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U.K. Canal Protests
Submitted by cac on Tue, 2006-11-28 21:18It looks like there are some protests that have been happening in the UK concerning the possibilities of job cuts in the British Waterways staff. The protests seem to involve the group of "Save our Waterways" using their boats to blockade canals. read more »
Electric Narrowboat for hire
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2009-06-06 20:31
Castle Narrowboats offers a selection of holiday rental/for hire boats, including some electric craft. I haven't ran into electric canal boats in my surfing, that I recall, but it seems to be a great fit. They get about 18 mile range. On the narrow canals, you have smooth water and slow speeds anyhow, and a hull design that can carry some batteries. read more »
Ledgard Bridge Boats - Canal Boat/Dutch Barge Build Cam/Video
Submitted by cac on Mon, 2008-02-25 22:38
A recent comment points out that Ledgard Bridge Boats have added some build videos and a "build cam" with live views of the build process. Looks to be night when I'm writing this, but might be worth a look :-)
Canal Junction
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2007-01-31 19:24
An online acquaintance was kind enough to send me his wealth of online resources and links concerning boating and boat building (thanks Klaus!).
U.K. Canals Network
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2006-12-09 22:53
Ran across this site doing some looking and research for the Web Rings article, but found that they have many other links and pages outside of their webring.
