The best shaped pointy-end for ice breaking?

[blodger]

I do not know if I dreamt it but in times past did some working boats, maybe wooden ones, fit knife blades on the stem to assist through the ice?

[Speedwheel]

I do not know if I dreamt it but in times past did some working boats, maybe wooden ones, fit knife blades on the stem to assist through the ice?

 

Well the front of Tycho has a 'blade'. Possibly confused with below.

 

Clicky

[Albion]

I do not know if I dreamt it but in times past did some working boats, maybe wooden ones, fit knife blades on the stem to assist through the ice?

 

I don't know about ice but, as Speedwheel's link shows, some fly boats (fast horse drawn passenger boats) had a blade mounted on the stem to cut the rope of any horse boat coming the other way that didn't give them priority and drop their rope.

Roger

[carlt]

You see how the Rose hire boat has skilfully identified Tycho's weak spot and is going in for the kill?

[Graham_Robinson]

You see how the Rose hire boat has skilfully identified Tycho's weak spot and is going in for the kill?

Yeah right into the dustbin lids.

[jenlyn]

You see how the Rose hire boat has skilfully identified Tycho's weak spot and is going in for the kill?

 

lol, can hear the battle cry from here!

[David Schweizer]

I do not know if I dreamt it but in times past did some working boats, maybe wooden ones, fit knife blades on the stem to assist through the ice?

I think that was on Passenger Flybpats which had priority, and the knife was to cut the tow line of any boat that did not give way. Mind you I think I read that in one of Rolt's books, so there could have been a bit of speculative licence being used.

[Ray T]

Just out of curiosity, for boat license purposes, does the overall length of Tycho include the ice breaking device at "the pointy end"?

[Speedwheel]

Just out of curiosity, for boat license purposes, does the overall length of Tycho include the ice breaking device at "the pointy end"?

 

Yes it does.

[David Mack]

Yeah right into the dustbin lids.

 

...the tupperware dustbin lids....

[mykaskin]

I'm curious to know whether our prow will help our ice breaking tomorrow?

 

Dave thinks it will. What do you folks reckon?

 

Might be OK, but it helps to have a bow like this!

 

 

Mike

[TheWilk]

Have you moved yet, Ange? I wouldn't worry all that much about leaving your boat unattended in Lancaster for a few days if there's other liveaboards around - if you don't know them I could probably find out who they are for you. I've had relatively more (very minor, potential) problems in Galgate than Lancaster, the local yoofs do like to booze on the towpath there. Either way, I've left my boat in both places and it's been fine.

[alan_fincher]

Have you moved yet, Ange?

 

Sadly, not.

 

Link to Ange's post in a parallel thread.

 

EDITED TO ADD:

 

For some reason that link is taking me to wrong post in thread, despite my checking it's the correct one. Not clever enough to work out what';s wrong, but I'm sure you get the drift......

Edited December 15, 2010 by alan_fincher

[Ange]

Thanks Alan

 

Yes, sadly we're now stranded in Lancaster with a broken boat - well a boat with a broken drive plate that is.

[Guest]

 

For some reason that link is taking me to wrong post in thread, despite my checking it's the correct one. Not clever enough to work out what';s wrong, but I'm sure you get the drift......

 

Not sure why the forum has suddenly started doing that - I've had the same issue recently....