NEW DAWN -
(Yes, she will have a mast and sail for use on the Trent). Chesterfield Canal Trust are proud to announce the New Dawn Project: the recreation and operation of an accurate, full-sized wooden boat of the unique type that carried cargoes on the Chesterfield Canal. Towed by a horse, the boat will promote the canal and its restoration, be a means of studying the handling of such craft, and act as a focus for a wider understanding of the past. For school visits the cargo-hold will be capable of transformation into a floating classroom. The boat will also play a central role in a research project based on the 1840s - finding out the cargoes carried, the sources and destinations, and the boatmen who formed the usually two-man crews. To build the boat, money is required. If we can raise the funds by our own methods it will avoid the time delays and uncertainties inherent in approaching national funding bodies. It would also follow the lead of past centuries - throughout its history friends and people associated with the Chesterfield Canal have ascertained what needed to be done, worked out how to do it, and just got on with it locally. The building of the vessel will be undertaken by an experienced boat-builder with personal knowledge of such craft, but assisted by volunteers who wish to obtain the knowledge and skills involved.
Answers to “Just for fun� crossword number 8, with thanks to Malcolm Fielding. ACROSS: 1 Bath; 3 Bass; 6 Drips; 7 Stern; 10 Bollard; 14 Deck; 15 Cut; 16 Beer; 19 Bathers; 22 David; 23 Radar; 24 Dash; 25 Ahoy. DOWN: 1 Bury; 2 Tipton; 4 Astern; 8 Fradley; 9 Charles; 11 Lough; 12 Ice; 13 Lee; 17 Basins; 18 Breach; 20 Hard; 21 Lady.
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