[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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*.
So the Wide Boats formerly used on the Grand Junction were actually broad, but the Norfolk Broads are wide... Does anyone else apart from Adrian actually think that using two synonymous words to mean two different widths of boat is a good idea? (Sure, I gather somebody in AINA possibly does, but then again they think it's clever to invent a new set of signposts for our canals that includes a specal one to warn you there's a boat lift coming up soon) Incidentally, by the above definition the majority of surviving ex working narrow boats are actually broad... Martin
