Max dimensions of different river systems

TotOfRumTina

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Hello everyone ?
thanks for adding me to this forum, this is my first message.

Me and the Hubby are looking at buying a power cabin cruiser we have looked at a few not sure what we want apart from a few specifications which is for holidaying on and we are both over 6 feet tall. o_O
We want Diesel
probably around a 30 footer as they seem to have better headroom (don't want concussion) ?
we are only looking at river usage at the moment (no coastal until I am braver and know what I am doing)
looking at probably keeping it on the Norfolk Broads but were going to buy it from elsewhere but sail it to the Broads (but then discovered it might not fit width ways on some rivers/canals or under some bridges (Oh poo!) :poop: didn't think of that bit. Yes I know we can have it transported but wanted to sail it to the broads, then also discovered NO connecting river systems without going out to sea :sick::sick::sick: (double poo!) :poop::poop:
Didn't know there was so much to think about. now discovered that there are a good few low bridges in the broads so the boat may not fit under them (we really like the Princess DS32) mmmmm quite tall.

Is there an easy to use website/app that you can put in steer boat from point A to Point B (adding in measurements of your boat) and it will tell you a route avoiding low and narrow bits?
I tried Canal Plan which I found quite hard to use but that is the web site that told me I was too tall and too fat to travel from A to B GRrrrrrrr! Also to research the Broads to know where the low bridges are as they might be in silly little channels that I wouldn't go down anyway.
 
Perhaps you should do a bit more research about where you might want to keep your boat first, as far as I know the Broads, or at least a lot of them, are pretty accessible but my only experience of them is bringing my Colvic Watson 34 back from St Olave's Marina, we had to come quite a long way before getting to the lock at Lowestoft where we got delayed due to the last wee road bridge not working so had to wait a few hours for the tide to go out a bit more before overnighting at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk YC (not recommended - very, let's say, formal)...

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Perhaps you should do a bit more research about where you might want to keep your boat first, as far as I know the Broads, or at least a lot of them, are pretty accessible but my only experience of them is bringing my Colvic Watson 34 back from St Olave's Marina, we had to come quite a long way before getting to the lock at Lowestoft where we got delayed due to the last wee road bridge not working so had to wait a few hours for the tide to go out a bit more before overnighting at the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk YC (not recommended - very, let's say, formal)...

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Hi is that 'Baloo' I remember her up for sale some time ago and wondered where she went, nice CW
 
Potter Higham bridge will probably be the one you need to get under, so check that out.
Potter is very low, only about 6’ 8” from memory, not many vessels can get under there! You can visit a large part of the Broads system without having such a low airdraft. Other critical bridges which are a good bit higher are the bridges at Yarmouth, but at low tide you can manage that with many boats, also the “swing bridge” at Norwich whose name escapes me, Horning and Ludham are also quite low and no tide to help, even so there is lots to explore.
 
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