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Not at that price though. Re-footing and doing the straight bits is straight forward (pun intended). It's the double curvy bits, swims, uxter plates and counter bands that take the expertise, time and shillings. The asking price needs to reflect what's down the line.

What puts me off most about Buckden is the state of the counter bands. Top market value while bearing all the scars of rough buttying.

Repacking your stern gland ... Chucking out your anchor ... Changing your gas cylinder ... Saying "Yes dear" ... Depositing oodles of cash in your bank account ... Are all things you should consider doing if you have the evidence it is necessary so to do. Otherwise don't waste your time, effort or money.

My new favourite word.

Marcellus too.

Personally, I've never appreciated a canal boat lacking tumblehome.

Sad looking cabin. It looks wooden and has no tumblehome.

It looked to me as she had a tug in attendance and was manoeuvring astern at speed. Of course as soon as the mast tops made contact with the bridge deck any chance of retaining a straight line of direction was lost. I imagine The Master, Executive Officer and Officers on watch have already packed there kit bags.

A weekend or so ago I was on The Coventry Canal Society work Boat Panther, doing a canal clearance. Despite having having been out of action for the first part of the year with gear box issues and then fuel contamination, we were impressed at the state of it all. Trolleys were down to about a third, one of which was so remote it had to be dragged from the silt. It had been there so long we suspected it had been Mr Brindley's original, it had a groat in the lock. No bikes, but I think I have the honour of extracting the first electric adult scooter from deep down under. It was minus its battery.

Blast, you've now made me Google "concomitant " ... can't say I'm any the wiser.

I hope the guy steering had a proper seat and not a suicide/tractor effort.

No police incident number ... no interest.

I'd be more bothered by the danger involved with "suicide seats". Showing results for 'suicide seats'. - Canal World

... and the previous six?

Which are encouraged into action by the likes of C&RT offending their sense of fair play. Too many authorities impose rules having recognised the need to police an activity (like fat boats wandering into narrow beam waters or being left on tight bends for months). So they introduce a set of tight rules "Thou shalt not ..." "Thou must always ..." and then promptly don't enforce them. They realise that the majority of us being jolly decent chaps understand the need and oblige. Consequently they don't need to go to the trouble and expense of enforcing their own rules in order to achieve a bit of a result. They learn to rely on their own customers to nudge them in the elbows when a particularly bloody minded or selfish scrote turns selfishness into a profession. Then the remainder who feel "Sod this, what if we all just ignored the rules?" start shouting and are maligned as Curtain twitchers united. So, without being petty while keeping the bigger picture in view, what is the way forward?