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Post by on Jun 3, 2023 16:01:45 GMT
There is that.
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Post by on Jun 3, 2023 16:03:47 GMT
It is rather scummy to attempt to belittle others on internet forums when someone has died in a nasty boating accident involving being chopped up by the propeller.
I don't think a lot of people would view this as good behaviour.
Don't do it.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 4, 2023 5:05:23 GMT
Yesterday evening I looked in the C&RT(Ltd)'s 'Wellbeing' webpages to see if there was any mention of this ultimately fatal accident, . . or any comment or appropriate advice on how others can avoid the same thing happening to them. I didn't check every page, but there was nothing obvious that immediately came to notice. What I did come across, however, almost immediately, . . was this page with photograph of a couple of girls messing about with their boat just above a lock, doing a lot of things wrongly or dangerously, and quite likely to end up injuring themselves, or each other :- canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/go-boating/boat-holidays-and-tripsNothing, . . apart from luck, . . is keeping the pair of them from accident or injury. There's an awful lot of potentially very dangerous stuff going on with the boat, and the two girls, in that photo. Is there anyone reading this thread who can't spot most of the mistakes they're making, or the more dangerous things they're both doing ? If you can't, . . the chances of you coming through your next day's pleasure boating unscathed, or even alive, are very much dependant on luck alone, and nowhere near as good as you probably think they are.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 4, 2023 14:50:06 GMT
Yesterday evening I looked in the C&RT(Ltd)'s 'Wellbeing' webpages to see if there was any mention of this ultimately fatal accident, . . or any comment or appropriate advice on how others can avoid the same thing happening to them. I didn't check every page, but there was nothing obvious that immediately came to notice. What I did come across, however, almost immediately, . . was this page with photograph of a couple of girls messing about with their boat just above a lock, doing a lot of things wrongly or dangerously, and quite likely to end up injuring themselves, or each other :- canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/go-boating/boat-holidays-and-tripsNothing, . . apart from luck, . . is keeping the pair of them from accident or injury. There's an awful lot of potentially very dangerous stuff going on with the boat, and the two girls, in that photo. Is there anyone reading this thread who can't spot most of the mistakes they're making, or the more dangerous things they're both doing ? If you can't, . . the chances of you coming through your next day's pleasure boating unscathed, or even alive, are very much dependant on luck alone, and nowhere near as good as you probably think they are. Given the lack of any response to the above, the character and the calibre of the sort of people who regularly post on Thunderboat these days, . . and the tone and contents of the comments made in reply to this thread so far, . . it's reasonable to presume that most of this forum's remaining active contributors may well be too smug, too inexperienced or too gormless to see anything wrong with the dangerous performance shown in the C&RT(Ltd) 'Wellbeing' webpages photo (linked to above). The alternative conclusion being that none of them care, or even have the slightest concern, about doing something - anything - which, if circulated/publicised sufficiently, could possibly help prevent more avoidable boating accidents occurring. Why am I not surprised ?
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Post by Telemachus on Jun 4, 2023 15:09:28 GMT
Well it has to be said that the pink outfit is appalling!
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Post by dogless on Jun 4, 2023 15:42:06 GMT
^^^^ 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 4, 2023 16:22:39 GMT
Well, here's an idea Tony. Why don't you tag those members in whose opinions you would be interested, and with whom you would be able to communicate in a civilised and adult manner, whereupon they will be notified of said tag and be able to provide the input you seek, while the rest of of vacuous arseholes continue to ignore it, thus sparing you from being exposed to our stupidity?
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Post by Aloysius on Jun 4, 2023 16:31:16 GMT
Better yet, just PM those with whom he would like to communicate, thus denying the troublemakers the opportunity to cause trouble...
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Post by naughtyfox on Jun 4, 2023 17:42:07 GMT
They're probably lesbians so what does it matter if one of them does get flung into the water?
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Post by metanoia on Jun 4, 2023 18:41:02 GMT
Well it has to be said that the pink outfit is appalling! I didn't have my B&M specs on and misread that as appealing........
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 4, 2023 18:49:22 GMT
I feel I've learned something from this thread anyway. If there are two women in the same photo, they are probably lesbians.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Jun 5, 2023 13:23:16 GMT
I refuse to 'judge' the deceased's actions leading upto the incident as I am unaware of any details ... which is the truth for everyone else at this point. I merely mention that the tragedy is a timely reminder for us all to stay focussed in an effort to avoid accidents. Rog One of the three people who actually got the victim, still alive at that time, out from under the counter of his boat, has stated on CWDF that - quote " . . my understanding of the cause was that the rudder either grounded or hit the bank whilst reversing and the tiller swung and knocked him off. He was then dragged under the stern as the boat reversed and I believe his left arm became entangled in the propeller."Nobody is being asked to "judge" the dead man's actions, . . they're being told that what happened to him WAS NOT the result of not being "careful", "distracted" or "momentarily unfocused", . . but WAS the result of being knocked off the counter of his boat by the tiller end as it swung quickly and unexpectedly round to one side with the prop turning in astern gear. There's only one way that could happen -- he had to be standing where he shouldn't have been standing -- ie. somewhere within the radius that the tiller end swings through across the boat's counter, . . simple as that, . . so, no 'ifs' or 'buts', . . no mealy-mouthed double-talk, . . no affected concern or put-on sensitivity -- let's just get on with publishing some factual guidance and advice that just may save someone else from getting injured or dying. __________________________________________________________________ *When you, Alice, and the other half-dozen or so full-time forum disrupting/wrecking prats have finished dumping your mindless claptrap on this thread, I'll make another attempt to address this serious subject in the manner it deserves.Too much else on at the moment to follow-up with this right now. Hope to do so later today, or perhaps tomorrow, other more urgent things permitting, . . and with or without the pointless input from the mindless prats.
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Post by kris on Jun 5, 2023 15:30:21 GMT
Don’t worry yourself Tony, I’m sure everyone will survive without you following up. Or even bothering to post anything again for that matter.
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Post by on Jun 5, 2023 15:34:32 GMT
It can be useful to discuss general safety matters on internet forums but if an ultracrepidarian turn up it rapidly becomes pointless.
Hopefully this won't happen.
Tillers swinging round and knocking people in is a rare but well known problem.
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Post by Aloysius on Jun 6, 2023 6:11:45 GMT
But nobody is interested in advice from a raving nutter.
You've been busy this morning. Order a repeat prescription quickly.
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