mark99 Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (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, 2020 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 What's the point? Might as well have a cabin extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 It's not a lot different to most newer JD Narrowboat hulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (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, 2020 by David Schweizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (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, 2020 by WotEver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Jordan Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (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, 2020 by Mike Jordan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Jordan Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Mike Jordan said: Q 007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: 007 M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Cratch is derived from the Middle English of the 13th Century, cracche, from Anglo - French Creche, manger. Edited September 25, 2020 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Jordan Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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