202. Crossing the Mersey estuary - on a narrowboat
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That tanker that joined you in the lock looked like he was ready to use your narrowboat as a fender.
I have to say your commentary is very impressive you speak very well like you're telling a story
Thank you, that’s what I’m aiming for
Well you're definitely getting it out of the park very good job
The airbus beluga is a very rare plane to see, impressive!
Apparently it's very common there as the Airbus is taking wings / wing parts from a local factory down to France.
Not that rare when you live, as I do, a couple of miles from Hawarden airport and the Airbus factory at Broughton - generally a couple of them come in and out most days!
Its extremely common tbh mate, if you live on the wirral, and chester sort of areas you see it most weeks on a clear day.
Ah memories! Liverpool was where I joined my first ship in the Merchant Navy. We then went into dry dock in North Shields about 10 miles from where I lived at the time! Join the navy and see the world......NOT! ;-)
Your title puns are really something to behold.
My apologies to everyone else, but George is my favorite crew member on this journey!
"like an knife through lemon drizzle cake" LMAO. absolute gold
This is great ... Boat and van vlogs at the same time ... At 64 years, retired, disabled and the other side of the pond I live great adventures vicariously ... Thank you ...
I began my seagoing career in that Liverpool dock in the late sixties. A couple of years later, I was on a 7000 ton iron ore boat and went up the Manchester Ship Canal. Long ago memories.
The plane you saw was an Airbus Beluga, one of only five ever built. An extremely rare and special aircraft.
Yeah, and he didn't even realize.
I was fully aware of what it was, cheers
Not at all rare over Liverpool: the Airbus factory at Broughton is very close, so you see them a couple of times a week over the city.
What a nice surprise seeing more Cut Cruising with a very tidy crew on the Perseverance . No mention of that other great Liverpool band, though - Echo and the Bunnymen. Still, voyage video was A+.
Oh boy. Rather you than me. The tanker in the lock reminded me of being overtaken on the A12.by a 40 tonne artic while I was driving an MG Midget. My head was level with the hubs on the truck! New trouser time. Really interesting to see a very different aspect of the waterways. Thanks all.
Haha yes much like that!
An unexpected surprise. I've now gongoozled my way across the Ribble, the Wash and (now) the Mersey.
Ah memories 2. I also started my sea going career back in 1969 in Liverpool and this vlog brought back memories of being on sea-going ships discharging in the south docks in the early '70s. Later on I sailed on a coaster up the MSC to Runcorn to load salt but, as an engineer, never saw the transit ... it was in the dark anyway. Thanks to you and the others plus George for the experience ... a modern day Famous Five? inc. a National Treasure, no less ... what more could you want?
Watching these programs makes me sleepy, relaxed and happy
Like all your videos, this one is very interesting. It reminds me of the story of William Golding who set out across the English Channel to take a holiday on the French canals. He never made it after a collision with a large ship, and got very wet. The only casualty was the boat though.
6am good lord man that is still the middle of the night imho.
My thoughts exactly!
Now imagine doing that every single workday of my wretched life... and tomorrow is Monday again...
I am typically up earlier than that, a habit I developed in the Navy. What irks me is that now that I've retired, I seem to be unable to shake the habit!
As one who's started work at 6:30 for the last decade, the idea of that being early makes me chuckle.
I'm with you! And I think I was channeling David unconsciously in my own remarks in my boats' log. (In those days though it was handwritten in a paper notebook). The one I'm thinking of started, "Got underway 'bright n early' at 1500."
I believe they had you at the back too keep the weight as much over the propeller as possible. Being flat bottomed, the wakes are more likely to pull the propeller out of the water which cuts momentum. Also if it comes out, there is no drag and the engine can rev up too high and you could have a potential for damage on the engine, trans, and everything behind it. kind of like when rpm of a car surges when the drive wheels lose traction on water or ice.
Fantastic vlog David. I love Liverpool, it is where the best music and football in history were and still are made. Thanks for sharing.
And here I thought that we would see you next year only! But here comes a Christmas gift from the middle of the ocean 🌊, what a threat. (It also definitely made me decide to visit Liverpool on my upcoming voyage to UK) So thank you all, two and four legged. 🇩🇰👍
Love your videos. As a Great Lakes sailor, it's always fun to see what constitutes rough going for a narrow boat. 30 kt winds are not uncommon for us, and sometimes much more. Keep up the good work.
I liked the map overview of the route. Nice touch!
Thanks for being such great crew and great company. That rope toss in Eastham lock was amazing!
Hahaha thank you for letting me come along!
@1:47 I got the chance to look over Zebu when I was in Liverpool a couple of years ago. The owner told me that moving her would sink her as her seams had been invaded by marine plants that had displaced the caulking between the planks. These plants were rooted in the bottom of the dock and would pull out of the seams if the ship was moved. Diving (to cut the stems) is not permitted in the dock so the proposed solution was to equip the ship with several large pumps and navigate from sandbank to sandbank on the way to her new mooring. Her sinking was expected and her refloating was planned for. It was great to see the Liverpool Docks again.
Blimey, what an unusual issue to contend with
I have just come over after watching Jo & Micheal's video of the same cruise. It was there I learnt that you have become a National Treasurer, did it involve meeting the Queen? As I understand she is also a subscriber, maybe she will suggest a cruise with the new vlogger "Cruising The Cut - A National Treasurer!" Seriously David! A great video and fantastic content. Jo and Michael do the most interesting cruises of all the narrow boat channels I subscribe to they venture into places that Narrow-boats normally do not seem to go. Your camera work is excellent. Nearly 91,000 subscribers, know wonder everyone thinks you are a National Treasurer! keep up the great work. A Fan from Aus.
HM doesn't like boats. She sold her Yacht !
Sailed into Liverpool on a cargo ship in 1978. We were coming back from a trip to the Middle East. I remember smelling Liverpool before I saw it. That’s what you notice after being out at sea you can smell humanity before it can be seen.
I'm with Lorna . Making faces is hard to resist . Enjoyed that .
It was even more funny knowing that it would have made David hopping mad! Bless her - she's a good tonic for him. Thanks David, great content yet again.
Love the analogy - "like a knife cutting lemon drizzle cake". :-)
David at his best. Lol
That made I laugh.
we went to Ellesmere Port for a visit back in 1992 . Cheers from Australia. always wanted to do the canal boat hire but havent been back since.. mabye when the world settles down a bit..lol
When I visited London in 2000 or so....the uproar over the big wheel was in full swing. Most thought it would come down within a year. I certainly did not expect other cities to also erect a big wheel. I had no idea that Liverpool is so architecturally progressive. I want to visit, it is on my bucket list. Thanks for getting out and about with your camera!
7 nights free mooring right in the centre of the 'pool should have NB visitors flocking there. So many interesting places to visit and probably the safest place to stay. Worth the angst of dodging tankers, buoys and tugs.
Yet another top notch video sir! Your excellent commentary is well appreciated!
Hello you "National Treasure!" yeah, made me chuckle too. But it was your channel that got me into watching narrow boat channels. Any ways good video.
Nice view of an Airbus A300-600ST, “Beluga” airplane. Looks like a kind of whale.
Love these vlogs that share experiences among fellow Narrowboaters. Thanks, David!
I love the new map! I didn't mind the doodles on a notepad either.
Nothing is like cruising with friends on new water. Thank you for the coverage.
What a great experience!
8:40 Finally cranes that don't fly away when you pass them.
Reminded me of all the hours I spent parked outside the docks whilst delivering goods to S.E. Canada No2 and Brunswick, also loading sugar at Tate & Lyle (which is the only dock in Liverpool - all the rest are on Merseyside)/ We also used to load crepe rubber from Toxteth for Goodyear in Wolverhampton. Happy days.
I like your documentary style. I also think there is more depth then some realize. Humor and what not. I rate ur commentary right up there with the likes of Alice and Munchy. High phrase indeed. Really enjoying David. T.y.
10:36 Nice catch of an Airbus Beluga!
The Airbus plant is at Broughton in north Wales, so you see a Beluga over Liverpool a couple of times a week.
Wow, I was just in Liverpool today! Last week I stayed at a Bath hotel right on the canal, and tomorrow it's off to Ireland on a ferry. I'm an American and loving my first trip to the UK .
Make sure you visit Snowdonia, North Wales. Best wishes.
Great video. And Lorna ... she's a such a lovely bundle of joy. And Perseverence, with Michael on the helm, conquers all.
Thoroughly enjoyed todays crossing and delightful commentary of places I have never seen. So looking forward to the next trip. Thank you so much
Lorna pulling faces cracked me up. Glad you left it in.
I discovered your channel after searching for videos about narrowboats on CZcams and turned into a regular viewer. When I made my first visit to the UK several years ago, I made a point to take the train from London to Liverpool for the Beatles experience there. This brings back some nice memories.
Thanks so much for the views of Liverpool, love that town!
I would love to jump into my car to get back there again!
Scary views from the narrowboat to the big ships and the open water of the Mersey...
8-o
Thx for this special vid!
:-D
Hi. Liverpool is a city not a town.
6.30 in the morning ... NOOOO . that's a late night for some of us . Haa haa.
You really have mastered the art of living life as an adventure.
Wow what an experience, mixing it with the big boys and finally getting the chance to put your foot down without creating a wash.
Lorna’s face at the end 😂😂😂 Looks like it was a great trip!
If you were heading up stream, you are not going "downwards".
"Down stream" is towards the river mouth.
Ellesmere Port is upstream from Liverpool.
Another top notch video. So informative and well presented. I love these videos that have other vloggers joining in. Thanks for taking me along.
Not bad 😉
thanks lorna for brightening up that bbc commentators dialogue :-))
Love Liverpool and her People. Beautiful city.
Fascinating stuff. No sleepy little canal vids here. 😉
I’ve lived on the Wirral and in Liverpool all my life and I dont think I’ve ever seen a narrowboat on the Mersey, I just assumed it wasn’t done because of the swell/tides/currents. I swim regularly in the Liverpool docks (mainly queens) and try to get in the river whenever I can, I just love those waters, and the sunrise in this vlog was just beautiful, made me want to go for a dip.
Amazing, you showed my house in New ferry , I see that sunrise every morning , comes up over the road they filmed "bread" on. Few pics of my old Royal Enfield down the boat museum there on my Instagram.
WOW, what a great adventure for everyone.
Very very interesting. Thanks.
Hey Great Stuff. I enjoy all your canaly videos but these documentary type things are fascinating. I could watch for hours. If you're ever at a lose end in the winter time and not doing your canal or van bits, maybe you could do some city walks. That brief look at Liverpool was very good. Your a top documentary dude :-)
A very interesting vlog, taking part in someone else's vlog. I have already commented on Minimal List, because I think Michael and Jo' have brought real 'adventure' to narrowboating. As enthusiastic hire boaters, we can't even aspire to doing stuff like that, even if we had the time - think of how the hirers insurance company would react? They want to do WHAT!?
It looked like a beautiful day and I'm sure it could have got a great deal more exciting with even just a few more knots of wind. I don't know if you ever watch other vlogs, David, but you should watch the two Minimal List vlogs crossing back across the Ribble link. That was exciting! And now we know Lorna is a real adrenaline junkie! Thanks for a great vlog.
Yes, I watch some of the other vloggers
Hi. The reason the bridge had risen in the lock was because the lock keeper had pressed the auto button on the control pannel. He didn't do it mannualy. The auto button in the lock keepers office operates the gates and the bridge at different intervals through an operating sequence.
Much holding of my breath watching that tanker slip up behind you all. Great vid
Excellent video! You are finishing the year strong. The drydock/blacking video and now this adventure. The vlogs are always top notch but have especially enjoyed these most recent ones.
Perserverance is a good name for a boat. I fished the Bering Sea on a 180 ft ex mud boat conversion with that name back in the day. We pot fished King and Opilio crabs in winter. Needless to say we never ever saw conditions as flat calm as your boat did.
Brilliant coverage David...well explained.....thanks for sharing
More naval larks with Lorna sans partner...I see a pattern developing here...
Still very good video though!
Being a Scouser, I'm always happy to see a vlog of my hometown. Thanks very much.
This Vlog made me think about when we lived for a while on a superb Carver Santego 380 in Kemah on Galveston Bay Texas. We could run up and down the Houston Ship channel in Galveston Bay, mixing it carefully with the huge ships and barge trains being pushed by one of those square things you saw. The junction at the entrance to Galveston is one of the busiest in the world. We could go on the plane at almost 30 mph, this used more fuel per mile than a Jumbo jet in the cruise. Instead we liked to potter along at about 8 knots, which was cheaper, more comfortable, and less people fell off the boat at that speed, than when bouncing over waves. The boat was suitable for 'blue water' so we were never concerned about the regular waves.
A problem was that the huge ships tended to do about 13 plus knots so they would pass us, and we had to watch the wake very carefully. The most severe wakes were from tugs and hitting one of those wakes at speed could cause injuries on our boat.
Completely different world to the narrow boat one and the Mersey.
Wonderful. I have to replay cruising the cut vlogs almostly daily, and this video is most welcome.
I'm going backwards in watching these videos today. Holy Cow . the size of the enormous locks! Love seeing George . :D . Looking chilly.
George leading the pack of cameras 😋
Very enjoyable. I like your narration and interjection of bits of humor.
Your back ground music should have been Ferry Cross The Mersey. (Gerry & Pacemakers ) 65
Thanks for my weekly dose of tranquility, CC. Cheers!
Great collaboration CC, the three channels are a must watch for me. I do hope to try some cruising on the cut myself very soon. All the best of the season to you!
Interesting seeing the crossing through your lens. These multi vlogger videos are fun to watch.
Great vlog. I'd watched Jo and Michael's vlog before watching yours, David, and it was really interesting to get a different perspective. Looked like an adventure!
Hi David thanks for the great video most enjoyable and relaxing happy and safe boating cheers Barry Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Ugh - bonkers! If that were my floating house, I would have my heart in my mouth throughout! X
Hi David
Geat video as always and enjouyed the Liverpool tour muchly.
What a great adventure. Thanks for another excellent video.
What a fascinating video , thank you. You all looked a bit peaky at 6am 🙂
You passed Eastham and New Ferry, there they broke up The Great Eastern. The main mast from the Great Eastern flies the LFC flag at the Kop end of Anfield.
Another great video David
That jet was the airbus beluga
It carries the fuselage and wings of jets being built, only 5 ever built
That’s a very rare sight to see
Apparently not so rare in that location as there's an airbus factory so the plane is taking wing parts over to France and is often seen overhead.
You see them a couple of times a week over Liverpool because of the nearby Airbus factory at Broughton.
Happy Christmas David, thanks for all your great videos over the last year.
One journey, three videos by my favourite vloggers!
Another great vLog, thank you David. We’re heading for the UK for the whole of May and just filled in the competition entry form. 👍👍👌
Superb, really enjoyed this. With lockdown, you have to explore with your screen, So much interest in this... ready for part 2.
Oh buoy!... Is there no depth to your pun-isms. Dredging up some from the past, I sea.... but I fear a vast majority of young-uns won't recognize the Dawn & Beryl reference. True old BBC style.. piece to camera, interview, bit of graphics, plenty of WAs and cutaways... so nice and relaxing to watch, despite the photobombing!.
Fascinating narrative, and very interesting area! Thank you so much!
Wow !!!! I say this was so good to watch . Thankyou so much ! What lucky people you are
Wonderful when you guys get together for a video ...very cool : )
Was wondering what happened to the wife.
As an ex-Mancunian, this is fascinating. I used to see ocean going ships sailing through the fields as a kid, at least that's what it seemed like, they were on the canal really. And a special treat was when the RN brought one of their dubs to the docks in Salford. Dad took us there for a guided tour. Memories..
Thanks.
Great to see you all on the boat. And funny for the end :-). I enjoy all the vlogs.
Wow, lucky you. What a great trip to go on. Even better when you can just sit back and enjoy the moment.
Lovely watch as usual.Thanks for all the entertainment throughout 2019. Happy Christmas etc. Ta.
Very well done, thoroughly enjoyed it !