Malcolm wrote ... > 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 :-))
It was, it was, t'is true. Yahoo was playing silly b*gg*rs again and I didn't get the replies to the original posting until after I'd replied saying the same thing the earlier replies which arrived later had already said ... If you see what I mean > Maybe there should be a part of the boat handling > competitions - but with the use of an engine......... *without* shirley? Bru
