278. Why does this boat have legs??

[@CruisingTheCut]

Frequently Asked Questions About This Video: 1. What powers the wheels? They are hydraulically driven from a separate inboard motor. Sorry, should have mentioned that. 2. Why can't it operate outside those tide times? Apparently the sand is very gently sloped until you reach the very middle whereupon it practically drops into a cavern. Thus there is no practical way to transition from wheel to boat for that middle bit, so they tell me, so use when the tide is out is not feasible. But also, I suspect the sand would be too soft as well.

[@k9nick]

Power for hydrolic motor? Alternator on out boards?

[@stuwebb5727]

someone has been watching JOE 90

[@JohnCarder]

No need to apologise; it's bloody obvious from the hydraulic lines that feed the axles.

[@MrSheckstr]

@@k9nick from the sound of it operating on land in guessing a hydraulic compressor powered by batteries

[@philipvanderwoerd9609]

Generator - u can see it in front of rear seats

[@adamcheetham3280]

Finally moved into my narrowboat yesterday. Thanks to your vlogs for giving me the inspiration to join the cut xxx

[@CruisingTheCut]

Well done! I hope you have a splendid time aboard.

[@henribiniossek5349]

Congrats man! Have fun and enjoy it!

[@BrokenCurtain]

The quality of this video is amazing. The camera work, narration, editing, the way you interview the people and let them tell their stories. You're really a master of your trade.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you so much!

[@andrewfyakim525]

I very-much enjoyed this! It seems a common thread in the UK is how so many residents volunteer their time to worthy causes. When you mentioned the volunteers, it reminded me of all the wonderful volunteers that help with the the locks on the canal system... Wales always has a special place in my heart as my great grandmother came to the USA from there, in the 1890's. (Her last name, Tharp. So a hello and shout-out to any remaining Tharp's over there! ☺)

[@heathwellsNZ]

How interesting and I instantly recognized Sea Legs being a fellow Kiwi!

[@martharamos5634]

Amphibious Ferry in Wales, cool. I applaud the volunteers that keep it going 👏🏻 thanks for telling us about it David and taking us along! 👋🏻 Cheerio

[@sunshine6765]

I've passed through ferryside train station a few times. This has encouraged me to get off and take a ride on the ferry one day.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Do it!

[@randyw2539]

A boat that doesn't need trailering to get back home. Perfect! Another great docu-vlog.

[@volvo09]

What a unique boat! It sure can get a move on!

[@andrewkirkpatrick2298]

Thank you for this, we enjoyed having you aboard Glansteffan!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you! I had a great time

[@soviut303]

Very cool. Always great to see services like these being revived, especially with some innovative tech.

[@camdenmcandrews]

That boat is stupefyingly clever! Oh, I do so much enjoy your bits of Britishness!

[@jamesa7506]

Looks like a great combination of boat and "camper van", needing just a few minor modifications! There you go, David, nevermind that house!

[@MrRossi1805]

Best Idea 💡 😂

[@puregibberish]

There's so many great stories of communities and volunteers bringing these towns together, be it by canals or in this case a small ferry. Great, peaceful, educational content as always!

[@ryokolynn6948]

Its a brilliant design...!

[@WifeofJim]

Wow, David, how do you find out about such things? This is a fabulous little boat and impressive that 99% of its crew are volunteers. Thank you for taking us along, most enjoyable

[@CruisingTheCut]

They kindly emailed me to ask if I'd be interested!

[@philseaker5808]

Great Tom Scott style video. Glad you beat Tom Scott to the punch on this one. This was fun!

[@mikec9292]

Wouldn't matter to me if Tom Scott had made a whole series about it - because I wouldn't have seen them😂. I saw him once or twice and the chemistry wasn't there. Whereas I can with pleasure listen to David taking some minutes to describe making a very unremarkable-looking cheese sandwich. And the pleasure is all the greater when he's filming and describing something truly beautiful and/or interesting, as he mostly does.

[@everestyeti]

What a brilliant idea for a unique situation, also like the fact that it's locally run by the community. My guess is that you need the 2 engines to deal with the tides and to take the boat on tours. Plus as a ferry you really need a second source of power, don't won't one of your engines failing crossing a fast flowing tidal river tidal river.

[@eveb446]

Great video, David, I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for sharing.

[@ph11p3540]

I can see boats like this working nicely in the British Columbia interior rivers with their firm sandy riverbanks. Not so good for Canadian Prairie river banks with their steep soft muskeg river banks. An amphibious truck might cross such rivers but tracks would be preferred over balloon tires. The real challenge is designing something that can cross hundreds of little arctic creeks and muskeg lakes delivering cargo over Canadas arctic when the ice roads have thawed out.

[@rwoz1in7]

More Please more video's like this. I wish you could have taken us into the town for a beer or two ! Thanks for all your time and effort.

[@RoninOtter]

I’m glad you clarified NOT Klingons. We all know they are often found off the starboard bow. I really enjoyed this tour, and I can see the appeal of having this unique ferry service available.

[@rhodaborrocks1654]

A friend of mine in New Zealand has one of these drive past his house every day on it's way to the beach. You can buy a completed boat from Sealegs or a kit that you can fit to any other suitable boat as they've done here. Nice video, thank you.

[@thisnicklldo]

Lovely. That village on the left at the mouth of the Towy is Laugharne, Dylan Thomas's village and the prototype for Llaregubb, the village in Under Milkwood. I'd have been checking your skippers eyesight in case he was Blind Captain Cat. And you were in fact journeying on the famous "sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboatbobbing sea". I always wanted to get to Laugharne, just because he was a hero poet to me in my adolescence.

[@mikewalrus4763]

Now a boat like that would be very handy in Morecambe Bay (and a few other places) both as a ferry and at times as a lifeboat!

[@anthonyclayden4010]

Hello from New Zealand! Yes I recognised the ‘Sea Legs’ immediately. Thanks for the great video, a lovely coastline

[@heathwellsNZ]

ChCh representing here. I recognised Sea Legs immediately too! Chur!

[@kevinmoor26]

I have enjoyed Cruising the Cut since the beginning and also enjoy the post living on the narrowboat episodes. Living in the French Alps, one has few opportunities to experience boating, but I have improved my English and imagination with these wonderful videos. Thank you for sharing. I suppose in Wales, there are the very good toasted cheese rarebit sandwiches.

[@Thomas_M_1963]

What an ingenious boat! Aptly filmed by David 👍

[@urbanrider429]

Good luck with everyone involved in this fabulous project,they deserve to be a success

[@zatoichi3134]

those sea legs designed in New Zealand are amazing, they also invented the jet boat. for a country renown for their Rugby prowess they're not bad on the water too, America's Cup for instance.

[@lancecluster]

When you sold your boat I was wondering how you would keep this going. You have done a wonderful job showing us all sorts of aspects of canal and boat life, and interesting places you never would have been able to if you were tied to a boat. Thank you for keeping us entertained and informed.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@stephenpegum9776]

That looks like a wheely interesting boat ! (Sorry David - simply couldn't resist !! 😱)

[@davidcollins9512]

I'm tyred of puns like this...

[@PhilJonesIII]

@@davidcollins9512 Whatever floats your boat :)

[@janispope4295]

Great tour, I loved seeing Roger Hargreaves’s Mr Men house, like something out of his books. Thanks

[@janeabbotts]

The boat building was really interesting. Looks like the net was cast wide to get the best unit together. Great vlog, very enjoyable and informative...poor vicars wife I wonder if the pilot misjudged where he was or why he happened to jettison the bombs right there. Thank you. Cheers.

[@IanRMcAllister]

Thank You for coming to Wales - and Thank You for hilighting a fun and original boat that certainly fits you new channel brief - Good Luck!

[@erichtomanek4739]

Rather Excellent. Amphibious boats like that should be more common worldwide. Imagine a thousand seater going directly from London City Centre to Paris City Centre!

[@PhilJonesIII]

They have this thing called the Channel Tunnel. Wheels for overland and a submarine section where, curiously, they still use wheels. :)

[@altowatts1325]

Entertaining and quite informative. David in a past life perhaps you were a history professor 🎓👍🏾💯.

[@hectordelvalle4428]

I really enjoy the various encounters you describe on your travels. It is such a wonders, how you are able to entertain us viewers of your channels. Very informative, quite surprising and adventurous. Please continue to educate us about little known excursion ot this type. It does break the boredom of life. Take care of yourself and be safe. Maranatha

[@informationwarlord]

The shallow flat beaches looks like a perfect place for a hovercraft.

[@paulhaynes8045]

Expensive to buy and run and VERY noisy.

[@rogersmith8339]

St. Vaast la Hogue in France has a broadly similar ferry to the local island that has been running for many years.

[@andrewbarnard667]

Most unusual and interesting. A good find.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

I am mesmerized by the many ,many waterways of England. I college I studied the political history of England and there wasn't one mention in any of my books of the canals or the small waterways...oh yes we covered war ships and pirates.now I see where young people all along got their inspiration to be THE RULER OF THE WAVES, the largest navy in the world at one time.....I wish I has traveled to England while I wad physically able..wooda ,shoulda,, coulda........

[@EdwardFryer]

You should look at the ferry to St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall.

[@georgiadupree8861]

I am really enjoying your new subjects! This one was fascinating!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you!

[@robgazzard4432]

Great episode Dave. Loving the reporting of innovative boats, especially those with wheels!

[@sicily6740]

Wow, David, this video was unusual and very interesting. I sometimes watch your videos with our 8-year-old grandson, so I'll have to share this with him. Thank you!

[@oldsteam3618]

Jolly good find David. Thank you.

[@malcolmherbert5127]

Super content David, very professional reporting, thank you.

[@x5architect662]

Greetings from Port Townsend. Love your channels. You tell a story well. I am not a 'van guy' but enjoy vandemonium too. If you ever need an architect let me know. Thanks for all the great videos!!!

[@Joshgengland]

Thanks for taking time to add/edit the captions!

[@lockedin60]

I missed this one David. I was perusing your videos and came upon this ditty. Wales always fascinates me. One of my favorite and most tragic bands of the 70s hails from Swansea. Badfinger.

[@TinMan0555]

What a cool boat….. thanks for the educational report 👍🏻

[@CruisingTheCut]

👍

[@DougsMessyGarage]

those twin 115s push that boat along just a wee bit quicker than a canal boat.

[@buzzysboaty]

this was such an interesting video and what an innovative idea to put wheels on aferry. a fantastic video as always David thank you 😊

[@paulhoughton5266]

That genuinely is impressive. Great bit of project planning by the volunteer team 👍

[@MrLangDog]

Very interesting and cool boat!!

[@Dent-Arthur-Dent]

Lovely fish and chips at Llansteffan beach. One of our fave beaches. We’re sooo spoilt down here 🤫

[@tnexus13]

There's a village here on the Fylde called Singleton. The name is believed to be derived from Shingle Ton or village on the shingles. The name suggests it should be right on the coast, but it's about as far from the sea as possible whilst still being part of the Fylde. Local story is the original village was wiped out in the same tidal wave, and survivors moved inland, but re-established using the same name.

[@patrickshaw7983]

Nice video. I live about 10 miles from there. Must go and have a look at it🙂

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers

[@leswallace2426]

Another cracking video - it's especially good when you 'shine a light' on these fantastic community/voluntary groups who are incredibly professional and achieve some pretty astounding results. A lot of good people out there we don't see as much of as we should. Thanks!

[@philgray1023]

Another entry for the bucket list. Thank you for the video David. Our marine park rangers have a similar device based on a RIB in Moreton Bay Marine Park. I'm guessing the same NZ company made the wheels. The rangers do look very smug when they drive up the beaches.

[@Freshfruitcup]

Your channel is an absolute dream.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@stewartturner814]

Great vlog 😀What a incredible little boat 👍 although when it's on land or beach does remind me of a Reliant Robin 😂

[@nbflyingfox4672]

Excellent and interesting vlog David...😊

[@loraineh59]

Lovely to hear your voice again ...lovely vlog thank you xxx

[@astrobot3000]

this is a smart solution for a unique use case, just like the turntable ferry at glenelg

[@susanmarker2164]

That is an awesome boat! And good idea... You get to have so much fun!!! Thank you David..!😊

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

This was another interesting and engaging vlog David, can’t wait for you to do another‘guest narrowboat’ vlog again …. Take good care🙏🏼

[@michaelculham1299]

Thank you David. That was very interesting.

[@clivewitcomb2839]

Awesome group of people, and a great vid (as usual)... I'm almost glad you've become QuittingTheCut - it's making for some cracking viewing! X

[@leonardwilliams8109]

This is a very interesting video! Love the wheels. Beautiful English countryside as always. Thank you!

[@sunshine6765]

It's in Wales. That was mentioned several times

[@peterdean8009]

*Welsh* not English !!!!!!! The English border is approx 100 miles east.

[@CruisingTheCut]

As others have mentioned, this is Wales, not England

[@crystaledelmann]

Wow that looks like fun! Thank you, David!

[@PhilJonesIII]

What a shame that Oliver Postgate isn't around to see this. I can just imagine a whole new series with Ivor the engine and the Llanstephen ferry.

[@J-Justice666]

That is so cool. Each wheel has its own hydraulic motor.

[@isobelchapman9548]

What a really interesting vlog David….as always you bring us something new, thank you.

[@K1W1fly]

Auckland International Airport in New Zealand has a small fleet of Sealegs RIBs for crash rescue on the very shallow Manukau Harbour. Very useful for tidal mudflats and sand bars.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

The watertight, fastest and best cornering Reliant Robin In The World - get a load of that Clarkson!

[@liquidlen9391]

The Firm - Star Trekkin', wow that's a blast from the past, thanks for that 🤣👍

[@CruisingTheCut]

Hahaha and now it's going round in your head ;-)

[@barbaradey1790]

Fantastic! Everything you do is great. What a lovely place to go!

[@clearprop]

This is something very different and enjoyable to watch. An incredible machine, superbly documented. 🙂

[@monrezee]

Yours is the 1st video I watched about narrowboats 4 years ago. And still the most anticipated/best of the lot.

[@keithweybury5212]

Thanks Dave and another very interesting vlog and what a great boat the ferry is. Keith

[@Sushi2735]

Just breathtaking scenery! How lucky you are. All fresh new things to see and enjoy! Wish I was there 💕 I would love that boating for day cruises and picnics. Just fun for friends and family. The wheels are wonderful.

[@ritubohra2559]

Excellent!!! I have been there, beautiful town when we were in wales 💖💖

[@philipthomas5304]

What a fascinating story. It's a pity I did not know of this ferry when I was back home in Llanelli in August (I live in California). I spent delightful days in Carmarthen and Kidwelly and a trip on the estuary would have been a real treat. May I say how much I have enjoyed your videos over the last few years. Hwyl!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@paulbennett4548]

Great solution for the tide problem and the tour's will help with the funding. May they go from strength to strength. Thanks for another great video and story.

[@erepsekahs]

Hmmmmm, 'Ferry impressive.' The best title you have come up with in a long time. Thanks for all your videos btw. "Oh to be in England, Now September's here, To sit along the waterside, And drink a glass of beer." Excuse me for buggering up a great poem....but I think it is apropos. Gosh! that boat wheely-wheely does travel out of the water and up the beach. Cheers.

[@andrewstrathdee1469]

What super content, David! You really do produce some excellent , informative and different videos, so look forward to the next surprise! A.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Much appreciated!

[@doctorpc4x4]

Yes the SeaLegs system is quite popular down here in New Zealand, It been around for quite a number of years

[@ailivac]

The walking cat-ferry, the elusive missing link that illustrates the evolution of ancient boats into modern trucks.

[@geoffcampbell7846]

Well worth the trip David. A quite unusual boat. Seems daft not to use the lifeboat slipway though, it's not going to impead activities if there's an emergency.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Definitely worth the trip

[@Saluno375]

Love to see videos about odd, local little ingenuities/special interests like these! You're straying into Tom Scott territory ;) I hope this vid takes off!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha, I felt a bit “Tom Scott”-ish making it

[@gordanmilne7034]

You'd need a Flying boat for that.

[@paulmurphy5648]

Love these "short documentary" vlogs, fun and informative. Thanks, Dave.

[@carycoombe3380]

Oh that is a very clever design. It must be positively dizzying to whip along at 40 MPH after the 1 MPH you are use to in a narrowboat. Hope you didn't get seasick. 😁😉

[@happy11111100]

First off i go fishing in Ferryside regular it is a beautiful place not packed with people bring your own food and coffee i have seen this boat many times in action the operation is as smooth as silk less than 5 minutes across to Llanstephen which is beautiful coffees and ice cream and snacks their side plus the castle so try it people

[@andyrbush]

I should not have watched this first thing in the morning while still trying to wake up. I replayed the start twice to make sure I really was seeing a boat on wheels. Very interesting and enjoyable video thanks.

[@markgruenberg6277]

Quite the new approach to an old idea. It reminds me of the WW2 amphibious truck known as the DUKW. Looks like a great service. Thanks for sharing. Be well and stay safe.

[@thomastrout9997]

Brilliant! Where else would one have learned about such a treasure? Throwing in Robert Falcon Scott made my day. Don't hear much about him anymore, nicely done...

[@ronferguson4379]

Well done. David. It had my attention. You are finding interesting things to feature.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@johntisbury]

Very interesting, first time I've seen a boat like that, a very creative design to overcome a problem.