DoubleEnder
Well-known member
A friend has a 57 foot steel boat in the Netherlands. ten years old, ish. 26 tons design displacement, 90hp Beta, all in good order, draws a bit less than 3 feet. Steel.
He wants to bring it back to UK, to be based on the northern U.K. canal network - it's a wide beam at 12'6" so we can't enter the southern canals.
I'm trying to convince myself that we can do this under our own steam, but I'm probably being daft. Or am I? Truck and ferry will be quicker and safer but how much safer....?
Any thoughts?
He wants to bring it back to UK, to be based on the northern U.K. canal network - it's a wide beam at 12'6" so we can't enter the southern canals.
I'm trying to convince myself that we can do this under our own steam, but I'm probably being daft. Or am I? Truck and ferry will be quicker and safer but how much safer....?
Any thoughts?