Canal Boat Sizes Canal Boats come in all sizes but the maximum number of berths cannot be exceeded so for example a 12 berth boat can sleep and hold only 12 people including babies and children.

Canal boat length. 60ft will enable coverage of almost all and 62ft will get you through most of it except the Calder Hebble the Huddersfield Broad Canal River Derwent and the Ripon Canal including Yorkshire Ouse above York which is why there are so many 62ft boats on the system. 6 2 188 metres - bridge 10 - and 5 0 152 metres through Froghall Tunnel draught. A boat 32 feet long and under needs 3 feet or less of water.

Length restrictions include a maximum of 90-feet on the Trent-Severn Canal and Canadas Heritage canals and 300-feet in the US. Ashby Canal narrow Length Beam Draught Headroom 2195m 72ft 213m 7ft 17m 3ft 6 198m 6ft 6 Ashton Canal narrow Length Beam Draught Headroom 2179m 71ft 5 213m 7ft 09m 3ft 182m 5ft 11 Birmingham Canal Navigations narrow Maximum craft. Length 122 foot beam 26 foot 3 inches.

Middle Level Navigations boats over 60ft can only pass through Salters Lode on to. The canal is approximately 37 miles long. Forth Clyde Canal.

Less than 14 wide is good as some locks that used to take up to 14 have got squeezed in a bit over the years. 576 max length in a broad beam if you want to navigate the Rochdale and Huddersfield Broad canals and you really should. The Panama Canal has a system that is comprised of 3 locks which allow for the travel from sea level to 85 feet above sea level or vice versa.

Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal. A boat 65 feet long or greater needs 5 to 75 feet of water. Length 240 foot beam 30 foot.

If your vessel is less than these dimensions but greater than the maximum shown in the chart contact the Rideau Canal Office. In 2006 the third set of locks was created allowing bigger ships to transit through the. 7 4 225 metres - lock 17 Flint Mill Lock height.