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Email: Teaching boating

Having read Peter Ponting's article on this subject I felt that a response was justified but do not want to be antagonistic.

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Published: 31 October 2012

Email: From private boating fraternity

I have to agree with Peter Ponting, I also find that these days, the vast majority of poor boating practice, comes from the private boating fraternity, and some do have a pompous know-it-all attitude, which is generally ill-deserved.

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Published: 31 October 2012

Email: Will not work

Lovely idea, Peter Ponting, but you just try getting all your hirers to turn up at the same time, given that some fly in from Australia, some sit in a traffic jam on the M6, some turn up three hours early and expect their boat to be ready, and some turn up then decide to go off shopping for an hour or two.

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Published: 31 October 2012

Waterway business hit

THE costly scheme by British Waterways/CaRT to control waterway business licensing, that was considered by business to be ill thought-out,  has now been scrapped, and money is being spent on a new consultation document in its place.

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Published: 31 October 2012

Grounded on the Trent

A BOAT was grounded on the Trent at Gunthorpe earlier this week, with all attempts at getting off the bottom in vain.

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Published: 31 October 2012

Teaching boating

Having read both articles from Victor and Orph regarding the pro's and con's of teaching people boating, then issuing certificates to show abilities of competence.  I tend to disagree with both articles, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 29 October 2012

Time and money for wildlfe

THERE is a move to get people to give their time and make donations towards improving wildlife on and around the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 29 October 2012

Mystery over canal death

THE family of Jack Sykes who was found dead in the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Milsbridge are desperate to discover how he came to be drowned in the reeds of the waterway.

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Published: 29 October 2012

Logs from straw

BOATERS with stoves are often on the look-out for something to burn, and so a product from Mathew Bremner should be of great interest.

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Published: 29 October 2012

New bridge over Thames

THE two temporary crossings of the Thames at Walton are at last in the process of being replaced, by a new bridge.

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Published: 29 October 2012

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