----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 1:03 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Marine engines [but now on Consistent Rules]
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Stevens > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Bob Adams wrote: > > > >> I'm beginning to believe that visitor moorings away from 'honeypot > >> sites' no longer exist. Many times when we attempted to moor 'in the > >> middle of nowhere' along the 4 counties ring this year, we were > >> thwarted by the lack of dredging. > >> > >> It appears that BW want to force us to moor only where they dredge, > >> whether that suits us or not. > > > >I think you're blaming the wrong people. Many canals were built with > >shallow edges, on the assumption that boats wpould oly tie up ay rcognised > >wharves. In such cases the edge can't be deepened by simple dredging as > >that would cut through the puddled clay and cause the canal to leak. > > > > > Why didn't I have problems mooring almost anywhere when I last did the 4 > Counties ring nearly thirty years ago then? > > Bob I agree with Mike's comments on this. Bob didn't say what boat he was on 30 years ago - maybe a shallow drafted GRP boat? In my experience the vast majority of canals now have a greater depth than they had 30 years ago. A rural mooring in those days frequently involved the deployment of landing planks - they still do now :-) Phil ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
