boatone
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...such as SWMBO will be well versed in weighing anchor in case of engine failure
Now that's worrying......
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No_Regrets
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Loc: Welwyn Garden City, Herts UK.
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Err....
Any ideas what else I should do in case of engine failure?
Paddle?
Jump out, rope betwixt teeth and aim for the bank?
Dial 999 and expect a Lock-keeper to help?
My little Watermota is honed to perfection, to the extent I polish her chrome rocker cover, and vacuum the engine bay, but shite happens doesn't it? 
Am I missing something B1? 
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The scourge of Windsor, and notorious founder member of the 'Upper Thames Birchwood Massive' now outlawed by the EA and River pressure groups, currently planning a nice comfy retirement in the aft cabin of a Broom.
Now can anybody recommend any non-marking slippers?
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Ramage
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You don't want to weigh anchor if your engine fails, you want it dug into the river bed!
The correct words of command being "OI! Chuck that big heavy lump of iron we keep up the pointy end into the Oggin!"
You follow this with "No, I thought YOU tied the rope through that loop in the anchor locker!!".
(The last piece of rope you saw sink after you lobbed the anchor in is called the Bitter End.....)
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Ramage
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>>Any ideas what else I should do in case of engine failure?<<
I get on the VHF or mobile and whinge until a kind fellow member of the Bray Cruiser Club comes and tows me to the event!
Thanks Jaws and the mighty "Judge It" for the tow, and YES I will top up the diesel before I leave on Saturday morning!
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No_Regrets
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Ah, sorry. What I meant was 'Anchor handling' then. I was just picking a well used phrase 
The 'Bitter end' was something I picked up from the survey, thankfully, and the surveyor made a note the 'bitter end' was connected, and the anchor etc was all in order
I shall practise this:
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"OI! Chuck that big heavy lump of iron we keep up the pointy end into the Oggin!"
....several times over supper tonight.
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The scourge of Windsor, and notorious founder member of the 'Upper Thames Birchwood Massive' now outlawed by the EA and River pressure groups, currently planning a nice comfy retirement in the aft cabin of a Broom.
Now can anybody recommend any non-marking slippers?
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No_Regrets
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I never leave home without at least 2 spare gallons now, as a result of that picture.
Even when the tanks full
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The scourge of Windsor, and notorious founder member of the 'Upper Thames Birchwood Massive' now outlawed by the EA and River pressure groups, currently planning a nice comfy retirement in the aft cabin of a Broom.
Now can anybody recommend any non-marking slippers?
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Coastgal
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We're going to the nice safe tidal Thames Estuary. Not a red board in sight, except perhaps the one outside a lovely riverside pub at Rochester listing the latest catch of the day. Sea Bass anyone?
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Ramage
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The full sad and sorry tale is available here:
http://www.braycruiserclub.co.uk/default.asp?action=news&news_action=news_item&nid=51
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Doolittle
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Loc: Chertsey, Surrey, UK
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Is it really seen as not the done thing to go out if Red boards are up? Clearly weir streams and weirs are more dangerous, but a well powered and handled boat can, I assume, cope. In the locks themselves, it wouldn't really change things would it?
On the way back from the Trad boat Rally at Henley last year we collected 12 red cards but I wouldn't take them without a lockies signature. Some signed with love and kisses but there were two who thought I was not taking the issue seriously at all!
I saw what I thought were seasoned helms pirouetting their 30'+ in weir streams and disappearing in clouds of smoke while they threw everything astern to avoid mounting the river banks. The weir streams can and will turn you on a sixpence, that is if you don't steer into the stream. Do try and join a convoy if the reds are still up. It will be very good fun. 
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teddington_lock
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Why were you asking for signatures ?
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