GL: loop boat width

[Bill Donovan]

Jack:

The only restriction to beam for a loop boat is more likely to be an 
occasional marina that can't accommodate a wide beam boat other than 
on a T-heat or the fuel dock(usually a catamaran sort of beam, and 
they don't draft much usually).

You are more likely to run into draft problems long before a beam 
problem.  Many tour boats are much wider than a Looper boat, and you 
will find them plying everywhere you may want to go.  Even in the 
Trent-Severn, the locks are plenty wide, but the T-S waterway is 
limited in depth in some places.

If your boat is so big you are worried about your beam, you probably 
shouldn't try any of the canals other than the Welland.  Maybe not 
even that one.

Maybe we could trade boats for a year or so -- even Steven?

Good luck,

Bill


At 07:09 PM 8/24/2008, Jack Condon wrote:
>I've seen many entries about length & mast height restrictions but not about
>beam - are there published restrictions on beam for a loop boat?
...snip...