Waterway (and other) links

Note that the central place for UK waterways is George Pearson's website here. My list is a small personal selection of links.

Officialdom

  • BW: British Waterways
  • Envage: Environment Agency
  • CamCon: River Cam Conservancy
  • MLC: Middle Level Commissioners
  • AINA: Association of Inland Navigation Authorities
  • Blades: River Cam rwoing blade colour table
  • UK Associations

  • IWA: Inland Waterways Association
  • NABO: National Association of Boat Owners
  • RBOA: Residential Boat Owners' Association
  • GOBA: Great Ouse Boating Association
  • HNBOC: Historic Narrowboat Owners' Club
  • RYA: Royal Yachting Association (not just for sailing boats)
  • CNOA: Commercial Narrowboat Operators' Association
  • Usenet newsgroups and e-mail lists

  • Cam Boaters list for people who live on boats on the Cam or Great Ouse.
  • uk.rec.waterways.fens newsgroup (via dejanews)
  • uk.rec.waterways newsgroup (via dejanews)
  • uk.rec.waterways email list (put "subscribe canals" in the message body)
  • Canadian live-aboard e-mail list (put "subscribe" in the message body)
  • Liveaboards on 'onelist' (mainly USA, search for "liveaboards")

    Other waterways-related sites

  • Network of waterway websites
  • Cutweb Internet Boat Club - a club with no moorings!
  • The Fens webserver (run by Greg Chapman)
  • Canal boating in the UK and Europe (run by George Pearson)
  • Canal Roots and Routes
  • London Canal Museum
  • Cambridge University Canal Club
  • Cambridge Canoe Club
  • Cambridge Univerisity Boat (i.e. Rowing) Club
  • John F. Cambell (offbeat page at Queens' College, Cambridge)
  • The old pumping station on the River Cam (now a museum)
  • Canal and Riverboat Magazine
  • Centre for Alternative Technology
  • SSP Boatsite - lots of info well organised
  • Houseboat.net advertiser
  • LiveAboard Magazine
  • The Seed - good works with boats in the USA
  • European listing of marine sites
  • Boatowners.com website.
  • Houseboatingworld website.
  • Entsweb directory.

    Some friends and acquaintances

  • George and Jean's narrow boat Gipsy Rose
  • Frank Jansen's Dutch Tug Hylke
  • Jeff Dennison's historic narrowboat Coronation plus folk music
  • Gail and Bill's boat Artsy Lady
  • John Ewer's wooden cruiser Puffin
  • Nick Howard's boat Little Mo
  • Andrew Thomas's ice wherry Jester
  • Ernie Martin's sailing boat Stonecutter 2 in Toronto
  • Robin Cocker's self-build in progress FloatingAbode
  • David Kitching's pages
  • Mike Clarke (Industrial historian and restoration engineer)
  • Tim Boddington and the Macclesfield Canal Society
  • Bruce Peckett's page (Folk music) Bruce used to deliver coal to Hamm Haugh Island, opposite where I used to live.
  • Mike Stevens's boaty pages
  • Andy Clarke's excellent pages

    Other interesting links

  • TIM Cambridge links
  • @UK Cambridge links
  • Camsearch search engine for Cambridge
  • Nude boating!
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