I think it was in the 70s both the boat clubs (sotbc& nccc) that I am a member of took part, it was a shortened steel maintainence boat loaded with stone. It did a great job and we enjoyed this winter challenge.CKP
--- On Mon, 1/12/08, Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] WW vote on CC (XP) To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 1 December, 2008, 12:08 PM On 1 Dec 2008, at 07:49, chris potter wrote: > Can anyone quantify the number of continious cruisers? I believe > they perform a valuble service by keeping the waterways used in the > quiet times. They are able to highlight problems before thay become > a major item. Indeed at one time BW maintained a loaded narrowboat > to be taken round the system, by volunteers from boat clubsin the > winter months, for just such a purpose. CKP > We've just discussed the measurement problem; see my post in the thread Licence fees - latest news, and the useful but gloomy response from Roger Millin. When did BW do this bit with the loaded boat, Chris? 末 All the best Bruce There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
