mark99 1989 Report post #1 Posted September 25 (edited) Not sure this would pass some narrow canal bridges/tunnels without some damage? The frame is more square than normal triangular profile. IIRC NB Whitefields canvas "box" did not last too well? It's not mine nor would I want one. Edited September 25 by mark99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Mack 1348 Report post #2 Posted September 25 What's the point? Might as well have a cabin extension. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan de Enfield 6256 Report post #3 Posted September 25 4 minutes ago, David Mack said: What's the point? Might as well have a cabin extension. It is easier to replace a bit of damaged wood than straighten out bent & buckled steel plates. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Theo 49 Report post #4 Posted September 25 How the language changes! When I were a lad the cratch was a locker on the back of the deckboards where the hay for the hoss was kept. 😉 N Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matty40s 3743 Report post #5 Posted September 25 It's not a lot different to most newer JD Narrowboat hulls Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark99 1989 Report post #6 Posted September 25 Just now, matty40s said: It's not a lot different to most newer JD Narrowboat hulls Do they manage the narrow canals ok in the bendy pinch points? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matty40s 3743 Report post #7 Posted September 25 Just now, mark99 said: Do they manage the narrow canals ok in the bendy pinch points? I have seen dents and missing brickwork on bridges, but Willow Wrens have been doing that for years too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sea Dog 2328 Report post #8 Posted September 25 2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said: It is easier to replace a bit of damaged wood than straighten out bent & buckled steel plates. Has anyone seen this boat out and about, or is it a marina queen with a fore end potting shed come dining room? To be fair to the owner, it'll go anywhere a widebeam will and the profile is no more restrictive than many narrowboats with canvas tabernacles up front. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naughty Cal 1888 Report post #9 Posted September 25 3 hours ago, mark99 said: Not sure this would pass some narrow canal bridges/tunnels without some damage? The frame is more square than normal triangular profile. IIRC NB Whitefields canvas "box" did not last too well? It's not mine nor would I want one. The "extension" is narrower than the cabin, so if the "extension" don't fit then the boat won't fit!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Schweizer 843 Report post #10 Posted September 25 (edited) 4 hours ago, Theo said: How the language changes! When I were a lad the cratch was a locker on the back of the deckboards where the hay for the hoss was kept. 😉 N It still is as far as I am concerned. Here are a couple of photos I posted to illustrate the point on a similar thread in 2015, although by then there was no hay to store :- Edited September 25 by David Schweizer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WotEver 3154 Report post #11 Posted September 25 (edited) I once found some Moggy poo in our cratch area. I never heard it so I figured the quiet cat crept into the cratch, crapped, and crept out again.. Edited September 25 by WotEver 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Jordan 29 Report post #12 Posted September 25 (edited) I met a nice chap who was taking his brand new boat home having had the builder construct a cratch board exactly the same size and shape as the front bulkhead. He had managed to miss the normal bridges from Yorkshire down to blissworth tunnel where he hit the tunnel roof while passing another boat. The cover survived but the board was written off. They are narrow at the top for a good reason! Edited September 25 by Mike Jordan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Jordan 29 Report post #13 Posted September 25 Q Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan de Enfield 6256 Report post #14 Posted September 25 10 minutes ago, Mike Jordan said: Q 007 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WotEver 3154 Report post #15 Posted September 25 5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: 007 M Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray T 1097 Report post #16 Posted September 25 (edited) Cratch is derived from the Middle English of the 13th Century, cracche, from Anglo - French Creche, manger. Edited September 25 by Ray T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Jordan 29 Report post #17 Posted September 25 As Ray T has mentioned the term is used by stockmen in north Derbyshire to discribe those cross shaped wooden feeding devices you see filled with hay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
