http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/ Cruising the Canals & Rivers of Europe Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:19:00 GMT Drew Hammond http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1939 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1939 There are two issues that really need to be taken into consideration. One is the side decks which have been talked about. As the boats get narrower the side Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:15 GMT ANDREW AIREY http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1938 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1938 My own preference is for 18" to 2ft but having walked on the side decks of a narrow boat(6"}I'd say that the main requirements are a good handrail and Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:32:55 GMT cliffbartlett@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1937 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1937 David & Sharon, Almost all boats will have some sort of side deck, and at the sub 15mt size I'd say almost exclusively, albeit they may only be little more Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:21:31 GMT campervan_cruiser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1936 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1936 Having had only a few days experience at being a deckhand on a canal boat and assisting in the passage through the numerous ecluses one encounters along the Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:56:56 GMT rogervandyken@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1935 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1935 Good comments, all, regarding propane. We use propane both on all our 50 boats in our charter fleet here in the US northwest, as well as on our barge Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:19 GMT tomsomcanals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1934 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1934 Sander Doeve is a broker in the Netherlands who has been in business a very long time and offers the widest range of boats. http://www.sanderdoeve.nl/ I have Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:36:24 GMT Brian B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1933 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1933 As you say, this sort of news is probably inevitable and only accentuates the need to find a boat and get on the waterways sooner rather than later Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:26:37 GMT tomsomcanals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1932 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1932 Motorbootsneek.nl is organising a special boat show over the last weekend of November featuring new and previously owned motorboats by eight participating Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:01:36 GMT rojmellows@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1931 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1931 From what I can gather here in France, these are proposals only and even if finalised are unlikely to take place for a while. However I think some closures are Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:25:44 GMT gzhayling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1930 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1930 Has anyone heard more about the probability and timing of these closures? I particularly want to run the Somme to the Seine and the Paris canals next Spring so Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:01:46 GMT jhanlon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1929 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1929 Unfortunately, the file is too large (over the Yahoo limit for file uploads to the Group.) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:48:05 GMT Brian B http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1928 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1928 Hi Jim, Maybe you could post a copy of that PDF under the "Files" section, then others could just download it. It would save you e-mailing to each person. The Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:25:59 GMT Jim Hanlon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1927 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1927 If anyone want a copy of the complete report (in French), let me know by email to jhanlon [at] Comcast.net, with your email address) and I will email a pdf Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:18:11 GMT tomsomcanals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1926 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1926 ... Yes, Jim Hanlon posted the message below on our forum on Oct 25, 2009; the perpetrator, Noël de Saint Pulgent, is the current Inspecteur Général des Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:06:09 GMT andyairey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1925 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eurocanals/message/1925 In the 'Towpath Telegraph' bit of the current 'Canal Boat' magazine in the UK "A leaked government report proposes abandonment of up to 27 French waterways