Stand by........

[apollo]

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Yeah I had fenders, they got coated with "bitumen" in West India as well and rubbed even more grime up and down the boat....

 

[TNC]

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Naugh...the purile anti narrowboat stance of some Thames boaters gets quite serious, doesn't in Ian C? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
If it was not for narrowboats, the Thames above Oxford would have good as died. Thames boaters should be glad that at least one part of the UK boating industry is still vibrant.

What you lot need is a good bash of Irish boating, where there are so few boats and multude of moorings, then you are glad to see another boat, even a plastic Emerald Star Line hire boat, suck on some rocks, after going the wrong side of a marker!
Here are some busy moorings on the Shannon-Erne Waterway last week:
http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Img_1345.jpg
Even Enniskillen on the River Erne was quiet:
(The new Round O moorings)
http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Stuffimages/Img_2384.jpg
Of course in Ireland all this wonderfull boating is as good as free (Free Waterways Ireland registration, the 5 main Shnannon locks are 1.5 Euro), so us Irish boaters don't sit and whinge about all the lack of facilities and moorings and other kind of craft...
No on the other hand... you lot stay over here and leave the peaceful Shannon backwaters to us, where you may not see another living soul for days, yet alone another boat.
Don't forget you suckers pay 15% towards Waterways Ireland, through the NI Assembly
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[Chrusty1]

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"Oh dear .....cool it guys.

I was not telling anyone to piss off. Anyone who knows me or has been on this forum for any length of time will know how much effort I have put into trying to get these issues raised and considered by all involved in a friendly and constructive way.
I even put the Motor Boaters point of view to the NB fraternity in an MBM 'great debate' a couple of years back and was happy to point out that I personally thought NB's should be welcome on the Thames, but that they would need to adjust and make allowances for the cruiser users, just as cruisers would need to adjust to the increasing numbers of NB's. It was, IMHO, unfortunate that the person speaking for the NB's chose to pass us off as the Gin Palace brigade and use the opportunity to take the piss rather than help to build the bridges which I tried to do."
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Apologies for leaving so long to reply to your post, Hmmm, now I have to confess to feeling a bit of a prat!.....Ah well aint the first time, and I dare say it wont be the last. I am really sorry that you were treated like that by a narrowboater, it was made doubly worse in my opinion as you were trying to build bridges.

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"My reason for asking Chrusty to let it drop was simple - the longer the 'discussion' goes on the more polarised and abrasive the contributions get.

Frankly, Chrusty, its a bit rich for you to ride over the horizon and decide that none of us here have the intelligence and foresight to realise that some give and take is needed to solve the problem. It was me that asked YBW to start this forum, it was me that asked them to add 'and other inland waterways' to its title. It was me that spoke to a friendly NB owner/visitor from the Midlands when we moored one night at Marlow and inspired him to write an article for his club magazine expressing understanding for our concerns and urging them to recognise the need for them to be co-operative in enjoying our river - and he sent me a copy! "

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Sorry mate, I didn't know any of that, so once again apologies.
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I could go on, but as I said earlier I would prefer to let the topic drop. I personally would like to see the EA be much much more proactive in encouraging rafting by ALL boaters when it is busy and I keep telling them so.

Lets agree that petty sniping is juvenile and unhelpful. But lets not agree that the only solution is to put up with the problem."
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Yes I agree wholeheartedly with that, sniping is not the way to go on, maybe my objections were coloured a bit from disrupted sleep, I am on 24 hour callout this week, might be suffering from grumpyitis?

Once again, sorry if I have offended anyone, it wasn't my intention really, just would like to see an end to the anti NB comments.

Subject closed as far as I am concerned.

 

[Doolittle]

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You know what, I don't think I have ever yelled at a NB to slow down or mind their wash!

Helped a couple of Flexi-Club hired NB's during the flood, one of which made a stately progress up the bank, so much so I could see daylight underneath! I've never had any complaints either when I have had to go alongside so the kids can alight for their school bus.

Oh I see the subjects closed. Woops!