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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 19:55:45 GMT
I always look better at a distance....
and the further the distance, the better I look.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 7:34:01 GMT
What's all this Fatboat talk? Have i stumbled into the Dutch Barge Association forum?No, however some of us do like 'proper' boats rather than narrow sewer tubes that drag their backsides along a muddy ditch.... So as if to reinforce the point and answer the original question my all time favourite boat has to be Vulcan (of Goole). Now an immaculate residential boat we used to see it/her regularly either on her moorings on the Stainforth and Keadby or cruising about on the Northern Waterways. OK not beautiful or graceful but a great looking boat with an interesting history. www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1888/vulcanDefinitely my 'lottery boat' if ever for sale. Managed to catch it/her on video a few years back passing through the swing bridge at West Bramwith.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 7:46:30 GMT
I remember when you put that vid on the banning site - its such superb boat I just love it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2016 7:48:35 GMT
That little maneuver at the beginning - reversing against a secured stern line - I do it at most locks when cruising on my barge as it is a similar shape to Vulcan and comes away from the side very nicely. Saves any tedious manual shoving and means a bow thruster is not needed. Very satisfying maneuover to perform
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 8:29:38 GMT
I remember when you put that vid on the banning site - its such superb boat I just love it And has a great name
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 30, 2016 8:31:51 GMT
That little maneuver at the beginning - reversing against a secured stern line - I do it at most locks when cruising on my barge as it is a similar shape to Vulcan and comes away from the side very nicely. Saves any tedious manual shoving and means a bow thruster is not needed. Very satisfying maneuover to perform Springing off the stern. These days we always seem to putt too much effort into manual manouvers, when the old tried and trusted methods of boat handling with ropes and lines were much easier
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