Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:12:14 -0400, HK wrote:

But the manufacturer was (dare I say the word) Baaaaaaleaner, was it
not?

Leading by example again, eh, Wayne?

Harry, you just don't get it do you?

I've decided to follow *your* example.

Sometimes it seems foolish and childish but it's important that we can
carry on the tradition in case you ever decide to retire or get your
act together.

Tomorrow I'm going to look at some lobster boats and Parkers.


Well, hold out for a decent trade-in on that barge of yours.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:06:54 -0400, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:12:14 -0400, HK wrote:

But the manufacturer was (dare I say the word) Baaaaaaleaner, was it
not?

Leading by example again, eh, Wayne?

Harry, you just don't get it do you?

I've decided to follow *your* example.

Sometimes it seems foolish and childish but it's important that we can
carry on the tradition in case you ever decide to retire or get your
act together.

Tomorrow I'm going to look at some lobster boats and Parkers.

Well, hold out for a decent trade-in on that barge of yours.

http://barges.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=46637

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:06:54 -0400, HK wrote:

Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:12:14 -0400, HK wrote:

But the manufacturer was (dare I say the word) Baaaaaaleaner, was it
not?
Leading by example again, eh, Wayne?
Harry, you just don't get it do you?

I've decided to follow *your* example.

Sometimes it seems foolish and childish but it's important that we can
carry on the tradition in case you ever decide to retire or get your
act together.

Tomorrow I'm going to look at some lobster boats and Parkers.
Well, hold out for a decent trade-in on that barge of yours.

http://barges.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=46637


Nice looking barge, that is.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:28:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

http://barges.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=46637

The river bank in Paris is almost wall to wall with boats just about
like that. Not a bad place to hang out either.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:46:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:28:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

http://barges.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=46637

The river bank in Paris is almost wall to wall with boats just about
like that. Not a bad place to hang out either.

I've always been fascinated by these craft - seems like a great
weekender. I understand that these craft are also live aboards.

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:07:06 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've always been fascinated by these craft - seems like a great
weekender. I understand that these craft are also live aboards.

It's hard to say but the ones in Paris look like they are mostly
liveaboards. I suppose that once you get a good spot along the bank
no one wants to give it up. There have been a few interesting
programs on television about traveling through Europe on boats like
that.

We saw a so called "Narrow Boat" suitable for traveling the back
country English canals in Baltimore inner harbor two years ago. They
were heading south on the Chesapeake and ICW like everyone else - must
have taken a wrong turn in London. :-)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...Images&gbv= 2

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:23:36 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:07:06 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've always been fascinated by these craft - seems like a great
weekender. I understand that these craft are also live aboards.

It's hard to say but the ones in Paris look like they are mostly
liveaboards. I suppose that once you get a good spot along the bank
no one wants to give it up. There have been a few interesting
programs on television about traveling through Europe on boats like
that.

We saw a so called "Narrow Boat" suitable for traveling the back
country English canals in Baltimore inner harbor two years ago. They
were heading south on the Chesapeake and ICW like everyone else - must
have taken a wrong turn in London. :-)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...Images&gbv= 2

I first saw one of these barges in Wooden Boat magazine years ago -
the Mystic Seaport was involved in restoring one that was found in New
York - I want to say somewhere along the Erie Canal, but I can't
remember at the moment. I rode down to the Seaport to look at it and
it was a very interesting boat.

There was also a TV series "Highlander" and part of that series was
shot along the Seine - the protagonist owned a narrow boat that, at
least from the interior shots, was quite a vessel.

Then I saw a documentary on them and I was forever curious.

Seems like a great way to peruse the countryside at a leisurely pace.

Another boat that absoutely fascinates me are these:

http://www.apolloduck.nl/image.phtml?id=56883&image=1

I don't know what they are called, but I've been on two of them and
they are a very special type of boat.

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:36:43 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:23:36 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:07:06 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've always been fascinated by these craft - seems like a great
weekender. I understand that these craft are also live aboards.

It's hard to say but the ones in Paris look like they are mostly
liveaboards. I suppose that once you get a good spot along the bank
no one wants to give it up. There have been a few interesting
programs on television about traveling through Europe on boats like
that.

We saw a so called "Narrow Boat" suitable for traveling the back
country English canals in Baltimore inner harbor two years ago. They
were heading south on the Chesapeake and ICW like everyone else - must
have taken a wrong turn in London. :-)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...Images&gbv= 2

I first saw one of these barges in Wooden Boat magazine years ago -
the Mystic Seaport was involved in restoring one that was found in New
York - I want to say somewhere along the Erie Canal, but I can't
remember at the moment. I rode down to the Seaport to look at it and
it was a very interesting boat.

There was also a TV series "Highlander" and part of that series was
shot along the Seine - the protagonist owned a narrow boat that, at
least from the interior shots, was quite a vessel.

Then I saw a documentary on them and I was forever curious.

Seems like a great way to peruse the countryside at a leisurely pace.

Another boat that absoutely fascinates me are these:

http://www.apolloduck.nl/image.phtml?id=56883&image=1

I don't know what they are called, but I've been on two of them and
they are a very special type of boat.

You need to visit the Netherlands and look at some of the boats. The
country is a treat to visit.

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:36:43 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

Another boat that absoutely fascinates me are these:

http://www.apolloduck.nl/image.phtml?id=56883&image=1

I don't know what they are called, but I've been on two of them and
they are a very special type of boat.

That's a classic dutch cruising sailboat. Instead of having a keel or
centerboard, they have "lee boards", one on each side. They are also
distinguished by a rounded bow and a good deal of beaminess.

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On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:46:59 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:28:52 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

http://barges.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=46637

The river bank in Paris is almost wall to wall with boats just about
like that. Not a bad place to hang out either.

I've always been fascinated by these craft - seems like a great
weekender. I understand that these craft are also live aboards.

One of the guys in the Sandpiper forum I frequent (hard to let old habits
die) went over to England and rented one of those liveaboard canal boats for
a week.
Said it was a great time.