Having just seen the film I did wonder if it showed the boat equivalent of some towpath cycling. We know that is OK by BW, so maybe BW will decide that this power boating is too some time soon. After all it allows social inclusion of another group into using the waterways and if it causes friction - who cares as long as the bean counters can show the government more people (maybe the sort that vote the right way) are using the canals. Maybe the chaps in the boat - having shown a real will to solve problems and get ahead - are actually trainee managers doing a bit of bonding and if that is so one day they could be managing in BW. Ideal material for the media side maybe.
--- On Wed, 6/18/08, Strudwick.Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Strudwick.Family <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Speeding - caught on camera? To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 8:04 PM Can't see what all the fuss is about. The banks are hard so the wash will not do any harm. They slow down for other boaters. If BW make silly rules that have no relationship to the speeds the canals were designed for and that were reached in the early 18 hundreds then they can expect people to ignore them. If BW want to stop speeding perhaps they should employ some lengthmen who could also look out for unlicensed boats and so called continuous cruisers over stay on visitors moorings. Paul [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
