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The K&A newbury to reading is a river so you need bow stern and a spring ! i normally put spring upstream , to be honest its a waste of time as 90% of the time your in shallow water and grounded 3ft or more out from the bank and on angle !!! welcome to the K&A , most of the boats in the past going to fast were hire boats but as of late its 50 50 sadly to calculate cruising times for the K&A add locks bridges and miles together divide by 3 that is cruising time really is a good guide most sections are prone to level change so you cant have ropes to tight , be prepared if you are thinking of venturing our way

For me its a big shackle big locks 'dont even think of less than £80' it just says try another boat , sounds silly buy a £25 digital safe which can be found quite easy with a note inside 'unlucky' they are quite heavy hard to carry so hopefully you wont loose to much stuff very hard to break into so they will take it away