Narrowboating for Beginners updated for 2018!

Yes, narrowboats were still being drawn by horses when the first edition of Narrowboating for Beginners was published in 2015. So it was time to update the book, although truthfully not much has changed beyond the addition of the internal combustion engine. Locks are still mostly turned by hand using a windlass key and pushing the tiller right makes the boat go left.

Several of the links, however, were out dated and have been corrected. Also links, for the most part, are now organized at the end of the chapter instead of appearing inline with the text. It makes for a cleaner presentation. Links are still shown in the physical book as QR codes that can be scanned with a mobile device.

Some embarrassing mistakes from the original edition have been corrected—nothing that would have resulted in disaster, just errors in nomenclature on my part. New information includes advice on what to do if your boat is cast adrift or if your canal has run out of water. The book also includes pictures from my bicycle trip along the Worcester & Birmingham and Stratford-upon-Avon canals.

The Kindle version of the book has also been updated. If you go to your Manage Your Kindle page you should see the update button for the book.