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  11. newbie needs help

    in New to Boating?

    Posted · Edited by stagedamager

    Hi Matt,

    Welcome to the forum! The best thing to do is visit local Marinas / Brokerage yards (is Sawley Close?) to get an idea of what your money will stretch to. There are also online sites such as Apollo Duck which can provide a wealth of financial info, of what is out there.

    There are plenty of people on here with advice, we were all newbies once, hold on tight its gonna be a rocky ride!! Don't be afraid to ask questions, but expect the threads to go off Topic, dissolve into arguments then get back on track a few pages later when everyone has had enough and remembers what the initial point was!!

     

     

    Edit to actually finish what i was saying!!

  13. Is posting on fora using an alias cowardly?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    i agree, although i use an anonymous name, but always sign off as Dan, and make no secret about the fact I am a Stage Manager living and working in Milton Keynes. I'm sure people could find me if they needed to, as there aren't many theatres in MK!! I do, however think that in some instances, that have been seen previous, using an anonymous login name, so as not to be traceable can be a worthy exercise to remain "hidden" from potential stalkers / attackers / etc...

    Regards

    Dan

  14. More residential moorings....?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    I can't help but feel that:

     

    When I made my original post it was based on the observation that there are two kinds of benefit recipients. The first kind are the honest people in genuine need of financial assistance for which the welfare state was originally created. I have no problem at all with supporting this kind of person and I am proud to live in a country that looks after it's own in this way.

    The second kind of benefit recipient are the ferral, immoral, unscrupulous, lazy, non contributing claimants who see living on benefits as a permanent lifestyle choice. Some of these are coming to UK from other countries purely to milk the benefit system in which case they are criminals because they are fraudulently obtaining money from the British taxpayer who are fast becoming the underprivileged majority. I don't want the latter as my next door neighbours if I live on a boat. They would not be safe. I'd drown them if I saw that I was continuing to work 24/7 while they made no contribution whatsoever. The canalways of Britain are one of the last vestiges of unspoilt rural heritage which needs preserving at all costs. It should be a privilege to live on a boat, not a cheap housing option.

     

    Any increase in residential moorings should be offered to the most deserving members who have made sacrifices and contributions towards forming the backbone of this country, not those who think they have an automatic entitlement through the near bankrupt welfare system. Our injured armed forces, elderly, nurses, teachers, police, firemen, anyone who works on a low income, etc should be made the priority if residential moorings become a viable option to ease the housing shortage.

     

    And if anyone thinks my comments are too brutal, go and try living in Australia:-)

     

    is in breach of the forum rules and guidelines:

     

    You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, speculative,, inaccurate, aimed to deceive, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

    This includes the use of duplicate identity or a identity or username aimed to deliberately deceive.

     

    and not only breach forum rules and guidelines, regardless of what side of the fence you are on, totally illegal and WRONG. Tongue in cheek or not. I can only feel if that is written in a jovial manner, then you need to use your inner monologue a bit more before writing.

     

    Oh my god, ive just realised that i've now taken a side, i'm gonna rot in multicultural hell and spend eternity being violated by African criminal immigrants (just so we are clear that is tongue in cheek, and i shall indicate thus) ;););););)

  17. Too Close For Comfort?

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Hello Dolly,

     

    If you re-read the original post, you will notice the question below the photograph. Some of the answers in the following posts have answered that question, without resorting to the misguided assumption, that we selfishly expect a 10 metre gap between our boat and the next.

     

    Under normal circumstances, when mooring, we tend to leave a little distance from the boat in front or behind us to preserve both their and our privacy. This, I believe, is being courteous to fellow boaters. It can be acknowledged as others have stated on this thread, that differing circumstances can be taken into consideration and allowances should be made accordingly. In this particular instance, the boater only had to travel some 80 metres further down the canal, whereby he would have had enough space to moor the bloody Titanic!

     

    Meldrew

     

    I'm sure I've read an article somewhere about that particular vessel sinking, could be wrong though. 

    Dan

  19. Dredging

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Sure does need it, we draw 3'3", the pound between whitehouse and pastures especially round the motorway bridge is bad, there's something big there, some say it's the Tame Valley mattress resurfacing......,,, and dockhole to Long Eaton could do with it but the all time worst is between Barkers and Potters past the park, utterly dire IME.

    Regards

    Dan

  21. Caldon Canal

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Are you sure this is the same winding hole?

     

    There is a full length winding hole by the last lock, but the one just by the tunnel is a fairly new addition.

     

    Quite sure, and on more than one occasion, it was tight but possible, we are talking from the early nineties onwards, and, if memory serves, about 10 different ex working boats

    Regards

    Dan

  22. Caldon Canal

    in General Boating

    Posted

    Is that winding hole only 60ft now, I remember turning a 70ft boat there a few years ago! Very tight but it went round.

     

    Also endorse recommendations to cruise the Caldon, beautiful.

    We used to regularly turn full length camping boats there. Fair enough there were a couple of times it was a bit tight but they always went round. The Caldon was, and still is excellent for camping boat trips, plenty to do, nice scenery and nice spots to tie up in.

    Regards

    Dan

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