
Magnetic pick-up tool with LED light
Popular gadget brand Laser Tools has brought out a new version of one of those pronged grabber claw thingies – the tool needed when you…
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Washable rugs
Not many canal boaters appreciate fitted carpets in the cabin. It’s a lot easier to have wooden floors to mop. But everyone likes a carpet;…
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Hotmax fuel logs
If you have a multi-fuel stove and you're not a coal person, you might try Hotmax Natural Wood Dust Fuel Logs. A sustainable alternative to…
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Portable scissor lift
Folding bike specialist AS Bikes has launched a portable and battery-powered scissor lift, suitable for lifting heavy items of up to 50kg (110lb) to a…
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RCR opens new training facility
River Canal Rescue has opened a training facility at its canalside Staffordshire HQ, offering two-day maintenance courses for beginners, as well as in-depth training for…
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Waterways poster cards
Following the closure of the Canal Card Collectors Circle newsletter last year (WW Dec), an avid collector is privately reproducing, as postcards, a limited series…
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Floating windlass
The new Lock Otter is a tough steel windlass that floats, should you be careless enough to drop it in the canal.
It gets this…
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Molabo Aries i50 electric inboard motor
A new design of marine electric motor from Germany is promising to shake up the market for electric propulsion for narrowboats, promising extreme simplicity, long…
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New business at Shobnall
A new boatyard business has opened at Burton-on-Trent’s Shobnall Marina.
Working from the covered dry dock that was once the top lock of the historic…
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Wonderbag
Resembling a psychedelic pumpkin, the Wonderbag is an insulated fabric container designed to hold a cooking pot. The idea is that once you bring a…
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Liquid Transfer Pump
A handy device if you're toting jerrycans or other large liquid containers is a liquid transfer pump. Pouring 20 litres out of such a can…
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