Source: Wooden Boat Foundation • http://www.woodenboat.org

Canal Boating in Britain

Talks & demonstrations

Event description

Judith Rickard & Geoff Braden - Geoff, a retired shipwright, and Judith are volunteers at Seattle's Center for Wooden Boats. Along with their teenage son they recently experienced the canals of Great Britain, the transportation system that helped launch the early Industrial Revolution, saw beautiful English and Welch countryside, negotiated locks, motored through tunnels and over aqueducts all at 4 mph in a traditional narrow boat.

Event details

Start:9/11/09 3:00 PM
End:9/11/09 4:00 PM
Location:Marina Room
Presenter(s):Judith Rickard & Geoff Braden
Event fee:Free with festival admission
For further information contact
Kaci Cronkhite, Festival Director
festival@woodenboat.org
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