101Rob

Thanks for the replies. Looks as if this is just about do-able. It is just the narrow keel so if it grazes the mud occasionally I guess it won't get stuck or damaged. I think the air-draft works out about 2m, which I think is pretty good too and it's only the fairly narrow wheelhouse that sticks up anyway.

Hi there, I've an opportunity to buy a beautiful 1930s motor yacht at a great price that would be perfect as a liveaboard. I'd be using it on the Thames and Lee Navigations. However I'd really like to be able to use it on the Regents Canal/Grand Union if possible and it's borderline dimension-wise. It's beam is 2.8m, with an overall height of 3.1m from the keel to the top of the small wheelhouse. The quoted draft is 1.1 metres (3'7"), which is an inch deeper than the depth quoted as an average for the canal on most websites. My question is therefore is taking this boat on the canal simply a non-starter or is most of the canal probably fine. I wondered if there were already boats of this size happily navigating on there. Thanks Rob