Iain Street wrote: > ----- 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.
The latest online BW "Boaters' Update" thingy has on its front page a photo captioned "Couple drinking on narrowboat" :-)
