On 9/17/06, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've insured my barge with Michael for quite a few years. At renewal > Michael is very cautious about narrow boats on tideways, and tends to > want two or more to travel together for such trips. A sensible > precaution IMHO, as I have seen conditions well up the Thames Estuary > that I think many narrow boats would have trouble surviving. Also, > based on a trip I once took on the keel Comrade on the Humber, I > wouldn't want to take a narrow boat out there either. Perhaps this > caution is one reason he can keep his premiums down. > But, then, yer pays yer money, and yer takes yer choice.
On Kismet we regularly (well at least twice a year) cross the Humber, usually on our own as it's rare to be able to join with anyone else. CraftInsure were the cheapest, and still allowed our use of the Humber. Perhaps they would look differently on people who didn't normally moor in the area, I don't know. While a condition of my current insurance is to go in convoy on tidal waters, I would be a little reluctant to do a journey not done before with other boats available to help. It also comes down to your confidence in your boat, and abilities. After running Shoestring nearly flat out for hours on end for weeks on end (on the Thames) I am now starting to have enough confidence in her to tackle most anything I can throw at her. The boat has actually done the Bristol channel passage under the previous owners. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring.zapto.org/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
