Boaters fined £30,000 for breaching Covid rules.

[Alan de Enfield]

And about time too.

Too much of this socialising going on - the death rate has been over 1000 for each of the last two days.

 

We can do without selfish idiots like these.

 

From NBW

Boat owners get £30,000 fines for breaching lockdown regulations

 PUBLISHED: FRIDAY, 08 JANUARY 2021

BOAT owners organising raves on their boats on the Lee & Stort Navigation have been hit with £30,000 fines for breaching lockdown regulations.

Hertfordshire police discovered a vessel with 40 people on board at an illegal rave of a New Year's Even party on the Lee at Broxbourne and gave the organiser a £10,000 fine and confiscated all the sound equipment, a bar and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) canisters, Alan Tilbury reports.

Over 100 people

Also on the Lee, the police swooped on two more vessels dispersing over 100 people, arresting one man who refused to cooperate, the organisers each receiving a £10,000 fine.

On one boat the police boarded they seized four generators, four large speakers, two large amplifiers and a large quantity of alcohol.

Of the raids, Sergeant Chris Fisher warned:

"Even if we weren't living through a pandemic and under strict rules not to socialise in large groups to prevent coronavirus transmission, these party boats would be illegal, representing a grave danger to anyone who attends.

"They're dangerous for attendees, with no crowd control measures, medical staff or security provision on site."

[matty40s]

CRT needs to cancel their licences as well.....running 4 generators after 8pm..pah.

[BWM]

Just when you think you've heard of the stupidest behaviour, some wack jobs manage to exceed your expectations! It is akin to reverse engineering the amoeba.

[Athy]

2 minutes ago, BWM said:

 It is akin to reverse engineering the amoeba.

What an admirable expression! Is it a BWM original?

[Sir Nibble]

Go fund me time.

[BWM]

8 minutes ago, Sir Nibble said:

Go fund me time.

If that constitutes an investment in enough ballast to take them below the surface, I'm in!

12 minutes ago, Athy said:

What an admirable expression! Is it a BWM original?

Cheers, it certainly is. It was a struggle to describe in any other way!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

On the plus side, it shows that another advantage of having a wide beam is being able to host massive parties!

[Murflynn]

I would like to see the police act as they did in a recent rave in Brittany:

 

a cordon around the offending boat and not allow anyone to leave without paying an on-the-spot fine, which will require each raver to spend 10 minutes filling out forms and making a statement, one at a time.   The boating life will soon pall when 100 hungry tired and cold ravers find the bogs are blocked and the party pills have run out.

[dor]

2 minutes ago, Murflynn said:

I would like to see the police act as they did in a recent rave in Brittany:

 

a cordon around the offending boat and not allow anyone to leave without paying an on-the-spot fine, which will require each raver to spend 10 minutes filling out forms and making a statement, one at a time.   The boating life will soon pall when 100 hungry tired and cold ravers find the bogs are blocked and the party pills have run out.

If only.

 

Instead here they will be told they have been naughty boys and girls and now please go home.  And probably offered a lift.

[Thomas C King]

What a waste of risking everyone's life, raves are rubbish; generally awful music (you're not going to get top-flight DJs...), and you're not likely to find great conversation either.

[Athy]

23 minutes ago, Murflynn said:

I would like to see the police act as they did in a recent rave in Brittany:

 

a cordon around the offending boat and not allow anyone to leave without paying an on-the-spot fine, which will require each raver to spend 10 minutes filling out forms and making a statement, one at a time. 

The French, making people fill forms in? Oh, surely not.

[Tacet]

Does any one know why there was nitrous dioxide?

[pig]

2 minutes ago, Tacet said:

Does any one know why there was nitrous dioxide?

If it was Nitrogen Dioxide, they would be in big trouble inhaling that!

More likely to be Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas, anaesthetic) popular with the yoof, sold in little metal capsules.

[Alan de Enfield]

5 minutes ago, Tacet said:

Does any one know why there was nitrous dioxide?

It is a room temeperature sterilization agent, maybe they thought it would keep the air clear of C19

[robtheplod]

How many people can a widebeam take?  assume that was overloaded?

[Alan de Enfield]

2 minutes ago, robtheplod said:

How many people can a widebeam take?  assume that was overloaded?

My 23 foot beam is rated for 12 on CatD waters

 

Maybe there was 'overspill' onto the bank-side.

Edited January 8, 2021 by Alan de Enfield

[Jen-in-Wellies]

54 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

My 23 foot beam is rated for 12 on CatD waters

 

Maybe there was 'overspill' onto the bank-side.

That is more likely I suspect. The boat to mount the sound system and generators. People on the bank side.

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

People also ask

What are nitrous oxide canisters for?

Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas that when inhaled can make people feel euphoric and relaxed. ... Nitrous oxide is normally bought in pressurised canisters. It is then transferred to a container such as a balloon to be inhaled.

 

[Alan de Enfield]

3 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

 

People also ask

What are nitrous oxide canisters for?

Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas that when inhaled can make people feel euphoric and relaxed. ... Nitrous oxide is normally bought in pressurised canisters. It is then transferred to a container such as a balloon to be inhaled.

 

 

The report says NITROGEN DIOXIDE (different 'stuff')

[Murflynn]

23 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

The report says NITROGEN DIOXIDE (different 'stuff')

another ignorant journalist is all. 

2 hours ago, Thomas C King said:

What a waste of risking everyone's life, raves are rubbish; generally awful music (you're not going to get top-flight DJs...), and you're not likely to find great conversation either.

that's where the funny gas comes in - without that the whole experience will be rubbish.

[Momac]

Reports such as this this gives eejits  a bad name.

 

[David Schweizer]

3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

My 23 foot beam is rated for 12 on CatD waters

 

Maybe there was 'overspill' onto the bank-side.

12 passengers is the maximum permitted on any pleasure boat in the UK, although insurance conditions may permit a smaller number of passengers

[matty40s]

6 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

12 passengers is the maximum permitted on any pleasure boat in the UK, although insurance conditions may permit a smaller number of passengers

You tell that to the Nottingham Princess or any of the Thames pleasure boats, they will laugh their socks off at you.

[TheBiscuits]

6 minutes ago, matty40s said:

You tell that to the Nottingham Princess or any of the Thames pleasure boats, they will laugh their socks off at you.

 

Are they not commercial passenger boats rather than pleasure boats?

[Momac]

5 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Are they not commercial passenger boats rather than pleasure boats?

yes