I do not of course know the reason for first timers to take to the waterways with a 70ft boat but it doesn't seem too sensible, as they are the devil to keep clear of cills and also to manœuvre in wind.
I once helped on a 70 footer and it was a nightmare, as all too often we were inches off the cill and occasionally on it.
David Putney
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THE good news is that the Leeds & Liverpool will re-open into Liverpool in time for the August Bank Holiday.
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OWNERS of their first ever narrowboat will forever remember their first day out, getting it caught on a lock gate cill and sinking it.
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ISLINGTON Marina in Manchester has started suffering from yobs again as the holidays get under way.
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QUOTE: 'The overall condition of the Trust’s waterways continued to improve year-on-year with core spending on waterway infrastructure, maintenance and repairs'! writes Pat Hayton.
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A CANALSIDE warehouse on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to be turned into flats.
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THE lock flight from the Lancaster Canal to Glasson Basin is still closed.
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IT IS not only the northern waterways that are suffering closures, but now the South East waterways are failing.
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THE repair of the breach on the Middlewich Branch, it still progressing—but slowly.
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I HAVE been talking to some continuous cruisers on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal who are not too concerned over the stoppages, Kevin Howard writes.
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