On Monday, October 01, 2007 9:55 AM [GMT+1=CET], Rob Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adrian, > > Are you saying that only 60% of registered boats are narrow? > > I certainly haven't been all over the canal system, but I would have > thought the proportion of wider beam craft much less than 40%. Apart from the broad/wide canals (apologies, Adrian, I can never remember the pedantic distinction between the two terms), where the proportion of broader craft has been increasing in recent years, although not yet to 40%, there are many miles of river navigations where narrow-beam craft are probably in the minority. Try looking at the Thames between Reading and London, for example. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man.
