> Hello! :-)
Hello!
> We want the opportunity of getting as long a boat as possible to live
> on (we're currently staying on a boat but it's not ours and it's only
> 50 ft.) without needing to take it out of the water to get up north
> ie: cruise from north to south.
>
> We know the width restrictions at Birmingham and we're happy with
> narrowboats, but how long can we go before we're seriously limiting
> ourselves? I understand 57.5 ft is thought to be optimum, but we just
> want to be able to go London - Manchester/Lancashire/Leeds liverpool
> canal area. If we went to 65 ft would we loose much canal network-wise?
I suppose it depends on how much you want to limit your routes to get
'tup north (I'm from Hull BTW).
Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) are 62ft long locks, but
you can get longer narrowboats in these by putting them across the
lock, but I'm not sure how much longer you can go.
The other option is always to go out through Elmsmere Port, and coast
hop around to the Ribble!
Mike
nb. 60ftliveaboardinlondon
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Michael Askin
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