Half Cut on the Cut Again

[NB Willawaw]

Its a bit tongue-in-cheek to put this under boat handling, but

this was spotted on the Grand Union near Braunston.

 

Summer and excessive alcohol in the name of having a good time.

 

It's good to know that some things never change.

 

 

http://nbwillawaw.blogspot.com/2009/07/its...-over-week.html

Edited July 14, 2009 by NB Willawaw

[Pie Eater]

Lunatics at large.

 

Steve

[Naughty Cal]

Surely hire boats have a maximum persons allowed onboard per hire. 14 sounds a lot.

[Athy]

Perhaps a few of them presented themselves at the boatyard, took the boat out and picked up ten of their mates round the next bend and out of sight.

[Naughty Cal]

Perhaps a few of them presented themselves at the boatyard, took the boat out and picked up ten of their mates round the next bend and out of sight.

 

That has ended in tragedy before on the broads.

[US Marines]

The deaths of a few boaters like this isn't a problem - it keeps the numbers of plebs down.....

 

I'm sure chris w would agree !

[Smelly]

Surely hire boats have a maximum persons allowed onboard per hire. 14 sounds a lot.

 

And i'll bet they didn't have a master on board, as is a requirement if there's 12 or more.

[Nine of Hearts]

And i'll bet they didn't have a master on board, as is a requirement if there's 12 or more.

 

Really? You're required to have an evil timelord on board if there's more than twelve of you? How does that help? I'd have thought it would have made the situation worse.

[tony collins]

http://nbwillawaw.blogspot.com/2009/07/its...-over-week.html

 

Sadly link doesn't seem to be working now.

 

Tony.

[RLWP]

Sadly link doesn't seem to be working now.

 

Tony.

 

It's OK for me:

 

Richard

[NB Alnwick]

Are you sure thats on the GU ?

[tony collins]

Sadly link doesn't seem to be working now.

 

Tony.

Got it now!.......... Computers!!!!!!!!!

 

It is amazing how far you can tip a boat before she goes over. I am not advocating trying it BTW.

 

Tony.

[Soulgirl]

Good Lord! Are they mad!!!!!

[Guest]

Good Lord! Are they mad!!!!!

Probably. We used to sail a bit and are used to boats heeling like that, but a narrowboat? No thanks.

[matty40s]

I think you're right NBAlnwick, looks like the North Oxford with no banks heading into Braunston to me too , just above bridge 88:D

Edited July 20, 2009 by matty40s

[tony collins]

I think you're right NBAlnwick, looks like the North Oxford with no banks heading into Braunston to me too , just above bridge 88:D

 

I think so too just for the record.

 

Ref my post #9

See what I mean?

 

Tony

[Radiomariner]

WW I liked the coment on the end about chip pans!

 

 

I think so too just for the record.

 

Ref my post #9

See what I mean?

 

Tony

 

Well this one is quite straightforward, doing the blacking on the cheap?

[DHutch]

Well this one is quite straightforward, doing the blacking on the cheap?

Looks like they have a blade full and are trying to get to see the prop.

 

With reference to the OPs photo, you wonder how close this boat was to 'going all the way' .

- I dont know what the stab. calcs look like for a fairly standard narrowboat, but certainly its noticable even in a deep draughted boat that 5 people on the roof make it signficatly more tender.

 

 

 

Daniel

[Ray T]

Coming back home on Saturday, got to the Braunston flight and at lock 3 we met a "stag cruise" with 9 young men on board going south.

They had hired the boat from Braunston. I was asked if I had any spare beer as they had run out!! Goodness knows what happened to them.

[bottle]

I wonder if that is the same crew we saw outside the Admiral Nelson, they were about to open paddles at both ends of the lock, before shouts went up from the watching pub clientèle.

[crazycat]

Bloody disgusting they should be keel hauled the yobs

[O'Mali]

Bloody disgusting they should be keel hauled the yobs

And then soundly thrashed for good measure, what!