Canal Boat Building
These boats have been designed and refined to meet the demands and requirements of many different customers which, along with our experience of operating them in a hire fleet provides first hand information about durability, reliability and ease of maintenance. read on for more about abc canal boat building.. The canal boats could carry thirty tons at a time with only one horse pulling during this period of "canal mania", huge sums were invested in canal building, and although many schemes came to nothing, the canal system rapidly expanded to nearly 4,000 miles (over 6,400 kilometres) in length.. The narrowboat and canal boat building specialists. we have years of experience building commercial fleet boats to any specification required. british craftsmanship. we build all of our boats in england, right here in the midlands by trained skilled craftsmen with decades of combined experience..
The plans call for a long shallow lead keel. for canal boat purposes without a large rigging, the lead keel will not be needed. we have considered installing a small fold-down mast that will carry a square sail for down-wind sailing only. lynn cuts pieces of white oak to build the frame for section # 6.. Canal boat builders, narrowboat builders & boat fitters. many boat builders offer canal and narrowboat builds, fitting out and refit services. most narrowboat builders specialise in all steel hulls with diesel engines to a variety of styles. many have 'off-the-shelf' standard canal boat styles which usually allow for some interior customisation.. Boat building work is a particular combination of skills, almost unique, in which dexterity with tools is an advantage, marking and setting out peculiar shapes a necessity, fitting too is essential at times. the wooden canal boat society is funded by tameside council's innovation fund..
