tiamiboat wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Richard > Fairhurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Adrian wrote: >>> When I hear "widebeam narrow boat", I think "oxymoron". >> >> I believe these are rapidly becoming known as "fat boats". Though I > guess at WW we should >> call them fatboats. >> >> Richard >> > Those of us in a certain department working for what some on this > list term "the dark side" term the Wide Beam Vessels or WBV for > short. If they are not a Dutch BArge (DBA) and are over 2.2m wide > then they have to be a WBV as there is no other suitable description > on the computer system. Narrowboats are listed as NAR and Cabin > Cruisers as CCR which oddly enough in another bit of the programme > also stands for Continuous CRuiser if you are using shortcut keys. > HOP are Hoppers. ROW unsurprisingly are ROWing boats, and CAN are > canoes whether or not they happen to be kyaks! > > Too much useless information for tonight. I like Richard's > description of fatboats. It would be novel having a salon where I > can't touch the opposite walls with my bare hands whilst sitting in > the middle of the room. Coooo, I might even have room for a sofa and > a guest bed!!!! There's a thought ... > Debbi > nb TIAMI currently but maybe fb dreaming
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