212. "Virtual" tour around an ingenious 70-foot hybrid narrowboat 

Great video as always. Be also good if people could give you video snippets to blend in. Did I note from one of the shots that there isn't any solar on top? As others have mentioned, understanding a bit more about how well heating works electric only would be great.

If (Let's be positive, When) I win Lotto and have my own narrow boat built, Dimitrios and Carine Theologitis are designing it. What a stunning boat.

What a wonderful couple, thank you for introducing them to us.

Oh David, that was lovely! What a charming couple and what smart ideas they had! I especially liked how they drew the true layout of their boat on the floor to see if it would work. Oh yes...one other cute thing I noticed......you microphone cover very much resembles the feathers on the emu in your picture on the wall....same color too.Enjoying all this in Benson, Vermont , USA!!!

Thank you Dimitrios and Carine for letting us come aboard! And of course thank you David for putting together this lovely episode for us

By way of a change I feel compelled to leave a comment; what a thoroughly enjoyable interview with a very likable, intelligent and interesting couple. Kudos!

What a wonderful couple. If the world was full of people like you and these folks what a better place it would be.

Very interesting and can't wait for the next edition.

What an enchanting couple. I enjoyed every second of this video. Your interviewing skills certainly were apparent here; you’re brilliant. Looking forward to seeing more of this type post in the future. The corona virus gave you lemons that you turned into lemonade! Bravo.🏆

What an inspiring vlog. A beautiful boat well designed and lots and lots of ingenius ideas implemented in the tecnic and the fit-out of the boat. Thank you to Corinne and Demitrius for showing us their boat, and thank you for a very interesting vlog.

I really like the hybrid power in this boat, I upgraded the electrics on a yacht 20 years ago by putting a 220 amp 24v alternator on the main engine getting a bigger inverter and doubled the size of the battery bank, to reduce dependence on the generator. Every time I have been on a narrow boat since I have thought what a platform to do a hybrid.

Karine and Dimitrios, your boat is a beautiful piece of design and fabrication. I also am a fan of stainless steel and your kitchen is beautiful. Please accept my admiration for the ingenuity and fabrication of the design. I suspect your builders must have thoroughly enjoyed themselves building this beauty. Thank you for sharing and thank you, David for coming up with an exemplary idea to help see us through this little planetary hiccup we are all going through. I sincerely hope it has legs and I strongly suspect it will carry on for a good while. My best from Eastern Ontario.

Yes, the remote interview worked for me. His wife was a joy.

What a very pleasant and agreeable couple. I was impressed by their keen, intelligent thoughtfulness and planning before embarking on their build. The boat building company came across as absolutely wonderful. I hope they enjoy their retirement.

Totally, totally amazing! Everything media should be: informative, entertaining, unbiased, non-political, no cheap jokes, serious but lighthearted, people knowing what they are talking about, talking heads actually talking without interruption! a situation (lockdown) demanding an answer for Cruising The Cut. And what an answer he has found. I am humbled.

Beautiful boat, and lovely guests! The magic that is Europe: a Greek married to a Belgian, speaking perfect English, employing British tradespeople and buying British goods, to travel through England.

What a lovely couple! They complement each other perfectly.

Thank you Dimitrios & Carine for an insightful interview and a wonderful tour of Galene. Shes is big and she is a beauty. You both look very pleased with her and it is so lovely to hear that you had a wonderful experience with the building team. 😊

Well that went so good I would actually say it’s one of the best boat videos I have ever seen. Seriously well done.

Splendid video Dave. I hope you have the opportunity to do more like this.

What a fantastic boat and a lovely couple. It was more than a peek around a boat as we got the background to the build. A great interview. More please!

Brilliant idea David. What a delight to see people who have created something exactly to their requirements and eco/practical friendly.

I do enjoy an eccentric Englishman cruising about canals on a barge. We in the U.S.A. don't have any group exactly like you, but there are a lot of people who have a camp on a barge or pontoon boat, in the Louisiana area. They camp or cruise about the swamp. The difference of course, is that England is so orderly and safe, while in Louisiana, there are alligators and hurricanes. It would be fun to see you reach out to one of these Cajun full timers and compare notes.

A hybrid boat? What a great idea! :D This was a neat change from the traditional boats you show off all the time- very cool to see the "old" and "new" married in such a unique way. Serenity? To quote Malcom Reynolds in the TV show Firefly (and movie Serenity) of his ship, to be named Serenity. "Ship like this, be with you 'til the day you die"

Great journalist coverage of a extremely well thought out narrow boat. I look forward in seeming more of your lock down topics ; )

Lovely couple, very interesting conversation! You are the best David!

Another absolutely wonderful vlog! Thank you very much.

What a great boat, and a lovely couple, too!

Hi David - another great video. Very creative way of keeping your channel interesting whilst not being able to actually "cruise" anywhere - well done. This couple have really done a great job of making use of their space with clever bits that fold-up, fold-down and slide-out. Interesting idea to use the floor to draw out your design beforehand, but like so many things, not new. In fact, the old boat designers always used to do it that way and the only space big enough was generally in their attic or loft and it's still called "lofting" to this day - even if you do it on a computer! Cheers, Captain Alan - Oz

Nicely done. What an interesting and delightful couple and boat.

A nicely balanced presentation between yourself, the owners Carine and Dimitios and their photos who come across as a genuinely happy and considerate 😊 couple 😊 A great concept - Thanks

Loved this! Thanks to this lovely couple for sharing their boat, and thanks to the intrepid journalist who brought it to us.

I came across your channel only 2 days ago and have been binge watching ever since! It has become compulsive viewing for me, which is totally surprising as I never gave narrowboats a second thought. What a wonderful couple Mr and Mrs Theologitis are, not to mention all the other friends you have shown us on previous episodes as well as your good self and great video productions. This is one of the few positive things that for me has come out from this infernal covid crisis. Best of health to all.

Hi David, that was an enjoyable interview with 2 nice people. What a lovely boat. Thank you.

I thought this an extremely entertaining video, actually one of your best. A lovely couple and a very interesting boat. Well done.

A wonderful boat, a charming couple, and your timeless journalistic affect. Fantastic narrowboat video - and from quarantine no less!

What an enjoyable episode of Cruising the Cut, different but shows that lockdown doesn’t stop a good creative mind. I Really enjoyed that David. They were a lovely couple with an amazing narrow boat 😘😊

What a lovely couple, and this idea of virtually exploring other boats I adore. Thank you David!!

I think this is a delightful way to go visit other boats. Your understanding and your consideration of the other owner and the boat made it very easy to travel with and enjoy the pride they feel for their made for them creation...I have loved this interview...it was very well organized and you made it shine. Thank you for sharing this with me ..job well done:-)

An excellent, and entertaining vlog. Well done!

Charming couple, fabulous boat and what a great idea for a vlog - well done you (and Carine and Dimitrios for, a: designing such a wonderful boat, and b: being your guinea pigs).

What a lovely couple! It must have been such a pleasure doing this interview. Thanks for a great vlog!

Thoroughly enjoyed that David, thank you so much. And what a lovely couple, big thanks to them too!

This was one of my favorite videos so far and you did a wonderful job with the interview What a lovely couple and what a magnificent boat boat they have. Thank you for bringing them to us.

Oh, what a wonderful couple! Great thought and care went into this narrowboat. This makes me want to vacation and fall into buying a narrowboat! Thank you for the vlog!

Very able editing. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you to the Theologitis's, if you are reading the comments, for allowing me into your boat. I loved the kitchen. The plan of the boat in the loft was amusing but can see the usefulness of it. ( It reminded me of the film chronicling the MacDonalds burger story. They chalked out a layout of the cooking area in a car park and had staff pretending to work, going from process to process.)

What an interesting way of "filling the cut" left by not being able to go cruising - great video.

This got me thinking about hybrid boats so I went to Google to have a look and it suggested your videos on hybrid/electric boats!

What a delightful couple! Great interview

Great job, well done and thank you to Dimitrios and Carine👍

Again, using those skills acquired as a reporter and presenter to find content, edit it and provide something useful to your audience. There are several narrow boating channels that I subscribe to and enjoy immensely, but your work stands head and shoulders above the rest. Your penchant for puns, however... oh, hell, they tickle me as well.

YOUR YEARS OF TV JOURNALISM SERVES YOU PERFECTLY FOR THIS. VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE. I ADMIT I TIRE OF VIDEOS OF GOING FOR WATER AND EMPTYING TOILETS, ETC. THIS IS GREAT. DO MORE!

What a tremendous video, and a fantastic start to a series, too? The boat was stunning, and had many clever design ideas, also, a lovely open couple sharing their home Congratulations to all involved Stay safe, Davie

I LOVE SEEING THE PROCESS!! THANK YOU! I LIKE THE BACK DECK WITH THE SEATING!!! WHAT A LOVELY COUPLE.....ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT!!!! INDUCTION IS WONDERFUL!!!

Lovely couple on a beautiful boat. Perfect inauguration for the new series.

That was really good David, and thanks to Dimitrios and Carine too, lovely people.

You really do come up with the most interesting things. A very clinical design indeed born out of total practicality . The sheer number of batteries and amount of electrickery would give me nightmares but some wonderful innovation. Look forward to the next instalment . Stay safe and keep the interesting vlogs coming.

What a great Couple👍

This “tour” cannot possibly be topped by any other. Love all the thoughtful clever innovations.

Great interview David, really highlighted some great ideas by this couple and their builder. And what an enjoyable couple. Thanks to them for sharing their boat. Be safe everyone.

What a lovely couple! I wouldn't mind tipping a few pints with them. And, thoroughly enjoyable video. More please, David!

Brilliant, and what absolutely lovely people. Really enthusiastic about their boat and great sense of humour. I would like to see more vlogs like this. Great to see during all that is going on right now. Thank you.

Superb vog, these people are charming and very friendly, the boat is superbly well thought out, the know-how and the seriousness of the company that built it deserves respect.

David, Can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoy your videos and this one was outstanding. Keep up the fantastic work.

What a lovely couple, Very interesting to see how technology is developing on modern boats. Great video David. Looking forward to the next.

Master stroke David, absolutely inspired! Well done, especially for choosing 'Galene' as your first subject. What a fabulous boat? You may remember getting in to conversation about all electric boats? Well, one of my major reservations was the lack of easily accessible, shore based power supplies (which neither of us thought was going to change any time soon) and my absolute paranoia about 'using battery power for anything'. The thought of cooking with electricity was anathema, while showers and heating was 'out of the question'. I could see you were just as surprised as I was, at the apparent ease of this brilliant design, to do it all on Lead/Acid 'traction batteries'. This couple - and what lovely people they are - have apparently joined forces with their boatyard and come up with a near perfect design. Props to their boat builders for wanting to indulge their customer, while embracing many ideas that are not traditional on the cut. Love that stern. Love the bikes and bike storage. I'm glad to see you well and productively occupied, we (or at least I) had not seen you for some weeks, during which Rich' from Floating Our Boat was sick with "that virus" and all my 'regulars' were gradually contracting into lockdown. Brilliant idea; to virtually nose about in other people's boats. Thank you for a great vlog (and a great, great first subject.)

A very good idea on your part, David - quite interesting. This kind of video showcases your obvious skills from your prior profession. Very enjoyable.

Marvellous David. Absolutely First Class !!! Looking forward to the next one. What a lovely couple.

How so very interesting the whole presentation is brilliant, it is very well produced thankyou for the fabulous content. Chris.

Lovely couple, great looking boat. Clearly a lot of thought went into the design and build.

Charming couple and a brilliant boat!

Congratulations for an excellent collaboration with both yourself and Dimitrios & Carine thinking outside of the box resulting in a very watchable and informative video, thank you.

your broadcast experience shining forth.. much better than many of the broadcasters ! excellent questions and loads of good answers and pictures all well edited. Lovely boat with great design ideas. Inform, educate, and entertain.. like the old days :-) Nice one... stay safe

Absolutely delightful, TY

This was outstanding and very interesting. What a wonderful couple and what an excellent builder. I'm very much looking forward to seeing more of these,. One hopes cruising will be possible again in the not too distant future.

VERY INTERESTING boat design! Thank you for airing this. The whole idea of hybrid boats is fascinating.

This was an absolutely thoroughly entertaining video and I thank you for that, Dimitrios and Carine were a delight to watch.

I must commend and congratulate you on what a wonderful job you did editing this video. I was enthralled all the way through. Thank you.

Awesome couple and awesome boat! I really like the no propane on board, we have a large-ish motor home, no propane, the heater is either electric or diesel and it all works well. I do like and want the continuously circulating hot water system that would make the shower a lot less traumatic! Great video David, bring on some more! Thanks, Jim

Very creative use of the time in lock down. Fantastic boat! When I saw the name of the episode I thought it would be something inspired by Firefly. I'm a leaf on the canal, watch me float! :-) If they weren't from Brussels I could have sworn she was the now retired chancellor of Chalmers University of Technology.

What a beautiful boat and the idea of storage of bicycles is awesome.

Enjoyed this episode David. It's wonderful how you find creative ways to keep going!

So interesting and what a lovely couple. Hope you will all be able to get out on the cut again soon. Thanks for the video!

Very cool. They obviously put a lot of thought and planning into it. And, boy are they an advertisement for their boat builder. Sounds like the builder really did a good job for them. This was great fun. I look forward to the next one. Stay safe.

We met this lovely couple last week going through the 6 Braunston locks (they paired with us on the double locks and showed us how to do it - we'd never done double locks before). Great to see them again. They told us the boat was hybrid and they'd designed it, but I didn't realise how truly innovative it was. Thanks for the video to all of you. Interesting that they didn't go for a widebeam. I guess they want to travel the entire network, not just to have a house-substitute.

Absolutely ace program on a lovely couple with a super longboat built by an innovative company.

Outstanding video. Thanks for all the work you put into that and thanks to the Theologitis family for sharing. The chalk outline of the floorplan was genius.

David what a great idea doing a serious of "Virtual" tours, like you, I am nosey as well and like to see how people live and the clever ideas they have to make a boat a home. Thank you for this first post a truly beautiful and innovative boat.

That was absolutely fantastic....... and what a boat!!!! This is a great idea, David ,and look forward to more "tours".

Lovely boat and a super couple, really enjoyed watching this episode, well done you for beating lock-down!!!!!

A lovely couple,i wish them many more years cruising.

Thanks so much for the hospitality and explanation of the design of Galene. The lockdowns have been tedious for all. Now retired myself, my wife and I are "hunkering" in USA away from the maddening crowd and the virus. Vicarious excursions for the foreseeable future. Thanks again for a glimpse into another life.

Such a lovely couple and you did a good job drawing them out. Well done.

What a charming couple and a lovely story.

Gday from Aus. Another great video and great boat.I stumbled upon your channel a few weeks ago. It was 114 i watched first, watch a few more and loved it. So i went back watch all your videos and has been quite relaxing watching the scenery during this lockdown period. I hope in the future i can get back to the uk and hire myself a boat.

As if the three of you were sitting in my kitchen. What a marvelous time! A beautiful couple!

Great idea David. Social media actually becomes properly social. Lovely people with a fabulous boat. Thank you to all of you. Stay safe.

What an absolutely lovely couple and a great Boat, if all the videos are any where as good and entertaining as this it will be a joy to watch, cheers David

Absolutely brilliant vlog David. I really enjoyed this. What a lovely couple. Can’t wait for more vlogs like this

What an intelligent design. Loved all the thoughtful details.