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In 1983 Braidbar Boats was established as a narrowboat building business in Lord Vernon’s Wharf on the Macclesfield Canal at Poynton, Cheshire. [2] The company produces around 7 quality narrowboats each year [3] and has won many awards, including Favourite Boat in Show at the Crick Boat Show in 2000, 2007 and 2018.
The key distinguishing feature of a narrowboat is its width, which must be less than 7 feet (2.13 m) to navigate British narrow canals. Some old boats are very close to this limit (often built 7 feet 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches or 2.17 metres or slightly wider), and can have trouble using certain narrow locks whose width has been reduced over time because of subsidence.
In the latter half of the 20th century, while the use of canals for transporting goods was dying out, there was a rise in interest in their history and potential use for leisure. A large amount of credit for this is usually given to L. T. C. Rolt, whose book Narrow Boat about a journey made in the narrowboat Cressy was published in 1944. [7]
Echoing narrowboats, a widebeam's stern may be a cruiser stern or a "semi-trad"; but these days it is rare to see a widebeam with a traditional stern. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Unlike some traditional narrowboats, a modern widebeam will rarely have a walk-through engine room with an antique engine such as a Bolinder ; its engine will normally be found ...
A converted working narrowboat, Clypeus, opens up leaving Penton Hook Lock heading upstream past the weir. Clypeus is number 28 in the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company fleet, being one of 12 iron composite pairs of Star Class boats built by Yarwoods of Northwich in 1935.
National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and other public bodies on ship preservation and funding priorities. As part of this remit, National Historic Ships maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV), which as of September 2014 listed over 1,000 vessels.
During December 2018, DB Cargo UK offered further Class 60s for sale – 60 008, 028, 029, 046, 055, 064, 070 and 098, which was the first time 60 064 had been put up for sale. [ 28 ] In 2019, DB Cargo UK offered 60 006, 050, 060, 081 and 086 for sale, stored at Toton. [ 28 ]
The IMOCA ("Open 60") is a 60ft (18.3 m) development class monohull sailing yacht governed by the International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). [1] The class pinnacle event are single or two person ocean races, such as the Route du Rhum and the Vendée Globe and this has been intimately linked to design development within the class.