Smoggy Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 (edited) Hi We all no size matters ok well I was wondering what defines a narrow boat to a wide beam our boat is 8ft 6in & classed as a Wide Beam, but depending on how she behaves I tend to say she's either a skinny wide beam or a fat narrow boat. What do other members think sue Edited July 14, 2017 by Smoggy Edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davis Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 If she is more than 7' she's wide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steilsteven Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 1 minute ago, Smoggy said: Hi We all no size matters ok well I was wondering who decides on the size our boat is 8ft 6in & classed as a Wide Beam, but depending on how she behaves I tend to say she's either a skinny wide beam or a fat narrow boat. What do other members think sue She's a boat. Keith 1 minute ago, Graham Davis said: If she is more than 7' she's wide! So all G U C C Co boats are wide then, I see. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Graham Davis said: If she is more than 7' she's wide! Ok thanks That's a lot smaller , than I thought so are all boats over 7' wide beams !! Edited July 14, 2017 by Smoggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 I'd have said if wider than 7' 3", having had two Small Woolwich that boasted hips like that from birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 10 minutes ago, Graham Davis said: If she is more than 7' she's wide! 2 minutes ago, zenataomm said: I'd have said if wider than 7' 3", having had two Small Woolwich that boasted hips like that from birth. The law states : “narrow canal boat” means a vessel having a beam of less than seven feet six inches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steilsteven Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 If a boat that is 7' or less is considered to be narrow then all other boats are just boats. If there was no such thing as a narrow beam boat, it follows that there would also be no such thing as a wide beam boat. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 (edited) Whilst accepted wisdom suggests that the maximum width of a Narrow boat is 7ft, most working boats could be up to 3" wider than that, particularly those built for the GUCCC, Perhaps a better criteria would be if it will fit in a Narrow lock, it is a Narrow boat, if it won't it is a wide boat. And before any smart arse comes on to rubbish that theory, I am aware that there are a some narrow locks where a boat over 7ft will struggle, or even jam, but they are the exception rather than the rule. On a related point I was always told by our ex working boat captain than anything over 12ft 6ins was a Barge, but I have never seen that definition in writing. Edited July 16, 2017 by David Schweizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 "A wide beam can't fit through the bridge holes and locks of a narrow canal". Of course, that doesn't mean that all narrowboats can fit either, just that they'd be too narrow to be necessarily identified as widebeams. And, there's variations in what fits on various "narrow" canals, and parts of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) deleted, arter realising what a pile of gonads I was writing Edited July 16, 2017 by Bewildered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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