Canal Boat – July 2018

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ME & MY BOATS

An octogenarian couple

have spent 11 years on the water

already, and are determined to

carry on narrowboating until

they’re well into their 90s

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CANAL COLUMN

Steve Haywood

ccomes out batting for

Tooley’s boatyard as council

officials put historic site at risk

of redevelopment

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BOATER’S BREAK

Gardening, the Big Sky

and our clever acrostic crossword

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WATERSIDE WILDLIFE

Thriving in nests made of

reeds and sticks built close to the

water, swans remain faithful to

their partner for life

BACK CABIN

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PAINT YOUR BOAT

Hints and tips for

choosing a colour scheme, how

many panels to divide the cabin

sides into, how much decoration

• and what makes the cabin look
  shorter or longer?

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ASK THE EXPERTS

White smoke when

starting; sterngland re-packing;

blacking the hull using a roller;

fitting a water pressure reducing

valve; the right way to wire up a

battery bank; raising up ballast for

ventilation; and problems starting

a Yanmar engine

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FOOD:

Why buy ‘junk food’

burgers when you can make

delicious home-made ones?

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SECOND-HAND BOATS

A selection of used

beauties

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20 QUESTIONS

Narrowboating Elvis

Presley impersonator Paul

Larcombe, the ‘King of Lock &

Roll’, answers the questions

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EDITORIAL

Editor in chief Dom Holtam

Deputy Editor Martin Ludgate

Assistant Editor Christopher McGine

Technical Consultant To n y B r o o k s

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PRODUCTION

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Production Team Leader

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Reprographics Manager

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Printing

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