tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post599664096006049324..comments2023-12-01T10:35:12.938+00:00Comments on Boatlife: Cruising Aboard NB Valerie: Boat hire on the Grand UnionLes Biggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-50145699064900008732015-04-27T14:50:16.794+00:002015-04-27T14:50:16.794+00:00We've seen the widebeam hire boat out several ...We've seen the widebeam hire boat out several times over the past few years -- and the steerers seldom look relaxed! One had got as far as Stoke Bruerne, though, and had to negotiate that bend above the top lock, with boats moored all the way along -- just to wind and do it in the other direction!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797263033136330290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-22437906790325790102015-04-25T05:29:50.814+00:002015-04-25T05:29:50.814+00:00Rental hire anything can be fraught with problems....Rental hire anything can be fraught with problems. To me just handling a wide-beam would be like driving an 18-wheel lorry versus a small<br />20 foot long straight body lorry. The two do similar jobs; one is just more unweildy than the other.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914426100626846282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-1695471696748277592015-04-24T20:02:15.793+00:002015-04-24T20:02:15.793+00:00Hi Les,
Interesting thoughts.
Ironically, while st...Hi Les,<br />Interesting thoughts.<br />Ironically, while staying at a lock-side cottage on the K&A earlier this month I helped a boater through Lock 21. She had booked a boat (first timer) thinking it would be a pretty thing to do (sit on the bow, relax,read a book, etc)never realising that boats came in more than one dimension. Hence she was about to lock a widebeam up the Caen Flight with no hope of another boat to share the work! <br />Until that point I had no idea that you could hire widebeams - on the K&A or on the GU!<br />Best wishes,<br />Sue /Boatwif /nb CleddauAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com