There are a few designs of RGP boats I do like. Dandis spring to mind. But some of the gin palace types on rivers seem totally impractical except whe moving or moored up. Between those states they can be positively dangerous and impractical for their occupants. In days gone by we hired some boats from Maidboats and the smaller ones were real handy - stop on a sixpence but some of the centre cockpits meant you needed to look two ways at once when turning or the back end could go anywhere. Mind you we had a friend who had a steer from the front narrow metal boat - made you realise how practical tiller steering is.
--- On Sat, 29/8/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] 99% of plastic cruisers are white To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, 29 August, 2009, 3:49 PM There's nothing wrong with cruisers. You're all being snobbish. For many hundreds of people they represent an affordable entry-level way of getting onto the waterways. Why are they always white? Well why are the hulls of 57.6inch narrowboats always black? And why are they always steered by priggish white haired men over 60 who hadn't heard of a canal until they stumbled on an episode of Waterworld a couple of years ago and now think they own the system... Come on, guys. We can all be rude about other people's boats, but it's a cardinal rule on the cut that you don't do that. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Steve Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange -----Original Message----- From: Martin Phillips <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:09:09 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] 99% of plastic cruisers are white David Cragg wrote: > I guess the bogget has taste! > Tee hee! Actually, I rather like small plastic boats if they look nice. One of the reasons for asking was that I have a cunning plan forming in the back of my mind which might involve purchase of a small plastic jobbie - perhaps of the 6 or 7 m length variety. Wassail! -- Martin Phillips [email protected] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
