lee wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was working on our widebeam boat last night when, I spotted two identically >dressed guys standing outside pointing at various boats and taking notes, so i >asked them what was wrong. I expected them to be BW or local officials but >they turned out to be customs and excise people looking for a boat. > >When i asked if Newbury has its own borders and if smuggling was a problem >between berks and wilts they said it was not the boat but the person on the >boat that they were after and had he moored here?
If you have a wide beam boat at Newbury I hope you are happy with its very limited cruising range. A boat is *broad* if its beam is between 2.1 m and 4.3 m (i.e. wider than one narrow boat but not wider than two breasted). Only if the beam is greater than 4.3 m is the vessel *wide*. The K&A Canal will pass broad beam craft, but not wide beam ones. The Bristol Avon will accept wide beam ones. The Kennet used to accept wide beam ones, but it was reduced in gauge to broad to match the canal when that was built. "tiamiboat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I can't believe how many new build boats have been >launched in my area this week (over 10), nearly a third of them wide >beam I doubt the last part of that. Adrian (who is nearly 1.3 people) Adrian Stott 07956-299966
