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Close to nature

SOMETIMES it is very easy to assume that all the news involving boats and waterways is everything other than the preferred image of the lazy, hazy days of summer that first attracted people like us to a life afloat, writes Eric Weiss.

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Published: 01 October 2014

Nottingham Boat Sales go bust

THE seemingly never ending list of boating connected business to go into liquidation has been further increased with the long established Nottingham Boat Sales going bust.

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Published: 29 September 2014

Email: Where are the volunteers

Adding my penny worth to the volunteers situation, I have to ask where are those 126 volunteers that their superintendent boasts about?

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Published: 29 September 2014

Not so experienced

I read that Wyvern Shipping who own the hire boat that sank in Kegworth Deep say that the crew were experienced boaters, which I very much doubt, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 29 September 2014

Councils moving illegally moored boats

NEW powers are being introduced by various councils whose land borders the Thames, to move illegally moored boats.

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Published: 29 September 2014

EU crack-down on boat engines

THE latest blow to the boating fraternity from the European Union is a limit on boat engine emissions to bring them into line with road vehicle standards.

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Published: 29 September 2014

Kegworth Deep claims another victim

ANOTHER hirer sank his narrowboat when descending Kegworth Deep Lock on the Soar not realising the boat's stern was caught on the cill, with the crew not knowing what to do.

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Published: 28 September 2014

David: Seasonal reflections

THIS year's cruise has finally come to an end after 11 weeks continuous cruising, with different crew combinations, which added to the four weeks of our Spring cruise.

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Published: 27 September 2014

Email: Fradley Swing Bridge

I agree with the sentiment that Fradley swing bridge should be secured but do not whole-heartedly agree.
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Published: 27 September 2014

Another attempt to grab river bank

THE boaters that attempted to grab the land at Castle Mill Stream in Jericho in Oxford have now set their sights on part of the Thames river bank in the city.

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Published: 27 September 2014

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