Davids Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 This is a request to everyone to use a bit of common sense when mooring. On Friday morning a restaurant in front of my mooring caught fire. The fire quickly spread to the adjoining shops and flats above. Fire fighters informed us that we may have to move our boats off the mooring. We are moored at 90 degrees to the canal and need the full width to exit. Despite the No Mooring signs there were, and still are, three boats moored up directly opposite us, making it virtually impossible to get our boats out. Had the fire spread any further we would have lost our boats and all the possessions on board. The offending boat owners were aware they were moored in a No Mooring zone but deemed the zone to be unnecessary. This could have been disastrous. Use your brains folks! Regulation signs are there for a reason. By not following their instructions you could be putting someones life at risk The fire itself was huge and took 72 fire fighters and 10 fire trucks over 10 hours to extinguish. The photos do not show the true extent of how serious this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxmike Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Name and shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 9 minutes ago, manxmike said: Name and shame What on earth would that achieve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Unfortunately the situation in London (too many boats and not enough moorings) combined with the selfish attitudes of some people who consider themselves to be more important than others leads to such problems. 'Boaters' tend to be aware of their impact of their actions, whilst 'people who live on a boat because they want to be in London and cannot afford a house' tend to be less aware and probably wouldn't even realise you were longer then the space they had left. Have you posted this on the London Boaters Facebook page ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Where does it say it was London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 minute ago, junior said: Where does it say it was London? There are several clue. The poster is located in London, the pictures show horrible close together concrete lousy designed housing etc etc.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 Was nobody onboard the offending boats? You could have asked them to move. Or if they were empty you could have untied them and moved them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 I'd have united them and pushed them down the cut.....they could have been rescued at a later date. In times like the above there's no time to ask polite questions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_P Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 As an aside, CRT have other moorings from which it's nigh on impossible to exit without shuffling other boats around. They knowingly do this. I know this because I found myself in this position last year before i changed my mooring site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernboater Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, Davids said: Use your brains folks! Regulation signs are there for a reason. By not following their instructions you could be putting someones life at risk The fire itself was huge and took 72 fire fighters and 10 fire trucks over 10 hours to extinguish. The photos do not show the true extent of how serious this was. I think your post would have more impact if you'd shown photo's from the canal side and of the problem caused by the moored boats. You obviously had time to move the boats or they were safe in order to take the photo's shown, the canal side would of looked better though and people may recognise the moorings and discuss the situation and problem. Were you on your permanent mooring? if so talk to the owner about the situation with the boats opposite and highlight this incident. Upload some photo's from the canal so we can get a true reflection of the situation and the problem the moored boats cause.. Edited February 27, 2017 by Northernboater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northernboater Posted February 27, 2017 Report Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) David's, I think this Thread would of had bit more response if some canal photo's were shown, as your photo's show nothing, just smoke and fireman and not really any damage consistent with a major fire. Please show some photo's showing your predicament and problem, if you actually had one. Where were you, what moorings? and as I asked before were you on your permanent moorings or just continuous cruising? Edited February 27, 2017 by Northernboater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 On 27 February 2017 at 09:31, frangar said: I'd have united them and pushed them down the cut.....they could have been rescued at a later date. In times like the above there's no time to ask polite questions. Easy enough if the boats are tied up but lately I've seen plenty of boats chained and padlocked to the Armco railings. You can almost guarantee that in an emergency you will find the most awkwardly moored boat is going to be chained up and unattended. However I do agree, if my boat was at risk of fire and blocked in there isn't much going to stop me shifting the offending boat and worrying about it once my boat is safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springer Skipper Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Me too,Ive boltcutters on board.Where my boat is,the same applies as it can have boats moored opposite,its a residential sit run by Scottish Canals in Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted September 8, 2021 Report Share Posted September 8, 2021 But are the pontoons in Edinburgh not angled in such a way that you don't come out at right angles? I am probably wrong though as it is a wee while since I was in at Edinburgh quay. Any boats moored opposite the pontoons are visiting boats moored on bollards and I don't think they will be chained. Perhaps a strong knife rather than bolt cutters 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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