On 8 Jun 2009, at 06:52, Allan Cazaly wrote:
> I am puzzled at your comment. Why was it made?
>
> I do comply with the cc suggestions and regularly move the boat.
>
> More than that, I have a twice daily record of engine usage, for
> "knowing" how much fuel is used for propulsion and domestic use.
> Note that any fuel used for cruising does not get split and
> cruising hours are recorded as 100% cruising, even though I usually
> run the washing machine at the same time AND I am aware that whilst
> cruising, the engine is charging the domestic batteries!
>
> I also included are the Start and Finishing cruising points, engine
> hours cruised, including the day/date. As a single handed cruiser,
> it takes rather longer to negotiate locks, so I "bow haul" the boat
> through the locks, a substantial saving on engine cruising hours
> (Diesel used). My "Split" works out at 95% domestic and 5%
> cruising, which does actually vary slightly.
>
> From the above, I can "prove" beyond reasonable doubt that I
> "mostly" comply with BW requests.
>
> If I do get a "Patrol Notice" I don't even bother to read it.
>
> I fill a 1-litre milk bottle about 80% full of water, thread the
> Patrol Notice to a Kebab wooden skewer, then push the pointed end
> into the top of a milk bottle and float it in the canal, (Just like
> a flag marking a buoy!) Beauocracy is like a red rag to me and it
> is mostly unnecessary on the canals. BW know me and can contact me
> by phone at any time, if they are unhappy with anything.
>
> So? Why the comment? ~Allan~
>
> *** PS: It was at the suggestion of a senior BW member of staff,
> that I cruise point to point to point, on a cruise from one
> location to another location,(A proper journey, not bridge
> hopping!) before I make a return journey.
I'm sorry, Allan - I am just frankly amazed that cruising between
Willowbridge and Hemel constitutes a "journey around a substantial
part of the system" especially if you never leave the SE, but if BW
says it's OK, then (hopefully for you) I guess it must be.
I can't accept your treatment of Patrol Notices, though. There's a
phenomenon called bourgeois anarchy, meaning "I'm respectable so I
don't have to take any notice of rules I don't agree with", and that
sounds like an example of it to me.
I guess we just have very different attitudes to life on the cut, and
will have to agree to differ.
All the best
Bruce
Go steady, but keep going.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
