Maffi and the Speeding Boats
Maffi gets quite a bit of jip for complaining about speeding boats. The boats go so fast past us now that I wonder whether it really does say in the rules of the waterways to pass moored boats at tickover. I wonder whether it should be made clearer that tickover refers to the speed of the engine rather than the mood, and steam coming out of the ears, of the moorer! Here is an example of a speeding boat. This was quite exceptional to be fair… and I think the operators were a little worse for wear in all directions:
posted by MortimerBones at
2:01 PM
4 Comments:
Missing from your photo is the person water skiing at the back of the boat !
More power to Maffi's elbow if this is the sort of nonsense you are having to put up with!
Pay no attention to the self-appointed uber-blogger!!
Regards,
John and Jackie
Ah yes, but when you're moored on the 6 lane highway that is the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal even the 3 storey plastic gin palaces have little effect as they rush by.
I know it's wide here but yesterday a narrowboater decided to turn round (with loads of smoke & roostertail) here in a part where there were tupperwares moored on both sides. Suppose he thought it was good sport to scare them?
On a one-boat campaign to widen the canal by wash alone?
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