Re: What weight - 70' Narrowboat


"Julian" <Julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Allan Jones" <sot177-urw1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Most "modern" narrowboats draw less than 2ft3, probably when static an
>> average (mid-boat) figure of 1ft8 would be closer (when fully loaded with
>> fuel, water, people, and beer); usually at least a couple of inches
>> deeper
>> at the back and similarly shallower at the front. This gives a weight of
>> 20
>> tons, which I reckon is pretty well correct for my boat (12/16/4 but not
>> much other ballast).
>
>
> Boats with that draft must be so tender they must be a nightmare to live
> on.
> My last narrowboat that I lived on had a max draft of 2ft8 and sat very
> nicely in the water and was not tender at all.
> No wonder BW can get away without dredging if 1ft8 is the "average" draft
> of
> a new boat.
>
> J
>
Agreed - I'm convinced that's one reason why BW get away with a lack of
dredging. I'm pretty sure that most large-scale builders these days build to
a nominal draft of 1ft10 (which with the slope of the boat corresponds to an
average of 1ft8); any builders out there like to confirm that?

At least most of the weight on mine is concentrated very low down (you can't
get lower than the base plate!) so it isn't too tender. Certainly it gets
blown about in the wind a lot more than say a loaded working boat, although
as the front doesn't ride too high it isn't as bad as my previous boat which
was a Harborough with the "window-smasher" style of bow.

Allan


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