A record - I think..........

[boatone]

No less than 18 narrow boats at Tescos Reading this afternoon - and just one solitary Broom 30 cruiser.

 

[Geoffs]

Strewth, they must be rafted for that many.

 

[boatone]

Yep, twos and threes....even the Broom was hanging off an NB /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Flashheart]

I've heard NB's lovingly referred to as Slugs.

So maybe slug pellets along the riverbank will reduce numbers then /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[rr_123]

Maybe they breed there?

Has anyone tried pouring cold water over them?

 

[Doolittle]

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Has anyone tried pouring cold water over them?

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God's taking care of that.

NB's outnumber others by 8:1 when they pass here.

Had to have the kids climb over the back of one in the pouring rain this morning on the school run, as no spaces left on Laleham Wharf.

 

[jecuk]

I did notice lots and lots of NBs when we went up to Wargrave. I was surprised there are so many.

 

[rr_123]

There do seem to be a lot more than there used to be, but they are boats, they pay a licence fee, and they use the facilities. You see them out in weather that would have many boaters with "world capable" boats shying away because their Pimms might get watered down by the rain (c:

The Thames does join the Oxford, Kennet and Avon, Basingstoke, and Grand Union Canals.

 

[chuckaduck]

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I've heard NB's lovingly referred to as Slugs.

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Also known as ditch crawlers

 

[Brayman]

....... and floating pontoons, useful in a storm.

 

[ianc1200]

I wouldn't use them as pontoons, as the "blacking" comes off quite easily, onto your fenders then your boat.

Sewer tubes is another I've heard use by a NB ownering friend (& writer in one of the waterways mags...).

Problems with them paying for licences/using the facilities is the scale & size. Eg I want to fill my 35 gallon water tank up at the v slow Abingdon water point above the lock, waiting behind three Nb's with something like 450 gallon tanks each. With the visitor moorings, three Freeman 22's can moor where one Nb moors etc.

Of course they are very nice people, including most if not all of the liveaboards (incl the two at Medmenham at the bottom of the field).

IanC

 

[No Regrets]

Coffins....Coffins packed full of River pikeys, thats what they are.... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

No, fair play, most of the shiny ones are fine folk. Shame they can't fill up at night really, they have enough time to do so /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[macnorton]

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I've heard NB's lovingly referred to as Slugs.

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Also known as ditch crawlers

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Or "Sewer tubes" /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[apollo]

Or Sardine Cans