Boats are too risky during winter

[webdebate]

Do you think using boats is a risk factor to UK canals during winter due to some places where there is dense fog? Please have your say on this and help me finish my course work on this topic.

 

Many Thanks

WD

Edited October 14, 2011 by webdebate

[cotswoldsman]

Fog is no risk at 2-3 mph. The main risk I find sometimes is the ice around the locks.

[Tim Doran]

Seriously I think that there are bigger risks than fog, as fog is a factor that can be accounted for and avoided if experianced. I think that there are far greater risks, such as lock operation and general boat moving.

 

Tim

[carlt]

Please have your say on this and help me finish my course work on this topic.

 

Just make up what you like and give it to your tutor.

 

If the completion of your course is dependent on the random mutterings of members of an internet forum then I'm sure fictitious results won't make a jot of difference.

 

If this is a serious piece of academic research, however, my contribution is...No, it's not a problem.

[twbm]

The risk is self mitigating. If you can't see you don't move.

[larkshall]

Fog can be a problem, on wide canals, and especially on rivers and estuaries, as some of the guys here will well know. fog on narrow canals?, not really.

[muddywaters]

Do you think using boats is a risk factor to UK canals during winter due to some places where there is dense fog? Please have your say on this and help me finish my course work on this topic.

 

Many Thanks

WD

I've crossed the Chirk Aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduts in fog without any problems.

But agree with the comment that ice around locks would be more of a risk

[cotswoldsman]

random mutterings of members of an internet forum

 

Random mutterings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best he reads Narrowboat World then......

[twbm]

I've crossed the Chirk Aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduts in fog without any problems.

But agree with the comment that ice around locks would be more of a risk

 

To be fair it's bloody difficult to take a wrong turn on a narrow aqueduct!

[carlt]

I've crossed the Chirk Aqueduct and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduts in fog without any problems.

I've crossed Pontywotsit cowering in the cabin, listening to the boat grind its way along the iron trough, without any problems.

 

I had my eyes shut too.

 

Random mutterings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean you don't all use the Acme Random Post Generator, then?

[Mac of Cygnet]

To be fair it's bloody difficult to take a wrong turn on a narrow aqueduct!

 

I would have thought that a (long) narrow aqueduct would be one of the few places on a canal where fog WOULD be a problem! (but easy to reverse, of course)

Edited October 14, 2011 by Mac of Cygnet

[Guest Quo Vadis]

Most frogs are dense, but not usually hazardous ... oh sorry misread......

 

edited to remove the capital F

Edited October 14, 2011 by Quo Vadis

[churchward]

You mean you don't all use the Acme Random Post Generator, then?

 

 

Oh that's so last year I use the new Apple Ispew random post generator with CBM V5 (Context Based Muttering)

[Laurie Booth]

Oh that's so last year I use the new Apple Ispew random post generator with CBM V5 (Context Based Muttering)

Good grief, you are using CBM Version 5 !!!! Time you upgraded to V12.

[fuzzyduck]

No, I agree with OP.

 

Only last winter, I was peacefully minding my own business when the GU and the Shroppie ran out of the fog and mugged me for my iPhone.

 

They were wearing hoodies too. Yobs!

[carlt]

Good grief, you are using CBM Version 5 !!!! Time you upgraded to V12.

 

It is very tempting to add just one more sprig of fresh Thyme though (Brrrrrp!! Zzzzzzzzzip! Ding! "Error 2082...")

[ditchcrawler]

Random mutterings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best he reads Narrowboat World then......

Or he could do worse that John Liley's article in this months Waterways World

[mrsmelly]

Do you think using boats is a risk factor to UK canals during winter due to some places where there is dense fog? Please have your say on this and help me finish my course work on this topic.

 

Many Thanks

WD

 

No.

[bottle]

Do you think using boats is a risk factor to UK canals

 

No, the canals are over 200 years old and they have been in constant use throughout the whole time, so there is not any risk to them..

 

Now there may be a risk to those using the canals but every thing has a risk, getting out of bed is one of the most risky, you could get run over by a bus.

 

Good luck with your studies.

Edited October 14, 2011 by bottle

[webdebate]

Dear All,

 

Many thanks for all your replies.

One more question would be to ask about the preference.

 

Given a choice of various ways of transport, do you prefer to go to work using a canal boat?

 

Thanks for all your contribution on this. Its interesting to see how people think in so many different ways.

 

Thanks

WD

[bizzard]

As a lot of boaters are already in a permanent fog through perhaps a pre-occupied mind,bad eyesight,or excess alcohol intake,a bit more fog would probably go unnoticed.

[Ally]

As the OP appears to be doing IT, I suspect this is a part of the course dealing with forums, ..perhaps 'What discussions can be evoked on how many different forum types using the subject of Fog?' is the project!!??

[muddywaters]

To be fair it's bloody difficult to take a wrong turn on a narrow aqueduct!

The main problem on the Chirk Aqueduct was seeing if anything was coming the other way.

By the time we reached the Ponty it had lifted to just being a slight mist so could see the other end.

The the Chirk Aqueduct we put the tunnel light o and gave a blast on the horn before going onto it

[Guest]

Dear All,

 

Many thanks for all your replies.

One more question would be to ask about the preference.

 

Given a choice of various ways of transport, do you prefer to go to work using a canal boat?

 

Thanks for all your contribution on this. Its interesting to see how people think in so many different ways.

 

Thanks

WD

 

Yes I used to travel to work all the time on a canal boat - the problem was that by the time I got there it was time to come home again...

[Smelly]

Yes I used to travel to work all the time on a canal boat - the problem was that by the time I got there it was time to come home again...

 

5hrs from my mooring of choice; 31 mins by London Midland.

 

Go figure!