Poll: An alternative to C&RT what woulld you prefer?

[Naughty Cal]

What kind of boatman are you Adam?

 

I am a boatman too

A boatless one at a guess.

[Paul C]

C&RT = Canal and River Trust. They are the navigation authority which are responsible for the majority of the UK's inland waterways (although others exist too - but much smaller).

[adamboatman]

What kind of boatman are you Adam?

 

I am a boatman too

Hello thank you. I have had many boats. I would like to have a boat here now

[magnetman]

I noticed the poll didn't include breaking the system into individual canals like wot it was originally

 

Is an option I suppose that's covered by the "private" word

[Paul C]

Hello thank you. I have had many boats. I would like to have a boat here now

 

Where is "here" and how much money do you have? Also, what do you want the boat for?

[magnetman]

 

 

Welcome to the forum adamboatman

[billS]

Would you like a pink one?

[adamboatman]

C&RT = Canal and River Trust. They are the navigation authority which are responsible for the majority of the UK's inland waterways (although others exist too - but much smaller).

Hello thank you. I can Google. I think maybe I need to for buying boat here?

[magnetman]

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Edited September 8, 2015 by magnetman

[adamboatman]

Where is "here" and how much money do you have? Also, what do you want the boat for?

Hello thank you. I am here in London yesterday. I have money. I want boat to live in

[magnetman]

Please start a new topic Adam you will get a better response than using an existing topic which is about the future of the waterways.

[Paul C]

Hello thank you. I can Google. I think maybe I need to for buying boat here?

 

I don't know how focused the results of a Google search would be, but for specific advice on buying a boat for the UK's canals/inland waterways, you're definitely in the right place. Plenty of people will be able to advise you and give their opinion on things surrounding the topic. For starters, buying a boat has two obvious avenues - visit a broker/a number of brokers in your local area and further afield; and search on Apolloduck, which is a large classifieds website specialising in all kinds of boats (not just those for inland waterways). But of course there are other ways to buy a boat, for example if buying new then you could approach relevant builders or fitters; or buying privately from a card placed in the window of a boat on the towpath; or using the For Sale/Wanted section of this website and others to look at adverts.

[TheBiscuits]

> Have a toll based system, pay as you boat.

Or a reverse toll based system, more discounts for more moving the boat.

 

The trouble with a toll system is that it works on the assumption people are going to move through the checkpoints because they want to get somewhere, and in many recent examples that is the exact opposite of the case.

[adamboatman]

Please start a new topic Adam you will get a better response than using an existing topic which is about the future of the waterways.

Hello thank you. Ok thank you. I now google

I don't know how focused the results of a Google search would be, but for specific advice on buying a boat for the UK's canals/inland waterways, you're definitely in the right place. Plenty of people will be able to advise you and give their opinion on things surrounding the topic. For starters, buying a boat has two obvious avenues - visit a broker/a number of brokers in your local area and further afield; and search on Apolloduck, which is a large classifieds website specialising in all kinds of boats (not just those for inland waterways). But of course there are other ways to buy a boat, for example if buying new then you could approach relevant builders or fitters; or buying privately from a card placed in the window of a boat on the towpath; or using the For Sale/Wanted section of this website and others to look at adverts.

Hello thank you. I look now. Thank you for help

[adamboatman]

Please start a new topic Adam you will get a better response than using an existing topic which is about the future of the waterways.

You work for c&rt? You are changing waterways?

[Machpoint005]

Does the inadvertent thread hijack mean I don't have to respond to the poll?

 

My vote would be "public ownership provided the network and infrastructure were properly funded".

 

So I can forget all about that for the foreseeable future.

[magnetman]

You work for c&rt? You are changing waterways?

No

[adamboatman]

Hello. I have read from start. Do people have trouble with c&rt. I have googled and think canal and river trust runs canals in London and uk? Why do you wish to change them please? Will this poll go to c&rt?

Sorry for many questions. I would like to buy boat and learn.

[Sabcat]

Mad Max World where only the strong survive that the rest are enslaved. We'd sort maintenance out by working you old codgers to death.

[Laurence Hogg]

One option missing

 

Lawrence to run the waterways as that's the only way they will be run properly in some eyes.

 

Ha Ha, no thanks I would have to deal with threads rising up on CWDF!!

[OldGoat]

Interesting comments. but the last one intrigues me, the waterways system prior to nationalisation relied heavily on tolls and warehousing for funding.

 

I think post 38 sums up what I had in mind - even on the Thames where a resident lockkeeper was in place to collect tolls - 'they' TC or TW got rid of tolls ages a go.

Difficult to collect as #38 intimates because of different pattern of usage and impossible unless the navigation is closed out of hours.

Putting an electronic system into place would be costly and potentially difficult to maintain.

As he says a good number of boats don't want to move.

On my home waters I think 90% ( yes ninety) of boats don't move at all or only come out of their marinas for a couple of trips in the year. They're used a a country cottage bolthole. To some lesser extent that applies to canals as well (Thank heavens...)

[PeterG]

I do not have a problem with C&RT as such I just do not agree on how things are managed and run. For instance I would like to see lengths men reintroduced and more local involvement instead of putting things out to contract. There are some very good people on the ground and they should be built upon before the skills are lost to do the job well.

[magnetman]

There are some very good people on the ground and they should be built upon...

That sounds familiar was it Prescott or someone who said that about the green belt

'The green belt is a Labour achievement, and we mean to build on it,'

 

 

Btw I do agree with you PeterG

[adamboatman]

Hello. I have looked at forums and c&rt, I think you will be right to change. People seem to not like them much.

[saltysplash]

British Waterways Board for me.

 

And the managers have to wear bowler hats. The women can wear bonnets