Stanhope New Jersey Canal Day

When:

June 27 2009

Where:

 525 Waterloo Road Stanhope New Jersey

Times: 10am-5pm

Theme:

Back to the 1870’s

Lots of things  for  all the famly, trips around Waterloo Village, music, and the important thing as far as us boating fans are concerned,  Traditional Mule Hauled Canal Boat rides.

Plus the village Blacksmith will  be showing off his skills and boat Captain John Hummel, portrayed by historian Richard Pawling in period costume, will tell about life laboring on the canal, and play music of the 1870s.

Sounds awesome.

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Buying a Boat

Buying a boat used to be a matter, as with buying a second-hand car, of buyer and seller agreeing a suitable price and paperwork and money being exchanged.

With the steep rise in boat prices over the last fewe years, finance and loans have become the norm and brokerage the accepted way of trnsferring a boat’s ownership between parties.

Unlike cars, there is no universal registration document available when buying a boat so a brokerage will do a search into the history of the boat , mainly to ascertain if the seller has full legal title to the boat in question. The Waterways World Annual 2009 cites examples of joint ownership where one partner has sold the boat eithout the other partner’s permission then skippped off with the money leaving the other partner and the seller to fight through the courts for legal title.

As with that other major purchase the house, it is wise, if not essential to complete all due dillegence when buying a boat.

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Norfolk Broads

The Norfolk Broads lie in the English region of East Anglia. Although known as the Norfolk Broads, part of the waterway actually lies in Suffolk. The principal city is Norwich, famous for its ornate cathedral which has stunning architecture and is the final resting place of Edith Cavell, the nurse shot by the Germans as a spy.

Other large towns on the Norfolk Broads include Great Yarmouth to the East and Beccles to the South, but by far the busiest as far as boaters are concerned is Wroxham which is known as “The Queen of the Broads.” Indeed, Wroxham is stunning from the river. It makes an ideal place to start or finish a Norfolk Broads holiday or an ideal place to get boat chandlery if you are a boat owner. Wroxham also boasts one of the largest supermarkets for a town of its size. Roy’s of Wroxham is the ideal place to stock up with boat provisions for your Norfolk Broads boating holiday.

The Broads themselves are man made lakes which over time have flooded. Connecting the Broads are 6 rivers,  the Bure, Thurne and Ant which lie to the North of Breydon Water and the Wensum, Waveney and Chet to the South.

If yu are planning to holiday on the Norfolk Broads then please visit our Norfolk Broads Boat Hire Companies page where  you will find detais of tour operators and private boatyards serving the Norfolk Broads.

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