Boat Handling

484 topics in this forum

1. 1st Trip Coming Up Soon 1 2

   By Stormbringer, July 13, 2011
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   • Stormbringer
   • August 19, 2011

2. The dreaded locks 1 2 3

   By Hieronymus Bosh, March 14, 2010
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   • Tiny
   • April 24, 2010

3. Reversing in a straight line 1 2 3

   By Dave_P, February 3, 2016
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   • Loafer
   • March 31, 2016

4. Bow thurster Vs Stern thruster 1 2 3

   By DHutch, December 8, 2004
   • 55 replies
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   • mykaskin
   • March 28, 2006

5. Things to remember before starting your engine 1 2 3 4 5

   By RLWP, April 30, 2014   

   • Hard earned experience
   • 104 replies
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   • Cloudinspector
   • May 29, 2014

6. Locks 1 2 3

   By Jo and Paul, March 23, 2005
   • 57 replies
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   • Paul Evans
   • April 25, 2005

7. Closing lock gates with a strap

   By Top cat, September 5, 2012
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   • Bobbybass
   • November 16, 2012

8. Whoopee! 1 2

   By system 4-50, December 3, 2011
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   • Theo
   • January 17, 2012

9. Using Bowthrusters 1 2 3 4

   By nine9feet, August 21, 2014
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   • patty-ann
   • September 23, 2014

10. Coming alongside using a bow spring 1 2

    By DandV, March 30, 2013
    • 36 replies
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    • Guest
    • September 14, 2013

11. Passing anglers 1 2 3 4

    By jetzi, October 4, 2020
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    • tree monkey
    • September 24, 2021

12. Going Backwards 1 2 3

    By Retardedrocker, January 12, 2015
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    • Pete of Ebor
    • April 26, 2015

13. Boat speed vs engine speed 1 2 3

    By FidoDido, June 7, 2014
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    • FidoDido
    • June 26, 2014

14. Single Handing through locks 1 2

    By nicknorman, June 15, 2012
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    • Nine of Hearts
    • July 5, 2012

15. Centre rope(s) 1 2

    By Rebotco, January 2, 2012
    • 41 replies
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    • Theo
    • January 8, 2012

16. Windy 1 2 3 4

    By Bettie Boo, March 29, 2015
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    • LEO
    • April 1, 2015

17. Doing a doughnut in my boat. 1 2

    By Biggles, August 2, 2012
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    • blackrose
    • September 11, 2012

18. You don't need a bow thruster with this trick 1 2

    By Pete & Helen, September 30, 2014
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    • swift1894
    • March 25, 2015

19. single handed locking

    By mucky, February 23, 2009
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    • furnessvale
    • June 13, 2015

20. Tugmans Hitch

    By NB Willawaw, May 8, 2005
    • 17 replies
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    • Khayamanzi
    • May 10, 2005

21. Single handed in locks - how to use bow line? 1 2 3

    By pamc2205, November 3, 2016
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    • rgreg
    • March 28, 2017

22. Tiller Sweep 1 2 3 4

    By 1agos, October 18, 2016
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    • Irob
    • April 12, 2017

23. horse and jackass boating 1 2

    By gaggle, August 16, 2009
    • 42 replies
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    • Neil@CanalVoyagers
    • November 8, 2009

24. Flooding 1 2

    By canaldrifter, December 15, 2010
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    • canaldrifter
    • January 15, 2011

25. What knots in common use on Narrowboats. 1 2 3

    By wullie, March 22, 2016
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    • Dalslandia
    • May 23, 2016