Taking the pi55?

[noddyboater]

Has anyone passed Streethay Wharf lately and seen the knackered Dawncraft with it's adjacent boat size pile of crap on the towpath, including a lovely homemade sign saying "SLOW DOWN CUN#? 

I'm not entirely sure someone bending the rules as such can expect a sedate, tick over pass by. Or can they? 

[nicknorman]

1 minute ago, noddyboater said:

Has anyone passed Streethay Wharf lately and seen the knackered Dawncraft with it's adjacent boat size pile of crap on the towpath, including a lovely homemade sign saying "SLOW DOWN CUN#? 

I'm not entirely sure someone bending the rules as such can expect a sedate, tick over pass by. Or can they? 

No. Carry on. And if there are complaints, reverse back and do it again. Although Caution, a nutter in a Dawncraft is probably faster than any narrowboat!

[noddyboater]

Just now, nicknorman said:

No. Carry on. And if there are complaints, reverse back and do it again. Although Caution, a nutter in a Dawncraft is probably faster than any narrowboat!

I don't think it had an engine..

2 minutes ago, noddyboater said:

I don't think it had an engine..

In fact most of the knackered old cruisers don't appear to have an engine. Maybe they have one that's shared around once a year when they actually decide to move.

[5239]

16 minutes ago, noddyboater said:

Has anyone passed Streethay Wharf lately and seen the knackered Dawncraft with it's adjacent boat size pile of crap on the towpath, including a lovely homemade sign saying "SLOW DOWN CUN#? 

I'm not entirely sure someone bending the rules as such can expect a sedate, tick over pass by. Or can they? 

haven’t been that way for a year or two,

is the boat by Streethay or closer to the Plough (Pub)?

it’d be like a red rag to a bull for me just seeing the sign like that. 

[StephenA]

22 minutes ago, noddyboater said:

Has anyone passed Streethay Wharf lately and seen the knackered Dawncraft with it's adjacent boat size pile of crap on the towpath, including a lovely homemade sign saying "SLOW DOWN CUN#? 

I'm not entirely sure someone bending the rules as such can expect a sedate, tick over pass by. Or can they? 

 

Are you censoring the word or is it like that on the notice. If you're the censor then I'd be onto CRT about it.

[noddyboater]

29 minutes ago, 5239 said:

haven’t been that way for a year or two,

is the boat by Streethay or closer to the Plough (Pub)?

it’d be like a red rag to a bull for me just seeing the sign like that. 

Just topside (Fradley) of Streethay 

28 minutes ago, StephenA said:

 

Are you censoring the word or is it like that on the notice. If you're the censor then I'd be onto CRT about it.

I'm being polite, the sign definitely isn't. 

If I was on a family holiday with young kids I wouldn't be happy.

Personally I'm more concerned about the pile of crap that will be left behind when he eventually moves/sinks.

[Chris John]

I doubt it’ll ever move. It’s been there a few years now 

[haggis]

On the subject of slow down signs a boat on the long term moorings on the middlewich branch takes the biscuit. It has been on his boat window for years until we passed that way in April when it had gone. However, he has had a new one made. 

It is the sign which mentions master boaters.. 

I must admit it brings out the worst in me but I seldom get to steer past there now 😃

[Arthur Marshall]

8 minutes ago, haggis said:

On the subject of slow down signs a boat on the long term moorings on the middlewich branch takes the biscuit. It has been on his boat window for years until we passed that way in April when it had gone. However, he has had a new one made. 

It is the sign which mentions master boaters.. 

I must admit it brings out the worst in me but I seldom get to steer past there now 😃

That "master boaters" sign always makes me wind the throttle up a notch. There's one mooring where everyone seems to have been issued with those "tickover" stickers, which does the same job.

That being said  if the bloke I passed at too high a speed a couple of days ago is on here, I apologise. I was so confused by going in and out of gear because of the divvy in front of me that when we had to negotiate boats going in both directions while almost at a standstill that I over compensated trying to get some steering back to avoid hitting him.

[MrsM]

37 minutes ago, noddyboater said:

Just topside (Fradley) of Streethay 

I'm being polite, the sign definitely isn't. 

If I was on a family holiday with young kids I wouldn't be happy.

Personally I'm more concerned about the pile of crap that will be left behind when he eventually moves/sinks.

Absolutely agree. That is horrible and I hope CRT take action. 

[magnetman]

1 hour ago, noddyboater said:

including a lovely homemade sign saying "SLOW DOWN CUN#? 

 

This is a byelaw infringement. 

 

The CRT are right CUN#S when it comes to asking them about if, when and whether they are going to actually enforce byelaws but there definitely will be one about displaying signs without permission..

 

I do not know what the exact spelling was but the CRT do need to get onto what is happening on their land parcels and do it quickly otherwise there will be a lot more CUN# type behaviour in general and the whole thing will all be FU###D really quickly. 

 

 

 

I know its a bit rude and slightly flippant but the time has now come for the navigation authority to get their SHI# together and sort it out otherwise its going to go rotten. 

 

 

[haggis]

26 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:

That "master boaters" sign always makes me wind the throttle up a notch. 

I'm glad I am not the only one who is affected like that by that sign! I think the sign mentions  2 mph which means we should actually speed up to comply 😃

[agg221]

I particularly like the 'please pass at 850rpm' sign. I am inclined to try, although given that 360rpm gives 4mph if the water is deep enough it would be something of a challenge to wind it up that far!

 

Alec

[MtB]

2 hours ago, Chris John said:

I doubt it’ll ever move. It’s been there a few years now 

 

 

Been learning the ropes from George Ward it would appear. One wonders how many others in the making there are too.

 

 

 

Strange how CRT will hassle the easy targets but allow harder cases like this to take the piss for years on end.

 

 

[booke23]

4 hours ago, noddyboater said:

Just topside (Fradley) of Streethay 

I'm being polite, the sign definitely isn't. 

If I was on a family holiday with young kids I wouldn't be happy.

Personally I'm more concerned about the pile of crap that will be left behind when he eventually moves/sinks.

 

Disgusting behaviour. Report it to the CRT, and the police as it’s a blatant Section 5 public order offence.  

 

Section 5 makes it an offence to use “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour” or to display “any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting” within the hearing or sight of a person “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.