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Twiggy needs a hole in CruisingTheCut's freshly repaired transom

David Johns adds a splash-deck drain and bilge-pump wiring before turning back to the cabin interior.

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CruisingTheCut Story of November 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

416. Cutting a new hole in my boat!

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1:19Johns explains why the newly repaired transom needs a splash-deck drain before rainwater accumulates.
3:29Testing the bilge pump reveals troublesome crimps and water too shallow to activate the float switch.
4:48A hole saw cuts through the transom, followed by bevelling and epoxy sealing around the wood core.
12:08After rain, Johns returns to find water trickling through the new drain.
13:17He connects a solar charge controller, battery, fuse and bilge-pump override switch.
14:57Cabin work resumes with sanding and putty filler in the galley, with spring as his finishing goal.

Patching up Twiggy's transom was only part of the job. David Johns now needs to drill straight through it, giving rainwater on the splash deck a way out before it accumulates.

There were no new CruisingTheCut uploads this week, but "416. Cutting a new hole in my boat!" is drawing the strongest daily audience among the channel's active videos. The restoration episode has reached roughly 125,000 views, with a satisfying practical test: when Johns returns after considerable rain, water is trickling through the new drain.

Getting there involves a hole saw, a bevel around the exposed wood core and epoxy to seal it. "It's come through at the right spot!" he says, followed by the rather less confident admission: "I was genuinely not expecting that to work." Water inside the rear bilges brings another job, including awkward electrical crimps and a float switch the water hasn't risen high enough to trigger.

The countryside outing near Braunston is also drawing attention. "415. This is not supposed to be a sailing boat!" pairs an afternoon of reading and napping with a windy journey back, while the preceding episode adds an adrift narrowboat and disturbed geese to the supposedly peaceful escape.

Across the catalogue, the channel collected about 345,000 views this week. Daily viewing is modestly above its usual level, while subscribers remain unchanged. Among nearby travel channels, Katie Roams had a much larger week; CruisingTheCut's weekly views were close to Danny Mcgee's.

Back aboard Twiggy, Johns wires the solar charge controller and bilge-pump override, then sands and fills the galley. His stated goal is to have the interior as finished as he intends by spring.

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