Anyone Seen A Shorter narrow Boat?

[Doorman]

 

This mini-mouse apparently belongs to a civil engineering company, who are presently constructing a gravel towpath between Bridge 80 and Bridge 79 on the Shropshire Union Canal.

 

Has anyone spotted a shorter narrow boat (tug)?

 

Mike

Edited March 22, 2011 by Doorman

[stagedamager]

Hi Mike,

There is a thread called braunston tunnel tugs in history and heritage which talks about this tug and its sisters. they were designed to be turned around in Braunston tunnel when it was being repaired!

Regards

Dan

[carlt]

Hi Mike,

There is a thread called braunston tunnel tugs in history and heritage which talks about this tug and its sisters. they were designed to be turned around in Braunston tunnel when it was being repaired!

Regards

Dan

Ta Daa!

Clicky

[stagedamager]

Cheers Carl, iPhone reluctant to provide clicky!!

[Doorman]

Brilliant!

 

Thanks for the info and links. She still works hard for her living too!

 

Mike

[carlt]

Cheers Carl, iPhone reluctant to provide clicky!!

You do all the typing, I'll do the clicky.

 

That arrangement suits me nicely.

[RichardH]

Apparantly, Doug Moore built a 23 footer called Stumpy. I would dearly love a photo of her or to know where she is now

[Pete of Ebor]

 

This mini-mouse apparently belongs to a civil engineering company, who are presently constructing a gravel towpath between Bridge 80 and Bridge 79 on the Shropshire Union Canal.

 

Has anyone spotted a shorter narrow boat (tug)?

 

Mike

 

Just a thought - if it was 7' beam but only 6' long, wouldn't it be travelling sideways....

Edited March 22, 2011 by Pete of Ebor

[Doorman]

Just a thought - if it was 7' beam but only 6' long, wouldn't it be travelling sideways....

 

It quite often does with the contractors at the helm!

 

Mike

[Chertsey]

I've seen a very short butty, purple (to match its boat), on the GU - well under 20' I would guess, but I'm not the best judge.

[MartinClark]

On the Peak Forest Canal in Dukinfield:

 

[Hairy-Neil]

There was a fleet of day hire boats about this size. I remember seeing them on the T&M in the mid/late 1980s. When the fleet was sold off, about five of them were moved in convoy by two people in a long chain at an incredibly slow pace. IIRC I first encountered them at Colwich with three in the lock and two waiting above.....

 

Last time I saw one of them it was privately owned and on the River Soar....

[Speedwheel]

Just a thought - if it was 7' beam but only 6' long, wouldn't it be travelling sideways....

 

Try that when paying for your licence. My boat is only 7ft long and 70ft wide - BW don't agree!

 

This mini-mouse apparently belongs to a civil engineering company,

 

I thought it still belonged to UCC

Edited April 8, 2011 by Speedwheel

[Marky_Mark]

Used to see this boat around Leighton Buzzard, not seen it for ages now tho

 

[scrumpylurcher]

 

Butty rather than a boat, but I suppose you could mount an outboard on it. Almast appears to be square, but obviously fairly new. Moored on the Ashby last week

[Doorman]

 

I thought it still belonged to UCC

 

That must make it a hire boat then!

[Speedwheel]

That must make it a hire boat then!

 

Well it was built by/for UCC and still has their name on the side of it. It probably is hired out to the company doing the work.

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=36667

Edited April 12, 2011 by Speedwheel

[David Mack]

There was a fleet of day hire boats about this size. I remember seeing them on the T&M in the mid/late 1980s. When the fleet was sold off, about five of them were moved in convoy by two people in a long chain at an incredibly slow pace. IIRC I first encountered them at Colwich with three in the lock and two waiting above.....

 

Last time I saw one of them it was privately owned and on the River Soar....

I think you may have Brian Dominic's Rumpus in mind.

 

David

[homer2911]

 

Not sure what length it is, but there's a very tiny boat at Oxley Marine, near the junction of the Shroppie and the Staffs & Worcester, called Sarnie, cos it's a buttie - geddit?

 

This mini-mouse apparently belongs to a civil engineering company, who are presently constructing a gravel towpath between Bridge 80 and Bridge 79 on the Shropshire Union Canal.

 

Has anyone spotted a shorter narrow boat (tug)?

 

Mike

[casper ghost]

I had a 20 foot steel boat called Lit-lun and on the same marina a chap had an 11 foot steel boat, it even had the right shape for a narrowboat..

Gary.

[Hairy-Neil]

I think you may have Brian Dominic's Rumpus in mind.

 

David

 

From that site....

She operated for a number of years from Hoo Mill, being eventually replaced when the 'Umbles (Bumble, Mumble, Jumble, etc) were built. Rumpus then went "over the hill" to the then Colliery Narrowboats operation at Wincham Wharf, not far from the Anderton Lift. Here she continued in service for some years, eventually being sold into private ownership. At some point, the Stuart Turner engine was replaced by a Renault Diesel.

 

I'm thinking the boats I remember seeing at Colwick were the 'Umbles

Edited April 15, 2011 by Hairy-Neil

[ditchcrawler]

From that site....

 

I'm thinking the boats I remember seeing at Colwick were the 'Umbles

We just helped the owner of Mumble down the Calcutt flight as he was single handing.

[Chalky]

There used to be a very short narrow boat - 10' to 12' called Hebe that used to moor just above the Dukes cut on the south Oxford. Last time I saw it it was on brokerage at Braunston.

 

Top picture on this link

 

http://nbalbert.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/iffley.html

 

and 3rd picture on Bones's blog

 

http://mortimerbones.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/picture-book.html

Edited September 13, 2012 by Chalky

[Guest]

Tig as we passed on the T&M last year.

 

[Speedwheel]

There used to be a very short narrow boat - 10' to 12' called Hebe that used to moor just above the Dukes cut on the south Oxford. Last time I saw it it was on brokerage at Braunston.

 

It's a bit longer than that. 20ft IIRC.