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| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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Hi folks, While not exactly bus related, this link will take you to a web site full of conversion ideas unique to the narrowboat conversion hobby, but some of the creative ideas can easily be adapted to a converted bus application. www.abnb.demon.co.uk Take a look: comments are welcome. Many thanks to Doug R. for the email and the link! Ian Giffin www.busnut.com | ||
| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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WOW and Oooh La La! So THAT's what FF has been talking about all this time. Thanks, I@n and Doug! | ||
| pete hyser (4501pete)
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Thanks Ian..i did my entire inside in toung and groove stained mahogany..i got the idea from an old chris craft i saw way many moons ago pete | ||
| TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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sure would like to see some pictures of a 4501 Pete | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
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WOW! Boatnuts! The UK spawns so many neat hobbiests, that you never see out here in the colonies, and former colonies. Those old canals are just like the old highway system,(pre-interstate) lots more to see, of a day gone by, at a slower pace. Thank you for sharing! happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Doug R Rating: N/A |
Thanks gang. In my E-mail to Ian I mentioned that I've always loved buses. But what got me started on the conversion idea was when I happened upon these a few years back. A canal boat may not be so practical back here in the states, but a bus can certainly be built with the same class. I finally "came around" to wanting to convert my own bus. Unfortunately, I'm stuck here in Northern Virginia with no real practical way to store it. Perhaps when I get the chance to move back to PA, things will go differently. Anyway here is another link that may be useful. http://www.braunston.com Click on the "Boat Planner". It's useful in the fact that the boat is set up for 7 feet wide, so the width may be a bit conservative. But I guess better to have a bit of a "fudge factor built in. The length is set up in feet, so you can play around with several ideas. Also, their advice about "balance" in the boat is just as valid as for busses. Don't wanna "Rock the boat" or roll the bus. (Now if I could just get one of the 65 footers, attach 3 axles, airbrakes and a steering wheel, I'd be REAL happy.) J/King... Doug | ||
| Tim Strommen (Tim_strommen)
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Funny how I ended up designing the same "land barge" I already own...  At least I can't dump its waste onto a boat load of sight-see'ers (unless they're doing SCUBA diving...) Tim | ||
| Leland Bradley
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For a very good story of a liveaboard with a couple from Canada try "Travels With 'Lionel': A Small Barge in France" by Hart Massey. | ||
| Jtng Rating: N/A |
Uhmm.. "www.boatnut.com" uh-hah, eh. I suppose they'd all be continually arguing about how high a sail should be on any given mast, along with marine codes for anchor weight. | ||
| Ian Giffin (Admin)
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John that narrowboat guy (Jtng). Has a nice ring to it. Ian www.busnut.com | ||
| pipes
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My wife and I were in England a few years ago and tried to rent a narrow boat, they were booked up for the whole summer ! They even have WATER bridges OVER the hiways. Awsome system. In 1946 I worked as a flunkey on a BRIXHAM trawler out of Dartmouth UK Thanks I@N for the links | ||
| pipes Rating: N/A |
I forgot to thank Doug R TOO | ||
| Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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pipes, wouldn't that be called a tunnel? LOL Richard | ||
| pipes
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Richard, I don't think so! When you drive under it looks like a hiway bridge, BUT it is full of water, a continuation of the canal. ( it is stange to see a boat passing by, overhead ) what boggles my mind, these canals were built over a hundred years ago to haul coal from WALES to all over the northen UK without any fancy machines or instruments, to carry water over the hills and dales , there is lots of LOCKS to raise/lower the the NARROW barges.... now only powered pleasure boats.... which were pulled by horses on pathways along the canals. BTW most of locks are operated by the boat operator ! | ||
| pipes Rating: N/A |
http://www.answers.com/topic/canals-of-the-united-kingdom | ||
| Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
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We had the similiar thing in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The road was depressed under the canal. You actually was driving under the waterway and sometimes large luxury boats were passing overhead. They are actually called underpasses, I believe, instead of tunnels. Richard |