Widebeam Boats Can Fit Any Lifestyle
Whether you want a boat for recreational purposes or want one to live in, a widebeam boat is a good choice. You can take it on many of the UK's waterways for enjoyable excursions, and it is wide enough that you can have your essential home comforts for both short trips and long, extended stays. Finding a bargain-priced, used widebeam for sale on eBay is your ticket to fun times.
What is the difference between a widebeam and a narrowboat?Boaters use both widebeam boats and narrowboats to navigate the rivers and canals of the UK. A widebeam boat has an average width of 10 to 12 feet. This greater width lends itself more comfortably to onboard living and recreation. Widebeams can traverse some of the narrower locks of the waterway systems but can navigate most of the wider locks. Widebeams come in cruiser, traditional, and semi-traditional stern types, and some contemporary widebeam boats for sale have hydraulic, wheeled steering instead of a tiller.
A narrow boat has a maximum width of 6 feet, 10 inches. This size means it can navigate the entire waterway system of the UK, which is what it was originally designed to do. Most narrowboats are made of steel, but some older narrowboats are wooden.
What is the difference between a widebeam and a Dutch barge?A traditional Dutch barge is typically 50 feet to 131 feet in width, which is too wide for most of the inland waterways of the UK. In comparison, a widebeam boat is 10 to 12 feet in width, which make sit so that it can better navigate many of the UK's rivers and canals. However, it's important to note that a Dutch barge-style narrowboat is the same width as a narrowboat (6 feet, 10 inches). It simply has the same look as a Dutch barge, just in a more compact form.
Living on a widebeam boatMany people are choosing to live full-time on different types of caravans and watercrafts. This style of living is part of the so-called "tiny life." When you live smaller, you save money and use less energy. A new widebeam boat is a great choice for a residence because of the available larger space, and you can often find comfortably outfitted widebeam canal boats for sale. You can also purchase a used widebeam boat and configure it to fit your specific needs.