"sean neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As the EU has decided that imperial measurements can continue >indefinitely, is it too much to hope that BW will revert to the original >canal measurement system? > >Sean
I believe that isn't what it has decided. AIUI, it will allow UK to continue to use certain imperial units for certain functions only. I think, for example, that the mile may continue to be used in UK just for road distances. Anyway, what would be the benefit for the waterways of going back to such a cumbersome system? Apart from anything else, aren't most boats now built with materials specified in SI units (e.g. bottom plates 2 m wide)? Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
