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02-09-2020, 01:45 PM
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Re: Tow path terrorists

Stories like this make me mad

Reg, I take it you do know that boats actually float..?
One of our friends has a narrow boat and we have been fortunate enough to have gone on many trips over the years (in fact we did The Wey last July). I am pushing 70 and apparently of the weaker sex and yet I can tow the boat..
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02-09-2020, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Glanny ->
Stories like this make me mad

Reg, I take it you do know that boats actually float..?
One of our friends has a narrow boat and we have been fortunate enough to have gone on many trips over the years (in fact we did The Wey last July). I am pushing 70 and apparently of the weaker sex and yet I can tow the boat..


Glenny, you do know the engine has been invented, don't you?

At 70 you shouldn't be towing anyway.

There's no need to use horses
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02-09-2020, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
One thing I would like narrowboat owners (and renters of course) to observe is the inland waterways speed limit of 4mph. Too many times I've been fishing on both rivers and canals and lost tackle (and got my feet wet) because of the bow waves these irresponsible boaters have generated.

Percy, I couldn't agree more and as has already been said it erodes the banks and can cause a lot of damage, never mind making life very uncomfortable for other responsible boat users, especially live aboards, as well as fishermen. No wonder they often look grumpy! (Present company excepted of course! )

One thing I will say though in our experience it is usually the renters of day boats and narrow boats rather than owners who pay no heed to speed limits (apart from some posers on their gin palaces )
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02-09-2020, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by reg ->
Glenny, you do know the engine has been invented, don't you?

At 70 you shouldn't be towing anyway.

There's no need to use horses

There's no need to use a lot of things but there is something called tradition.

Sometimes you need to just tow the boat a few yards to a mooring, it's no biggy. I was just trying to illustrate it is not a huge burden for a work horse!
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02-09-2020, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Percy Vere ->
Great for your rose bushes too.
I put it on my rhubarb !l

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02-09-2020, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Glanny ->
There's no need to use a lot of things but there is something called tradition.

Sometimes you need to just tow the boat a few yards to a mooring, it's no biggy. I was just trying to illustrate it is not a huge burden for a work horse!
Quite right Glanny!
Anyway the horse is unlikel to be galloping is it??
I doubt if it even makes a bow wave ?
Regarding the " they get in the way of other responsible users of the
canal " remark l would remind whoever said that, that canals were made for canal boats and not for joggers/ cyclists or
paddleboarders etc! etc! Even cabin cruisers are suspect due to
the speed factor?? All the afore mentioned are interlopers and only
the horse and barge are meant to be there !!
They will be saying next that the lock gates must not be opened as
the gate levers obstruct the cyclists/ joggers etc ?!?!
WTF ! !
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02-09-2020, 03:04 PM
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Re: Tow path terrorists

Originally Posted by reg ->
Glenny, you do know the engine has been invented, don't you?

At 70 you shouldn't be towing anyway.

There's no need to use horses
Who are you to tell Glanny or anyone else they should'nt be
doing anything reg??

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02-09-2020, 03:08 PM
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I see no other point in using a horse to pull a 15 tonne plus boat other than to make money from giving others the opportunity to enjoy the water.

People moaned about the donkeys at Blackpool carrying people for short distances but towing a boat that could exceed 18 tonnes loaded is ok for horses???
Reg, these horses are not your average everyday hacks that people ride around country lanes on or, God forbid race on tracks. These are heavy horses* that were specially bred for pulling a plough or other farm implements or field guns, cannons and the like, even knights of old in their armour. They were bred for heavy work so pulling a narrow-boat with a full load is nowt to them.

* Suffolk Punch, Shire, Clydesdale are examples of heavy horses.
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02-09-2020, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cinderella ->
Ignorant people.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nal-users.html
So are they forcng all these unlicensed users to obtain licences
and take tests Cinders??

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02-09-2020, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Donkeyman ->
Who are you to tell Glanny or anyone else they should'nt be
doing anything reg??

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