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Crick Show returns ‘like it had never been away’
The Crick Boat Show made a welcome return in late August 2021, after its absence last year due to the pandemic. Many visitors and exhibitors…
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Return of barge-carrying highlights benefits during HGV driver shortage
The Commercial Boat Operators Association has welcomed the return of heavy barge traffic on the Aire & Calder after almost nine months of repairs, following…
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British Marine announces National Conference
British Marine is holding its inaugural National Conference, Innovate for Success, in Birmingham on 15th-16th March 2022.
The organisation says the pre-season event will allow…
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CRT staff to use body-worn cameras
The Canal & River Trust is equipping its towpath-based employees with body-worn cameras. The technology, increasingly familiar on police and security teams, will initially be…
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Profiles
Canvasman
Under Cover
Tony Jones visits Canvasman owners Chris and Fran Salisbury at their new warehouse just off the Leeds & Liverpool in Baildon, to find out what’s happening in the world of boat covers
“Some might say I was rather naive during the early years of the business,” says Chris Salisbury, managing director of Yorkshire-based boat-cover company Canvasman. “I remember sitting in a meeting at the bank when the company was just a few years old, and them telling me that there was no way I could build a successful business in such a niche market as narrowboats. Thankfully I was both fiercely determined and quite naive back then. I just thought ‘yeah, whatever’, and carried on regardless. I could see we were onto something, and besides, I love a challenge.” …
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Product News
Attwood Sahara Mk2 automatic bilge pump
Pump specialist Attwood has launched the Sahara Mk2 automatic bilge pump, which it says is the only product of its…
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Webasto Pure EV car charging station
Webasto, a name more familiar to boaters for heating and ancillary products, has entered the market for electric car chargers. …
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MPM oil range
Midland Chandlers has agreed to promote and sell the range of marine lubricants and maintenance fluids of the Netherlands-based MPM…
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Mastervolt Combimaster range
The new CombiMaster range of inverter-chargers from Mastervolt appeared last year, but we accidentally overlooked them in confusion that was…
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