On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:22:10 -0700, "ken" wrote:


My wife and I are trying to decide upon a suitable boat for doing the =
canals and waterways of the northeast.
A canal boat, of course.....(c;

http://www.canals.com/

What a class way to go.....

There were 6 of them docked in Charleston last year on their way to
Florida for the winter. I wheedled my way aboard to have a look. How
beautiful and what a great, laid-back way to see any inland waterway.
A full displacement hull so long and narrow the tiny diesels had no
problem pushing them.....real cheap to keep....as long as, unlike most
idiotic Americans, you aren't in such a hurry to get there.

Nothing's funnier to watch than an overpowered Nordic Tug trying to be
a planing boat plowing up a huge wave in the ICW. How stupid.



Larry W4CSC

3600 planes with transponders are burning 8-10 million
gallons of kerosene per hour over the USA. R-12 car air
conditioners are responsible for the ozone hole, right?