On 16 Apr 2009, at 14:16, Ray Butler wrote:
> I always thought hobbler was the canal term, and was in fairly wide
> use.
>
> Huffler is an east coast / Sailing barge term for someone who does
> the same
> sort of thing but for seagoing boats / barges - helping with
> mooring, towing
> or shafting round awkward creeks etc. Much used in Bob Roberts'
> excellent
> reminiscences.
Since my original query, I've turned up a kids book by Jill Paton
Walsh called The Huffler, about a girl who joins a working canal boat.
Usage of the two terms does seem to overlap.
All the best
Bruce
"The superior man knows what is right, the inferior man knows what
will sell" Analects of Confucius, circa 500 BCE
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