It is not all roses
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rugbyken
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my brother in laws boss retired to cornwall the lizard they had holidayed there for years watching the fishing boats go out etc , within a year they returned to leicestershire the pleasant breeze never stopped and became a gale in the winter and as he put it how many times can you watch the bloody boats go out
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Not me. I loved my boats. Defo expensive to run and park though. I was quite proud owning a four berth cabin cruiser at 23. Good chat up line. Do you wanna come back to my yacht!
There is nothing like being out on the water Barry. Always wild spots available on the rivers, you can drink and drive, fish from the cockpit and fellow boaters are usually friendly and helpful.
I love anything that floats no matter what kind of boat it is and can't see me ever being without one.
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We hired one to do the Caledonian Canal a few years ago, DISASTER, We hired a small 2 berth boat but when we arrived to pick it up they didn't have one and gave us a fecking great 8 berth QE bloody 3.
We seriously struggled with it, Liz had recently had both knees replaced and wouldn't drive the boat or jump off to Moor it.
We seriously struggled with it, Liz had recently had both knees replaced and wouldn't drive the boat or jump off to Moor it.
n brown
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hope you didn't help him smoke any lumpy rollups
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He did offer Nigel, but I declined.
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i wouldn't have ,he probably had some good gear
trevskoda
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No Rob you cannot drink when capt, you come under the same rules as a capt of a tanker, aircraft or a car driver and can be prosecuted.
And you are responsible for anyone on your craft should anything go wrong, a good way to loss your home if not insured should there spouse make a claim, or jail at worst, being a Captan is a big responsibility, dont mater if its a 15ft boat or a supertanker.
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Pudsey Bear
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It also pissed it down for the three days we had it too, we decided it was a 100% waste of money, fortunately we had the van with us so we jsut carried on with our holiday.
trevskoda
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Looks like the big Lough erne cruisers, merc 636 engine and do about 6 knots.
barryd
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Dont think you do come under the same rules Trev
Can You Be Drunk in Charge of a Boat? ā Canal Boat UK
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Maybe things have changed but I can remember hiring boats for a week or two on the broads when we were kids and everyone was pissed. Certainly my experience in later life on the sea, lakes and occasionally rivers also.
barryd
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LOL! Clearly not an old sea dog then.
A similar thing happened to us not long after we were married. We booked an old 27" motor cruiser for the Caledonian Canal. When we turned up apparently it had sunk
Instead they gave us a huge new Princess. It was fabulous. We had a massive row though and coming down loch ness in a gale and pishy rain to the Locks at Fort Augustus of which there is a staircase of five the lock keeper shouted "Wheres your crew?" to which I replied "Its down below, pissed off and not coming out". I said he was welcome to ask her at which he just let me put it through on my own which was fun
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We didn't have a row, but she can get a bit gobby at times, Some one told me it comes with the boobs of which she has plenty., it was bloody freezing on there and the heating wouldn't light s we just left the oven on all night.
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I hope you shook the man by the hand and told him what a great man he was. Seen his show at the Edinburgh festival. You couldnāt tire at listening to his stories
trevskoda
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If you read it carefully then a charge under old regs would by some smart ar-e legal person have your trousers off you, I for one would not take a chance, many do here, their choice.Dont think you do come under the same rules Trev
Can You Be Drunk in Charge of a Boat? ā Canal Boat UK
Maybe things have changed but I can remember hiring boats for a week or two on the broads when we were kids and everyone was pissed. Certainly my experience in later life on the sea, lakes and occasionally rivers also.
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I think it was late October when we did it. We were there a week and on the last night it was -17c and we had a foot of snow the next day.
I did the whole thing in an 11ft wooden dingy for charity when I was 22. Terrifying.
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Trev, I think in the last hundred years of leisure boating in the UK, nobody has lost their house due to drink driving on the rivers.
You are only allowed to do between 4-7 mph so no great risk. Normal civil rules of course apply, so if you maim or kill somebody through drinking alcoho then you are responsible. You don't work for H&S do you??
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trevskoda
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Our big problem here is there are no caps on ins payouts which lets solicitors go after any monies they thiink they can gain from any persons.
A few accidents on waterways here have tightened the antics up a bit, has not stopped it mind you, esp in the hire boat brigade.
We do have river boat patrols here but very few, I did see a boat being stopped and pulled in only once in over seven years, not for booze but the fact no life jackets were worn on deck, and no fire ex or blankets etc, I had birthed behind and earwigged until the river agency boat sailed off again.
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