NBnutter

Have seen you out and about on the cut, a beautiful boat .

so the boat i am tracking down as to whether it could be a S M Hudson could be one of his really early ones? hmm food for thought there. thank you i will look at Reeves.

when i go to this page it says its not there!! i would love to be able to see these images.

we were gutted on Steves death as had planned a boat to be built by him for us. We love the Hudson shells. I am at the moment trying to trace qwether a boat built in approx 1976 was built by him. It says it was built by Hudson homemade crafts, but cannot find a builder of this name and thought maybe uit was what Steve called his original boat building business. I love the way his bows swim in the water and make the boat so easy to handle. If any one has a 65-70 foot tug Hudson then by gimmeny we would have it like a shot!!

oh you wide beam ppl are so touchy!! I actually have nothing against widebeams, they are great boats. I just prefer the narrowboats x oh and yes will but that book as will add to the many I already have x

I did not miss any thread! I now know that widebeams have to book to go through tunnels that as you say you cants see the other end of..which in my case I was asking about Braunston... I have experience but for me personally as it was my question asked, the narrowboat is best, canals weren't built for wide barges but narrowboats pulling buttys....maybe you have never read a history book on the origins of canals! if you dont want to have a boat that encompeses the origins then that is fine, I dont want space, if I wanted space I would have not have embarked onto leaving my nice spacious house!

zah ha!! so after much amusement reading all the names you lot call widebeams, I think I finally have my answer.... widebeams need to book to go through there is someone at the other end stopping boats from going in having a narrowboat is best!

well seems that there is a booking system, but he said he was going through the tunnel in the morning so how does the booking system work? How does a narrowboat at the other end of the tunnel know that there is a wide beam coming through?? I for certain would hate to meet one in a tunnel, and if I was more than halfway through, who would be the one to have to back out?? talking about steering...omg there was a boat out on sat that I was in stitches watching, it zig zagged all down from the tunnel, floated sideways across the canal whilst deciding oif to risk doubling up in the lock, and with a bit of persuasion went in first, promptly failed to keep boat to one side, second boat rammed it as couldnt stop in time and then proceeded to bang its way in!!. I dont think they shared another lock!! thank god they were in a narrowboat not a widebeam!

Just a stupid question but one that has baffled me since seeing the 'stealth boat' today at Braunston........what happens when you meet one of these in a tunnel? She was going to go through the tunnel at Braunston and I just got to thinking I would hate to meet a widebeam in a tunnel!! I mean who has to reverse? Or is there a unwritten rule to taking a widebeam through a tunnel???

well Mark and I had a weekend at Braunston this weekend. It was lovely to speak to so many friendly boaters about engines, paintwork boat builders, moorings and so forth!! we saw one of the boats we follow on blog which made Marks day, and I got to see and talk to the 'stealth' boat Walhalla or Valhalla as she is pronounced!! I took loads of pics as usual, but seem to have taken as many of all the ducklings as I did of the boats!

Thanks for the idea the kids have been and bought scrap books to make a visual record of their adventures aboard!! Im sure it will get well looked at at school and everywhere else they take it!! a quick update......the kids now are proud owners of baseball hats with the word CREW sew on to wear on the holiday and have canal art to colour in, Mucky waters books to read and have even bought a canal DVD to watch!! they have gone narrowboat crazy!! All I have ot do now is guess the weather for that week and try to pack enough clothes but not too much!!

as an interested party wanted to know where I find the 'auction site' you are on about? we too are hoping to become liveaboards in the next few years if our plans go right and this would be of interest to us x

still having discussions on how to fit the 'boat' out when we get to having her built. saw a design today for a 70' with 3 bedrooms which is what we will need. and there seemed to be space still for every thing else so looks like we are not totally mad in our wants! Going up to Braunston again at the weekend to see more boats and hopefully get chatting to some of the owners to get more views, news and advice!

yes this is a fabulous boat and we frequent it loads, food is excellent and they are so helpful to answer any questions. They seem to do very well trade wise and would be worth getting in touch with.