[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> On 21 Nov 2008, at 16:12, Bruce Napier wrote: >>> A couple of years back, researching a letter to WW about the BSS and >>> wearing life jackets, I checked the RoSPA site for figures about >>> drowning fatalities in the UK. In 2006, more people drowned in their >>> baths than in inland waterways. >> Right, that's it then. No more baths for me, > > I don't know many narrowboats with baths on them. Dutch barges, on > the other hand, clearly have more space available for these dangerous > devices, and should attract correspondingly higher insurance > premiums.
I was once on a hire boat with a bath. "Beech" (IIRC) from Willow Wren Kerns - but the bath edge was about 4ft off the floor, so that it drained into the canal without the need for a pump. Getting in was tricky, getting out when wet, without help, was almost suicidal....! Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
