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My main hobbies are ski-ing and my small 20 ft river cruiser 'TigerLily', and when not working spend as much time as possible on skis or on the boat. Since ski-ing means I have to travel to find the snow, this usually means that I'm messing about on the river. Unfortunately, the local waters are limited to 4 mph, so I cannot water-ski, although the boat is quite cabable of 30 knots in open water - very frustrating!
For those interested in technical details, the boat is a 'Norman 20' fibreglass cruiser built in 1980 with an OMC 120hp inboard/sterndrive. These are a fairly common boat around the small rivers and canals in the UK, but are generally fitted with a 10 to 20hp outboard. Ours has surprised one or two other boaters trying to show off their 'superior' boats on the odd occasion we have been on open water.
When at home I am a contributor to the newsgroup uk.rec.waterways , where you will find many interesting articles about the British waterways, and a lot about the narrowboats that ply the canals, with a small amount about 'plastic' boats like mine.
I am also a member of Lincoln Boat Club, and have recently written a web page for the club with details of our cruising program etc, and navigation details for local waters.
The following links are to pages related to boats that I have found interesting.
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