The 2007 rally was the tenth arranged by the Register. It took place at Atherstone in Warwickshire on the Coventry Canal. The main site was the boat yard of Barry Hawkins at Baddesley Wharf, adjacent to lock 7 of the Atherstone flight. Between Friday 8th and Sunday 10th June 2007, 48 boats with over 120 crew members attended. Since there is no pub on the site, a new feature this year was a rally bar. This featured local brewed beers from the Church End Brewery. All rally entrants received a special bottle conditioned beer, Triple AAA, or Atherstone Anniversary Ale.
Activities and workshops included: "Traditional" and "Contemporary" Flower Workshops with Helen Davies The obligatory RN cylinder heads workshop with Paul Le Blique The PRM gearbox with Ian Oliver of Albatross Marine RN servicing (fuel filters) Open Forum discussion with RN Diesels Cabin Crochet with Mary Nelson Macrame with Ken Nelson Boat Electrics for Ladies with Paul(ine) Le Blique Alternative fuels (yes you can run an RN on recovered chip shop oil) with Allister Denyer
Evening entertainment on Friday evening was a presentation on the restoration of Flyboat "Saturn" with Harry Arnold & Rob Davies, followed by videos of past RNR Rallies by John Adams. On Saturday the entertainment was the fabulous comedy duo His Worship and The Pig.
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2007 Boat rally
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