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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just bought a 72 foot canal boat as a doer upper
It is in Currie Scotland
(the place not the food )want to get it back to Cheshire
By water and road
Any idears and the best rout |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You're also in the abnormal load size so a standard flatbed isn't going to do it... The world of boating isn't a cheap one if you're doing it all ship shape and that... |
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My dad has a friend who is retired and lives on a canal boat. In his spare time he transports boats. People pay him to sail their boat from one part of the country to another because it costs a fortune to transport them by road. The biggest expense is you need crane to lift the boat at either end.
If you can't sail the boat back yourself it would be worth asking at the marina if they know of anyone who can help you out with transporting it. My dad's friend tends to stick to moving boats around the Midlands because he doesn't want to be away for too long. |
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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago
between havant and chichester |
"Anyone else got the Rosie and Jim theme tune in their head now?!  "
"Rosie and Jim, Rosie and Jim
Chugging along on the old Ragdoll
Rosie and Jim, Rosie and Jim
and John he steers the boat
We go and play
And have a a look
With Rosie's bag
Jim's drawing book
The world we see, through window frame 
Rosie and Jim we play our game
quack
Rosie and Jim, Rosie as Jim
Finding stories everyday
Rosie and Jim, Rosie and Jim
and John he writes them down  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wow great project to do
Think its gonna be a bit of an operation to transport it though,72'is long,a length for a standard articulated vehicle is 54'2" so youll be looking at a specialist haulier with use a trombone(extendable)trailer.They will be able to advise on such things as routes for such a long load, movement permits,escort pilots etc
Maybe look at canalboat magazines for service providers
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow great project to do
Think its gonna be a bit of an operation to transport it though,72'is long,a length for a standard articulated vehicle is 54'2" so youll be looking at a specialist haulier with use a trombone(extendable)trailer.They will be able to advise on such things as routes for such a long load, movement permits,escort pilots etc
Maybe look at canalboat magazines for service providers
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By any chance do you drive lorries? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Wow great project to do
Think its gonna be a bit of an operation to transport it though,72'is long,a length for a standard articulated vehicle is 54'2" so youll be looking at a specialist haulier with use a trombone(extendable)trailer.They will be able to advise on such things as routes for such a long load, movement permits,escort pilots etc
Maybe look at canalboat magazines for service providers
By any chance do you drive lorries?"
Dam...been rumbled!!!
As for OP's desire to bring the narrowboat home by water(i guess using canals)dont think there is a route for that,i know Lancaster canal is unnavigable,just south of Kendal...where they built M6 on top of it!!!
(about a mile from my home) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Leeds Liverpool canal.manchester shop canal Norfolk broads  "
Not quiet sure that norfolk broads would figure in a journey from Currie to Cheshire 
Aside to this OP...the man who created Rosie & Jim (& postman pat) John Cunliffe taught me at primary school  |
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