣️
David, you're incorrigible. You want a tiny fun boat, a narrowboat, a houseboat, a converted lifeboat ... hahaha
Yep!!
Must admit I would be happy to see some content about GRP boats from back home in the UK. I enjoy watching some channels about narrow boats but they are irrelevant to me personally where I live in the Czech Republic. I just spent three seasons using a small boat just like this and loved it. The drawback was not being able to stand up inside the cabin when going on longer trips that stretched overnight. As such I have just bought a Waterland 700 for use on the Czech rivers, a Dutch made GRP boat, that offers just a little bit more comfort. Still cheap as chips boating though.
Yes, it's definitely a "sit down inside" boat, a bit like my campervan but on water!
I agree! Messing around with boats is quite fun.
Honda versus Suzuki- almost moto GP!!
References to “Convoy” and “The Matrix” in this chronicle of a lovely outing in a tiny boat!
The internet doesn’t get any more fun than this!
Thank you, David!
Loved the views and seeing all the other boats. It made me happy to hear her story too.
lovely boat and captain!
What a delightful lady and her boat is just perfect. Yes, when you were shooting in the cabin below I thought, it’s just like his camper van only with a different layout and color scheme, but it’s on the WATER!!! What fun! Question: what happens in winter? Do the rivers ice over so non-steel boats must be lifted? Final thought…when they develop electric motors for boats like this, the entire experience will be elevated to totally irresistible! Thank you for another completely lovely vlog! ❤
The rivers don't tend to freeze because of the motion of the water but the canals can do, though it doesn't tend to be very thick or for more than a couple of days, usually.
What a relaxing video, well done.
Thank you very much!
At 12:22 the boat you called cute is a eager beaver logging tug from america. ❤
To have any sort of boat on the river, here in Tasmania, need to pass a maritime exam and hold a licence..
I Want My Full Time Tiny Home To Be A All Season Off-Grid Floatable/Drivable 70 Person Enclosed Bunker Liveaboard Lifeboat Built Within A Barge With CCTV/Solar and Wind Power So My Home Can Float In and Out Of Cities/Towns/Snow/War Zones and Flood Zones If Need Be Here In The USA + I Love YA RUclips Lots and Lots
Well thought out dream boat! One of my fantasy "survival" live aboard boats was based on an ocean going barge with a greenhouse for growing food.
have they got Private Eye? re the mass of this episode...ie the rant of all rants
You should do a crossover episode with Orla the lifeboat