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Post by gavinhoward »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

I only found out about narrowboats recently from [1] (found at [2]), and they sound so nice!

I've wanted a tiny house or a skoolie, and I think if I was in Britain, I'd go for a narrowboat just as easily.

[1]: https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2024/01/09/battlestation-2024/

[2]: https://lobste.rs/s/jrh1od/lobsters_battlestations_screensho...

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Post by topkai22 »

pomian wrote: post #45
dnlbyl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe that is the Great Loop: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/great-loop.html

What is maximum mast height? There are loops in Europe like this, but you need a mast that you can take down, which means you are limited in boat size - for sailboats anyway.

19.6’,limited by a bridge outside Chicago. Several routes require a maximum 15’ height and others are 17’. https://www.greatloop.org/great-loop-information/great-loop-...

I’ve been utterly fascinated by this since I learned about it a few months ago. It seems like a very approachable but still serious adventure and achievement once done.

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Post by heads »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

It’s always baffled me how the regard that the average Englishman holds for itinerant folk is wrapped in a big if statement:

  if (boat)
     … # All good
  else:
     raise TravellerAlert()

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Post by mock-possum »

heads wrote: post #54
s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

It’s always baffled me how the regard that the average Englishman holds for itinerant folk is wrapped in a big if statement: if (boat) … # All good else: raise TravellerAlert()

Double standards are practically a necessity to maintain bigotry. I’d be more surprised to find prejudice that lacks that kind of hypocrisy.

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Post by r0m4n0 »

jkubicek wrote: post #2

The "Navigable by canoe" filter seems to filter out everything, which is a bummer, because I've always wondered how far up into the Sierras I could drop a canoe and still be able to paddle back to the bay area.

As a native Sacramentan and boater, you can definitely get from the Sierra to the bay. Would you take your boat out to get around dams? (Lake Natoma dam, Folsom’s dam, etc). If you wanted and could do that, you positively could do the ride. The American is fed by snow melt from the top of the sierra and plenty of water in the spring to ride it down. Once you reach the delta the current would help you less so you better have some good oars. Also be ready to navigate some serious rapids in some spots on the American. Nothing that a little kayaking class wouldn’t prepare you for.

They used to have a few large riverboats that used to bring people from Sacramento to the bay. One called the Delta Queen and the other called the Delta King. Three presidents even rode on them including Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, and Jimmy Carter. They permanently affixed the Delta King on the docks in Old Sacramento where you can still eat at a restaurant or stay in an onboard hotel.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King

All that to say, plenty of boats in and around the Central Valley.

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Post by mock-possum »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

If you were to give take a broad guess at the cost of moving around like that, in terms of maintaining supplies and securing a place to stay when you’re not in the mood to move with the current, what would that come out to, say monthly?

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Post by fernly »

s3krit wrote: post #48

I've been waiting for the day that HN would have something tangentially related to the English and Welsh canal system so I could gush about it. For those that don't know, we have around 2500 miles of (mostly) navigable canals around the UK. They were built during the industrial revolution prior to the invention of trains such that we could transport coal and other goods relatively quickly and without damage (consider…

There are several narrowboaters who record their travels on YT, perhaps the best, certainly one of the first, is "Travels by Narrowboat", with 6 seasons on Prime[1] and the more recent years on YT[2].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travels+by+narrowboat

[2] https://www.youtube.com/@CountryHouseGent

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Post by gry »

Minnesota's has expansive rivers feeding the Mississippi[1] and it has one million acres designated to a canoe wilderness -- the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness -- bounded by the Canadian Quetico to the north[2].

They are navigable by canoe by design, yet they are flitting dots.

It gives me pause; what is this site trying to convey? It's a fantastic effort, yet for the water we have, it doesn't match.

[1] https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/watertrails/interactive_map/inde... [2] https://www.paddleplanner.com/tools/maps/bwcaqueticomap.aspx

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