266. A narrowboat designed for the less agile liveaboard boater
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- What would a narrowboat look like if you were able to start with a blank sheet of paper and design it so that the boat was still very usable in later life or with limits on your physical agility? A couple from Hampshire have done just that so I went along to see the finishing touches being put to the boat ahead of it going on display at the Crick Waterways show in June.
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Nice video...very interesting for us old folks. Just wondering what a rig like this cost?
Less than £200,000
@@CruisingTheCut much less? Closer to 150 or 200? Did they not want it revealed?
@@CraftedVision It is not so much as not wanting to reveal, it is that the price of things is increasing fast, even though the boat is only just finished the price of a similar one would be much higher. So the price we are paying is irrelevant.
@@tinac4140 I still think people would like to know. I know I certainly would :)
@@CruisingTheCut I'm shocked. I was thinking it had to be at least £250K if not nudging 300K.
This couple have done their homework. Wishing them years of enjoyment.
Agreed :)
I definitely would like to see this boat on the water! Please DO give us at least a quick update when the boat launches. Hopefully, the owners will consent to a candid review of their impressions after they've lived on it a while, also.
Hello David Greetings from the USA I love the couple you interviewed showing that you can live on a boat no matter the age and ability or disability Thank you for showing them
Thank you for this wonderful series of videos. We are in the USA, with rather different boating experiences, but equally enjoyable. My wife (of +50 years) and I enjoy watching each episode of your series. Your series allows us to “binge watch” in the evenings and is by far, more relaxing than “television”. We enjoy the lovely scenery, your kindness, your eloquent descriptors, your occasional self deprecations, and all of those sprinkled in with to your VLOG. So from us, thank you, take care, and our most warmest regards.
Thank you
Actually taking time to think about what you want, doing a lot of homework about what is available and a builder who is willing to build outside of the box!
How throughly refreshing!
The icing on the cake were those resin and wood tables and countertops. Beautiful.
I liked this vlog, as I've designed my house for ageing in place.
Unrelated to this episode and in case you haven't heard this yet, I wanted to pass it along. I just read a book published in 2020 in the UK, The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson. It's classed as women's fiction, but centers around life on narrowboats. In the acknowledgements, she mentions how the Cruising the Cut vlog was useful to her writing.
I am so happy for this couple being able to help design their boat to suit their needs and perhaps some disabilities in the future. They appear to truly enjoy boating so I wish them all the happiness aboard their boat and I hope they get to cover all the places on their bucket list. Have a Blessed day and thank you for sharing this couple's story.
Forget the benefits for “less agile” this seems to be just a well thought out boat design anyone would love.
There's a design concept in user design that designing for less able is just good design. This boat certainly fits that bill!
Knowing your ability and planning around it sure increases quality of life. Good for them.
Thank you for continuing with this channel even after selling your boat.
I won’t be living aboard a narrow boat myself.
But I’ve found the series not only entertaining, but quite informative of variations of self sufficient and nomadic styles of living.
But I do hope to spend a relaxing holiday on one should I get the opportunity to do so.
Thank you.
👍😎
Listening to deliberate thinkers is quite enjoyable.
It's going to be an excellent build.
Thank you for sharing.
That horse thought your channel was called CruisingTheColt. He was angry because you wouldn't let him appear in your video!! Very interesting boat, but I did think, judging by the title, that it would somehow be wheelchair friendly as a future safeguard, as the lady has mobility issues, but it obviously works for them!!😀
What an absolutely lovely couple. I wish them luck and happiness aboard.
I'm impressed by the design of this boat, and the details. Even if you don't have special needs, things like the split bed, the bow storage, mounting the appliances higher-those any boat could use. Going full electric has its positives, like reducing pollution, I'd like to see a follow-up to find out how well their solar panels and generator work out. It's a beautiful boat, and I hope they enjoy their travels
After Looking at this narrow boat it really takes the fun out of others. This couple should be in the design business.
I couldn't get past the 'Martian Canal Trust' T-shirt--that's hard core! 😎
I totally approve of that Martian Canal Trust shirt 👍 If I ever meet them I hope to be wearing my Mars Congessional Republic Navy shirt.
Lovely... but having worked with resin... I think those beautiful tables are worth more than my boat! I am tempted to bodge mine into an electric drive too though! Fantastic stuff. They did amazingly well. Thanks!
Excellent! Aging-In-Place among live aboard narrowboaters is something to be considered. Not just aging-in-place, but anyone with a physical disability. This was a great presentation of the possibilities.
excellent! thank you so much for providing that David - and to the lovely couple for letting you (and us) in
Another interesting episode David. I especially liked the couple's 'team work' and obvious love of life and love for each other:)
What a smart boat design for older boaters by a lovely couple. Many years of happy cruising for both of you. Thank you, David.
Having worked on electrics for more years than I want to admit I must say that's one of the neatest installations that I've ever seen. Great job, Weston Boats.
Beautifully made modern narrowboat
The change to narrowboats in the last 5 years has been quite impressive. It will be interesting to see what changes in the next 5 years. Excellent design on this one and quite pretty too.
Totally agree
What a delightful couple - I wish them many happy years together on the canal system.
Brilliant, David! Your vlog answered a lot of reservations I had about operating a narrowboat in your 70s and 80s. I wish this couple all the best and hope they stay in touch with us somehow.
John Ontario, Canada
Yet another totally enjoyable vlog...
Yay! An incinerating toilet! I always thought they would be great for boating, RV’ing, off grid living - so happy to see one in a narrow boat
And I love the tub ❣️
I really appreciate your forethought in deciding to video this particular project David. However the problem remains no matter how much modernisation you can do to a narrowboat, whether its engine related, or even power supply, plus the internal layout onboard, you still have to contend with the problem of someone clambering up a ladder to sort out the next lock in front of you.
Unless the CRT suddenly decide to install remote control locks on the entire network then this lovely couple will face many hours of sweat and toil, just like you did.
PS. That's a lovely compact bath on board. My experience as an elderly parent with a disabled daughter suggests it will become difficult to get out of without a hoist. Well done David for showing us this project.
Fantastic boat for a lovely couple Alot of effort went into this project from all involved. I'm sure it will be remote control within 6 months knowing Peter😄
Very nice, I'm liking the diverse topics you are vlogging. It's nice to see that there's more to the canals and canal life than just cruising up and down them.
What a lovely couple and a fantastic way of building a narrowboat
Technology changes in solar and batteries are going to become a massive game changer moving forward. This was a fascinating look at a couple in their mature years and how they have thought and planned, really nice. Thanks again :)
You have no idea how much this vlog helped us! We are both in our 70's and have wanted to hire a narrowboat when we can travel over to the UK again. We have been discouraged by our ages and the limited mobility we now face. The boat they are building makes perfect sense to us. They have really put a lot of thought into this new boat.
I really am enjoying your informative vlogs. I still miss the traveling vlogs, but this new format is very helpful and enjoyable. THANK YOU!!!
i love those counter and table tops.
Lovely idea to publicize some about this topic! Inclusivity of disability in any field is important to make note of. What I REALLY want to know more about, though, is the Martian Canal Trust...
"ex ares lucem" translates as 'the light from Ares', with Ares being the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Mars - the god of war. Make of that what you will!
Interestingly, given the current nightmare in Eastern Europe, whilst Mars was an important god for the Romans, much praised and celebrated, Ares was not at all popular with the Greeks, representing not the triumphs of war, but more the brutality and nastiness of it. So, a literal translation of Mars to Ares is not really accurate. Had Holst been an ancient Greek, he would have written a very different piece of music!
@@paulhaynes8045 Technically Busted. However the revisionist Romans wanted an original myth to base their war god on, as part of building the Roman War Machine. Despite the continuity, Mars became associated with wars supporting Roman civilisation, marble temples and grand music. I used the fact that in SF and astronomy Mars and Ares are used interchangeably. Mars just has TOO good a canal tradition to ignore for fun boaty stuff/
Great video and a fantastic idea for a follow-up video in a year or two, David! I look forward to it and, in the meantime, I would like to wish Peter and Tina happy cruising!
How wonderful for this couple! Thank You David! ♥
A handi-capable narrowboat, Bravo David.
I was sad when you stopped cruising, your calming style and delivery were often exactly the catharsis I needed. That said, I do think I like your new videos even more. Thank you for continuing to provide us all with such excellent content.
I had to come back and look at this vlog. I hope you do a updated vlog of this lovely boat designed by a creative couple.
Love the level of thought and planning they put into their design choice and those inlays are simply gorgeous.
Beautifully told story! Your professionalism is showing again. I love how this couple is grabbing life by the horns and refuse to be stopped by age.
Inspiration for the less able, a interesting build. Good luck to them. Looking forward to the revisit when it’s all up and running. 👍
Thanks 👍
This couple just makes me so happy. They’re very adorable!
Love it! That was fantastic!. Now we 'all' have a chance to cruise the canals without having to be young and super strong. Thank you for sharing their story. And yes, this is the future of boating the canals!🤗💕
Absolutely!!
Something went wrong with my last post, anyway, great video, and a vey interesting subject David. Love the table/worksurface resin thing, the bed is great idea, the shore power for and aft is easy to do but good too, I could just sit and bask in the power controls, (I am electronics engineer) looks really interesting. The toilet, turns it all to ash...... wow. There will always be something you did not think of, so don't let that upset them, but it looks like a good solution to me. If I got a narrow boat, this would be my ideal. Powered capstan fwd and aft? really good silencer on generator.? Hydraulic arms that come out of the side with spikes on that press into the bank instead of mooring pins? Ok, so too much wine :-) hope they have years of enjoyment out of it.
Hydraulic arms with spikes? Could be handy for boarding actions, like an update on the ancient Roman corvus. 🤣 Would two of them be corvi?
If you want to see a really good silencer on a generator look at Dave Jesse's TH-cam channel. He also speaks to camera about this in the CC Electric Dreams episode. I considered the "hospital silencer plus quarter wave section" concept but traded that out by having the lead-carbon bank and deferred charging. It was too much technical risk for the schedule we had. His example used a different gen-set, so I could not simply copy his example. I hold it in high regard though, he solved the problem in a restricted space and has a quiet enough solution that pedestrians did not notice it. Hopefully manufacturers will pick this up. For mooring: hope for bollards or rings, failing that Armco, last of all pins. Why knock more holes in the bank?
A lot of good information not just for old folks. A lot of easability notions that other people benefit from in modern-day society have come from supporting those with less mobility. As a person who has had to deal with rheumatoid arthritis all my life (currently 36) and wants to do narrowboating and have many other adventures, I have to be very mindful of the accessibility of any vehicle or equipment especially when an unprovoked flare-up occurs. I am excited to see how many industries solve these issues. Thanks for showcasing this.
Thats a nice boat . The resin / woodwork is excellent. Even without the resin sections, the grain patterns in the timber are like a great picture you never tire looking at. have a suggestion in relation to rope work, it might be workable maybe not. Lewmar style winches as used on sailing boats to tension the sails to assist with the mooring lines. They now use larger versions on super yachts to tension the mooring lines!. Possibly not useful in locks, but for general mooring they might take the load off the arms / hands and back. I know my grip is getting worse as time goes on due to arthritis. I'm not using my index fingers as I type this, so I can appreciate their efforts t make life easier and allow them to enjoy what ultimately makes them happy. Good on them and best of luck.
This couple is so lovely the way they work as a team.
Throughly impressed with this video and build. Kudos to the couple 👍🏻
Other types of water-borne vacations are not cheap, and when they're over all you have are memories and photographs. These people will have those plus their boat! This is not an inexpensive venture, but if they can afford it, why not have it? They are an intelligent, thoughtful couple that work well as a team. And when the day comes that it's more than they can handle, I'm sure there will be another couple pleased to snap it up.
My guess is it’s an alternative to a holiday cottage. So yes for those with the extra cash but it’s a great design and certainly runs in same direction as I would go but for a few aesthetic changes because everyone has their own preferences in that regard. Like idea of incinerator toilet, lots of solar, gas free although I like idea of a stove for cold days as I would want a 24/7 live aboard probably need a few feet extra space and possibly a little more flexibility about layout options. Also I like idea of a boat that has a small seating area with table so you can enjoy view of places you moored at without setting up a table on towpath 😂 beautiful boat though I’m sure couple will be very happy with their well researched new boat
@@lisadefries6718 Don't forget they do have the diesel heater for cooler days.
Very well thought out. This is the future. And hey! A Brompton!
Very interesting to see - and yes, I'm sure solar-powered electricity will be the way to go although I for one would miss the gentle chug-chug of a traditional motor.
What nice people, I wish them lots of happiness
Well your first video after selling your boat is in the can and up on TH-cam. Congratulations still enjoy your channel keep the content coming. Would also like to see how you end up in a house and your house experience please film that also. Your subscribers are not only your friends of narrow boating but they are friends of you and they would like to see your venture play out.
Cheers but actually my third such video! 🤣
Fantastic boat, really well designed and stylish, I think this is the future!
Thank you for featuring a newly constructed boat with modern amenities. So different from the older boats. My only request would be for a canopy with side curtains that could be positioned over the gin table on the bow. Offering a little shade and protection from the elements, when needed, would allow that area to be used more often.
I noticed it's home port is 'Hellas Basin' and the owner is a member of the Martian Canal Trust. That's a seriously ambitious cruising goal!
Great little story. Very interesting. Must be a pleasure and an interesting switch for you, David, to get away from ‘cruising stories' to people stories with a cruising angle. Well done, again.
Loved the "Martian Canal Trust" that is gold :) . This was very interesting and yes I too ; reckon that this may be the future of Canal boating , thanks David. Hope the house hunting is going well.
A follow-up would certainly be interesting
Lovely couple and what an amazing boat 😃
Thanks David, interesting boat and inspiring couple. Can't wait to see it in the water and hear your update. J
what a wonderful couple. May they have years of narrowboat adventures in the future. design and effort makes for a successful outcome
As my wife and I are arriving at or our senior years, ok our old age, we find things more difficult at times. For instance I took my wife to the urgent care today because her shoulder pain finally got to be too much. Accepting your limitations is not a bad thing only reality. Designing a boat or a house is much the same and necessary to staying out of one of those dreadful places they call nursing homes. God bless you for pointing this out. Being old is a blessing, not a curse.
Fascinating! Please keep us posted once they get underway. Whether any unforeseen problems cropped up, etc. Good luck to them.
I think those features have universal appeal, not just for the handicapped. It may take a few more design iterations, but I bet it is a roadmap for the future of all canal boats.
Great ideas and the resin filled worktops and table tops are absolutely gorgeous
Great video!
Just finished a hire boat vacation with my 80+ yr old mother and a lot of things from this video echo my experiences.
We hired a 47 ft boat from springwood haven. The staff were very good about helping us plan the trip with regards to minimizing accessablity issues and while the boat wasn't one of those that had been customize for accessibility, over all the layout was good and perfectly adequate for someone with movement challenges. The kitchen mirrored the one shown here with ovens, grills, and microwave at a accessible heights which helped, and the bathroom was large enough to be useable without difficulty. The idea of having the fold away beds to avoid shuffling around things is a very good, I achieved the same result by stowing the saloon table while underway, and for the same reasons. One thing to be considered is we encountered a number of places where there was a lot of slit build up at potential moorings, leaving a fair sized gap between the boat and the bank no real solution for that I'm afraid but its something to be considered if you're not up to "pirates of the Caribbean" levels of stunt work to get ashore. Other point raised is sharing work between able crew to fit their capabilities. I was essentially single handed and while mooring was "interesting" it was doable. However the bigger load was maintaining focus and awareness over a number of hours cruising. Having people able share the helm so you could have a break certainly improves the experience. I'm also convinced that electric is the way of the future for narrow boats. cheers!
David, since I am much older than you or your two guests here, I would like to suggest that you add a special T-shirt should you ever decide to sell mementos about life in the golden years. Competing with the younger folks is difficult, but if you wear your 'special' shirt when you are out and about, it will keep them on their toes: "Age and Treachery will always overcome Youth and Skill"... 😏
I instantly want to make those river resin tables and worktops! Also, I completely dig the toilet. Lifting a full cassette is heavy and my husband and I are often trying to pass the job on to each other 😄
If you like those resin tables you might enjoy some of the projects on Xyla Foxlin's channel, particularly the desk made in a similar style of resin and old circuitboards.
Robert Weston the builder made these amazing worktops. Unfortunately I cannot take any credit it was his idea to.
Passing the jobbies....!
You may have sold your boat but are still making very interesting videos about canal life, thank you.
This was a really interesting topic and one that many will be familiar with; how to keep and manage your boat when you're not as mobile as you thought you might be. It was a beautiful boat and I think a lot of thought has gone into placing the utilities in the optimum position. I hope the couple will have many years of enjoyment on it. Amazing bank of batteries!! Great topic to cover David, thanks. X
Oh wow sweet. I love it.
I wish I had one.
Note to self: All it takes is money. Lots of money. And approval from England to stay more then six months at a time...
Very interesting story. Well produced and narrated.
Excellent video, would love a follow up to see how life aboard has been.
I have severe neuropathy in my legs and have lost much of my strength, but that boat looks totally doable. The thoughts at the end about youth manhandling versus us older generation coaxing is so true. Loved the outtake, BTW. Very smartly designed boat, now I just need to rob a national bank and sneak the money out of the U.S.
"If youre going to be lazy, you have to do it properly" this is gold right here
l have just watched this vlog for the third time! l love your resin-filled table and work tops (and chopping board!) so much l can't stop looking at them! One day l hope to have something similar. Have a wonderful time on your super boat!
Well, I guess if I would have watched this first, I wouldn’t have asked the dumb question about the bow thruster on FB🙄😁. Wonderful video David. And your prior news casting experience shows. Well done 👍
It's a good day when I see a new CtC/Vandemonium video.
3:00 The table and tops are absolutely stunningly beautiful
You had me at 'Gin Deck'!!! A lovely look into the future; will be very interested in the 'year or two review'. Finally, gotta love that T-Shirt, reminds me of one of you past spoof videos, all of which are so much fun. Well done.
Fascinating--the future of narrowboats--thanks David. Clever, thoughtful design and, btw, the table and worktops are gorgeous. (And I need Peter's wonderful t-shirt!)
I hope that my Mk.2 t-shirt is visible in some Crick coverage. It includes Martian canal map in Tube-map format. (Guaranteed no less accurate than any other Martian canal map.)
Good on them for having the money to make such a custom job happen!
Great vlog, thank you. I would be lovely to see the launch and then the follow-up as you suggested.
Incredible. What a fabulous interview and boat. Brilliant. What a lovely couple. Thank you for this.
At 71 this is most interesting. Thank you. And yes, it will be good to see how they get along once their boat is finished. Thanks for the video.
The Narrowboat Syndicate. That sounds devious.
Wonderful Boat and you did a great job on this video. Please do more videos like this with boats and technology that is more favorable to Seniors with limited mobility.
Thanks 😊
Hello. I would love to, continue to watch this amazing couple on TH-cam. I’m amazed at their design but it comes with one other point for people with problems is getting to the weed hatch. We live in Australia and don’t have canals but canals would be my way of life. Just Brilliant!!! ❤❤❤
Lovely couple, lovely boat! Thank you to Peter and Tina for letting us have a look around.
our pleasure
Yes, a follow-up would be very interesting! I think their changes are very clever and would appeal to any age. I will not think of the price . . . lol
“And admiral… it’s the Enterprise!” - Chekov
Finally someone who thought things through and didn't just go "we've done it this way ever since". Well, it may be more expensive to build but may save cost in the long run. And is much more comfortable to live in.