NB Esk Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I recall seeing a photo of a working boat with it's gunwale underwater, the water being held back by the tarps. I mentioned this to some of the guy's on the wharf and they were fairly sceptical. Can anyone point me to this image please? I've tried the usual searches with no luck, thanks...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 A bit more detail would help. Was this a wide boat or a narrow boat? It is not uncommon for some barges to have the deck slightly awash due to the raised combings around the hold, narrow boats on the other hand would probably be sunk if that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I recall that poto .... or at least one like it. I'll have a look through my books. I seem to think it was a B&W photo and the water was kept outside by positioning a set of clothes diagonally from the top of the cratch to the gunwhale/top of the cabin to gunwhale. I could of course be making all of this up as I have had a bottle or two of wine in the last 35 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Dunkley Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) I recall seeing a photo of a working boat with it's gunwale underwater, the water being held back by the tarps. I mentioned this to some of the guy's on the wharf and they were fairly sceptical. Can anyone point me to this image please? I've tried the usual searches with no luck, thanks...... There are probably many such similar photos in existence, but one obvious boat that comes to mind would be the Willow Wren owned Station butty 'Dabchick', when Jack Monk had it. Boatmen were paid on tonnage carried so everyone would always load to the maximum the cut would allow, but Jack always tended to load just that bit deeper than most did. Station boats had virtually no 'dry side' [freeboard] with a decent load on because the hull sides weren't quite as deep as either a normal 5 plank wooden boat, or an FMC boat, or a little Woolwich/Northwich. Edited July 6, 2016 by Tony Dunkley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) I would have thought that whilst a photo might have briefly captured a "gunwales under" moment, whilst in motion, it would not be possible to have a boat where this was permanently the case without it sinking.Side cloths are not usually continuous, are they, so wherever they overlapped water would get in, and that is without even considering what happens at either extreme end of them where the come against the deck board or the cabin. Edited July 6, 2016 by alan_fincher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Esk Posted July 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks for the replies so far.....I think it was a narrow boat and although it looked unsafe ( to me) the crew seemed to be acting as if it was an everyday situation. The boat looked to be making good headway. It was a while ago and I think was on the forum but could have been elsewhere on the net. Thanks again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I recall seeing a photo of a working boat with it's gunwale underwater, the water being held back by the tarps. I mentioned this to some of the guy's on the wharf and they were fairly sceptical. Can anyone point me to this image please? I've tried the usual searches with no luck, thanks...... Is this what happened shortly after the photo you refer to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted July 6, 2016 Report Share Posted July 6, 2016 I recall seeing a photo of a working boat with it's gunwale underwater, the water being held back by the tarps. I mentioned this to some of the guy's on the wharf and they were fairly sceptical. Can anyone point me to this image please? I've tried the usual searches with no luck, thanks...... Not a narrowboat but I did a double take when I first saw this one come into harbour (Shoreham) Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RLWP Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Where was that taken, Rickmansworth? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Where was that taken, Rickmansworth? Richard Cowroast, note the tin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Of course! I should have recognised the scum line Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billS Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Mr Muscle notable by his absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Mr Muscle notable by his absence. When the going gets tough, the tough go missing Richard MORE: I almost added a photo of Boris there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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