Debbi asked:
> > A question for all you history buffs. How many historic
> boat pairs are
> > still on the water? I can only think of 4 immediately but I
> know there
> > must be at least 30, probably 50. My list starts as follows
> >
> > Argus & Bletchley
> > Archimedes & Ara
> > President & Kildare
> > Nuneaton ^ Brighton
Mike Stevens added:
> A lot depends on what you mean by "historic boat pairs". If
> you mean boats that were actually paired up at some time in
> their working past, I'm not at all sure that's true of
> President and Kildare. You can add Aldgate and Angel to the
> list - they were built as a pair but only worked together
> for a very short time but are now reunited under the
> ownership of Paul & Lin Ayres. The pairing of boats in the
> GUCCCo fleet was always changing. Also Cyprus & Cedar.
>
> If you simply mean "historic boats that are together as a
> pair nowadays" you can add Indus & Pictor, Jackal & Hereford,
> Owl & Hampton just for starters.
Also, are you referring only to unconverted motor and butty pairs?
Amongst the rest are the converted pair Bristol & Argo, or tug and
unconverted butty James Loader & Betelgeuse.
And stretching the definition a bit, what about Queenie & Maria?
David Mack
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