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Middlesex Branch Newsletter email: [email protected]
No. 31 Summer 2013
Cava lcade 30th Anniversary
The Cavalcade opening ceremony; Councillor Angela Harvey, Lord Mayor of the City
of Westminster is flanked by Libby Bradshaw, Events Manager and Les Etheridge,
National Chairman of the IWA, with Jon Guest, Waterway Manager Canal & River
Trust (London) on the left. Photo: Ray Gill
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Organised by Slough Borough Council
two days of fun for all the family
Slough Canal Festival
7 - 8th September 2013
Bloom Park,
Middlegreen Road,
Langley
Entrance to the festival and parking is free
gates are open from 11am to 5pm on both days.
Diary Dates 2013 & social evenings
11th June Branch social evening
Talk by Loraine Granger from the Hillingdon
Narrowboats Association on the work of the
association.
5-7th July Riverside at Ware
Ware Boat Festival.
19-21st July Cassiobury Park Watford
IWA National Festival.
1st September Canalside, Angel Islington
Angel Canal Festival.
7 - 8th September Bloom Pk, Slough
Slough Canal Festival.
10th September Branch social evening
Talk by Jon Willis on - Crofton beam engines.
14 - 15th September London riverside.
The Mayor’s Riverside Festival spectacular
weekend.
8th October Branch social evening
Talk by Richard Thomas on Waterways
Wonders.
12th November Branch social evening
Talk by Tony Brooks on Boat Wintering.
Middlesex Branch social evenings are held at Hillingdon Canal Club, Waterloo Rd, Uxbridge.
Social meetings are not held in July, August or December.
For more information contact the Social Secretary Lucy Smith on,
[email protected] or 07947 451376.
Entrance is free and all are welcome including non members.
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Chairman’s Column
In January this
year I was looking
forward to the fact
that the Slough
Arm of the Grand
Union canal was
to be dredged, or
at least spot dredged for the first time in
ages. My plan was, following the
completion of this work, to promote the
Slough canal and the Slough Canal Festival
in order, hopefully to get boaters to cruise
the arm.
How things have changed! In February
we discovered that the Slough arm was not
to be dredged, as resources have to be
allocated to more urgent work such as the
Ridgeway Trading Estate; where the Canal
& River Trust has to secure the collapsing
embankment.
More bad news was to follow as in late
April the C&RT announced the closure of
the slough arm at Reeds Bridge (bridge 2A)
as they had to carry out very urgent work to
the supporting walls. At the time of writing
the canal still remains closed.
In their press release of 2nd May 2013,
the Canal & River Trust stated “Fixing it
will not be cheap and as a charity we don’t
have an endless pot of money.....”
This is true and the Trust will have to
budget its limited resources to achieve the
best it can in terms of keeping the network
open. In the press release Jon Guest was
also quoted as saying “Thankfully,
considering the age of our canals, problems
like this are extremely rare”. This is also
true but as the network ages are we to see
an increase in such problems?
The Slough canal was built in 1882 so is
only about 130 years old and although not
all the structures are this old, many of the
main road bridges have for instance been re
built, there must be many structures
approaching the end of their useful life.
I can only assume that the CR&T have
inspected the other bridges, aqueducts and
embankments to see if there are any other
problems to resolve.
One worry is that some back office
accountant at C&RT will start questioning
if they should spend so much money on
maintaining what may be seen by some as
an “underused dead end canal”.
The IWA has to tread a careful course in
not being unreasonable in expecting what
the C&RT can achieve with its limited
resources. Our aim should be to keep all
parts of the canal network open for all
users, including boaters.
It is important that we keep track of the
work and ensure that the canal opens as
soon as possible. However we have to do
more to promote use of this arm and
therefore this is why we will be asking all
our members with boats to attempt to visit
the Slough Canal Festival this year.
We have to show the Canal & River
Trust that we do care, that we will fight and
that we do use all parts of the canal
network.
If we do nothing then who can blame the
Canal & River Trust if they decide that one
way of matching budget to expenditure is
to allow underused parts of the system to
fade out of existence.
Keith Clayton
Chairman – IWA Middlesex Branch
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Slough Arm Closed The Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal has had to be closed due to a serious
structural fault with bridge 2a. This is a footbridge known as Reeds bridge a short
distance from the M25. It is in imminent danger of collapse resulting in the towpath
and bridge being closed at this point.
One of the brick-built sections that
support Reeds Bridge moved and
cracked, resulting in the entire
abutment, the towpath and the
waterway wall sinking by 1m and sliding
into the canal.
The Slough Arm and towpath at Reeds
Bridge is currently closed while the
Canal & River Trust carries out
emergency works. They hope to
complete the emergency works by the end of June 2013.
The emergency works are already underway and include: the diversion of electricity
and communications cables (including an 11,000V high voltage electric cable),
temporarily filling the canal with stone to prevent further movement and provide a
safe platform for workers, the removal of the main body of the bridge, demolition of
the towpath side abutment, removal of the waterway wall and towpath; and finally
building a temporary towpath and reopening the navigation. Once these initial
emergency works have been carried out the Trust will investigate a permanent
solution for the replacement of the bridge.
Aylesbury Arm Closed
On Thursday 28 March 2013 C&RT announced
the closure of the Aylesbury Arm from lock 11
to lock 13.
The closure was due to a collapse of the lock
wall on the towpath side at Lock 12 which has
resulted in the lock chamber being unstable and
unsafe for navigation.
Work is expected to start in July and the
section will remain closed until further notice
The towpath is also closed.
Enquiries: 0303 0404040
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ACS members at the 25th anniversary
Congratulations - 25 years of the ACS Twenty-five years ago the Australian Canal Society came into being. To celebrate the
anniversary 58 members enjoyed a lunch at Oatlands Golf Club, in the centre of Sydney.
One of the ACS members, Julie Nugent, is a descendant of the canal engineer James
Brindley and she gave a talk about her famous forebear and his connection with Australia.
Middlesex Branch Sales Stand events 2013
Robin will be out and about with the branch sales stand visiting some of the festivals etc in
and around the Middlesex area.
5 - 7 July Ware Boat Festival - River Lea
19 – 21 July IWA National Festival, Cassiobury Pk, Watford.
7 - 8 September Slough Canal Festival - Bloom Park
21 September Hanwell Locks - Open House weekend
If you’re at one of these events and you see the sales stand why not introduce yourself
to Robin and have a chat or even spend some time helping, you’ll be most welcome.
Middlesex Branch donations
The Branch recently made a donation of £200 to the Cotswold Canal Trust Bowbridge Appeal
and received a letter of thanks from Justine Hopkins of the CCT administration team.
http://www.cotswoldcanals.com
The Committee are always willing to consider donating to any waterways related cause. So if
you know any group that might benefit, let us know and we’ll see what we can do.
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IWA’s 2013 National Festival set for Watford.
19 - 21 July at Cassiobury Park The IWA 2013 National Festival is to be
held at Cassiobury Park on the Grand Union
Canal in Watford over the weekend of 19-
21st July. IWA intends that this will form
part of an IWA Summer Festival of
London Waterways.
Hopefully, the cold weather earlier in
the year will have given way to warm
summer sunshine.
Cassiobury Park is a very popular town
centre park which slopes down to the River
Gade and Grand Union Canal.
Opening times: Friday & Saturday 10-6pm,
Sunday 10-5pm
Getting there: Watford Metropolitan Line
Underground station is about 5 minutes walk.
Gade Avenue car park will not be available, so car
parking around the area will be extremely limited.
Better to use public transport wherever possible.
Activities: In the showground, the inland marine
trade will be showcasing new and used boats for sale
and all the accessories needed.
There will also be a wide range of general interest
stalls, probably the best varieties of food we’ve
ever offered, a real ale bar, snacks and food stalls,
and the IWA shop for an extensive choice of
waterways books and gifts. A craft marquee will
provide an opportunity for you to acquire traditional
waterway craft skills in our workshops.
There will be a wide range of entertainments on
site including a fly past by a World War II Spitfire
(circumstances permitting), song and dance
throughout the festival, a Victorian Fairground and
lots of attractions for children and adults alike.
Ticket Prices: Advance ticket prices Gate ticket prices
Single adult - £6.50 Single adult - £9.00 (children under 16 are free)
3 day pass - £12.50 Concessions - £8.00
2 or 3 day pass - £15.00
Book tickets online Late Entry (after 4pm) - £6.00
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Waterway staff to change working practices
The bank staff at the Canal & River Trust
have voted in favour of new flexible working
hours. The introduction of ‘annualised hours’
was supported by 88% of union members.
This will result in customer services teams
working longer hours in the summer, when the
waterways are busiest, and construction
teams working longer in the winter, when the
majority of repairs are carried out. Unison’s
Jane Ellis and Phil Allman from Unite, jointly
commented that the trade unions recognise
that both parties have moved barriers to
allow the workforce to achieve a yes vote on
this ground breaking agreement, and
especially supported by senior officials from
both the trade unions and the Trust.
The changes, which came into effect from
May 2013, will see Trust staff working hours
that suit the operational needs of their area,
rather than a standard, Monday to Friday, 37
hour week. This will mean that an individual’s
1,931 working hours will be distributed across
the year as needed.
Kensal Town towpath improvements Towpath improvements in the Kensal Town
area of the Grand Union are now well under
way between Great Western Road and
Gasworks Dock, near Sainsbury’s at Kensal
Rise.
A wide range of towpath improvements
including signage, speed bumps, chicanes,
better surfacing, widening and more subtle
design features to improve the overall
appearance for users and visitors.
On the Regent’s Canal where peak time
congestion is especially high the Canal & River
Tust employs Rosie Tharp as strategic cycle
routes coordinator. She is responsible for
the Alternative Routes project, which is
working for a better deal for cyclists on
roads whilst lessening the burden on the
towpath.
New Thames crossing nears completion
The new road bridge at Walton on Thames is on target to become operational during the
summer. The £32m bridge linking Walton-on-Thames and Shepperton will replace the two
existing temporary bridges in use since 1953 and 1999.
The road surface is almost ready for use;
the next step is to realign the approach roads
to bring the bridge into use. This is on course
to begin in July. Demolition of the old bridges
can start once the new bridge is operational and
is expected to start in August followed by final
landscaping works.
Completion of bridge removal is expected to
be during December and all construction works
finished by March 2014.
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Canalway Cavalcade – Little Venice 2013
Round the chimney, step in time, Round the chimney, step in time,
Never need a reason, Never need a rhyme,
Round the chimney, step in time. (from Mary Poppins)
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Above: Chairman Keith and Plan/Nav Mike Phillips are kept busy on the IWA sales stand.
The sun and spectacle attracted the biggest crowd ever for the IWA's 30th annual Cavalcade
with over 30,000 visitors to London's Little Venice during the May-Day Bank Holiday weekend.
Below: Polishing the brasses, a traditional folk scene at the Cavalcade.
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Blood found at scene of boat break-in
A man who lived on a boat on the Grand
Union near Cassiobury Park and broke into
two of his neighbours boats was sentenced in
January at St Albans Crown Court.
He broke into the boats leaving blood at
the scene which was DNA tested leading to
his arrest. Kit Green, whose address was
given as Bridge-water Basin, Cassio Bridge,
Watford, pleaded guilty to two offences of
burglary and was sentenced to a 12 month
community order with six months supervision.
He was also fined £50 for possession of
cannabis and ordered to pay £2,500 to the
owners of the boats he burgled and
prosecution costs of £350.
Canal rage Boat owners living on Regent’s Canal are
being confronted by residents over noise and
pollution.
Homeowners are reported to have marched
to the edge of the waterway in Angel,
Islington, to complain about smoke from boat
engines pouring into their kitchens, bedrooms
and gardens.
Six or seven narrowboats are allowed
temporary moorings opposite the homes, but
currently up to 20 are moored, often three
deep, residents say.
Councillor Martin Klute said: “This isn’t a
case of snobby residents complaining, they
have always welcomed the boats but in the
last two years there’s been a huge increase.”
The Canal and River Trust, which maintains
the waterway, said: “We urge boat users and
residents to work together. Signs forbid use
of smoky fuels and remind boaters not to run
engines between 8pm and 8am.”
The Mayor’s Thames Festival The Mayor's Thames Festival weekend
from 14 – 15th Sept 2013 is one of the
biggest and best free outdoor arts festivals
celebrating London and its river. It sees the
riverside from Westminster to the Tower
transformed with market stalls, street
entertainers and more; a great day out.
The night carnival on Sunday evening is a
grand finale to the festival. Thousands of
people join in the illuminated procession as
the lanterns, costumes and floats make their
way along Victoria Embankment.
The evening culminates in a spectacular
fireworks display over the river Thames
Mid summer jazz cruise
Friday 14 June - Chiswick Pier Trust offer
Chiswick Pier Trust will be holding a jazz
cruise on Friday 14th June aboard the Queen
Elizabeth. Cruising to Westminster and back
leaving Chiswick Pier at 7.00 pm, returning
around 10.00pm.
Music on board will be from the jazz
band Anacousis and Pissarro’s
restaurant will be serving a two course
cold supper will be served during the cruise.
Tickets are on sale £35.00 per head.
Call 020 8742 2713 or 07594 596729.
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Major developments at Brentford
Planning and Navigation
By Ray Gill The character of the Grand Union in Brentford is set to change dramatically as three major
schemes are about to be implemented.
Brentford Lock West
Construction has already started on the first
phase of Brentford Lock West, a development
located between Commerce Road and the
Grand Union Canal. The northern boundary of
the site is the railway between Brentford
Station and Syon Lane Station.
The site also includes the overhanging sheds
which were used for storage of lime juice,
barrels of which were unloaded from Thames
lighters prior to transportation to Rose’s
factory near Hemel Hempstead.
The developer for the scheme is ISIS
Waterside Regeneration, a joint venture
between the Canal & River Trust (formerly
British Waterways) and Muse Developments.
The entire development is likely to consist of
some 500 dwelling units. The developers have
indicated a five to seven year programme for
the overall implementation of the scheme.
The first phase of 150 housing units in the
southern half of the site will benefit from a
range of measures to use sustainable energy,
including district heating, green roofs, roof top
allotments and PV panels. In addition,
improvements will be made to the towpath to
increase the width to approximately 6.5
metres.
We have expressed our support for the first
phase of the development but the details of the
northern half of the site are still to emerge and
will require our further consideration. This
second phase will include proposals for the
overhanging sheds and a new footbridge over
the canal.
Links:
http://www.brentfordlockwest.co.uk http://www.isisregeneration.co.uk
Brentford Waterside
Adjacent to the semi tidal stretch of the canal
and River Brent above Thames Lock
Ballymore Properties are progressing
proposals for a large mixed development
which they are calling Brentford Waterside.
Between the High Street and the canal they
are proposing to re-create a series of ‘yards’
which will provide pedestrian and vehicular
routes separating five courtyard blocks of 7
and 8 storey apartments. To the west of
Workhouse Dock two blocks of 7 and 10
storey apartments are proposed next to the
canal. Those familiar with the Grand Union at
Hayes and the recently completed High Point
Village development will be able to anticipate
the scale and density of the proposals at
Brentford.
A public meeting hosted by the local
authority was held in November 2012. Local
organisations attending the meeting, including
Brentford Dock Residents Association,
Brentford Community Council, Brentford
Chamber of Commerce and the Brentford High
Street Steering Group were highly critical of
the planning application proposals. When the
meeting was opened up to the floor for the
public to raise questions with the developer
and the design team all of the comments made
were overwhelmingly hostile.
Our Branch has also made written
representations to Hounslow objecting to the
proposals as we considered the scheme to be a
gross over-development which will have a
negative impact on the Grand Union Canal
Conservation Area. >> cont p12
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The intimate character of the existing
waterside area will be lost as it will be
dominated by tall buildings. Johnson’s Island
and the MSO Island are untouched (they are
outside the site) but they will still be dwarfed
by the surrounding development. The boaters
experience on leaving Thames Lock will be to
pass through a canyon like space between the
proposed peninsula blocks and the existing
Brentford Dock flats.
The Local Authority’s web site shows that
the application is pending consideration and
there is no timetable for a decision to be made.
This suggests that the planning process is
currently stalled perhaps as a result of
considerable local opposition and the schemes
apparent departure from the policies in
Hounslow’s 2009 Brentford Area Action Plan;
one of only two adopted documents in the
emerging Local Plan. We await further news
on the progress of the planning application
with interest.
Link:
http://www.mybrentford.com/brentford2.0
Brentford ‘Making the Connection’ Project
Finally a new initiative is set to improve links between the Great West Road, historically known as
the ‘Golden Mile’, and Brentford High Street. The scheme is being financed through the Outer
London Fund awarded by the Mayor of London.
The project has four main improvement areas:
New lighting to the area under the Great West Road bridge
The overhanging sheds (which form part of the ISIS Brentford Dock West site)
The towpath route to Brentford Lock-described as 'The Moving High Street'
The Market Place in Brentford High Street
A planning application for the proposed
improvements was submitted to Hounslow in
April 2012. We note that ISIS Regeneration
initially project managed the application for
the Outer London Fund but rather strangely
appear to be no longer involved with the
detailed application. It also seems odd that the
proposals for the overhanging sheds are
described as an interim measure prior to ‘the
redevelopment of these structures’. We hope
that this is not because ISIS now has another
agenda for these structures which could place
the sheds at risk.
The proposals for the overhanging shed
include the removal of the cladding at towpath
level. This seems a sensible proposal as it will
improve forward visibility for towpath users
and give a greater sense of security/safety.
Of greater concern is the proposed slatted
cladding to the sides of the sheds. Although
this is attractive and will improve the daylight
to the interior it may expose the existing steel
structure to the elements. We have written to
Hounslow to make this point and to suggest
that the decorative elements incorporated in
the cladding should be canal related.
The proposed improvements to the public
realm in the Market Place are welcomed and
should complement the Brentford Waterside
proposals to regenerate the town centre.
Link:
http://www.thebrentfordconnection.com
Ray Gill
Planning & Navigation Officer
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MIDDLESEX MUSINGS
Is there anybody out there?
The Middlesex Branch has received a request from a Graduate
Structural Engineer at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Apparently they have identified the Hanwell flight of Locks and Three
Bridges as being of particular engineering interest. As part of the
September Open House tours they would like to have one of their
engineers on hand for an engineering tour.
The request concluded that if this was
acceptable could we supply contact details
of the engineer who worked on the project
so that he could be contacted with a view to
assisting in the tour.
Unfortunately neither of the two project
engineers Jessop and Brunel is able to
attend as they died in 1815 and 1859. We’ll
try to contact them; anyone for Ouija?
Garden gnomes?
Some people have gnomes or fairies at the
bottom of their gardens but one of the
committee members was in for a surprise.
He wandered down his garden the other day
only to find two east European males had set
up camp there. Well I never!
Armless mooring?
As reported in the earlier pages, the
Slough arm and Aylesbury arm are both
closed due to bank collapses. Looking at the
pictures it might take a long time to repair
both canals.
It would appear that mooring on an arm
can damage your boating.
Other arms are available, although I think
I’ll give the Wendover arm a miss for a while.
It’s a jungle out there
The reports from Ray about Planning &
Navigation issues in our branch area contain
some good and some not-so-good proposals.
Reading the Brentford Waterside development
proposal left me with a cold feeling. We’ve
seen what some high-rise developments can
end up like after a few years.
I’m not surprised that the local people and
all the trade bodies and community groups
were up in arms about it.
Let’s hope that Hounslow recognise that
they’ve got a great opportunity to develop an
area where people and businesses would
choose to go rather than somewhere they’d
choose to avoid.
A little less conversation
The Canal & River Trust are generating a
new policy regarding boats overstaying at
moorings.
As for the new policy, sounds like ‘Here we
go again’, another revamped set of
continuous cruising and mooring rules.
There are calls for more affordable
moorings and longer maximum stays, but one
thing is so obvious that it sticks out a mile
and that is if there’s no enforcement of the
policy, whether old or new, then nothing will
change. So why not try, as the king once
said, ‘A little less conversation, a little more
action please’.
Terry Liddle
Editor.
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IWA London Region boundaries
Chelmsford Branch Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation
Mundon (White House Farm) Canal
River Thames - north bank east of the old GLC boundary
Chiltern Branch Grand Union Canal - Tail of Stockers Lock to Ship Bridge, Marsworth
Grand Union Canal - Aylesbury Arm
Grand Union Canal - Wendover Arm
Lee & Stort Branch River Lee from the M25 to Hertford
River Stort
Middlesex Branch Grand Union Canal - Paddington Branch West of Ha'penny Bridge
Grand Union Canal - River Thames to tail of Stockers Lock
Grand Union Canal - Slough Arm
North and East London Branch East London Rivers - Bow Back Rivers
Grand Union Canal - Paddington Branch East of Ha'penny Bridge
Hertford Union Canal
River Lee - River Thames to the M25
Limehouse Cut
London Docklands waterways north of the Thames
Regents Canal
River Roding (including Barking Creek)
South London Branch Grosvenor Canal
Kensington Canal
London Docklands waterways south of the Thames
River Thames - Teddington Weir to the old GLC boundary by Purfleet
River Thames - all navigable creeks not part of N E London area
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The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Inland Waterways Association or of its London Region or of its Middlesex Branch. They are however published as being of interest
to our members and readers
© IWA Middlesex Branch 2013
The Inland Waterways Association is a charity campaigning for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and development of the inland waterways and is a non profit distributing company limited
by guarantee registered in England number 612245 registered as a charity number 212342 whose
registered office is at:
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Tel. 01494 783453
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AND FINALLY
Dates for committee meetings for 2013 are given below. Members are welcome to attend. Meetings start at 8.00pm at the Hillingdon Canal Club, Waterloo Road, Uxbridge UB8 2QX.
30 Jul 24 Sept 26 Nov
YOUR BRANCH COMMITTEE
Chairman Keith Clayton 020 8573 0883 [email protected] Vice Chairman Michael Phillips [email protected] Secretary Robin Bishop 020 8452 2632 [email protected] Treasurer Lucy Smith 07947451376 [email protected] Panning/Navigation Raymond Gill 07785886255 [email protected] Michael Phillips [email protected] Membership Keith Clayton 020 8573 0883 [email protected] Sales Robin Bishop 020 8452 2632 [email protected] Social meetings Lucy Smith 07947451376 [email protected] Newsletter Terry Liddle 020 8863 2551 [email protected] Publicity Lucy Smith 07947451376 [email protected] Events Lucy Smith 07947451376 [email protected] Other members Stephen Bray
The newsletter welcomes communications from readers. If you have a point to make, a question to ask, or an interesting picture or article worthy of publication send it to us at
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This gas-rig lifeboat is one of the more unusual craft seen moored on the Grand Union near Kensal Green
Keep a lookout for Chucklefoot at
the IWA’s National Festival.
Did you know? Amidships Condition of being surrounded by boats
Anchor A device designed to bring up mud
samples from the bottom at unexpected times
Son: When I grow up, dad, I want to join the
Hillingdon Canal Club.
Dad: Sorry son, you'll have to choose one or the
other.
1st Rule of Boating - If it ain’t broke, don’t use it.
2nd Rule of Boating - If you're working on a wooden
boat, never keep your chainsaw near the boat.
Machinists work to the nearest 0.001mm.
Woodworkers work to the nearest 0.5mm.
Boatbuilders do it by eye.