Heating systems on a narrow boat are typically fueled by oil in our case commonly diesel but more on that later gas or solid fuel such as wood andor coal.

Narrow boat and barge difference. Narrowboats Widebeams and Barges All narrowboats are 6 feet 10 inches wide. The bridges have restricted width on the narrow canals. Classic Trad A back cabin sometimes referred to as a boatman cabin although who else would live there offers a workrelaxationsleeping area separated from the rest of the interior space by the engine room immediately forward of it.

A barge also called a wide beam is wider than a. As nouns the difference between barge and narrowboat is that barge is a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo while narrowboat is a barge used on the narrow canals of england. If you want a dutch barge at least get one that vaugley resembles a dutch barge and if you want a narrowboat get a narrowboat.

Is it cold on your narrowboat is a common question asked by non-boaters. Similarly are barges seaworthy. What is a narrowboat.

However most people would say a canal boat and narrow boat is the same thing and a barge is slightly different. So having looked at what a narrowboat is lets turn our attention to barges. So technically a barge is a ship but the key difference here is that barges seldom leave inland waterways or seaport areas.

As a former narrowboat owner. 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. This is due to the size of a barge compared to a narrow boat.

The barge now if you were to refer to a narrowboat as a barge you may well get in deep water with the proud narrowboat owners a barge is a flat bottomed boat that was and still is traditionally used for the cargo-carrying of bulk goods and is therefore very large in size and used for industrial purposes and is not at all pleasing to the eye. Generally they are all made entirely of steel although some older boats have wooden and sometimes even glass reinforced plastic GRP cabins. A narrowboat is 7 feet or less in width for a British Narrow canal - up to 72 feet long A barge would usually be wider although outside the UK canal and river community people often refer to narrowboats as barges.