Product Reviews
Family’s royal brass tradition
26 January 2012
BOATERS who collect horse brasses may be interested in a new brass produced by Brian Lowe of Walsall-based Lowe Brass for the Queen’s Jubilee in 2012.
Step back in time with a 21st century app!
15 December 2011.
BOATERS visiting Glasgow can download a new heritage app to take them on a guided tour of the historic Maryhill area of the city.
The Canal Pioneers
24 November 2011.
JAMES BRINDLEY started his working life as an apprentice millwright and became a pioneer of early canal construction in 18th century Britain.
Four new canal companions
28 October 2011.
THE new year marks the 30th anniversary of the Pearson’s Canal Companion series of inland waterway guide books, and several new editions have been published recently.
A knotty subject
25 August 2011.
A POCKET-sized guide to all the most useful knots you will need provides a handy little reference for experienced sailors and an ideal learning tool for novices.
Follow this path
28 July 2011.
A chapter on canal towpaths is included in a newly published book called Pathways in which the authors set out to explore some of the historic byways of Britain explaining how they came about as well as bringing to life the experience of walking them today.
You, your boat and your fuel
25 July 2011.
IT IS now common knowledge that the specification for A2 gas oil (red diesel) changed on January 1, 2011. The significant changes are: (a) the sulphur content of this fuel has been reduced from 1000ppm to 20ppm (at the point of sale) bringing it broadly into line with road fuels; and (b) the allowable biodiesel (FAME) component has been raised to 7% by volume.
Keep your generator dry
26 May 2011.
THE Genni Tent designed by Torrent Duck has the boating community in mind.
Book review: May 2011
21 April 2011.
Reviewed this month:
• Guide to North Yorks waterways
• Photographic history of Ellesmere Port
Saving the Medway Queen
24 March 2011.
A new DVD containing two films, Saving the Medway Queen and Guardian Angel, about the paddle steamer Medway Queen has just been released.
Current Issue: Feb 2012
• BOATERS’ MANIFESTO MEETS THE TRUSTEES
• LETTING THE WATER IN
Staveley basin
• DROITWICH SPA MARINA
News focus
• CARING FOR A LIVING HERITAGE
Water & wildlife
• 340 BOATS FOR SALE
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 23 Feb 2012
