Canal Boat Width
Craft and lock dimensions. this page, and the related entries on individual waterways pages, have been provided to help answer the often asked questions "can i take my boat across the leeds & liverpool canal? " or "what is the maximum size of boat that can travel all the waterways on the connected system?". Canal boat sizes canal boats come in all sizes but the maximum number of berths cannot be exceeded, so for example a 12 berth boat can sleep and hold only 12 people including babies and children. we have 2 berth boats ideal for a couple , with one cabin and shower and toilet , and 4 berth boats that also have one cabin but have a double dinette. Lock width: canal: 71ft 6in: 71ft 6in: 7ft 7ft 11ft: birmingham canal navigations birmingham & fazeley canal worcester & birmingham canal middle level navigations (boats over 60ft can only pass through salters lode on to the tidal ouse at level water). 70ft: 70ft 70ft 69ft 7ft 7ft 7ft 14ft 9ft 16ft 6in 16ft: huddersfield narrow canal.
Beginners especially, sometimes restrict themselves to a smaller boat through nervousness about steering a 65ft, 20 ton lump of metal through crowded narrow waters but then find themselves looking for a longer boat a year or two later when all they first needed was a good boat handling tuition session to give them the necessary confidence.. Uk inland waterway size restrictions in english units compiled by john russell [email protected].converted from excel to the web by clive worrall. john's comments: "all dimensions are in feet/inches.they are best guesses only and have been given in good faith.. Canal/waterway size restrictions. uk for overview of england and wales, see answer in faq. for details of specific canals and waterways, see either john russell's uk inland waterway size restrictions in english units or his uk inland waterway size restrictions in metric units for visualizing narrow and wide canals on a map, see:.
