I'm new here - so bear with me.
We're seeing boat builders this week regarding the potential of a 70 foot narrowboat (maybe a whisker less) for our family (Mum & Dad + 7 year old boy and 11 year old girl). Clearly, there's some canals we can't cruise (I forget which ones - mostly up North I'm told) but we don't mind that - it's the pleasure of the larger boat we want and that we're led to believe in the Midlands and South, 70 feet will be OK. We live about a mile from Knowle locks and have canals all around us. Will a 70 footer really be OK for Midlandss and Southern cruising - or are we a bit daft considering this size? Someone told us that the only people to have 70 footers are live-aboards. Is this right? Callum. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
