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Sunday 31 March 2013

Single handed boaters

I had a comment posted by Kath, another lone boater and she is planning to cruise from the Fossdike to Skipton - respect! It would be lovely to hear from any other lone boaters who are cruising on a regular basis. It would be interesting to hear any tips / disasters / great days etc.

Meanwhile - good luck Kath, I haven't even had the courage to tackle a broad lock on my own yet!

3 comments:

nb.bobcat said...

For any hints tips and disasters see my blog nb.bobcat. I don't blog very often only when something of interest happens so any/all disasters are on there!

Broad locks pah try the humongous ones on the Trent (although usually they have lockkeepers on!)

Go on have a trip down past Willington and try the one there - go through with another boat first - you can then wind before the next one (they prefer you to use a rope on the bows) and come back up it again. Make that your summer challenge. You know you want to.
Kath

Aboard nb William Robert said...

Hello,

Happy to see there are a few single handed female boaters around. There's a sense of achievement when you get it right and nobody to see when you get it wrong. I'm a bit of a wimp, stay put when it's windy, try and travel through double locks with another boat, bribe potential crew with bacon butties and beer etc but know I can do it when necessary.

mom la said...

Hi. I've heard there is a Facebook page for ladies who are narrowboating single -handed. Anyone know the name. I cannot find it under Tiller girls
Anne
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