Further to Gareth Haines piece on this subject, as a Marina user I take offence to his assumption on this subject.
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Further to Gareth Haines' Let the rats do the racing, it's not the speed per se of passing boats, it's the water displacement that's the problem.
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THE stoppage saga continues, but this time we were not so lucky. Having waited at Wigan for them to finish the repair to Poolstock Top Lock we received an email to the effect that the Bridgewater was now shut for three weeks at Old Trafford while they demolished a building.
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THREE men on a night out at Liverpool Dock decided to have a swim in the water, but it ended tragically as one drowned.
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IF YOU are boating on the Thames at present, beware of a giant inflatable pink dog that is accompanying a team that are swimming the length of the Thames from Lechlade to Putney.
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ANOTHER busy summer and I have noticed a marked increase, year on year, in the speed that some boaters travel at. What is more annoying is the speed that some deem appropriate for passing moored boats, writes Gareth Haines.
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I AMAZES me how so many boats can be caught on the cill in locks and thus sunk, writes James Henry.
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In the time that CaRT have faffed about with this culvert which has collapsed, [Lancaster Canal] they could have engaged a gang of ground workers and hand-dug the old culvert out.
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A COUPLE had a terrible experience at Haywood Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal on Tuesday. Two thugs were speeding in an inflatable at an estimated speed of 15 to 20mph when a boater took a picture of them.
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