Hi From Uk

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  1. johnbarratt
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    johnbarratt Junior Member

    Hi everyone.

    Newbie here,, just love boats, fast powerboats to the old english narrowboats. Im 45, single ish i live in the heart of Staffordshire next to the Caldon Canal, i work on the canals and run a little website about the canals and boats that use them, that is my indoor hobby.
     
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  2. Bergalia
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    Welcome John...trying to imagine canals as an 'indoor hobby'.....:(
     
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  3. johnbarratt
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    johnbarratt Junior Member

    Noooo,,The website is my hobby:p

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  4. kach22i
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    Are hovercraft allowed to use the canals or are they too noisy?
     
    kach22i, Nov 1, 2007
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  5. mut
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    mut Junior Member

    hi john, another one from staffs hey!? i live in leek, just down the road!
     
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  6. johnbarratt
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    Kach,, are you for real,,, our canals are about 20 to 30 ft wide, the photo above is the river section of a canal, much wider but less predictable.
     
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  7. johnbarratt
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    Hi Mut

    i live in Cheddleton, nr the Boat Inn
     
    johnbarratt, Nov 1, 2007
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  8. lazeyjack

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    trankwile scene indeed, or maybe jus tranquil.
    what do you know abt the canal route Le havre to Med Sea?
     
    lazeyjack, Nov 1, 2007
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  9. safewalrus
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    It's full of nastie commercial peniche owning 'frogs' who just love running down yotties! They Peniche barges are big nasty slabsides steel beasties that will ruin your pristine paintwork in seconds (from the 'frogs' point of view you just got to have a little hobby haven't you! and yotties is considered fair game)
     
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  10. lazeyjack

    lazeyjack Guest

    pourquoi?
    j'avais un OWITZER sur le yot!! 104mm, tres bon, kerboom!!
     
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  11. PsiPhi
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    PsiPhi Newbie

    You remember what it's like when it rains in Scotland? Staffs' not that far way :p
     
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  12. johnbarratt
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    About 200 miles away, always rains in Scotland, its always grey here in Stoke area,, as for the French Canals, never been but we have members there and members who hae sailed there, i can ask any question you like,,, within reason:p
     
    johnbarratt, Nov 2, 2007
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  13. mut
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    mut Junior Member

    love that pub in summer :)
     
    mut, Nov 2, 2007
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  14. kach22i
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    I'm not talking about a turbine powered channel crosser.:D

    My hovercraft is 2 meters wide and 3.3 meters long.

    I have taken my hovercaft through some narrow water passages before, zigging and zagging my way thought canals not much wider than my trailer.

    I have seen hovercraft in the UK going through canals, and down streets during the recent flooding.

    The UK hovercraft forum where I've seen some of these pictures:
    http://hovercraft.org.uk/FUDforum2/index.php?t=i&cat=2&S=b392d539f3af10521ca0906a36277bf8
     
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  16. johnbarratt
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    Thanks Kach

    will have a look, love to see you on your hovercraft approaching a lock, then just zipping out of the water in to the other side,, the look on some faces would be priceless.
     
    johnbarratt, Nov 2, 2007
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