You Brits are SO Lucky!

Jeff-Groves · 05-20-24, 01:41 PM

Over 2000 miles of Canals that can actually be navigated!
I'd KILL to have a 54 foot Narrow Boat to just travel as much as I could of those!

Granted just the boat itself would cost me over $150,000 and that's NOT brand new!

At 2 or 3 miles per hour, not counting lock times and other reasons to stop? I'd probably die before I could travel all that.

Eichhörnchen · 05-20-24, 03:27 PM

I've got a mate from way back who bought a narrow-boat the year before last and does just this. I do envy him so. He posts a lot of his pics etc on his Facebook page - so we can properly hate his guts

Moonlight · 05-20-24, 03:42 PM

@Jeff-Groves. I'll sell you a small boat that just came over from France, it's only been used once and it's got a nearly newish outboard motor in it, (by nearly newish I mean built sometime in the last 50 years). It seats up to 30, if you rent it out you could get a 100 in if you're desperate for cash, I'll knock a few quid off for all the puke they left in the bottom of it, what do you say to that then?.

Jeff-Groves · 05-20-24, 04:44 PM

I just watched Season 1 of "Cruising the Cut". May be from 2015 but I'm SO jealous!

em2nought · 05-20-24, 04:55 PM

You could do it much cheaper in Bangkok.

Von Due · 05-20-24, 05:12 PM

Went on a narrow boat in 2005 from the Crewe area to Llangollen. I know I can never afford this again but it sure was an experience for a lifetime.

Oubaas · 05-21-24, 11:52 AM

Building boats is not terribly difficult, and it's much cheaper than buying them.

If you can learn to loft lines and offsets, the hardest part is over. And there are a number of good books available about lofting.

If you start building and want to use epoxy, just be sure to wear gloves, long sleeves, and use barrier cream. You don't want an epoxy reaction, you'll never be able to use the stuff again. And if you keep getting it on you, it's not a question of IF you'll have a reaction, it's a question of WHEN.

Build yourself an Adirondack Guide Boat and head for your local waterways!

Jeff-Groves · 05-21-24, 01:21 PM

Best I can probably do is model a narrow boat and cruise the Kiel canal in one of the SH games.

Rockstar · 05-21-24, 02:16 PM

The Erie Canal is closer and if you’re really bold you can keep going and sail the Great Loop.

Jeff-Groves · 05-21-24, 02:32 PM

The Erie, when compared to the Cut in the UK, sucks balls!
May as well travel drainage ditches on a freaking pallet!
I've been to the Erie in Ohio and New York.

Jeff-Groves · 05-21-24, 02:46 PM

This is just SO uncanny!

05-20-24, 01:41 PM	#1
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,344 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	You Brits are SO Lucky! Over 2000 miles of Canals that can actually be navigated! I'd KILL to have a 54 foot Narrow Boat to just travel as much as I could of those! Granted just the boat itself would cost me over $150,000 and that's NOT brand new! At 2 or 3 miles per hour, not counting lock times and other reasons to stop? I'd probably die before I could travel all that. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-20-24, 03:27 PM	#2
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I've got a mate from way back who bought a narrow-boat the year before last and does just this. I do envy him so. He posts a lot of his pics etc on his Facebook page - so we can properly hate his guts __________________

05-20-24, 03:42 PM	#3
Moonlight Admiral Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fookhall Copse Posts: 2,148 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 0	@Jeff-Groves. I'll sell you a small boat that just came over from France, it's only been used once and it's got a nearly newish outboard motor in it, (by nearly newish I mean built sometime in the last 50 years). It seats up to 30, if you rent it out you could get a 100 in if you're desperate for cash, I'll knock a few quid off for all the puke they left in the bottom of it, what do you say to that then?. __________________

05-20-24, 04:44 PM	#4
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,344 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	I just watched Season 1 of "Cruising the Cut". May be from 2015 but I'm SO jealous! __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-20-24, 04:55 PM	#5
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,302 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You could do it much cheaper in Bangkok. __________________ ISRAEL: Essentially "The Alamo" 24/7, 365 since 1947

05-20-24, 05:12 PM	#6
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,664 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Went on a narrow boat in 2005 from the Crewe area to Llangollen. I know I can never afford this again but it sure was an experience for a lifetime.

05-21-24, 11:52 AM	#7
Oubaas Chief Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 323 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Building boats is not terribly difficult, and it's much cheaper than buying them. If you can learn to loft lines and offsets, the hardest part is over. And there are a number of good books available about lofting. If you start building and want to use epoxy, just be sure to wear gloves, long sleeves, and use barrier cream. You don't want an epoxy reaction, you'll never be able to use the stuff again. And if you keep getting it on you, it's not a question of IF you'll have a reaction, it's a question of WHEN. Build yourself an Adirondack Guide Boat and head for your local waterways!

05-21-24, 01:21 PM	#8
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,344 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	Best I can probably do is model a narrow boat and cruise the Kiel canal in one of the SH games. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-21-24, 02:16 PM	#9
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,914 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The Erie Canal is closer and if you’re really bold you can keep going and sail the Great Loop. __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

05-21-24, 02:32 PM	#10
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,344 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	The Erie, when compared to the Cut in the UK, sucks balls! May as well travel drainage ditches on a freaking pallet! I've been to the Erie in Ohio and New York. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

05-21-24, 02:46 PM	#11
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,344 Downloads: 131 Uploads: 0	This is just SO uncanny! __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.