Whats so wrong with canals?

[Guest]

I read pages 118 & 120 with disgust.
This is a one sided piece of journalistic rubbish. In a vain attempt to push what must be your own personal opinion of our canal system, you saw fit to use 20-30 year old (sepia as well!) photos showing canals in a very bad light. All I can say is from what was published, you obviously have not experienced canal boating for yourself, which puts your journalistic credibility at -10. Almost every point you raised was either a downright lie, or at best 20 years out of date.
What a pity I have just remewed my subscription for another 3 years, bring back Alan!

 

[ChrisP]

Let's see, that couldn't be Motor Boat & Yachting by any chance.

What do you mean the sea gull in front's walking !!!

 

[hlb]

Canals breed banana boat mutations, and their off spring develop all sorts of diseases. Most noticable is the Horse power disease which sweaps through the whole canal system in no time reducing all the nice big turbo charged diesels to shrunken 4HP two stroke outboards. Banana boats also breed flower pots, dogs, and blokes with beards, flat caps and pipes. The infection has got so bad recently that British Waterways have had to bring in sweeping legislation with tests and certificates to protect the wild sea going boats from this deadly afliction. Rudder and prop desease. A bit like foot and mouth.

<font color=blue> Haydn

 

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Simon,

Completely agree. I've never used the Canals, nor do I want too, but those pages in MBY were journalistic rubbish, a waste of paper and ink. Very tabloid. Huge negative brownie points. Live and let live.

 

[wakeup]

Where is your sense of humour?

I read it and laughed all the way through out it!

Well done MBYabout time MBY started being a little more interesting and less coffee table magazinish

You should go and read Canals monthly or whatever it is you ditch crawlers read rather than expect to read favourable reports in a motor boat magazine about a water sport that is far less interesting than even sailing.

Oh and welcome to the forum ;-)

Save a cow, eat a vegetarian.

 

[byron]

<font color=blue> Haydn I find your comments unkind and unfair. Do you realise that Ditch Crawlers have to undergo a painful operation to wipe their brains clean of all nautical knowledge. They are forced to plod around in featureless tin boxes. Go to any marina and look at the wide variety of boats both power and sail, each offering individuality. Now look at a row of narrow boats and imagine suffering that boring sight daily. Then they have to have the 3 Bs. Bobble Hat, Beard and B.O. and that is just the women.

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[cngarrod]

Have to agree - whilst i have never had a holiday on the canal's and may never do so, i did think it was a bit out of order - is it simply that the majority of readers of MBY have too much money and therefore think that the peeps who use the canals are lower class or further down the food chain?

2 pages of "what's wrong with canals" and then a small 2 x 1 table of what is right.... very unbiased and objective - NOT!

Lets hope that this totally unbiased journalism continues - each to their own - if they boat on the canals, broads, coastal or RTW - does it matter?

 

[trev]

And after I have just re-newed my subscription to MBY after a year subscribing to MBM only - on account of thinking MBY had lost the plot a bit.- Seems they're getting it about right again !!
Haven't seen the issue yet - something to look forward to when I get home next week.
Not that I've anything against bearded kagool wearers cluttering up the river and blocking the Tesco moorings for days, of course !

Trev

 

[wakeup]

Canal = C Anal

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[grays]

Re: Where is your sense of humour?

I agree, you have to have a sense of humour to be 'in to' boats and deep pockets. But 'ditch crawling' is the start of many peoples boating interest including mine and no new boaters = no marine industry.

 

[Buck]

Less interesting than sailing?

You talking about stinkpotting again?

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.

 

[tcm]

Re: Where is your sense of humour?

Surely an obvious bit of fun? Does such stuff have to say"cartoon" or "fun stuff" above it?

 

[wakeup]

Cartoon Label

Yes I am afraid it probably does for the 'hard of understanding' and those who have had a laughtectomy

 

[ArthurWood]

Thanks Haydn & Byron

Oi larfed so much oi nearly pee'd oiself.