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Boater's final cruise

IT WAS the final cruise for boater Bob Wakely this week as he was carried in his coffin down the Thames in the working boat he had restored.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Crick success

Over 21,000 visitors and a sell-out of floating exhibitor space helped make the 2011 Crick Boat Show the best for years, British Waterways reveal.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Two arrested over drowning

A MAN and a woman have been arrested after the discovery of a man's body in the Lee & Stort Navigation at Ware.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Reduce drownings

TO COMBAT the increasing number of drowning in the Leeds waterways, police officers have been given rescue training to help cut the number.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Email: Montgomery restoration

I would like to respond to the personal thoughts of Dave Hancock, regarding the restoration of the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Dangerous and difficult

NOT only can Lock 1W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal be dangerous (as you say in yesterday's article), but extremely difficult, as I'm sure Victor would agree, writes boater Peter Gregory.

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Published: 17 June 2011

Boaters stranded by faulty lock

THE sea lock at Glasson Dock Marina, off the Lancaster Canal has been out of action for a week, with boaters telling narrowboatworld that 'no one seems bothered'.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Boater panicked on Trent

MANY boaters, cutting corners on the tidal Trent become grounded at a low tide, and simply wait for the tide to rise.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Paul Davies leaves Bath

THE continuous moorer, Paul Davies, who fought to stay moored in Bath on a continuous cruiser licence without either moving the required distance or having a paid mooring, has finally gone.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Tree just missed boater

IT SEEMS it is not only the water that can be dangerous on the Kennet & Avon Canal, but trees too, as one hire boater discovered.

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Published: 16 June 2011

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