Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally 25th-26th June

[Max Sinclair]

Chertsey will be there of course. Still incognito - but now with gunnels! Already got eight passengers for the parade.

Gunnels are spelt Gunwhales a much more interesting word.Cheers Max

 

I like to use Nelsons spelling not the American version.

Edited September 15, 2011 by Max Sinclair

[WotEver]

Gunnels are spelt Gunwhales...

Or Gunwales. It appears that both spellings are used often, but without the h appears to be more common. OED says Gunwale.

 

Tony

[Max Sinclair]

Its lazy to use your boat to open the gates, what if everyone did it why not just open them the normal way you say you do it with care and you might well do but not everyone would or for that matter does,you wouldnt knock the safety lock( Pawl ) off to drop the paddles on the Atherstone locks so they are being lazy sods,You may well drop the paddle using your hand but why not use a windlass it takes about the same amount of time.it might be a practice thats been around a long time but it dont make it a good practice

Many things were done to make BW shudder. I have seen Claytons coming up the Wolverhampton 21 with a long thick tapered piece of wood. Bump the top gate and drop it down the gap to allow the water to gush in. Don't do it you naughty boys, and girls.

The boat hardly stopped.

Edited September 15, 2011 by Max Sinclair

[pete harrison]

Many things were done to make BW shudder. I have seen Claytons coming up the Wolverhampton 21 with a long thick tapered piece of wood. Bump the top gate and drop it down the gap to allow the water to gush in. Don't do it you naughty boys, and girls.

The boat hardly stopped.

 

I remember "young" Charlie Atkins telling me about this practice, although I have never done myself of course.

[Chertsey]

Gunnels are spelt Gunwhales a much more interesting word.Cheers Max

 

I like to use Nelsons spelling not the American version.

I used to spell it proper but decided that looked a bit too nautical.

[alan_fincher]

Update on the Braunston show......

 

My copy of HNBOC Newsletter has just dropped on the mat, (complete with a very nice front cover photo of Sickle, which rather please me!), and they have published their claimed list of boats they counted as "attending".....

 

They say 109.

 

I'm not going to argue the toss about whether some of these took any part, but here is (I hope transcribed correctly) their list of 109 boats.....

 

Adamant

Admiral

Aldgate

Angel

Aquila

Ara

Arcangel

Archimedes

Ariel

Atlantic

Australia

Baltic

Barrow

Betelgeuse

Bideford

Bittell

Bordesley

Bream

Brighton

Buckden

Cactus

Callisto

Capricorn

Carnaby

Cassiopeia

Cedar

Chertsey

Clover

Columbia

Cormorant

Corona

Cyprus

Darley

Dodona

Dorado

Dory

Dove

Elizabeth

Empress

Emu

Fazeley

Fenny

Forward

Fulbourne

George

Greenock

Hare

Ibex

Jaguar

James Loader

Joseph

Kangaroo

Kestrel

Kildare

Kimberley

Lamprey

Ling

Linnet

Madeley

Marquis

Mimas

Monarch

Nuneaton

Nutfield

Oxford No 1

Owl

Pacific

Panther

Pelican

Perch

Phobos

Plover

Purton

President

Python

Radiant

Raymond

Regulus

Renfrew

Sagitta

Sandbach

Seal

Sickle

Skylark

Southern Cross

Spoon Dredger

Stafford

Stamford

Stanton

Stratford

Swallow

Sweden

Swift

Success

Tardebigge

Tasmania

Tench

The North (Lion)

Thea

Thor

Towcester

Trout

Vesta

Verbena (Vienna)

Victoria

Victory

Vulcan,

Water Lily

Whitby

 

EDIT:

 

Corrected:

Sandbach

Edited September 16, 2011 by alan_fincher

[Speedwheel]

Braunston marine say:-

 

"A BIG Thank You

to all the boat owners (113 of you!) & the volunteer helpers for making our 2011 Boat Rally such a resounding success."

 

http://braunstonmarina.co.uk/

 

(Sandback?)

Edited September 16, 2011 by Speedwheel

[alan_fincher]

Braunston marine say:-

 

"A BIG Thank You

to all the boat owners (113 of you!) & the volunteer helpers for making our 2011 Boat Rally such a resounding success."

 

http://braunstonmarina.co.uk/

 

Indeed!

 

(Sandback?)

 

Corrected!

 

Any more ?!?