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THIS LIVEABOARD LIFE - Boaters are polite... Boaters help each other... Boaters are considerate... Boating is a great social leveller. Wrong, wrong, wrong and yet again, wrong! The social graces have vanished according to Jane Hendy-Jones 50 YEARS OF THE COVENTRY CANAL SOCIETY - Tony Collins celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Coventry Canal Society wfth a look back at the history of the society and its progress down the years on the"five'n'alf" DEATH ON THE TRENT & MERSEY - Nicholas Corder investigates the murder in 1893 of Christina Collins, a passenger on a Pickfords narrow boat who never reached her final destination BRAUNSTON RALLY PICTORIAL - Anne Kelly takes her camera to this year's Braunston Historic Boat Rally & Canal Festival to capture some of the record number of historic boats on show at this ever-popular event THE BIG ONE! - Probably the most popular canal on the system, the Llangollenjs the 'everyman' of the waterways. From lock flights to tunnels to huge, spectacular aqueducts and gobsmacking scenery, this one has it all TEN TOP WATERWAY WONDERS - From the Anderton Lift to Bingley Five Rise, Nick Corbie updates Robert Aikman's original famous list and provides some food for thought... THE INS AND OUTS OF BOAT BUYING - Everything you need to know from choosing a builder to getting a mooring and calculating the cost of boat ownership BOAT OF THE MONTH - Phil Pickin reports from the decks of Maesbury Marine's new starter narrow boat - designed to get first timers afloat in value-for-money comfort and style MINI REPORTS - Bite size boat reports to whet your appetite BOATBUILDER LISTINGS - Hundreds of UK boat builders listed in our specially updated A-Z guide BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BOATING - 7 - Looking at some basic boat handling techniques including coming into and leaving a mooring and how to work through locks WINTER LAYING UP - Larry Louvier presents his ten hot tips to trouble-free winterising of a canal and river cruiser UNDER THE BRIDGE NEWSLINES DIARY DATES AQUARIUS NEW STUFF BROADS SCENE BOAT FOOD EARLS COURT BOAT SHOW BOAT BUYER 2008 BOAT BUYER CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL PAINT FORUM CLASSIFIED SECTION COVER SHOT: Canal life.
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