How's arson for a Christmas present?

[Doolittle]

How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

Quite how it didn't make the local news I'm not sure but the Walton arsonist has graduated from sheds and garages to boats.

End of November two cruisers moored in Shepperton weir channel alongside Lock Island were set alight. The first broke away, lodged up against the weir, set light to the weir roof and took out much of the wiring rendering two sluices inoperable. The fire finally sunk the boat and most of it broke up and went downstream. The second boat was mostly destroyed by fire and was towed away by EA the following morning, in somewhat of a hurry, whilst personal belongings floated out of holes in the hull.

I've just got this news from my Dad who lives near Shepperton back weir. Has anyone else heard anything?

 

[byron]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

There was a time, in my youth, when Arson was regarded on a par with Murder and Kidnaping (or in today's terms of severity, speeding).
Kids were warned that if caught committing Arson then they could expect to be 'detained at Her Majesty's pleasure'
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Now! they will not bother even investigating, I mean as long as the craft have a BSS and the owners haven't broken the speed limits they don't care.

 

[rr_123]

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... as long as the craft have a BSS and the owners haven't broken the speed limits they don't care.

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You're just being flippant. The main thing is that they must have the Thames license, then they don't care!!

R

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

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... as long as the craft have a BSS and the owners haven't broken the speed limits they don't care.

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You're just being flippant. The main thing is that they must have the Thames license, then they don't care!!

R

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Nope, even you have missed the point. You must have paid for a licence, actual possession of same, or a floating boat etc is irrelevant

 

[No Regrets]

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No, all they really care about is if you have adequate insurance to pay for the damage your burning boat inflicted on the riverside hardware on it's final voyage.

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[Timothy]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

How wrong you all are.
If the boat was not being USED at the time then it doesn't need to be licensed to be kept on the river. I am fed up paying for all the unlicensed boats kept on the river.

 

[boatone]

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How wrong you all are.
If the boat was not being USED at the time then it doesn't need to be licensed to be kept on the river. I am fed up paying for all the unlicensed boats kept on the river.

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Oh dear.....how many are you paying for, then?

 

[byron]

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How wrong you all are.
If the boat was not being USED at the time then it doesn't need to be licensed to be kept on the river. I am fed up paying for all the unlicensed boats kept on the river.

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Actually the rules were changed a couple of years back. Anything afloat must now be licenced. Even in marinas if their waters are deemed part of the river i.e. most of Harleyford.

 

[apollo]

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I thought they had given up on that legislation after struggling for 10years to get it passed? At least thats what the ATYC said?

 

[apollo]

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Agree, its a downright liberty!

 

[Gavi]

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I just spoke with my mate on the local rag. Apparently they covered the story on the front page in the Walton/Shepperton area. He lambasted me for not reading the paper... I commented that I was trying to give him a more interesting story than the normal "cat stuck up tree" line that I normally give when he answers the phone "newsdesk" /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Beryl]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

Poor old misguided Byron. The rules have NOT been changed. Try calling your local EA office in Wallingford and speak to Paul Smith direct phone number 01491 828351

 

[byron]

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Poor old misguided Byron. The rules have NOT been changed. Try calling your local EA office in Wallingford and speak to Paul Smith direct phone number 01491 828351

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I stand corrected then.

 

[boatone]

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I stand corrected then.

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Nah, you sit down me old mucker....anyones entitled to be wrong once in a while, including you /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Actually, I was just thinking what a sad and miserable trhead this one is.....nowt but cynicism and intolerance. Pity really and not at all worthy of us mighty Thames based mariners.

Cheer up you miserable lot....I can do depressed without your help.

I will be spending Xmas Day with my son, his girl friend and my recently delivered brand new grandson Max. It will be the first Xmas I have spent with son since I can't remember and the first ever with a delightful little chap who will do great things in the future, I am sure.

My felicitations and best wishes for the xmas season to you all.

 

[Gavi]

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What an upbeat message. Is the dog spending his xmas on the boat and you are just jealous? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

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Aha, and Happy Christmas to you all, may the joy of The Nativity enter the lives of you and yours and enrich them throughout the coming year.
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Bah, Humbug


Anyone on the river New Year time, wave if you see us.

 

[boatone]

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It was intended to be upbeat...I am genuinely looking forward to being with offspring and the dog will be coming too!

You clearly misinterpreted the thrust and intent of my post..... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Ramage]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

I spent a couple of happy hours on the boat yesterday changing the antifreeze in the engine.

It was the first time I have ever seen the Marina car park totally empty (and someone has taken the main gates off, presumably to work on them!)

 

[byron]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

Ah how I remember Christmas past. Peeking through the windows of other kids to see the presents they'd got. Sometimes getting the empty boxes their presents had arrived in so I too had something to play with. After they'd eaten going around their dustbins and finding huge lumps of Turkey to eat.
Basking in the smile of my mother as I helped clean the vomit off her when she arrived back from the Pub.
Then a week later going to the dump and getting broken toys to fix up. Once a nice man gave me a shiny penny to spend but my bum was sore for weeks.
Those were happy days.

 

[Ramage]

Re: How\'s arson for a Christmas present?

Luxury.

We used to dream of second hand cardboard boxes!


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