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6 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

I was talking about NB's (as well as lumpy water boats)

We have NB'd for 30+ years and when breasted up have always done as I suggested, as have any NB's breasted outside of me.

 

Maybe its just another 'modern thing' - showing no respect for others.

We always cross the stern but then normally when breasted up I am on a pair of old working boats. Etiquette is not to look in the open cabin doors when crossing.

 

If someone was breasted up to our boat I wouldn't want them crossing the bow as the cratch makes it difficult to cross.

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1 hour ago, Rob-M said:

We always cross the stern but then normally when breasted up I am on a pair of old working boats. Etiquette is not to look in the open cabin doors when crossing.

 

If someone was breasted up to our boat I wouldn't want them crossing the bow as the cratch makes it difficult to cross.

Having a tug deck I would invite them to use that, especially if their main exit was via their bows

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9 hours ago, Lady C said:

It is my understanding that, traditionally, etiquette was to pass over the stern.  Also to call out 'coming across' before stepping onto the boat.

No, over the bow. The cockpit is considered 'living space' . 

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6 hours ago, bizzard said:

Was the water shortage summer 2019 by any chance. We had a terrible time at Stortford Boats at Lock 1 Southmill. The back water, original river course is 9ft deep and we had a job getting on and off boats here. The bottom lock gates at Twyford lock 2 are seriousely leaking, had to keep on going down there to close the top gates even after I stuck notices on the beams to ask folk to, not many did!!!. Those gates have been giving trouble for about 10 years plus, if top gates are left open we have to get up, always about 3am when boats start listing over and go and close them. Those gates were due to be repaired 3 years ago and again this March but cancelled AGAIN. I only hope all the rain we've had will be be enough back up north of us in our catchment area to see us through another dry summer. 

Yes, it was. I remember your words of advice now. Hope those lock gates get fixed soon, and hope you've not had too many problems since?

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On 04/03/2021 at 13:24, Keeping Up said:

Yes, me too. I think it can be safely ignored.

I have now read the Ofcom email, and my understanding is not quite as straightforward as that. I've started a separate thread.
 

 

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28 minutes ago, Scholar Gypsy said:
On 04/03/2021 at 13:24, Keeping Up said:

Yes, me too. I think it can be safely ignored.

I have now read the Ofcom email, and my understanding is not quite as straightforward as that. I've started a separate thread.

I think that reference is to the Amateur Radio side of it rather than the marine VHF side.

400watts into a 22db gain antenna would need a very large exclusion area?

You wouldn't be able to operate from most houses if that was the case.

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On 06/03/2021 at 12:28, Alan de Enfield said:

 

I was talking about NB's (as well as lumpy water boats)

We have NB'd for 30+ years and when breasted up have always done as I suggested, as have any NB's breasted outside of me.

 

Maybe its just another 'modern thing' - showing no respect for others.

 

 

On 06/03/2021 at 12:00, Alan de Enfield said:

 

It has always been 'common courtesy' to cross 'forward of the mast' to maximise privacy for the boat you are crossing. Most people will sit on the stern of their boat eating, drinking, socialising etc. It is frowned upon to walk thru the middle of them.

 

If anyone is aboard the boat you need to cross, it is better to ask "is it OK to come across" rather than saying "Coming across".

 

You should always tie to the bank (and just loosely to the other boat) so the load of your boat is not applied to the other boats fittings, or, doubling the load on his mooring lines.

 

All common sense really.

This doesn't make any sense to me.  I have a cruiser stern and a front cratch.  Like many narrowboats, trying to step across the bows would be pretty tricky and a bit dangerous.  Especially at night.  I would encourage anyone to cross my stern in preference.  I can't see what difference it makes to my privacy?

 

Surely the answer is to use common sense and be considerate.  Not to stick to some arbitrary rule about masts.

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On 06/03/2021 at 16:02, Tim Lewis said:

 

For interest this is a timelapse of the Regents Canal taken last October

 

(7) Paddington To Limehouse On Jade 17th October 2020 - YouTube

 

 

This is great thanks. 

 

Watching it, I was struck by how far fewer boats seemed to be moored on the towpath compared to when I walked along there about 5 years ago.  Back then it was nose to tail double mooring. No gaps to be seen apart from places with nothing to tie to.  Is that because it was october and therefore quieter? or are CRT enforcing movement more strictly now?

 

I'm quite relieved to be honest.

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I though the old working boats always crossed the stern, hard to imagine them trotting down the top plank and jumping down from the cratch board to cross the bows of the boat they were along side. But I wasn't around narrowboating 70 years ago so cant be sure

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6 hours ago, doratheexplorer said:

This is great thanks. 

 

Watching it, I was struck by how far fewer boats seemed to be moored on the towpath compared to when I walked along there about 5 years ago.  Back then it was nose to tail double mooring. No gaps to be seen apart from places with nothing to tie to.  Is that because it was october and therefore quieter? or are CRT enforcing movement more strictly now?

 

I'm quite relieved to be honest.

A lot of boats got out of London as Covid struck, most havnt gone back yet.

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On 05/03/2021 at 10:45, Scholar Gypsy said:

Yes, there was a period when Limehouse had problems with their radios. It's all sorted out now.

I can remember hamming it up and not getting thru to Limehouse because I had switched to the US frequency!  They finally phoned us!

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