An inexperienced boater lost his new vessel when it went down in Hertford Lock on Thursday.

The boat is currently lying at the bottom of Lock No.1 whilst the waterways authority draws up plans to recover the vessel.
The owner had only taken possession of the vessel earlier in the month.
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