Andrew Dyke wrote: > That's what I thought. The letter (in Canal Boat Magazine) is titled 'A > special sort of snobbery' and says' .....One doesn't need to go far before > passing a boat being steered from the cants rather than the hatch. Some go > further and perch precariously round the corner on the side deck. Why do > they do it? I believe they are infected by a special sort of snobbery that > pervades some of the posers that inhabit the cut these days'.......... > > The writer (Graham Vine, Nb Slow Worm, Surrey) then goes on to complain > about mop handles in Buckby cans, roses and castles, dummy rivets, painted > canalware and rubbish boating tradition. He finishes with '........Steering > from the cants fits them and their attitudes admirably' > > Anyone know this gentleman?
Sounds like the sort who hangs his ropes from the tiller pin! Anyway, what does he mean by "side deck"? Does he not know the correct term, or is that another bit of boating tradition he doesn't approve of. Terry Streeter NB Arun - Stourbridge Basin
