----- Original Message ----- From: "jhar1945" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: [canals-list] Speeding on the K & A
> Lowest point of our recent K & A cruise - starting lunch on one side of > the canal and finishing it on the other due to the worst case of > speeding I've ever seen. Six boats had passed us without incident and > then this hire boat (see photo section) was heard to rev up on > approach, rocked us extremely violently and shot off that fast that > although we did see the hire fleet name we couldn't catch a boat name > or the phone number or an irate call would have followed. Look at the > wash on the right hand bank - the stern button is scarcely visible, the > stern is that low down. > John John I have viewed your photo. That is really tame!! You should be on the lower Macclesfield Canal when the diesel powered day boat (Saltie) is returning back to base (Heritage). But I am being unkind, one in four hirers are sensible.
