--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Perhaps the most basic question is "Why a *narrow* boat?". > > Broad craft allow much more, and much more usable, space on board for > very little (if any) more money. The inland cruising range for broad > craft in UK is probably considerably greater than you initially > think/thought, and a broad craft is much more suitable for use on the > waterways of mainland Europe (and you *will* eventually start thinking > about cruising there!). > > So, do at least consider a barge instead of a narrow boat. > > Adrian
Has it not already been decreed in other correspondence that a barge is one of the correct terms describing a narrow boat ? Why do you therefore infer that a barge is a wider alternative to a 7ft wide vessel ? Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com
