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🚣 Narrowboat in the Cut: Squat, Return Flow and Towpath Power

Drive a 21 m narrowboat through a lock, an open cut, a bridge hole and a tunnel: see the drawdown, squat and the critical speed that make 4 mph a real limit, and compare a diesel engine with a towpath horse.

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⚙ Under the hood

Drive a 21 m narrowboat through a lock, an open cut, a bridge hole and a tunnel: see the drawdown, squat and the critical speed that make 4 mph a real limit, and compare a diesel engine with a towpath horse.

NarrowboatCanalSchijf Critical SpeedSquatShip ResistanceTowpath HorseEnglandUK heritageThree.jsBlender

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