On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:47:21 +0100, "Bru Peckett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The long shaft, an unregarded and oft forgotten (if not, indeed, >altogether absent) implement was a vital item of equipment in the days >before the infernal combustion engine. Not only for winding but for >moving the boat around over short distances - on and off wharves for >example. Quanting on the Broads and punting on the Cam and Thames are >widely known and (in the case of punting at any rate) surviving examples >of fundamental basic boating techniques that were once widespread. > That's what I said - more less :-)) Maybe there should be a part of the boat handling competitions - but with the use of an engine......... -- Malcolm
