WotEver Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 2 hours ago, Markinaboat said: have had three hip replacements now Jeez... how many legs do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markinaboat Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 three legs of Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Notice the fully trained member of staff. Not only does the windlass work and gate shuving but walks the dog at the same time. I did however have to get off the boat on this occasion to take the piccie!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwacker Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grace & Favour Posted January 27, 2018 Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 38 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Notice the fully trained member of staff. Not only does the windlass work and gate shuving but walks the dog at the same time. I did however have to get off the boat on this occasion to take the piccie!! It would appear that your lovely staff member is indicating to you with a hand gesture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bourke Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Another one of them effing widebeams. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Joe Bourke said: Another one of them effing widebeams. Very nice and on a PROPER waterway 11 hours ago, Grace & Favour said: It would appear that your lovely staff member is indicating to you with a hand gesture. Yow Dave Whats all this NEW member nonsense? Glad ya back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dartagnan Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Joe Bourke said: Another one of them effing widebeams. Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 10 hours ago, Joe Bourke said: Another one of them effing widebeams. tried to be beautiful and didn't quite make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, system 4-50 said: tried to be beautiful and didn't quite make it. But without doubt far prettier than any sewer tube surely? Certainly more of a boat shaped boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 minute ago, mrsmelly said: But without doubt far prettier than any sewer tube surely? Certainly more of a boat shaped boat. I look at the upright bow and expect a chunky stern. I look at the stern and expect a racing yacht bow. The cabin structures have a totally flat look. And personally I don't like arched windows even though I suspect they are far more practical than the horizontal. Its neat and tidy, but beautiful? Not quite, to my taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, system 4-50 said: I look at the upright bow and expect a chunky stern. I look at the stern and expect a racing yacht bow. The cabin structures have a totally flat look. And personally I don't like arched windows even though I suspect they are far more practical than the horizontal. Its neat and tidy, but beautiful? Not quite, to my taste. Yeah I don't like the windows must admit. Far comfier to live on than my sewer tube though me thinks and moored in one of my fave locations where I am going again this year. I havnt been there on a boat since 2000 I don't think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Yeah I don't like the windows must admit. Far comfier to live on than my sewer tube though me thinks and moored in one of my fave locations where I am going again this year. I havnt been there on a boat since 2000 I don't think? Now if we were to have a cumfyest competition, that would be a different question. Perhaps in two categories, narrowboat and all-comers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, system 4-50 said: Now if we were to have a cumfyest competition, that would be a different question. Perhaps in two categories, narrowboat and all-comers. Well we could start by inventing time travel and go back two hundred and a few years and exterminate the TW--s who decided on a seven foot beam and only allow those who built sensible canals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bourke Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thankyou for the critique. It was designed for me by a Naval Architect. Basically I wanted a boat with an Edwardian look, you know, plumb stem, round stern, deck saloon, arched drop windows etc. Lower deck to have bedrooms, and bathrooms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markinaboat Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 I think it's a beautiful and proper 'SHIP'. I'm assuming it wasn't built for canal use though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bourke Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 We Moor in Goole on the Aire & Calder. Inland we can go as far as Leeds, Wakefield, Linton on Ouse, and have been to the Riverside Festival in Nottingham. We go down the Humber, and have called in at Hull, and the Ancholme. We are 60ft, our draft is 4ft, our beam 14ft, and our lowest airdraft is 10ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Joe Bourke said: We Moor in Goole on the Aire & Calder. Inland we can go as far as Leeds, Wakefield, Linton on Ouse, and have been to the Riverside Festival in Nottingham. We go down the Humber, and have called in at Hull, and the Ancholme. We are 60ft, our draft is 4ft, our beam 14ft, and our lowest airdraft is 10ft. And in reality that is further than most 57 foot narrowboat owners have travelled!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 and my own boat, built to my own specification, is not the last word in elegance, rather it aspires to be 'not exactly ugly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Joe Bourke said: We Moor in Goole on the Aire & Calder. Inland we can go as far as Leeds, Wakefield, Linton on Ouse, and have been to the Riverside Festival in Nottingham. We go down the Humber, and have called in at Hull, and the Ancholme. We are 60ft, our draft is 4ft, our beam 14ft, and our lowest airdraft is 10ft. And it's a fine looking boat as I think I have said to you on the 'Boat of Thunder'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 4 hours ago, system 4-50 said: I look at the upright bow and expect a chunky stern. I look at the stern and expect a racing yacht bow. The cabin structures have a totally flat look. And personally I don't like arched windows even though I suspect they are far more practical than the horizontal. Its neat and tidy, but beautiful? Not quite, to my taste. which just goes to show that you don't have an eye for classical boat/ship design. The naval architect did an utterly lovely job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 19 minutes ago, Murflynn said: which just goes to show that you don't have an eye for classical boat/ship design. The naval architect did an utterly lovely job. Wasn't a 'Royal' Naval architect then..............no gun!! I like the overall shape of the boat. Bet it's nice 'indoors' as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 26 minutes ago, Murflynn said: which just goes to show that you don't have an eye for classical boat/ship design. The naval architect did an utterly lovely job. agreed. I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bourke Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 7 hours ago, MJG said: And it's a fine looking boat as I think I have said to you on the 'Boat of Thunder'. Hail Thunderboater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bourke Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 7 hours ago, system 4-50 said: and my own boat, built to my own specification, is not the last word in elegance, rather it aspires to be 'not exactly ugly". Picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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