EA Speed and Wash Campaign

Have you been handed a leaflet at locks about the EA Speed and Wash Campaign?

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Hi Tony

In theory , you should only get one leaflet at the first lock you encounter , as we ask you to leave it in the dashboard so you don't get approached at every lock ( which may upset the customers ).

Thanks

H
 
Full lock downstream at Cookham on Sunday afternoon. I was near the front but before we were half way down the Cliveden reach the rest had all left me well behind.

I was really touched to find them all waiting for me to catch up when I got to Boulters ! :D
 
boatone said:
Full lock downstream at Cookham on Sunday afternoon. I was near the front but before we were half way down the Cliveden reach the rest had all left me well behind.

I was really touched to find them all waiting for me to catch up when I got to Boulters ! :D
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That stretch and Datchet are noted in my experience for boating 'Grand Prix'.
Lovely of them to wait.;)
 
We were offered one at every lock from Sunbury to Windsor last Tuesday, from what the lockies said it had only just started that week, after a few repeat offerings of leaflets they sort of gave up later in the day. By Wednesday on the way up to Henley we weren't offered a single leaflet, clearly it had died a death due to adverse comments. Leaflet was practicaly blank anyway, doesn't even quote the speed limit or offer any advise about size of wash.

Overall a bad idea and poorly executed.
 
I was given one of these at a lock in the upper reaches (can't remember which one) on my recent upriver trip. The lock keeper who gave it to was keen to point out that the speed limit is 4.3 knots, not the commonly accepted 5 knots (handy really, since the leaflet doesn't mention knots, which most boat speed logs are calibrated in).

Then at the next lock, the keeper asked if I'd seen them, so I pulled the leaflet out from downstairs and he said, he'd not been able to give any out that morning as everyone had been "done" by the lock upriver. Other than those two locks, no-one mentioned them (the leaflet was not on display, so they couldn't know I had one) but I did see the A4 size leaflet on display at most lock sites.

For anyone that hasn't seen it, I've attached it here.
 

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Chris_d said:
Not attached ? I think the commonly accepted 5knts is Broom owners only, who claim they cannot control their boats at 4.3knts :p
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It was MBY or MBM that did a test some years ago and came to the conclusion that under 5 knots the Broom they were testing did not have sufficient steerage. Having owned a 35 European, and an Ocean 37. I totally agree with them for full directional control 5 knots is needed.
I'm still nonplussed as to why the speed limit was set in Kilometers P.H.
 
byron said:
It was MBY or MBM that did a test some years ago and came to the conclusion that under 5 knots the Broom they were testing did not have sufficient steerage. Having owned a 35 European, and an Ocean 37. I totally agree with them for full directional control 5 knots is needed.
I'm still nonplussed as to why the speed limit was set in Kilometers P.H.
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Bait went quickly there Byron :D
Too much emphasis is placed on the actual number anyway its the wash that should be policed, forget the speed which should just be an advisory, there is too much variation in boat type for a blanket speed limit to be effective.
 
Chris_d said:
its the wash that should be policed, forget the speed which should just be an advisory, there is too much variation in boat type for a blanket speed limit to be effective.
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I said as much to John Redmond even before the rule came in, I also pointed out that the original "5K" signs would be read as Knots. He more or less shrugged and said that the signs had been ordered by Bristol with no consultations.
 
byron said:
I said as much to John Redmond even before the rule came in, I also pointed out that the original "5K" signs would be read as Knots. He more or less shrugged and said that the signs had been ordered by Bristol with no consultations.
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I would estimate it would cost about £100 to buy sufficient 6" sticky letter N's to attach to the 5K signs which could be attached by the lockies or patrols for nothing. Seems like a cheap fix for a bureaucratic c**k up.
 
The following is included in the EA August update to TNUF issued today:
On Monday 12 August we launched our 2 week proactive speed and wash campaign ‘easy does it, don’t make waves.’ During the campaign lock staff will be talking to boaters about the 8 km/h speed limit (equivalent to a fast walking pace) and the effects of excessive wash, all boat owners passing through the locks will receive a campaign leaflet. Patrol crews will also aim to visit all commercial operators with posters and campaign leaflets, this work will continue after the lock side campaign. The enforcement team will increase speed enforcement operations during the campaign using laser guns.
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dash300 said:
I would estimate it would cost about £100 to buy sufficient 6" sticky letter N's to attach to the 5K signs which could be attached by the lockies or patrols for nothing. Seems like a cheap fix for a bureaucratic c**k up.
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Bit puzzled by this as there are no 5K signs that I am aware of. The signs on all lock gates are 8km/h.
 
We left Bray on Sunday and went upriver, reaching Sonning on Tuesday, then ran back to Bray yesterday. No-one offered us the famous leaflet until we reached Marlow Lock on the return journey!
 
Just finished a week up river and received one leaflet - sort of......

Was handed a booklet at one lock on boat fire safety. Mentioned to the lockie that I thought it might have been the speed awareness leaflet and he said ".... oh, that's in there too".
 
sat at the gazebo in kingston today, watched two EA guys on a patrol boat chase a speeder in a kruger, blue light too, down towards teddington, hope they caught the blighters, wash was a foot high
 
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