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Watching it now. They appear to be on a widebeam but have claimed it's less than 7ft wide. Bunkum!

It's being used as an example of living in a narrow space, the boat isn't being worked on

Cheers yes clocked that now.

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A narrowboat is a type of barge that is (usually) less than 7ft wide.

 

Or as Cyril J Wood states in the intro to his book.

 

Let’s get one thing straight from the start… as the title of this eBook and website points out… a narrowboat is not a barge. A narrowboat, as its name suggests is narrow, having a beam (width) of 6 foot 10 inches to 7 feet. Canal barges are between 60 and 70 feet in length depending on the canal they were built for. However, they are at least 14 feet 6 inches beam, are usually used for carrying cargo and are made from steel, wood or even concrete. Neither is a narrowboat a longboat. Longboats were what the Vikings used to convey them on their raping and pillaging voyages of discovery in the Dark Ages. The unenlightened amongst us will quite often confuse the three terms, much to the annoyance of narrowboat owners, canal enthusiasts and boat anoraks in general.

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Or as Cyril J Wood states in the intro to his book.

 

Lets get one thing straight from the start as the title of this eBook and website points out a narrowboat is not a barge. A narrowboat, as its name suggests is narrow, having a beam (width) of 6 foot 10 inches to 7 feet. Canal barges are between 60 and 70 feet in length depending on the canal they were built for. However, they are at least 14 feet 6 inches beam, are usually used for carrying cargo and are made from steel, wood or even concrete. Neither is a narrowboat a longboat. Longboats were what the Vikings used to convey them on their raping and pillaging voyages of discovery in the Dark Ages. The unenlightened amongst us will quite often confuse the three terms, much to the annoyance of narrowboat owners, canal enthusiasts and boat anoraks in general.

Cyril is wrong. A narrowboat is a type of barge.

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My understanding is that the working boat people considered it an insult to be called a bargee, using the term "boater" or "boatman" to describe themselves and referring to their craft as a "narrowboat".

 

Am I wrong?

 

Edited for spellung.

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According to the OED a barge is -

 

"a large flat bottomed cargo boat on a canal or river, long ornamental pleasure boat".

 

Make of that what you will.

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According to the OED a barge is -"a large flat bottomed cargo boat on a canal or river, long ornamental pleasure boat".Make of that what you will.

That definition would appear to include a gondola and a canoe :)

 

Edited to include canoe.

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