tehmarks Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi all, On my travels southwards I've seen an interesting pair of boats a few times now on the southern GU - although unfortunately never at sociable ties of the day! One's a bog standard narrowboat, dark blue, possibly a cruiser stern but I can't remember for sure. Didn't catch the name of it, didn't think to look! I've always seen this towing another boat, also dark blue, that must be about 15' or less. I'm fairly certain it's shorter than a Springer Waterbug. Does anyone happen to know anything about this boat? It seems like a genius idea, but I've never came across such a short boat before, and I'm interested to know the history of it. It's currently somewhere between Stoke Bruerne and Yardley Gobion, and has been heading southbounds from Gayton for the past few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Could be the waterways joiner, his workshop is very short and I now he has stripped down and repainted the pair this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 The narrowboat "Nancy Bell" used to tow a short butty called "Towed Hall", back in the 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Payne Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Is one better looking than the other, as in one is really old and battered, the other in decent nick? I spotted two very short boats on the Coventry between harsthill and atherstone a couple of times late last year, they appeared to be together and one was towing the other buy the looks of it, maybe they have headed south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehmarks Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thank you all for the replies. Will hopefully catch a name when (if) they next pass. They're both in pretty good condition, and I'd hazard a guess that the butty has been made up into a bedroom or similar; that's how it looks from the outside at least. I'm just curious to know how such a boat came about - it looks exactly like someone's taken a trad stern narrowboat and shrunk it comically. Looks like it'd make a great 'garden shed'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta9 Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 A bit like this one on apollo duck? http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=455781 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tehmarks Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Off the top of my head I'd say it was even shorter than that, with a rounded stern and a more 'proper' bow. I'll have to grab a photo the next time I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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