will it be narrow enough

[Stroudwater1]

Perhaps it’s like this- at least it got from Calcutt to Braunston over 1 week recently. The orange seems to be difficult to clean. 

 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

16 minutes ago, matty40s said:

You could get up the GU as far as Wolverton Aqueduct then just chuck it over the side onto the Great Ouse.

 

Seriously though, you do not have the headroom with one of those lifeboats to get under bridges on the Nene and Middle Levels.

If it's a free fall lifeboat, it is designed to be dropped from a great height from an iron structure.

[Ewan123]

12 minutes ago, Stroudwater1 said:

Perhaps it’s like this- at least it got from Calcutt to Braunston over 1 week recently. The orange seems to be difficult to clean. 

 

 

I imagine it's quite cosy to cruise it in winter. On a hot summer's day though... you'd probably get cooked!

[rusty69]

Maybe its a proper lifeboat (or three)

[ditchcrawler]

24 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

If it's a free fall lifeboat, it is designed to be dropped from a great height from an iron structure.

But into deep water

[magnetman]

9 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

Maybe its a proper lifeboat (or three)

The pram hood looks awful ! 

[marrk chalmers]

3 hours ago, IanD said:

Or this?

 

 

yeah just like that . no proper converted drop boat i think they call it back cut to be boat like , i am on the new to boating page am i 

[Ray T]

17 hours ago, marrk chalmers said:

i was thinking of going on the great Ouse before Northampton , don't mind the long way . never been on a boat before.

 

If you are thinking of a sea passage, the statement above in red worries me.

Speaking as a holder of a Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence.

 

I'd check the RYA site:https://www.rya.org.uk/training
 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Ray T

[magnetman]

This is where road transport works well. 

[marrk chalmers]

Just now, magnetman said:

This is where road transport works well. 

looks like my only choice

10 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

yeah just like that . no proper converted drop boat i think they call it back cut to be boat like , i am on the new to boating page am i 

 

[magnetman]

Boat transporters will need you to measure the width. 

 

Be careful about boats like this conveniently advertised as being just under 9ft wide because this is the width limit for boats transported without escort vehicles. 

 

Once you get above 9ft it gets a lot more expensive to move by road. 

 

Measure the boat properly. 

 

 

eta it is 2.9m/9ft6 not 9ft but you get the idea. 

 

the boat might be wider than they are saying. 

https://www.gov.uk/esdal-and-abnormal-loads

[marrk chalmers]

[magnetman]

That is a LOT nicer than I was expecting !!! 

 

I like that. 

 

You might be able to get it shifted on a trailer. 

There is a crane opposite. 

[manxmike]

If that's the boat in question it certainly doesn't look like it's as wide as stated, the air draft is fine, it's just the water draft that might be too deep.

7 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

 

[magnetman]

It looks about 9ft wide to me. 

[GUMPY]

19 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Be careful about boats like this conveniently advertised as being just under 9ft wide because this is the width limit for boats transported without escort vehicles. 

Has it changed? Parglena didn't need an escort at 11ft5" had it been 11ft 6" it would have done.

We did need to file a passage plan🤔

 

Edited December 1, 2023 by GUMPY

[magnetman]

Definitely not narrow. 

[GUMPY]

13 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

Someone has done quite a nice job on that. Way better than I was expecting 

[magnetman]

4 minutes ago, GUMPY said:

Has it changed? Parglena didn't need an escort at 11ft5" had it been 11ft 6" it would have done.

We did need to file a passage plan🤔

 

 

maybe an escort isn't needed. A lot of companies advertising escorts for loads over 2.9m wide. 

 

It is more expensive if you have to use a lorry rather than a 4x4 and a trailer. 

 

That boat looks like it might go on a trailer. 

[Alan de Enfield]

16 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

 

That is not unpleasant, and actually has something endearing about it.

[GUMPY]

1 minute ago, magnetman said:

 

maybe an escort isn't needed. A lot of companies advertising escorts for loads over 2.9m wide. 

 

It is more expensive if you have to use a lorry rather than a 4x4 and a trailer. 

 

That boat looks like it might go on a trailer. 

2.9m and over you need to notify and file a passage plan.

3.5m and over you need an escort.

4.1m and over you need a police escort.

[ditchcrawler]

23 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

Did you do it, one of the nicest I have seen

[Tony Brooks]

I agree, looks a good conversion. I wonder if this was a ship's lifeboat, rather than a drop boat.

[ditchcrawler]

2 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

I agree, looks a good conversion. I wonder if this was a ship's lifeboat, rather than a drop boat.

Not a free fall, probably double davit like we used on the gas platforms down off the east coast 

[rusty69]

29 minutes ago, marrk chalmers said:

Looks like a lovely little boat. Worth measuring the width if you haven't already done so. Looks less than 2.7m, but may be deceiving.