On the British canal system anything wider than a narrowboats 7 foot can be referred to as a barge.

Barge and narrowboat. Canal narrowboats and canal barges. Luis Gomezcala on his barge Slainte with his partner Kristina Moiseja and baby Sophia at Castleknock. So having looked at what a narrowboat is lets turn our attention to barges.

Widebeams are wider than narrowboats and dutch barges are larger still. A barge is a long narrow boat built with a flat bottom traditionally designed for carrying heavy cargo over water particularly on inland waterways. Posted March 28 2012.

This recently developed underwater hull shape is the result of a number of years research by a Scottish university financed by British Waterways and built by Alvechurch Boat Centres. We were moored behind a dutch barge styled narrowboat over the weekend and we really could not figure out the reasoning behind one. Maybe too much choice.

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So having looked at what a narrowboat is lets turn our attention to barges. Search over 2000 canal holiday options and book online at best prices any time. However there are some craft which are used for leisure that are a few inches wider than the maximum 7 feet beam of a narrowboat and are generally referred to as Widebeams.

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