Johny London Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Goes to this little plastic boat and its owner. (Not me, I'm the blue one just stopped to go close the lock gate!). Not content with being moored/camped on the landing stage, generator running - there was a perfectly sized space right behind him but obviously he either couldn't be bothered or hadn't got any mooring pins. I did question the chap as to whether he knew the rules about landing stages, but got some waffle about waiting for the lock keeper to bring him a key, or something, his paint roller in hand as he worked on the boat. Edited March 27, 2019 by Johny London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 First class prick...........and the numbers are growing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: First class prick...........and the numbers are growing. Bad Word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tee Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 First or Class? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jak Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 PRICK: Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tensepricks , present participle pricking , past tense, past participle pricked Verb If you prick something or prick holes in it, you make small holes in it with a sharp object such as a pin. Prick the potatoes and rub the skins with salt. [VERB noun] He pricks holes in the foil with a pin. [VERB noun preposition] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny London Posted March 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 I did a very good manuever getting in there actually (if I do say so myself ho ho) - only had two feet left in front and nothing behind. Not sure how the hire boaters I met further along got on that were headed that way. TBH it irks me when people have to tie up right at the very first inch of bank after the landing stage, or even put a cheeky rope on the last bollard, some places mooring is very limited, but this was really unnecessary - there were lots of spaces a few yards down if the one immediately behind him wasn't to his liking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magictime Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Not one but three boats moored on the lock landings between locks 1 and 2 on the Ashton just now - one of them just barely leaving space to get by into the lock. Prize this week, though, still goes to the boat on the lock landing at Shepley Bridge which had actually breasted up with one of the two boats already on it, leaving at least six boats' lengths free on the visitor moorings a little way back. Well played that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Being in charge of a 70 footer, I do try my best to avoid idiots like that, unfortunately, it's not always possible. ? I've had it 3 times this year already on the Buckby or Braunston flights and the "cruising season" hasn't even started yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 There is also one moored just beyond Dutton Lock on the T&M. Right on the lock moorings and also in the winding hole and a boat moored within 50 foot of bridge 209 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Anyone moored like that is fair game, same as opposite a winding hole. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, matty40s said: Being in charge of a 70 footer, I do try my best to avoid idiots like that, unfortunately, it's not always possible. ? I've had it 3 times this year already on the Buckby or Braunston flights and the "cruising season" hasn't even started yet. That was what I liked about my seventy foot Udson. 15 mil baseplate, keelson, solid stem post etc etc, built like a tank and when some prick had moored on a waterpoint I somehow on occasion used to become a very poor boat handler when I clanged alongside them. Its not so much fun in this tiny 68 foot colecraft, its heavy but nowt like the Udson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sea Dog Posted March 27, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: That was what I liked about my seventy foot Udson. 15 mil baseplate, keelson, solid stem post etc etc, built like a tank and when some prick had moored on a waterpoint I somehow on occasion used to become a very poor boat handler when I clanged alongside them. Its not so much fun in this tiny 68 foot colecraft, its heavy but nowt like the Udson. Yep, that's the ticket. Breast up (badly), slip on your hobnail boots, clamber over their boat (noisily), stand in some dog s#it (shouldn't be a problem), kick the rest into the canal but hitting the moored boat first, clamber back over their boat for your windlass leaving a trail, go back ashore (by a different route to leave a second trail), work the lock, clamber back over to your own boat and sail into the lock - casually forgetting to let go and so dragging them with you (your mooring beats theirs, right?), and finally cast them off with a cheery wave. It worked for me anyway - after the first ten times someone did that to me I stopped mooring on lock landings! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Sea Dog said: Yep, that's the ticket. Breast up (badly), slip on your hobnail boots, clamber over their boat (noisily), stand in some dog s#it (shouldn't be a problem), kick the rest into the canal but hitting the moored boat first, clamber back over their boat for your windlass leaving a trail, go back ashore (by a different route to leave a second trail), work the lock, clamber back over to your own boat and sail into the lock - casually forgetting to let go and so dragging them with you (your mooring beats theirs, right?), and finally cast them off with a cheery wave. It worked for me anyway - after the first ten times someone did that to me I stopped mooring on lock landings! So much for not being able to teach an old dog new tricks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Sea Dog said: Yep, that's the ticket. Breast up (badly), slip on your hobnail boots, clamber over their boat (noisily), stand in some dog s#it (shouldn't be a problem), kick the rest into the canal but hitting the moored boat first, clamber back over their boat for your windlass leaving a trail, go back ashore (by a different route to leave a second trail), work the lock, clamber back over to your own boat and sail into the lock - casually forgetting to let go and so dragging them with you (your mooring beats theirs, right?), and finally cast them off with a cheery wave. It worked for me anyway - after the first ten times someone did that to me I stopped mooring on lock landings! Have you been on the Grog again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 minute ago, mrsmelly said: Have you been on the Grog again ? Arrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Have you been on the Grog again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, rusty69 said: What a handsome chap, eh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickent Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 50 minutes ago, Loddon said: Anyone moored like that is fair game, same as opposite a winding hole. After all it is a contact sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 17 minutes ago, Sea Dog said: What a handsome chap, eh? Looks like a rum 'un to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Then there are the jokers who tie up in the middle of a water point. The one at Nantwich services is ample for two 60ft-plus boats. It’s quite a busy location, so what makes these tw*ts think it’s ok to tie up in the middle? One of these cerebrally challenged even once said he had to stop there as his hose wouldn’t reach otherwise. I did point out that his filler would actually be nearer the tap if he moved to the end, but he went and hid in his boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 hours ago, dor said: The one at Nantwich services is ample for two 60ft-plus boats. It’s quite a busy location, so what makes these tw*ts think it’s ok to tie up in the middle? For some months recently it has been hogged by C&RT work boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Sam Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) Serious contradiction there, work and CRT, never seen together. Besides I thought they had sold all the boats and gear so that they couldn't be asked to do any canal work? Reported the leak on the aqueduct in Middlewich again this week, they don't even bother to acknowledge me any more, sad reflection on their efforts to save water and get leaks reported. Lip service only these days. Edited March 28, 2019 by Boater Sam added more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dor Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 37 minutes ago, jam said: For some months recently it has been hogged by C&RT work boats. That was while they were working on the towpath and clearing vegetation down by Marsh Lane. Wasn't there last week. I should have said while volunteers were working, albeit with CRT support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Sam Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 That's more understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 6 hours ago, Boater Sam said: Serious contradiction there, work and CRT, never seen together. Besides I thought they had sold all the boats and gear so that they couldn't be asked to do any canal work? Reported the leak on the aqueduct in Middlewich again this week, they don't even bother to acknowledge me any more, sad reflection on their efforts to save water and get leaks reported. Lip service only these days. Perhaps they know you are 8000 miles away so unlikely to be witnessing a leak first hand and therefore ignoring what could be hearsay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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