Michael Askin wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Steve Wood > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Actually it must be quite a passage. I'd be interested to read about >> the journey if there is a web link. Could a standard L&L boat do it >> or are we talking Progress-style modifications? Maybe the Watford >> locks bypass isn't needed after all ;-) > > Most barges of that sort of size are quite capable of the passage - > heck even a narrowboat might do it if they are daft enough. Neil - You > should have taken Earnest to Ireland by water you know! :-)
errr...I have been in the middle of the Irish Sea in a narrowboat...and it was definitely NOT mine! ps we passed Shoesting at about 7mph this morning! ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Ocean Princess - Ships Photographer (retired) / WB Mini Me (finally a TNC vessel)
