Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>2. There is also a safety implication here. In the hands of an
>>experienced boater there is no problem.
>Many waterway activities are a safety problem for the inexperienced
>boater. I think that's why AIUI many on this ng are in favour of
>better training for first-timers.
>> In the hands of a novice/inexperience d boater they could easily put too
>> much feed >>on.
>Or make any of thousands of other possible mistakes. Windlasses are
>dangerous too - a novice might leave one on the spindle of a raise
>paddle - but we don't outlaw them.
Fascinating as this thread is, I cannot help thinking that any newcomer
happening on this site would be scared to death and never go near a canal again!
We need to encourage new boaters and hirers (yes even Canaltimers!) as
without them the system will not survive. There will always be risks but these
can be minimized by having simple rules that everyone can understand and put in
to practice
The finer points of lock operation and etiquette and historical practices
will always be over the heads of most people using the canals today.
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