In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, leewwells- lc18C57ST/[EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > Just to let any boaters on the kennet and avon in the newbury area know, two > boats had all there mooring ropes loosed and one ended up about half a mile > down stream across a bridge and wier. Luckily i had an anchor out, which > although it dragged managed to keep the boat 'in line' and prevented damage > to other boats it passed! The second boat was chained so just had to be > re-tied. > > When the police were informed they said that letting a boat loose was not a > crime!
I have heard it said elsewhere that letting a boat loose is, from the legal point of view, the same as 'taking a vehicle without consent' and has previously attracted similar penalties. Chris D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Deuchars.co.uk Author & Publisher: "A Boaters Guide to BOATING" 4-50GBP Mixing old and new waterway techniques. ISBN 0953151204 Details: http://www.deuchars.co.uk/publication/ Tel: 0115 951 6264 Fax: 0870 131 2079 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/lOt0.A/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
