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  2. It's not really a case of poking fun at anyone, it is the zero sum side of it that I don't find at all attractive. If those who choose to put their boat in a marina and leave it there without using the canal system at all were exempt from paying for a licence then everyone else would have to pay more for theirs, making the canals a rich persons hobby. It isn't as though they didn't know that this was the case when they bought their boat and it was suddenly sprung upon them. To lose the income of the thousands of boats kept in marinas would effectively result in the closure of the canal system since the CRT business would be unsustainable without full funding from Government and that isn't going to happen any time soon (and to be honest , even as a boater, I wouldn't agree that it would be good use of scarce resources). Despite the case that Higgs is trying to make the NAA charge is put on the owner of the marina not the boats in the marina, it is his choice to pass it onto his moorers. The charge is for him/her to have the amenity of being connected to the canal system, they have total freedom to build themselves a landlocked marina without access to anything if they wish, for which there would be no licence fee payable and no NAA to pay, but for some reason they choose not to, I wonder why ? All I can say is that I wish Higgs utter failure in his proposals.
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  4. And I was hoping my Laptop was going to be destroyed by virus's and so loose all my boat records resulting in me getting my life back after 45 years of researching
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  5. Oh god. But I like to oblige. "A" is an indefinite article. "Couple" means two. "Of" is a possessive wotsit. "Days" means either a 24 hour period or a period of light and dark, depending. Okay? I really hope that clears it up for you. Of course it's my view - you may have noticed that this is a discussion forum. Everything I write is my own view, same as everything you write is, I presume, yours, though I realise I may be wrong there, and if you are so easily confused I suggest Hercule Poirot's solution. Unless you have evidence to the contrary which is unavailable to all but conspiracy theorists (and certainly not CRT) , it is fairly plain to anyone with a brain that most boats are owned by people who don't live on them. Even fewer CC. Most of these people go out on holiday, and are on a limited time schedule (I really, really don't know why I'm bothering...). So, for example, they have a fortnight, if they are lucky, to do, say, the 4 counties ring. Why would they want to stop anywhere for more than two days? They simply haven't the time. OK? So most of them (a fair proportion of whom don't even know, or care, that CCers exist) aren't going to give a toss if a bunch of clowns end up by forcing CRT to legislate so that they can enforce fines for overstaying. And as I like to reply in full, of course you would disagree. I would expect nothing else. PS Don't bother answering this, I have no intention of reading this thread any more as it's just silly.
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  8. Having just got through the 11 th March winter stoppages for maintenance, happy to be on our way ,pointing in the right direction. I have noticed today Sunday wow a massive increase in traffic from the last few weeks, it must be the start of boating ,although all owned boats etc so far. Going along the Trent and Mersey this aft it was a boat meeting at every blind bend and bridge, seen more moving boats today than in the last month, and all heading towards me, but turned off on to staffs and Worcester never saw a boat move again, must be something going on ? When we queued up at the lock stoppage, we noticed as there was a queue, people only seemed to be approaching the lock windlass in hand when it was there turn, I thought it is quicker for all concerned on both sides that we help each other through, so g/f went up about an hour before we would of got through, and locked about eight boats through before us, when it was our turn to go through, we had to do it alone, how sad.as all had there own boats so must know the score. Spread the word all help each other.
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  9. Indeed. The overriding tendency with newbies, on a river though, is to throttle back to combat their scary downstream groundspeed, thus denying them the rudder authority that they may have been hoping for. I've tried to teach people to back right off, prior to any major manoeuvring, then power up again to provide steerage during the manoeuvre. It takes a lot of sinking in though, so to speak.
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  10. Yes, that sums it all up very neatly. The movement of a boat relative to the water surrounding it is no different whether it's in a fast flowing river or completely still water like a lake or a canal. The tendency that narrowboats have to roll, or lean outwards, when rounding up in a fast flowing river is due solely to them achieving a high rate of turn at a much higher speed through the water than they would ever achieve whilst making the same rate of turn on a sharp bend and at lower speed in a canal. Relatively long, narrow ships, such as destroyers, do the same thing and can list or 'lean' outwards very noticeably in high speed turns. I can quite understand why people more used to handling boats on still, narrow waters like canals find this a bit disconcerting, but when it does happen then it's a sure indication that the boat speed through the water is much too fast for the highest rate of turn and the tightest possible radius of turn. Reducing a boat's speed down to the minimum needed for steerage way prior rounding up is of significant help in more than one way. Not only will rounding up take less river width to complete, but it also gives you the opportunity to make a better assessment of current/tide speed and wind direction/speed and the likely effects of all of them on what you're about to do. As you say, turbulence or areas of slacker water, can either hinder or help, and their presence and location is something that must always be taken in to account when planning or executing any kind of manoeuvre in a strong current or tide. When rounding up to stem the tide or current it's essential to turn into the slacker water, even if that means turning away from a side lock or channel that you intend to enter, and the reverse applies when stemming a current/tide and turning to run with it, when you must get into the slackest water before then turning out of it.
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  12. Might be a cyclist.lol
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  13. What you have said in your second paragraph does in fact confirm exactly what I thought. You start by saying that whether or not 'a turn into the current becomes a problem really depends on the waterway', and this, with the exception of the reference to 'the person handling the boat', is the only part of what you say that gets anywhere near to being correct or factual. The waterway itself can only be a problem if the boat is too long to swing in the available width, otherwise it has no effect whatsoever on rounding up. As for what you call the 'situation', the only 'situation' that will have any effect is if, through either bad judgement or inexperience, you've underestimated the tide or current, left it all too late and started a manouevre that you won't have time to finish before you crash into something. That takes us on to your next mistaken belief, that the 'power available' is influential on vessel's ability to round up and stem a tide or current. This is simply not so, as a little thought on the matter will show. Any vessel of any sort will invariably turn shortest round whilst carrying minimum way, and power is something you don't need to achieve that. Finally that brings us to the last of your 'problems', namely 'the person handling the boat', . . . . and you've got that right ! In your preoccupation with your wrongly perceived effects of tide or current, your appear to have forgotten completely to mention or take into account the potential effects, helpful or otherwise, of wind strength and direction relative to tide or current.
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  15. I could take him if you think he would be okay on the boat? Ony problem is I'm in Lancashire (Lancaster Canal) and I can't travel to collect, if anybody is coming this way I can meet them, otherwise if you find a home nearer that might be easier for you. edit to add that I'm away for six days in mid April if your neighbour can wait till after then perhaps so that he isnt stressed by my absence.
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  17. You obviously view locking very differently to us. We aim to see all boats pass through, including our own, as smoothly and safely as possible. Time is never even a consideration. Takes all sorts as the old woman said as she kissed the cow (sorry one of my Mothers ) Rog
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  18. Hi. I am making my mooring available for another boater to use for free during April while my boat is away. The mooring is in Leighton Buzzard on the GU and it's a quiet offside spot with parking and a pub close by and only one other boaty neighbour. It can fit a narrowboat or widebeam of any length. Bus stops and Leighton Buzzard train station as well as the town centre shops and restaurants are all within walking distance, despite it feeling quite rural. Plus there's lots of fields, ancient woodland and public footpaths for dog walking or indeed people walking I'll only be lending the mooring to someone who I arrange this with in advance (it's not open to just anyone to trolley up unannounced, hence not giving the specific location here). I will notify CRT of the boat name and number that I'm giving permission to, so you won't get a ticket and so my neighbour knows which boat is allowed to be there and doesn't report you. Please PM me if genuinely interested in using my mooring, and I'll give you more details. The mooring will be available for up for a month - the whole of April if needed. Thanks
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  19. But meters say kwh ? or at least i think mine does.
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  20. hi all. I too received the dodgy email from test member.. glad I did. first time i have signed on for a couple of years and forgotten what a good forum this is..
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  24. Have you visited Llangollen in the last few years? Amazing that in all this time no one has queried the charges. I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked. I suggest you do something about it and let us know how you get on.
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  25. Always a pleasure to read your well written and descriptive posts Roger. The sad loss of Keith Ball was covered in the History and Heritage section in mid February. Give my regards to Oakdale Dave next time you speak to him. As an aside, I gather Bill Richardson is no longer with us. Another sad loss.
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  31. As long as you make a clean breast of it, you won't be busted by CRT.
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  32. Thanks. And I'm a gent with bosoms
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  33. I did, on the grounds that it was grossly misplaced. This isn't news, it is the proprietor of a marina that doesn't pay its bills posting a fluff piece to attract attention. I wonder if Mr L will give us an update on how young Roy is doing as the head of the phoenix business?
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