What time can i move the boat ?

MtB · June 26, 2016

Personally I prefer to use both hands, but each to their own...

Yes very amusing. I keep using the terms 'night cruising' and 'single handing' to keep the double entendres flowing, many thanks and keep it up!!

(Edited to add another DE )

Edited June 26, 2016 by Mike the Boilerman

twbm · June 26, 2016

Personally I prefer to use both hands, but each to their own...

Surely you need one for the tiller?

Greylady2 · June 26, 2016

One thing about night cruising is that pretty much everyone will twitch the curtains and stare in disbelief that there's a boat moving at that time.

Well it could be a drug run Paul.

Lol

nicknorman · June 26, 2016

Thanks Nick,

Yep I never plan to move in the dark but I was wondering if I could move around 6 or 7 am to miss the rush hour lol.

7am I would say is pretty normal, it is common to have a boat pass at 7am. 7am in the summer, full daylight with the day 1/2 done. 7am in the spring/Autumn with the day just starting, misty canal and the wildlife awakening - great. 7am in winter, pitch dark, you feel like you're the only humans about, a totally different take on cruising. 7am on Telemachus, nick and Jeff both sound asleep because we are sensible and don't get up until 8:30! So keep it down please!

Paul C · June 26, 2016

Really I wonder if craftinsure are the same.

Read your insurance documents, or phone them up then?

Greylady2 · June 26, 2016

Read your insurance documents, or phone them up then?

Its on my daddy's. I will have a look C

Rob-M · June 26, 2016

3am on the Walsall is possibly the best time to do it so you can't see some of the rubbish in the cut.

Greylady2 · June 26, 2016

7am I would say is pretty normal, it is common to have a boat pass at 7am. 7am in the summer, full daylight with the day 1/2 done. 7am in the spring/Autumn with the day just starting, misty canal and the wildlife awakening - great. 7am in winter, pitch dark, you feel like you're the only humans about, a totally different take on cruising. 7am on Telemachus, nick and Jeff both sound asleep because we are sensible and don't get up until 8:30! So keep it down please!

AOOOOGAAAAA ! At 5.30am

Morning Nick n Geoff.

Lol

nicknorman · June 26, 2016

Surely you need one for the tiller?

Not on a Hudson, it has telepathetic control - otherwise known as hands-free steering, (aka steering with your backside for corners, it goes straight anyway on the straight bits)

Rob-M · June 26, 2016

Its on my daddy's. I will have a look C

You may want to check that your dad doesn't have to be on the boat as some insurance stipulates the insured needs to be on board.

MtB · June 26, 2016

7am I would say is pretty normal, it is common to have a boat pass at 7am. 7am in the summer, full daylight with the day 1/2 done. 7am in the spring/Autumn with the day just starting, misty canal and the wildlife awakening - great. 7am in winter, pitch dark, you feel like you're the only humans about, a totally different take on cruising. 7am on Telemachus, nick and Jeff both sound asleep because we are sensible and don't get up until 8:30! So keep it down please!

I'd say it is not unusual for a boat to pass at 6am.

The bit that phases me is when I'm sure I know which side I've moored on, then an early morning ghost boat cruises past on the towpath side. Creeps me out as I try to resolve it in my doziness!

Greylady2 · June 26, 2016

You may want to check that your dad doesn't have to be on the boat as some insurance stipulates the insured needs to be on board.

Already sorted that one out but good advice. Thanks

Edited June 26, 2016 by Greylady2

Scholar Gypsy · June 26, 2016

Navigation lights would be sensible on some waterways, and required on others.

The last bit of true night boating I did I met a couple of kayaks coming the other way, who were quite pleased that I was lit (they weren't).

The Bearwood Boster · June 26, 2016

6 weeks now and single handing. Lol

I love it Athy, it's just takes some adjustment when I am walking on busy roads everything seems too fast and out of control.

After we've been away on a long cruise (12+weeks),I can't believe how fast cars are going & I have a death grip on the car seat...?

Personally I prefer to use both hands, but each to their own...

Deffo an ooh er matron quote... Edited June 26, 2016 by The Bearwood Boster

Paul C · June 26, 2016

After we've been away on a long cruise (12+weeks),I can't believe how fast cars are going & I have a death grip on the car seat...

The thing that surprised me the first half hour in a car after a long cruise (normally on quiet country roads) is what side the other cars want to pass on!

Greylady2 · June 26, 2016

After we've been away on a long cruise (12+weeks),I can't believe how fast cars are going & I have a death grip on the car seat...

Deffo an ooh er matron quote...

I know it's like slow down your all mad Mad I tell ya.......

Certainly puts things into perspective.

**Athy** · June 26, 2016

The thing that surprised me the first half hour in a car after a long cruise (normally on quiet country roads) is what side the other cars want to pass on!

May I suggest boating in France?

David Mack · June 26, 2016

The thing that surprised me the first half hour in a car after a long cruise (normally on quiet country roads) is what side the other cars want to pass on!

Oh yes. Leaving a friend's house in a quiet suburban estate one evening, after I had been working abroad for a year. "Why is that idiot coming straight at me on my side of the road? Oh..."

NickF · June 27, 2016

The thing that surprised me the first half hour in a car after a long cruise (normally on quiet country roads) is what side the other cars want to pass on!

I always find the speed staggering on my first half hour in the car after a while afloat. 30mph feels like 100!

patty-ann · June 27, 2016

When I'm on my boat I like to set off as the mist is rising..hot cup of tea and wrapped up warm there is nothing to beat travelling along almost empty waterway

Greylady2 · June 27, 2016

When I'm on my boat I like to set off as the mist is rising..hot cup of tea and wrapped up warm there is nothing to beat travelling along almost empty waterway

Me too patty it's bliss. :-)

IanD · June 30, 2016

1am, night before Xmas eve, going down Marsworth, full moon, no breeze, everything covered with snow, mug of hot soup -- unbeatable... :-)

Naughty Cal · June 30, 2016

1am, night before Xmas eve, going down Marsworth, full moon, no breeze, everything covered with snow, mug of hot soup -- unbeatable... :-)

3.30am on a flat calm River Humber doing 30 knots watching the sun starting to creep over the horizon.

That was unbeatable.

MtB · June 30, 2016

When I'm on my boat I like to set off as the mist is rising..hot cup of tea and wrapped up warm there is nothing to beat travelling along almost empty waterway

It's like that the whole day long here on the K&A!

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