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Which is best for long term canal cruising in England, a narrow boat or a cabin cruiser?
Which is more comfortable?
Which is easier to manoeuvre (and does it take long to get used to a long narrow boat)?
Which uses less fuel?
Should you want the freedom to use the whole of the presently available canal system, make sure you opt for a narrow (6' 10") beam boat, not a wide beam.
Obviously more room in a wide beam, but you are limited to just a handful of canals (because locks are 7' wide, hopefully), and stick with around a max of 50' in length since some locks are short. It's also easier to turn a shorter boat in a winding hole.
If you are really interested in seeing what's out there, why not come to Crick (Northamptonshire) this Bank Holiday weekend where there will be hundreds of boaters who will probably be happy to while away some time talking boats.
Lots of entertainment, food stalls, chandlery, new boats and used for sale.
My narrow boat is only 30' long (I did my Helmsman's Certificate on a 65'), and I could live on that quite happily (without husband!!); I usually take her to the Crick Boat Show, but don't have time this year to get there and back to the Marina so will be going by road with sleeping bag, to beg an overnight berth from another boat - boaters are such friendly people as a rule.
There isn't much to get used to - push the tiller to the right and she goes left; push it to the left and she goes right!
No brakes, just reverse! And as already mentioned narrow boats were built as work horses and well able to take a deal of abusive handling.
Just remember that everything is paid for by the foot - so the shorter a boat you can manage on, the less will be your annual outgoings.
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I'm not sure where Lake Wippoorwill KOA is and I 'm from Orlando. If that's the one on US 192 next to Sams Club, I toured it for a review and found it unacceptible, mainly for lack of shade. We stayed in one of those wooden tents in Seffner, FL. My wife couldn't hold it through the night and had to use the trash can for a potty.
The problems you mention is one of the reasons I try to stay anywhere else than KOA. We traveled to Alaska and back, from Brooksville, Florida, last year and stayed in a few KOA's, most we will never stay in again. Ocala KOA was $50+ several years ago, for what? being with-in 90 miles of disney?
We found one in Souix City, SD that wasn't open yet they let us stay the night, very nice people. Farther up the road, in Wyoming, we couldn't get decent electric and left. On our way back one in Great Falls, Montana was $30 a night higher than any other campground around. Somewhere near Bismark, ND we stayed in one that was barely large enough for our 35' motorhome, no place for our towed.
We have seen those nickle & dime you to death campgrounds and they aren't just limited to KOA. You must really watch yourself out there.
We are in the planning stages of a return trip to Alaska for next year and you can bet there won't be any KOA's in our trip. We plan on a campground every five days on the way up. WalMart and Flying "J" fuel stops will be our campgrounds for this trip.
Good luck and happy camping.
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