Big sailing boat squeezing through tiny canal bridges. Dutch Barge Linda 90
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this video I’m moving Linda, but will she fit under the bridges.
These are the lowest bridges on this section of the navigation. If I make it under these I will be able to make it to my intended destination.
Thoroughly enjoyed that! you are just a little bit wild but it’s great! Going under all those low bridges with that lovely mast though🤦♀️. I could hardly watch but also couldn’t help BUT watch! Thanks for a fun vlog!
Hi Jayne, it’s something to experience in the flesh! My precious wooden mast! My heart! 😂😂
I absolutely love this vlog. I was on the edge of my sit through the whole things 😮🫤🧐🤭🤪👋❤️❤️👍lots love from Louisiana 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hi Susan! Thank you so much. I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Hellooooo Louisiana!😁😌🥰
Crikey! And bonus lilly white pins too!
Hey...I watch your channel. Hello from the US.
I have the most beautiful legs in the world…..😂😂😂😂
@@canicebannon And I can read in the light reflecting off 'em.😁
I'm catching up on episodes and happened to have just eaten a large Christmas dinner just before watching this. On reflection, it's not the best idea to have a full stomach for such full-on tension for almost half an hour. Thank goodness for the 'laughing at water ballet' ending. I realise my adrenalin levels are possibly lower than yours were... 😅😂but phew... it was all OK in the end. 👏
This is a good adventure video! I’m glad you enjoyed it and are celebrating Christmas as it always should be! With abundance!😂😂😂
Hi Canice, you weren't kidding about that bridge! Glad we caught up with you, lovely to chat. Take care and keep the adventures coming!
Hi guys! Lovely to see you the other day! Hope you are safely home in Liverpool! Or where ever you have ended up. I’ll be thinking of you when the sea captain sets the next fire!😂😂😂
Hi Canice brought back memories when i used to go under Hammersmith bridge on the Tug I worked on,Split the canvas on top of the wheelhouse a few times on High water Springs, the bridge bounces two inches when a Bus goes over it. Cheers
Wow! That’s a bit of information that explains a lot! Hammersmith Bridge as you may know is controversial as it needs a major refurbishment and the government and the local council are arguing about whose going to pay for it! Meanwhile they close the river to river traffic over safety concerns under the bridge. I’m imagining they don’t want anymore bridge strikes, but it never occurred to me that a bus driving overhead would lower the draft! 😂😂😂
I hope to make the journey myself! I might wait until spring! Just for an exciting video!😂😂😂
my mouth was literally in my mouth. Well done!
Hahaha! Why thank you!
Maybe for the way back fix up a ratchet strap to pull down on the end of the mast? Also a little “flag” on the counter weight would warn you, fit or no fitty. I’ll also bet you could fit a wedge to the top side of the mast and just power through bridges that are too low?? Top quality content though :)
I’m tryouts by to get my head around a system that can alert me actually. It would have to be very accurate in these situations!😂😂😂
That was really thrilling. Canice Bannon, the new master of suspense. You even have a bird in the video trying to eat you 🦢🤣
That was the only swan I’ve seen who has tried a home invasion to get at some bread!
I thnk you're going to have to fill up those water tanks to iincrease your draught!
That’s the next step! The only problem is, I keep finding holes in the deck that need to be welded up. The tanks are just below the holes….. shouldn’t take too long though….
I thought happy Orthodox Jews on bikes and shy Orthodox Jews on foot, graceful swans and greedy swans, aqueducts and weirs and leaky locks and supportive witnesses and tiny cars on towpaths was a remarkable amount of color for one moving day. I thought "Canice has become the Hitchcock of canal boat vloggers" as I cursed the breakaway to the day before. I thought I might have--maybe--peed my pants just a little when the bridge cut into the varnish of the mast. I thought we were safe once the mast went back up. But no! The go pro is overboard, Canice does water ballet, the possibility of leeches evidently lurks in the Lee Navigation, and my adrenal glands splutter out. I've never been relieved to reach the end of your post before. You mad Irishman. Do the BAFTAs have a category for vlog posts?
There SHOULD be a BAFTA for Vlogs. But I’d end up tripping walking up the steps and then set fire to the podium!😂😂
I always think of leeches when I get in the water. 1980’s tv shows were full of them and quicksand ….. looking at you A-team.
Live on a boat, they say. A nice relaxing lifestyle they say. No! There’s danger everywhere you look! 😂😂😂
@@canicebannon And schwans. Her Majesty's schwans.
You are a brave man You should get free dutch citizenship!
Thank youuuuuuu! I agree! 😂😂
More ballast! you'll need it when using sails anyway. Probably airdrafts of most waterways are known, so you can trim her to have as much freedom as possible.
My impression was that Dutch skippers would hit full throttle a bit earlier, like a few meters from the bridge for more effect. You can test it when going under a bridge with a flat bottom and see if the highest point dips more near the end of the passage.
These video's are mesmerizing!
The air draft on the website is sort of stated on the canals. However, they base it on the edges/sides of the roof, so that if it’s a humpback bridge you’re not measuring the middle and highest point and crashing into the side of the arch. For me the highest point is in the middle!
But on the Lee the low bridges are generally flat. I was aware of the low bridge in advance but not really sure of what Linda’s draft is.
You’re right about the Dutch skippers powering up much earlier, but I’m no way that brave! Yet! Naturally, I will ballast in the future, but the big change will be the 800kgs of water that will soon be going in….
That’s a really good idea on how to test the drop. Also the question is whether it’s sustained. I suspect though (talking out my arse here) that the longer the boat the more pronounced the sea saw action is….
I did test it in a lock, but I haven’t seen the footage yet. But I did conclude that testing Linda in a confined space will lead to asphyxiation!😂
Your vlog makes me so very happy. It's a joy to see where you're going to squeeze your barge into next! I'm sorry about your gold tip.
My gold tip will be gold again!
@@canicebannon Thank goodness!
A veritable feast for the senses as usual.
Thank you! It WAS a feast for my senses too!😂
Love your vlog! I hold my breath everytime you gun it under those bridges! 🙈 Nice legs at the end! 😉🤣
It’s amazing how it never gets less exciting , squeezing under the bridges!😩😀
As for the legs, I work out😂.
Well done 👍
Haha greate episode! Glad to see you're mastering the power trick. I see I'm not the only one using the ballerina move to recover dropped items. 😂 It does limit your mooring spots, doesn't work so well when anchored in 4m of water...
I’m classically trained! 😂
Hi Canice, a great video. Maybe if you fitted low-🙃😀profile tyres you will clear the bridges!
I’m also considering a rear diffuser and ground effect skirt. I’ll probably get it wrong and suffer porpoising! 😂😂😂
MORE BALLAST!! Or stop freaking me out with low bridges. So my only worry is heavy rains and swollen rivers wont let you get back. I guess if you cant navigate you don't have to move... yes? Good video.. great end "content". ":O) Id have cork floaters on everything hahahaha.... I'm useless.. LOL Thanks!
If I’m trapped between to bridges and I can’t get under the authorities would be fine! They would prefer nobody to move if conditions were bad!
GoPro sell an handle for Vlogging that is a floatation device! I’m not the only one!😂😂😂
Epic vlog Canice. I don’t think I’d have been able to go in to retrieve the Go-Pro though, brrrr!
It wasn’t the way I hoped the cruise would end. But I’m thankful it wasn’t the middle of winter!😂😂
Quite marvelous, how far up the Lee you have gotten!
Blimey Canice you do like a challenge!😀😃 Presumably she'll sit lower when all the interior is done. Fantastic video.
That’s the hope!
OMG 😱 I was waiting for your fingers to be ripped off as you held the mast down and your hand was between the mast and the shredding metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not one bridge but two! 😲 Thank goodness you decided to sit and hold the darn thing down. 😅 Other than that it was a nice Moving Day Vlog. I do hope it will be a couple of weeks before you go back that way. Poor Linda. She is either at risk of 🔥 or scrapping her beautiful mast. Have a good week. Thanks for sharing and glad you got your GoPro and your fingers. 🤩🤗😊
Hahaha! Poor old Linda indeed! She is being pushed to the limit!😅 Thankfully it will be a while before I turn her around and head back. I’m here for the countryside in the spring and get some welding done before heading back into the city. Less people to disturb out here….😀😀
Fabulous vlog Canice I was butt clenched through most of it 😂 & was that James Bond emerging from the water at the end 😉🤭😁 great save 🎥👍🏼😊🌱 Chip 🌱 CHIPS WORLD
No! That wasn’t Daniel Craig at the end! That was me! 😂😂😂😂
thank you
You’re welcome!
Holy sheesh and glistening twitcher....
You think your buttocks were clenched! I have buns of steel as a result! 😂😂
An additional thought - This has got to be one of my favorite episodes.
PS - Hemmingway got paid by the word; I wonder if CZcams could pay you by the double entendre.
Hahahaha! That would be a bad idea!😂
6:51 that was some nifty foot throttling going on behind the scenes there 👍🏽
Thank you! It’s quite scary and fun at the same time!
Gordon Bennett Canice, that was on the edge of the seat stuff to watch!!!! Looks a nice spot to moor. I assume that the Gro pro is water proof? Take care and stay safe. Thank you.
The GoPro is waterproof. It’s the idea camera for what I do. Very robust, which is vital if it’s to survive the punishment!
Funny ending Naughty Candice I think the poor go-pro!
No! Naughty GoPro!😂😎
Great episode thank you.
Thank you Ewout!
What about a flexible stick (fishing rod) on the bow with tennis ball on top for air draft indicator? Another great video!
yes! or a little stick on top of the counterweight that is as long as the airdraft needed in the back.
Thing is. It’s a bit more complicated for my little head to work out, because I have to have the measurement based on the the height at the back of the boat while I hold it down the mast. I suspect a laser level would sort that. But now I’m getting a feel for what I can get away with. However, I did have a system, it was a GoPro sitting on the counterweight and when it hit the bridge it stopped filming!😂😂
Some lovely scenarios mistah! 😅 Nice legs even though they are male 😂
Hahaha! I must shave my legs and you won’t know if they are male of female!😂
Just wondered if you've ever considered professional limbo dancing? I think you'd be a natural! If not you could always fall back on your river ballet skills! 😁
Also when I get myself sorted with a little boat here you can come sailing with me on the Thames! 😊
Yes. To sailing lessons! Although I know a chap who has a DB who learned to sail on his DB!😂😂😂
@@canicebannon That's full commitment! 😁
@@canicebannon soon you’ll know two!
@@jagohurley458 yes! 😂😂😂
Omg, omg can’t seem to articulate lol. Wow. U are braver than me. U Adrenalin junky lol 🤣
They say boating is a relaxing pursuit, but no I’ve managed to find a way to boat on the wild side!😂😂😂🙄
Superb Canice,
Lovely vlog.
Curiosity has got the better of me. I gather from previous episodes that you have some “acting background” in you, whether formal or informal, but going on your professional and interesting productions I am curious as to whether you have training in videography/production or are you self taught?
I am sure that, along with many other of your subscribers, I would be very interested in how you put a typical episode together. As a one man band (apart that is from the Sea Captain, Stilson and any other stowaways you may have) setting up the various shots, etc. must be quite involved. A little while ago Peter Knowles from Canada, on his boat restoration channel “Travels with Geordie”, showed how he put an episode together and it was fascinating to see how much is involved.
Keep up the good work.
Regards
Mark Barge M V Sarah.
Hi Mark!
I’m a classical trained actor. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
However, the real work is done in the edit. It’s a very long process, where I shoot loads of stuff and then cut it all back. Takes a day. I have always been interested in filming and acting from a young age and bought my first camera at 17 or 18. All of what I’ve done is self taught.
But is there is a style, that comes from me thinking, would I watch this…
I have learned through the channel that the more time you have on the post production the better the video.
Time is the biggest problem. I have to work to earn money, work on the boat to fix the boat and then work on the editing. That’s a lot of work……😩😂😂😂
Hi Canice and thanks for that.
Well the time taken really pays off. The slightly madcap approach draws one in (no offence intended).
On the time front, when people asked me why it was taking so long to restore my boat my standard reply was that I either had the time and no money (not working gainfully) or the money and no time. Could be a bind.
Keep up the good work.
Brings to mind Mr Darcy getting out of the lake on his Pemberley estate.
Sort of.
Not sort of at all. The comparison is 100% accurate. 😂
great video. Love your humour but will say that you can never have too much finger
It’s one finger and 9 spare fingers! 😂😂
@@canicebannon you have 10 fingers?
@@DEmma1972 😂just about!
@@canicebannon and 2 thumbs, We found our alien guys. You should be in films or on TV ;)
Well I didn’t expect to see a naked Canice at the end 😂😂🤣 every video has its bonus footage I suppose 😂🤣😂👍🏼👍🏼 How far up the Leigh do you think you will get??
I don’t know. When I think I’ll get no further Linda manages to squeeze under. Stanstead Abbot is the goal…. Maybe Ware?!😬
In the future, in order not to bend the mast manually, a ratchet strap will be useful.
Hi Matt, I started using a ratchet strap after this video. Great minds think alike.
Great video Canice. Would it be possible to fabricate some sort of metal sheath to go over the high points of the mast that would allow you to slide under the low bridges? Or would CRT get a little miffed?
Keep up the great videos!
In a way the loop is performing that function. But I have considered this, but now having made to journey without ballast, with the water tanks full it may not be a concern in that particular area…. But a handy sheet of metal would do that job. As for CRT I am very mindful of protecting the infrastructure and would avoid if possible anything that would seriously damage it, but I suspect Linda would come off worse! 😂😂😂
Great video canice! How are you doing?
Thanks Joshua! I hope you are doing well in Philli! Say hi to the rest of the gang for me!
Canice get a ratchet strap round the mast to the back of the boat to pull it down under those low bridges :)
This going to be the plan in future. Hahaha. Seems obvious now!
22:37 Triumph!
I’m getting good at it!😂
You said “notch”, but I think you meant to say sandwich.
“We’re going over the aqueduct.
We are so aqua-fu[k3d.
So over the aqueduct we goooooo.
😂😂😂😂😂
The ship is not the only thing make of steel 😅
Superman!? 😂😂
Put a ratchet strap round mast head and down to the back of the boat and pull it down tight. Should give you an extra few inches clearance
As I was editing this I thought the same thing. It’s such a simple and easy solution…. There’s a eye on the deck for that purpose!
Live and learn. 😂😂😂
@@canicebannon 👍
As I'm watching this video and just before you get to dropping the GoPro, I got a "S.M.A.R.T. Warning: Hard Drive Entered Failing State" :-(
I do have hourly backups and hard drives aren't terribly expensive anymore, but gawd do they make it hard to open an iMac. Not looking forward to fixing that.
Oh no! I have an external hard drive for my iPad. Yes I edit on an iPad. Don’t judge me. I have to have 5 cables to get the Hard Drive to work… I digress, I’ve been backing up the videos onto the hard drive after they are edited but the videos were all untitled and as a result (I think) were replacing the video of the same name rather than saving them. So now they only exist on CZcams! Except for the last one….. 😂
Good luck on the repair!
Isn't there flex left at the end off the mast to us a lashing strap and pull it down. And how much distance do you need to move every two weeks.
I had a moment where I tried this and the strap got in the way of the tiller…. But now I’ve just remembered that Linda in a sailing boat and has a dedicated rail for just this job!😂😂😂 it only took a week to realise this.
Damn, LIDL has large rolls of double sided sticky tape... seems that should work for a GoAmateur?
I just discovered Aldi is selling fire extinguishers!😂😂😂
Could you remove your top hatch to allow the mast to lower more or more what we in the states call a ratchet strap to pull it lower ?
I did look at this and the door has to be disassembled. But I’ve been considering for some time moving the door slightly to the left as it’s in a rather annoying position in terms of interior layout in the middle.
do you have to come back t back this way?
Yes, but I’ll have water onboard…… hopefully!
Could you remove the bracket that sticks up? I'm sorry, I know it's frustrating when people offer solutions that you've no doubt already tossed around 500 things in your noggin. Also yeah a ratchet strap to pull the mast down a bit. Also OMG CANICE do not put parts of your body between unstoppable forces and immovable objects!!!
Hahaha! I had edited out quite a lot of very poor hand placements in the video. I’m actually sorting out the bracket this week and some other things regarding the mast and lines. Update coming soon!
Thankfully I welcome any advice. I know nothing!😂
@@canicebannon I admire your persistence and tenacity and dedication to character but I think a captain hook style hand would be taking things ever so slightly too far.
Have you got that shower built, aha one smelleth like a canal?
Haha I don’t need a shower I just throw a GoPro into the river instead!
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