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Me neither. Maybe it’s used on dating sites when you say you had have a big “d..k” in case the lass you meet wants a peek

Moored at Westport Lake, just had a few boats going past and all set our boat bouncing and banging somewhat. Were they going too fast? Not really. The mooring ring spacing is sub-optimal. So I have just been out and added a spring at the stern, ie taken a line forward to the next ring, and tightened the ropes properly so the boat can’t move fore/aft. Took about 2 minutes. Now another boat has just come past, fairly fast. Our boat didn’t move at all. How often do you see boats moored with a spring? Hardly ever. So I say that every person who shouts “SLOW DOWN” or even thinks of doing so, or likes to whinge about boats passing too fast on here, only does so because they don’t know how to tie their boat up properly. (With possible dispensation for being moored on pins).

Must admit I have never seen /s before but then again, I haven't felt all that deprived by not knowing what it means. How did we all manage before we had someone so knowledgable to teach us 🙂

I suggest you get a quote from Kinver Canopies too.

Must admit I've never met /s before, and I've been on message boards and forums since they were invented, so for once I sympathise with Alan! Such a rare occurrence I thought I'd mention it.

You could explain to him all about PM2.5 particles at the same time!

Me too, and lest anyone get gloomy over how illness might affect canal exploration, here's a pic of me on the towpath of the long disused Horncastle Canal - and that thing running to my nose is portable oxygen... I'm not going to let a little thing like chronic illness get in the way! (For those wondering - i stay in hotels with creature comforts)

Cookham, River Thames

And I find it curious how after 100 years of this, they continue making the gate seals the same way presumably because they've "always done it that way". It really can't be that difficult to devise a solution.

<stupid as mud> Never quite got that expression... </stupid as mud> (To get the tags right!)

Same here Never seen it on Facebook, I love being referred to as a child, much better than old got

A variation of speed criticism that I had last week from an angler fishing off his boat was "you're making an awful lot of splashing". I suspect he is not conversant with the set up of raw water cooling as the only splash was from the exhaust with now bow wave or wash on the banks.

You could always smile sweetly and say "Oh dear, I'm sorry you seem to have problems with passing boats -- would you like some advice on how to moor up to prevent this?"... 😉

At my caravan I have a single 100w panel. I used to have a PWM controller, recently I got a Victron MPPT and the output is much better. The panel voltage seems to settle at around 18v, open circuit is around 20v. So a single panel isn’t necessarily “12v”.

Yea, why not? we pay more for a license than you as home moorer do, so yeah. 😂 makes me laff

hey if it weren’t for the boats passing fast I’d never get outta bed in the afternoon 😃

We were in a similar situation when a voice from inside a boat shouted slow down. My mate who was at the helm reversed and shouted I didn't hear what you said can you come out so I can hear. Needless to say the boat remained quiet and nobody appeared.

That's the thing about water, it moves. But then again, isn't that kind of the point of boating ? Rog

If it is Giant Hogweed, not just Common Hogweed, I urge you to report it to CRT please. I'm sure they have a duty of care to remove hazardous plants where people might come into contact with them, and Giant Hogweed can have nasty effects lasting for years. Just checked and they do want it reported: This is that online link: Ways to contact us | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk)

Anser hook, or is it pin?, below the letter 'F'. Ideal for so doing. (And yes, it is a very shiny boat but pic taken only a couple of hours after leaving the paint dock)

The gates are always ready to push and, in fact, always ready to open should you push hard enough.

I'm not sure that is really the case. You either hold the boat on the engine, which isn't going to call for any real strength, or you wrap your mooring line around a bollard. I have to say that I have seen people struggling to control mooring of their boat in strong winds, whilst standing alongside a bollard.