Bruce Napier wrote: > On 6 Sep 2009, at 21:15, roger_millin wrote: > >> Hey, that's pretty rich coming from someone who's going to have a >> 70 footer built to ensure that he can't get through many of the >> northern waterways! ;-))) > > > Personally, there's only one of those I shall regret, frankly, and > we'll do the scenic bits of that by hire boat one of these days. > > Sheila and I saw quite enough of the West Riding in our early years > to have much desire to explore them by boat ;-}}} > > On the wider issue, I reckon the point about running costs is a good > one - there are still plenty of cheap boats in the comics every week > - Harefield has a Norman 23 footer for less than 5k, for example. > It's the licence and insurance that's the killer, not the BSC. £100 > every four years isn't exactly a lot on top of the rest.
Harefield often has some hopeless cases out of the water, for a lot ess than that. -- Neil Arlidge NB Earnest TNC...Gorn west... http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
