mrsmelly

All of the above and more. I had two MCA boat masters licences both lapsed a couple of years ago. There is no generic licence, you are tested for a specific boat and waterway. One of mine was for narrow boat up to 48 passengers and the other was for the river Trent including Humber as I had this added. Twin screw vessel and my passenger allowance was up to 250 passengers. The boat was about 100 tons with a sixteen feet air draught and a smaller eighty footer. The boats had different passenger numbers allowed. The large boats didn't need or have bss but a stringent MCA test.

Twenty ISH iirc. We cruised a couple of times with the Bonokowski owners club with Ken and a number of his boat owners thirty plus years ago. At the time we had a Swan line another pretty boat of it's time.

They are very distinctive boats, Ken built a good boat and the stern was unlike any other, so easy to spot if anyone has any suspicions. He was a well known motorcycle sports figure in his time, a smashin bloke.

Mmmmm vacation 🤔

Lol, showing your age re the VW quote. Bet you wish you still had one!!

And caught on camera with pipe fenders down 😱 AND a pramhood!!! 🤪

We are bang in the red zone but I live halfway up the side of the valley so although it's a tad breezy lol, it's going over the top of us. River I can see from my window is going into flood but I am 100 feet above it. No fone signal now but WiFi and electric still working. Think it will clear up later.

I think most of us on here have been around long enough to brave a bit of damp windy weather. My lunch meeting just been cancelled at Aberystwyth 😞, trees and floodwater blocking roads round here. Good news is the caff twenty seconds walk away is open so I am off for brekky 🤪

Lol. My fone just went off flashing and buzzing with a government warning to stay in the house as red alert danger to life 🤣 just left the pub, maybe I should go back to be safe!! Anyone else get the safety alert on your fone?

Lol, anyone would think it was the end of the World. All buses stopped here from midnight tonight, not that there are many lol. Xmas fair in high street tomorrow cancelled. Pub opens in ten minutes so I am off for a couple early doors just in case it gets blown away 😁

We are smack bang where it's forecast to hit hard. As usual it's actually beautiful, calm and sunny at the moment a typical lull before the storm.

I use free AVG on the laptop and nothing on the superior, problem free Chromebook.