As someone who lives close to the Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada and accustomed to seeing the massive Great Lakes freighters traversing the canal, it's kind've cool to see these smaller boats making their way through a little canal like this. It's what the early Welland Canal would've looked like in the 1800s which we still have scattered remnants of in some areas. Nice video. 👍
How much " work " is actually taking pace on the canals? Is most traffic pleasure? I assume the upkeep cost must be very high on maintenance of the canal and lock system. Was wondering how tax dollars could be spent on the system without the public crying foul. Thanks for any insight, appreciate the response.
There's almost no genuine trade on the canals any more apart from a few floating retail small businesses. I don't believe there's any actual load carrying still happening at all. However there are more boats on the waterways today than at any time in history and they are all pleasure boats or live-aboard boats. The canal and river trust owns and maintains the waterways and collects fees for each boat plus has a large government income, which was fixed for 15 years so will inevitably become a problem in the future when cuts are made.
@@DrPepper22222 Thank you. I hope they continue to maintain them. In the US there is less and less money for the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain harbors, waterways, canals, locks ect.
I don't think there's any cargo transport on the canals at the moment. The boat you see in the video is carrying coal and diesel to supply boat owners, and the Canals and Rivers Trust operates a fleet of boats that they use to maintain the canals, but that's all internal to the canal and not trade with the "outside world". There are also lots of little cafes and shops on board boats but that's basically just a floating building. Every now and again, a company starts using canal transport for goods but it requires very specific circumstances (essentially, needing to move goods between two locations that are both directly on the canal, in loads of about 10t and with no need to go faster than walking pace) and it never seems to last very long.
Not very thick, see this - czcams.com/video/wXaNNjNQH5Y/video.html Ice rubs the blacking off your boat. Glass fibre boats could be holed by it. Engines are usually cooled just like a car, although some old boats took water from the canal, as the inlet is from the bottom, it is not a problem.
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Which stretch of the canal was this filmed on? I ask because it looks familiar. I was born and lived next to bridge 27 70 years ago.
As someone who lives close to the Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada and accustomed to seeing the massive Great Lakes freighters traversing the canal, it's kind've cool to see these smaller boats making their way through a little canal like this. It's what the early Welland Canal would've looked like in the 1800s which we still have scattered remnants of in some areas. Nice video. 👍
Cool seeing a narrow boat doing what they where mental to do.
That was a good job of breaking up the ice and clearing a path.
All it needs now is a pizza oven. Delivery guarantied within 30 hours or no charge lol
Love to see pics of working boats in winter - great job - thank you for sharing -
fantastic bit of video!
That was oddly satisfying.
yes a cracking video.
My goodness...like a knife thru butter 🧈 Great video thank you!
I love the sound of breaking ice
Thats my friend Brian on GUCCCo NB Alton
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The narrow boat is like “ice? What ice?”
Great sound...
lol I watched this back in 2016, I didnt know it was you that uploaded!
nice!
Great fun, and skills in adversity! that is what England is all about
Would love to live on one for a year or two
This maybe old and vintage but this is where Shakespeare make love stories from romantic place like this.
"Dear Slowmo guys" please video this ice breaking. :-)
Not exactly an icebreaker, ice was just 1-2 cm thick or so. Just a regular narrowboat, wouldn’t cope with thick ice.
As I imagined it could be! Wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe!
I assume the canal freezes over rarely. was this the beast from the east.
Canals freeze over more than you think. They aren't that deep so the water gets cold.
How much " work " is actually taking pace on the canals? Is most traffic pleasure? I assume the upkeep cost must be very high on maintenance of the canal and lock system. Was wondering how tax dollars could be spent on the system without the public crying foul. Thanks for any insight, appreciate the response.
There's almost no genuine trade on the canals any more apart from a few floating retail small businesses. I don't believe there's any actual load carrying still happening at all. However there are more boats on the waterways today than at any time in history and they are all pleasure boats or live-aboard boats. The canal and river trust owns and maintains the waterways and collects fees for each boat plus has a large government income, which was fixed for 15 years so will inevitably become a problem in the future when cuts are made.
@@DrPepper22222 Thank you. I hope they continue to maintain them. In the US there is less and less money for the Army Corps of Engineers to maintain harbors, waterways, canals, locks ect.
I don't think there's any cargo transport on the canals at the moment. The boat you see in the video is carrying coal and diesel to supply boat owners, and the Canals and Rivers Trust operates a fleet of boats that they use to maintain the canals, but that's all internal to the canal and not trade with the "outside world". There are also lots of little cafes and shops on board boats but that's basically just a floating building. Every now and again, a company starts using canal transport for goods but it requires very specific circumstances (essentially, needing to move goods between two locations that are both directly on the canal, in loads of about 10t and with no need to go faster than walking pace) and it never seems to last very long.
well i have high hopes its ok to do that cause im about to do it myself Tillys log 02:15 am oh yeah in ma little norman
Now ,how thick of ice can you'll break,also what about the cooling of engine
Not very thick, see this - czcams.com/video/wXaNNjNQH5Y/video.html Ice rubs the blacking off your boat. Glass fibre boats could be holed by it. Engines are usually cooled just like a car, although some old boats took water from the canal, as the inlet is from the bottom, it is not a problem.
for anyone thinking about doing this in a cabin cruiser (fibreglass boat)DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS IT WILL SINK YOU! belive me i tried!!!
Yep, narrowboat hulls have long been built with the understanding that they _Will_ encounter solid objects.
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