Tricky question

[boatone]

At several places on the river there are port or starb'd hand buoys. For instance, there are starb'd hand buoys above Penton Hook just below the Laleham Reach, below Clifton Hampden bridge and also below Abingdon.

Now, here's the tricky question.........

What do they actually tell you........?

No, what do they ACTUALLY tell you....and I don't just mean 'keep left on the way up cos its shallow over there.....or is that all we can rely on???

 

[Chris_d]

No, what do they ACTUALLY tell you....and I don't just mean 'keep left on the way up cos its shallow over there.....or is that all we can rely on???

You've lost me Tone, thats what they tell me?

Or do you mean that the EA have given in trying to sort out the problem and just stuck a bouy there?

 

[boatone]

See. I told you it was tricky !

What I mean is.....wouldn't it be nice if they were to mark the point at which the river meets the minimum depth for navigation that they specify for that stretch or some other specific eg 1 metre ?

 

[Brayman]

See. I told you it was tricky !

What I mean is.....wouldn't it be nice if they were to mark the point at which the river meets the minimum depth for navigation that they specify for that stretch?

That would be no good, the length of the river would be full of buoys.

And they'd have to keep taking them in every night and putting them out again mid-morning!

 

[Chris_d]

See. I told you it was tricky !

What I mean is.....wouldn't it be nice if they were to mark the point at which the river meets the minimum depth for navigation that they specify for that stretch or some other specific eg 1 metre ?

But that is defined, the EA keep the middle third to the required depth except where there is errr.. a bouy?

 

[boatone]

And they'd have to keep taking them in every night and putting them out again mid-morning!

Ooh.....goody goody.....jobs for the buoys !!!

 

[apollo]

ROFL!!

Perhaps they should change the Boat Safety Scheme to require all boats to have wheels on the bottom...

 

[byron]

ROFL!!

Perhaps they should change the Boat Safety Scheme to require all boats to have wheels on the bottom...

PLEASE! Don't give the silly beggars ideas.

 

[heron]

Maybe we just all need to get a Hovercraft, that would save all the problems !

 

[boatone]

Maybe we just all need to get a Hovercraft, that would save all the problems !

Wouldnt there be severe difficulty in complying with the 8 kph and wash constraints ?

 

[Steve Clayton]

ROFL!!

Perhaps they should change the Boat Safety Scheme to require all boats to have wheels on the bottom...

I can see it now - NO REGRETS III

 

[Ramage]

I can see it now - NO REGRETS III

It will be fine once he fits a flybridge!

 

[No Regrets]

Revenge will be swift....