Dear All,
Below is a statement received from BW today following comments made to them with evidence of boats being built to over 7ft in the past.: We understand there have been some comments and discussion regarding the definition of broad beam boats in the context BWAF's report to BW on improvements to the licensing system. The purpose of consulting on proposals is to tease out relevant issues, big or small. We are happy to accept the amendment and set the width boundary at 2.3m as suggested, and thank those responsible for drawing it to our attention. Grand Union boats were all 7ft 1/2", first post war narrowboats purpose built to 6ft 10" were the "Admiral class" built in 1957 to negoiate bulging lock walls in the North West. Regards, Laurence Hogg [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
