You may also want to consider hiring some narrowboats for a while, to get a feel for what you do and don't like, in practice. Terry has written a page of 'hints for hiring' which - if you are as new to canals as you say - may help with some of the basics. See http://www.rigdenage.co.uk/canals/ and click on 'hints for hiring'. Chris
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trevor Sent: 14 November 2008 02:08 To: [email protected] Subject: [canals-list] Hi folks As a *total* newbie to the canals I have been following the various threads here with interest - BUT ... Is this the right group for me to start asking (the *most* basic) questions about narrowboats, both buying and and living aboard, or should I really be doing this elsewhere? [I'm asking right at the beginning simply because I don't wish to upset anybody - especially the list owners/moderators!] Now, if the answers lie elsewhere then perhaps somebody could give me an indication of 'where to go' - and please (yes, I do realise that this question begs the *very* obvious reply ...) - no really rude answers .. LOL. I may be an 'ex-army', seagoing and inshore craft, matelot (of far too many years ago) but now I'm just a genteel soul <g>, with a lot of questions, who is looking at the possibility of retiring to a canal boat, fulltime. :-))> Cheers, Trevor S. [aka 'Middledogwatch'] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
