----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Stockdale" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:29 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: boat drink petition
> --- In [email protected], Brian on Harnser <br...@...> wrote: >> >> There is a petition running on >> http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ukboaters/ >> about the law concerning drinking and boating > > > > > Were the ammendment to be passed would that now allow the normal inland > waterway user to drink with as much impunity as is currently allowed ? Yes, unless you had a full length boat which could do 17 knots. In all honesty, I don't see that making it into regulations. The proposed option of <7 metres AND speed <7knots would have the same effect as far as narrow boats were concerned. However, IMO, the Act would be almost impossible to enforce on inland waterways anyway. -- Iain
