I’m pinning this comment so I can refer to it again. I’m going to study this and see if I can get to visit in the future. Thank you so much!

Indeed, I get confused. Turns out to have been a sandwich, after all.

I like to think, now that it’s settled, we can move on to more important things… for example, can you use a potato instead of a windlass….?

I totally agree always something new to experience and explore! Cannot get tired of the peace and calm

Hi John! Thanks for watching!

So late to this comment!😂😂😂🙄 Thanks Tom we will be reunited again!

I for one enjoyed your part in this film 😎

Hi Christine, you’re more than welcome! More of this will be coming in the future.

More on the way!

Thanks Alister! More on the way!

I know. I rather hope Linda’s future videos will be like this also! Eventually😂

My pleasure, Tom.

That’s the plan. Although Linda could be made ready to sail quite quickly. It’s just a matter of deciding to do it. I have all the stuff. It will happen. During the summer when the boats are being chartered they all go sailing! Out in the North Sea!

It also took a week of editing!😂 That’s what the delay was! We’ll be back to Linda as usual in the next! Thanks Jeff.

Hi Gary (and Hi Canice! Awesome film, BTW) Yes - a road-trip out to see Jago in NL would be AWESOME. Did you catch "Part 1" of this story where Adam drove his Saab-Turbo-Commer-Campervan over, on his channel "Living My Boost Life" (I'm in THAT film, too 😊)

Yes Gary it’s in the planning!😀 Tom, we are doing this again! I want more Tom in the video this time!

Hi Mike, I’m so glad!

He certainly does.. A true pro, I mean he had to deal with Tom and Me!😂😂😂

It took a long time to edit this one….Thanks for watching Frank!

Thank you Glynn. It’s fascinating!

Hi Lawrence. Wow! What an adventure! I can’t image there are too many Dutch barges in the United States. I did a cursory internet search (couple of years ago) to see if there were many DB’s in the US and it was interesting to see there were some. Was your Tjalk shipped over or was it sailed over to the the US?

We missed each other! Would have loved to see the van. Tom told me all about it! I’ve subscribed to the channel.

Lots of Dutch names in the broads as the Dutch were very much involved in the water management and reclamation. Jago has big plans and the boat is in great condition. Nice foundation to start on!

@@canicebannon Historically most of us Norfolk lot r descendants of Dutch Weavers, maybe why I have a thing for Dutch Tjalks 🤔. Rather a long shot. Really I think I’m in love with the Tjalk’s curvy “butt”, not a technically term lol. Anyways love your vlog and Jago is a lucky man with a pretty barge.

Hi Patrick! It was such joy…. I’ll be back again….

Thanks Thomas! Glad you liked it!

The stroopwaffle is a bit sweet for me but accompanied with a bitter coffee, perfect! It is such a joy to cruise in Holland. Everything makes sense and works. They have plenty of practice at it!😂

Thank you!

It was such pleasure to cruise around in its natural environment. Mast up was such a luxury. Maybe there’s a life boat in the back of the car. Inflatable of course. 😂😂

We were looking on with envy! 😂😂😂😂

Must feel weird nowadays to cruise with being able to keep the mast upright.

Thankfully the route we went on was sorted out by Jago, as the mast is a more complicated to operate that mine on Linda’s. And it was pure luxury to have it up and out of the way.

The point being we couldn’t take it down on the day. Which meant going via Amsterdam was out of the question ….. there was a bridge or something in the way…

Hi Hans! I would love to go further north into Friesland if I can pursued Jago to go on a little trip!😂😂😂

@@canicebannon If you can persuade him, ask him to sail to Eernewoude, wonderful over there

What were you doing there! You probably don’t want to answer that! 😂😂😂

Hahahaha! To answer the question of my acting method….. I do the following. I imagine I’m a brave, strong and heroic seafarer and then (this is the real secret) I pretend. But don’t share this, or people will think anyone can do it…..

Hi Theresa, I don’t know if they are Tjalk’s, they might be schooners of sorts… but I’m only guessing. Jago’s clinker dingy is a barrow boat and can be moved around like a wheel barrow. Although very unstable in the water, hence the reason for “Bruce” being towed at the back! It’s backup for the backup!😂

@@canicebannon The bow on a tjalk is almost equal in shape to the stern and divided by the keel beam. Most charter barges were build a motor vessel, and when they became to small for commercial freight use converted to sailing vessels for charter use.

We didn’t have to think about the propeller getting fouled once!

He really doesn’t need any encouragement.

@@jagohurley458 Hee hee hee. This from an Irishman whose lips cannot smile, but who laughs loudly when alone.

I love Tom. He comes from the same place in space as many we know Griff. And I include myself in that! There is a plan being formulated…….

Canice even, soz! I know what it is to have your name mangled!

Hahahaha! Autocorrect always thinks I’m a woman! Candice!

I was talking to a few people who were saying that the charter boats were going out of business because of covid and the boats were being sold for about €120,000…. Nobody wanted them. But I hear the business is slowly coming back…. I’d say ‘Zeester’ is fine, as she looked great!

Shhhhh! Don’t tell the algorithm that! It’s my highest viewed video! But my crossing the channel video was also a lie as I was technically on the North Sea not the Channel….😬

It was a beast of an engine and it really has got me thinking about the condition of mine. Or what mine could be like….😂 As for my finely crafted bespoke cotter pin, it’s still keeping my propeller on! 😂

The water coming out of Jago’s boat is the cooling system. It’s different from my boat as his boat sucks in canal water and that cools the engine. It spits it out of the exhaust. Mine has a system that uses the hull to cool the water and is a closed system. Closer to a radiator in a car.

I saw that and thought "Up to the gunnels? Really?" The captain must be very confident his deck has no leaks!

@@jeffcampbell1555 There's a channel that came up in my recommendations section a while back "ShipSpotting Nederland". From their videos, it seems to be quite common.

There wasn’t all that many boats on our trip, but I’ve seen them be unloaded from the front to the back and by the end the bow is fully out of the water…. Sticking up in the air! You think, that’s not safe! But they all do it!

@@canicebannon Me: Mouth open--speechless for once.

@@Orxenhorf Oh yes, sometimes the water nearly touches the hatch covers. ShipSpotting Nederland is located in the city of Groningen, he also does the launches of the coastal cargo vessels being build on the south side of the city. They get launched sideways off the building slip, it's quite a spectacular sight. He also follows them going through the bridges onto the big coastal canal that still officially makes the land-locked city of Groningen a sea port.

Tom had you go home, but we are planning another adventure with Tom, Jago and myself…. In the summer…. First stretch was the first day and was only 5 or 6 hours. The second day was to Makkum and 8-9 hours…. The weather was the key factor especially going through the sea…. as calm as possible….

@@canicebannon Wow! That is quite the trip. Really enjoyable. Thanks for sharing it. 🤗😊

I think it's more that the Dutch canals are just significantly larger, there's many, many bikes and crap in Amsterdam - but the main difference is the budget of the Dutch "CRT" is ~2-5bn annually, that is a LOT more available funds to clean and maintain the waterways compared to the UK

Something to do with language? We Americans do the same damned thing. I found Canada remarkably tidy, however. Speak up, Canucks! How about you Aussies? Do you leave messes everywhere? Of course, it won't show if your country keeps burning down every year. Sorry...that was insensitive. As for Kiwis, the Maoris slap the shit out of 'em if they trash the place. (I just made that up, but it SEEMS like it would be true.) Let us know, New Zealanders!

Vallen’s assessment is right. As I take Linda out into the countryside, as I am now, the instances of fouling drops off considerably. In London it’s just trash being blown around by the wind making its way into the canal. There are plenty of clean up days etc, but it’s just 9 million people and associated trash….. When I brought Linda down to Dunkirk from Makkum in august 2020, I was in the Marina and the water was crystal clear and there wasn’t anything on the prop. I never checked it once…. Also the canals in London are not dredged, so are quite shallow. Easy to pick something off the bottom.

@@canicebannon Thanks for clearing that up Canice. I'm just a land lubber. Now about the street litter .......

I think we (the Dutch) flush our waterways more regularly as well, even the smaller ones. There's quite a volume of water arriving at our southern border even without rain, and all the waterways are inter-connected. Technically a droplet entering the country on the Rhine river could be diverted in such a way that it exits into the sea at Termunterzijl, all the way up north in Groningen. This helps us a lot during the droughts we had in the past years. The IJsselmeer isn't sweet water btw, it's still brackish, so we try not to pull as much water out of it for agricultural or drinking water purposes. We also have 'narrowboat-sized' canals, build from the middle ages until the 1930's to connect villages to cities and farms to villages etc. The roads were so bad, much transport went by canals by 'turn ships' (literal translation of 'beurtschepen', who would take on cargo in turn, like taxis at a stand). They were pulled by either the wife and kids or by horses, except we call the tow paths 'chase paths' (jaagpad) as the ships were chasing the pullers. Jago's and Canice's barges were build to ship goods on the wider canals, the Frisian lakes, and across the Zuiderzee (they were build before the closing dike was completed in the 1930's). They are what we call 'brown fleet', since the sails would have been tanned brown. They are now mostly used as either liveaboards (and heavily converted) or as charterships. The charterships winter over in inland harbours and canals and in the spring they move to the harbours bordering the IJsselmeer or the Waddensea (the northern coastline, mostly in Friesland) for day trips. And lastly about the rubbish: In the 80's and 90's we had huge campaigns about not leaving rubbish - take it home or put it in a rubbish bin. Every where you find a rest place in the countryside there's not only a bench but also a waste basket that gets emptied regularly by the county council. They are everywhere. Since many of our schoolkids go to school on bikes, there's special 'waste-nets' next to the bike paths where they can throw in rubbish without stopping. It helps. The cost effectiveness is also sound: the bar to vandalise or steal is lower in areas that seem not well taken care off than it is in areas that look neat and tidy. If there's already broken streetlights, grafitti tags, piles of rubbish, half-demolished bicycled etc then it's more 'inviting' to do bad things too.

I’ll live on it, thinking of having leg shortening surgery, or maybe the roof will have to go up a bit. Trust you solved your overheating?

@@jagohurley458 Not yet but going to the yard tomorrow! Yes, height is always the thing!

Hi Beth! Meet Jago. Jago watches your channel. He’s thinking of having a roof that raises and lowers to accommodate the boom….. I thought about this until I realised I could get away with a permanent structure…. As long as you can walk on all fours the height is not an issue!😂😂😂😂

The plan is to bring her back…. Might end up being a neighbour of yours….steal your spot!😂

@@canicebannon Oh, I'd better get back there soon then!! 😁

There isn’t enough discussion about the dangers of onion over-consumption! Hang in there and I’m glad I was there for you in your hour of need.

There isn’t enough discussion about the dangers of onion over-consumption! Hang in there and I’m glad I was there for you in your hour of need. 😂😂😂

@@canicebannon I turned onion bhaji into onion gravy ! Eurrrgh

@@canicebannon 🤣

17.6 metres. Good luck! Get a survey.

@@canicebannon thanks! Will do :)

Sadly, no. The video went to the bottom of the North Sea with the camera…😭

that is sad :-( @@canicebannon

Top tip! Thanks Willem. I’ll pass that on to Jago!

Thank you for sharing that! It is amazing to think how much of the waterways were dug by hand! As for your Grandfather, what a great job! Lucky man!

You could go aboard Linda! And sign your name on the steel before Canice puts sheathing in place. And have a shot with Sea Captain! And Canice, of course.

At the moment no! Jago will be back and forth, but I guess I’ll be over in the summer….. I’ll post something closer to the time. Get in touch then. Or drop an email. dutchbargelinda@gmail.com

I’ve subscribed! There’s a few boats being bought because the Dutch Barge is becoming very popular in the UK. I know I’ve been responsible for encouraging at least one purchase from this channel. Britain is famous for the narrowboat because of the narrow locks but for those who want to explore with more space Dutch barge is very versatile. They’re also much cheaper than in the UK. I can’t wait to sit down and watch the channel.

@@canicebannon I already watched some of your adventures this afternoon. How lucky you were with the weatherwindow bringin' Linda to the UK. Thank you for subscribing to my channel. I have watched some video's on narrow boats. Quite some community.

I certainly think so! 😋😋😋

Hahahaha! Brilliant Colin!

Mijn boot Linda was in het verleden betrokken bij Sail Amsterdam. Ik zou graag terugkomen om zelf mee te doen!

@@canicebannon, Ik wil je graag uitnodigen voor SAIL AMSTERDAM 2025! Ik zelf kom uit Spakenburg, een klein plaatsje in de buurt van Amersfoort. Maar ook met een mooie historische haven. Visserijdag 2019 / RTV Bunschoten kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdFkY8eYkr-oZWQ.html Visserijdag Spakenburg 2011 / Bunschoter kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rc2kbKqArbXaZoE.html Visserijdag Visserskoor-Volkslied / Visserijdag kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mchiZdeVtZ3Lm2g.html

Hahahaha! As Roy Scheider said, “we’re going to need a bigger boat” 😂😂😂

It is, well a Michele?

That’s right!

I know! I’m about to steal another one…. Is the mast envy back! 😂😂🤔

@@canicebannon OMG! Aghast I tell you.. Aghast!!! But yeah.. Mast Envy ... mmmmm... lol.

I know that now!😂😂😂

Yes I know, now, but I’m an idiot. And there’s satnav…😂

@@canicebannon But your a little right. :) In earlier days and centuries ago it was called Iselmar :) But in fact it was an estuary of the Northsea!

Oh no! Ok. Sorry about that.