Talk:Punt (boat)

message: The images in this article have been chosen carefully to complement the text, but there are still a few missing.  It would be very helpful to have 
* pictures of punt racing
* pictures of Dongola racing in punts (ie teams with paddles)
* pictures of people punting from the oxford end
* pictures of people punting tandem or in the orthodox Thames position
* any pics that illustrate punting technique
* any pics that illuminate the statements in the article
In my opinion we don't need any more "arty" pictures of collections of punts.  (Especially if they are low quality and lack proper metadata).  
Thruston 09:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T%C3%BCbinger_Stocherkahnrennen_2012.jpg This is a better photo of the punt racing in Tübingen, Germany. It is from 2012. Maybe we can use this instead of the suboptimal picture that is used at this point. --Pschannes (talk) 13:55, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images wanted 

message: Regular reviewers may notice that the (much maligned) punting technique section has a new first paragraph.  I'm developing all of this away from the how to style into a more historical account based on what is in Rivington (which is quite hard since his material is something of a ramble through the byways of the Thames and the Cam with nuggets scattered all over the place.  Thruston 22:59, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As an aside on this topic, the article states that the traditional punting position is for right-handed people to face left, and left-handed people to face right.  In Cambridge, the opposite is true: right-handed people face right, and left-handed people face left.  Either the original assertion is incorrect, or the particular situation on the Cam has led to a change in technique.  Out of interest, which way does a punter face in Oxford? Bluap 02:35, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  As is says in this section if you read it carefully "nearly everyone in Oxford punts left handed".  Rivington has several things to say on this, and when I get back to my copy of his book, I was intending to add a suitable foot note to clear this up (and as regular readers of this page, much of this article has in the past fallen foul of the WP:NOR rule, so I am trying to be very careful only to put properly sourced statements in this section). Thruston 21:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It no longer says that in that section, leading to great confusion among a group of Oxford-based punters who were surprised to discover they all punt left-handed... despite having never been taught, and having independently used the technique that seemed most natural to them. In Oxford, a right-handed punter faces right. Looking closely at the photo of people punting on the Cam suggests that almost all of them are facing right. I think that the statement in the article about right-handers facing left is completely wrong - and it has no citation.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.36.36.206 (talk) 14:23, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewriting the punting technique section 

message: Having acquired a copy of both of R.T. Rivington's books on Punting last year, I have been slowly revising this article to include material from the book. 
I met Rivington in Oxford in 1984 just after the publication of his book, and he was kind enough to take us out on the river at Port Meadow in his 2ft single seater punt.  He also had a canadian canoe, which he could punt beautifully, we tried it but fell in many times.  He died in 2001. Thruston 11:15, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revision more or less complete 

message: I have tidied up and shortened the discussion about which end to punt from, and tried to keep it entirely neutral.  I have also removed the link to the picture of the Henley regatta in 1893 at the thamesrc site because, unless I am going blind it does not show anyone punting from the till (as they never did on the Thames according to Rivington.  
This is what I took out:
: Students at Oxford and Cambridge frequently argue over the correctness of their respective styles. A painting of the Henley Regatta from 1893 shows that both styles in fact have a long heritage, and can coexist quite harmoniously.
I hope the current revision is an improvement.
Thruston 21:37, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: One could argue there's still a certain bias inherent in the placement of the terms STERN and BOW on the diagram. Perhaps a note there about the different traditions? Flapdragon (talk) 19:27, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Endian]] debate

message: Is there any way in which this ping-pong battle over 'bim-bam' can be sorted? Can anyone help? - Ballista 19:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can't disagree there, on any of the points you make. - Ballista 15:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I should hate to be starting a war.  I reverted the bim-bam sentence twice and left a helpful explanation on the user's (anonymous) page, explaining about enclyclopedic tone etc.  My apologies for describing the third insertion of the same sentence as vandalism; I used the word inappropriately.  Nevertheless I don't think that "bim bam" is a helpful addition to the article.  If you can be bothered to search back through the edit history you will see that it used to be rather a joke article and was criticized as such.  I bought a copy of the books mentioned (the only books on punting for the last 50 years) and have spent some time trying to improve the article and make it useful and encyclopedic.  If anyone really wants to help improve this page some more (appropriate) pictures would be nice.  Thruston 21:53, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  reversion war 

message: I get the impression that a Norfolk punt is a specific kind of punt.  If this is true, it seems like this is the better location for this information.  Norfolk Punt has some great information on the vessel's development, but this article is more complete as far as design, construction, and technique.  Hoof Hearted (talk) 17:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: DISAGREE vehemently! A Norfolk punt is a racing dinghy.  It may have derived from the same type of craft originally but it is completely different now, and had been for 100+ years.  Absolutely do not dream of merging these articles.  At most all we need is an addition to the disambig page already at "Punt" and an addition to the see also entries on both pages.  I am going to do this now, and wait to see if anyone disagrees. Thruston (talk) 20:43, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[Norfolk Punt]] 

message: Spreewald in Germany  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alpinebixby (talk • contribs) 18:01, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another punt location in the world 

message: Does anyone know if punting still takes place on the Nidd these days?  See the reference and citation I have added to the photo of this from approximately 1912.  Would be nice to add a modern reference if so.
Punts are still available to hire at Knaresborough. Rowing boats are also for hire, but thye are limited to a very short stretch of river. Punts can travel upstream round a small bend, where they will find a small dammed weir across most of the river. With a little skill and perspiration, it is possible to punt up the weir into a lovely relaxing lagoon.
Peteinterpol (talk) 20:22, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punting on the River Nidd in Yorkshire 

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message: I was just a bit shocked to notice that in none of the photos did I notice a single life jacket or other flotation device, especially with the commercial operations. Plus, it seems that some of those punts have too many passengers. I imagine that regulations are different in Europe than in the States. And I apologize if this comment doesn't conform to Wikipedia guidelines.Flight Risk (talk) 04:23, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just an observation