8ft Wide

[lewisericeric]

Just out of interest, where could you go on an 8ft wide narrowboat? I believe the Cheshire Ring in its entirety is possible as the 9ft pioneer boats can get through bridges/tunnels around Preston Brook area?

[Alway Swilby]

Ashton, Marple, Bosley and the Cheshire Locks are all 7' max.

 

[dmr]

The tunnels are semi-wide so should be fine but I would be very surprised if you could get through all of the locks on the Cheshire Ring. In fact I will up that to very very surprised.

[David Mack]

19 minutes ago, lewisericeric said:

Just out of interest, where could you go on an 8ft wide narrowboat? I believe the Cheshire Ring in its entirety is possible as the 9ft pioneer boats can get through bridges/tunnels around Preston Brook area?

Pretty much the same places you could go on a 12 ft wide boat. The only difference that immediately comes to mind is that the 8ft wide boat could pass along the Trent and Mersey from Preston Brook as far as Croxton Aqueduct, whereas the 12 ft boat could not.

[Alan de Enfield]

24 minutes ago, lewisericeric said:

Just out of interest, where could you go on an 8ft wide narrowboat?

 

Just as a matter of record, (in law) a narrowboat is up to 7' 6" wide, anything above that is a wideboat.

 

Definition of Terms :

 

“narrow canal boat” means a vessel having a beam of less than seven feet six inches

 

These modern-day boats (6' 10")  built to suit the shrinking infrastructure are called ANB's (Anorexic Narrow Boat)

 

BW_General_Canal_Bye-laws.pdf

Edited January 26, 2022 by Alan de Enfield

[lewisericeric]

If the boat was 7ft 6 could that pass through Croxton Aqueduct? 

[ditchcrawler]

2 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Pretty much the same places you could go on a 12 ft wide boat. The only difference that immediately comes to mind is that the 8ft wide boat could pass along the Trent and Mersey from Preston Brook as far as Croxton Aqueduct, whereas the 12 ft boat could not.

Do you think it would squeeze over the aqueduct and get up through Big Lock. I can't remember how much room there was to spare when we use to go that way.

 

[Captain Pegg]

You could go from Cannock Norton Canes to Wolverhampton

[TheBiscuits]

36 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Do you think it would squeeze over the aqueduct and get up through Big Lock.

 

No.  The Croxton aqueduct is tighter than some narrow locks.

 

 

[Tacet]

2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Just as a matter of record, (in law) a narrowboat is up to 7' 6" wide, anything above that is a wideboat.

 

Definition of Terms :

 

“narrow canal boat” means a vessel having a beam of less than seven feet six inches

 

These modern-day boats (6' 10")  built to suit the shrinking infrastructure are called ANB's (Anorexic Narrow Boat)

 

BW_General_Canal_Bye-laws.pdf 134.43 kB · 1 download

That definition is only in relation to to those Bye-laws; it is not a universal definition or law

[ditchcrawler]

2 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

No.  The Croxton aqueduct is tighter than some narrow locks.

 

 

OK, I am normally looking for the ex aqueduct down to the side when I cross