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And thats still sat at Holme lock waiting to go goodness knows where! But if its the one that was on the Beeston cut near Boots it was burnt out anyway and sunk!!!

Hi Roger, The inclined plane at Foxton works, or worked on the balance principle. As one trough with boat and water was being raised up the incline, another trough with or without boat was being lowered down the incline, both being attached to each other by cables and chains to a, I think, 25 rated horse power steam engine. The two troughs weighed roughly the same, therefore balanced each other. The troughs ran on rails, similar to railway track rails. I am in danger of waffling on here and confusing you. If you go to the website of the Foxton Inclined Plane Trust I believe it explains the principle there. www.fipt.org.uk

Hello, this is my first post on this forum, but having read this thread I thought I'd add my two penn'orth! There is also the option, when looking for a small reasonbly priced 'plastic' boat, of approaching your local/city/county council run marinas to see if they have any boats they are trying to dispose of under a 'sealed bid' system. These boats are generally ones that have been forfeited by the owners due to non-payment of marina fees and as such should have the advantage of still being afloat. We have had a few recently in our City Council owned marina. All they want is to cover some of the costs incured, as I can imagine crushing and disposing of these unloved boats is pretty expensive. Its a sort of recycling really. Just a thought!