Steve,
Re the narrow boat. I asked him much the same question and the answer I got was'carefully'.
In fact, he has two boats. One is a modern steel -hulled job and the other is a traditional wooden working boat which he acquired last year and is renovating. It has this tremendous single cyliner engine ( a Russell Newberry, I think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16K-D299yI&feature=related )
So far as the leg room is concerned, I can only say that one of the most amazing things I've ever seen was when Mike demonstrated to me the way to get out of a Mog with the hood up ( I speak as a mere 6'3", 15 stoner!) he just made it look so easy.
regards,
G
