[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... > >Has any group member taken a boat greater than 60' over the L&L, or >greater than 58' over the Calder and Hebble / Huddersfield Broad >canal. If so, what length is your boat, and how hairy was it in the >locks? > I have been through the Huddersfield Broad and the Calder and Hebble from Cooper Bridge to Sowerby Bridge with a narrowboat that was spot on 60 feet long. It is only just possible with great care to get a narrowboat of that length (but no more) through these locks, but if you were planning to do them regularly you should think of getting a length around 58' 6" to make life easier!
The shortest locks on the HBC and C&H are the two upper locks at Salterhebble. A few people find they can only safely come down these locks with a 60 ft boat backwards. It probably depends on things like the shape of the bows, rudder, etc. You can't pass through these locks in a broad/wide beamed boat of more than 57'6" length. I have put more information about this subject on this page: http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/calder/locks.htm -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
