will my boat fit?

[cj1234]

hiya, i am looking at buying a 22ft river cruiser and i have found out she is 8ft 3 inch wide, what i want to know is if i can travel the Leeds and Liverpool canal? thanks 

[magpie patrick]

The width won't be a problem, however depth might be. How much does your boat draw? It will probably go but might be hard work. 

[Tony Brooks]

And the height, especially if it has a flying bridge.

[jpcdriver]

Width is certainly not a problem, the Leeds & Liverpool is a wide canal. I am currently on it with a 55 x 9ft chubby narrowboat. There are quite a few 22 to 26ft river cruisers up here, so unless the OP's boat is particularly deep or high it shouldn't be a problem.

[Sea Dog]

7 hours ago, cj1234 said:

hiya, i am looking at buying

If you are still "looking at" buying a boat and already have beam related concerns about where you can cruise, why don't you look at ones which don't place such restrictions upon you?

[cj1234]

17 hours ago, jpcdriver said:

Width is certainly not a problem, the Leeds & Liverpool is a wide canal. I am currently on it with a 55 x 9ft chubby narrowboat. There are quite a few 22 to 26ft river cruisers up here, so unless the OP's boat is particularly deep or high it shouldn't be a problem.

thank you, i have done some research on her and got some dimensions on her,

hieght - 22ft (2.7m) with hardtop without hardtop it is (2.1)

draft- 1ft 6 , 2ft9 with sterndrive 

[LadyG]

I assume OP is buying a grp rather than a steel boat because it is cheaper, both to buy, and usually to maintain. They are not designed with the narrowboat width restriction, but they are not as robust, more suited to leisure cruising.

Personally I would want the boat out of the water in winter, or at least somewhere it can't be iced in.

[blackrose]

1 hour ago, LadyG said:

I assume OP is buying a grp rather than a steel boat because it is cheaper.

 

That's a bit of an assumption. You think everyone who buys a GRP boat does so because they can't afford a steel narrowboat? 

[Alan de Enfield]

6 hours ago, cj1234 said:

draft- 1ft 6 , 2ft9 with sterndrive 

 

A stern drive is a 'negative' on the canals.

And at 2' 9" you'll be 'ploughing' along the bottom on some canals.

 

You will have lots of problems, particularly as the continued lack of maintenace means the bottom is getting closer to the top.

 

If you have not yet bought it, it may well be best avoided.