----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Boat set adrift in newbury
> lee wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi all, > > 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! > > > >Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Surley if damage had resulted from the boat being set loose then a crime has been comitted? > > Hmm. So he wouldn't mind if you released the handbrake on his car > while he was in the coffeeshop, then? When you said *he* and *his* were you referring to the boater or a policeman? Phil
