Anyone know about canal boats?

manic111

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I'm lucky enough (normally) to live in an apartment next to a canal. For the last three weeks, however, we've had a guy outside in his canal boat who's been horrendous. He spends most of his time listening to very loud reggae music and getting drunk, and then abuses people as they walk past.

Does anyone know how long canal boat owners can stay in one place? For some reason, I was under the impression that it was two weeks tops. I'd like to confront him, but obviously want to know if I have a leg to stand on first!
 
Torpedo the boat. Problem solved.

On a serious note, isn't this the exact sort of thing PCSOs are good for, this must fall under some kind of public order offence..
 
48 hours in one place & then they have to move on unless it's a private mooring. Also check if he has Tax displayed in his window.

Could always go down & tell him to **** off before you ring the law about his Wacky backy.
 
Torpedo-ing is very tempting - unfortunately his boat would probably sink about a foot and then land on goose ****.

Ideally I don't want to get him "done" for anything - you get all sorts of people sitting outside in a canal boat. Usually they're only there for a couple of days at worst though, so if they're awful it's not too big an issue.

4T5 said:
48 hours in one place & then they have to move on unless it's a private mooring. Also check if he has Tax displayed in his window.

Could always go down & tell him to **** off before you ring the law about his Wacky backy.
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Is that all? I thought it was longer than that!

Do you know if there's a canal authority who you can ring, or does it vary from place to place?

I would tell him to **** off, but live in a ground floor flat and don't fancy a brick through the window...
 
There's a by-law that covers this exact eventuality! You are legally entitled to move on a nuisance narrow-boat owner at any time but you MUST use a long wooden pole to push them along from the bank. It's definitely worth a punt if you ask me.
 
doofer said:
There's a by-law that covers this exact eventuality! You are legally entitled to move on a nuisance narrow-boat owner at any time but you MUST use a long wooden pole to push them along from the bank. It's definitely worth a punt if you ask me.
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Oh you!
 
doofer said:
There's a by-law that covers this exact eventuality! You are legally entitled to move on a nuisance narrow-boat owner at any time but you MUST use a long wooden pole to push them along from the bank. It's definitely worth a punt if you ask me.
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Is that true? That's incredible!

I think I've got a broom lying around....do you use the wooden pole on the owner or the boat? :p
 
http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/

They've got Brian Blessed as a volunteer, so maybe he could come and shout at the man :)

On a serious note, the following page gives information about Mooring

http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/mooring

by the looks of it 14 days in the maximum for casual mooring.

As someone has already said, he should have a licence.

http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/licensing

The British Waterways Act 1983 gives the Canal and River Trust powers to remove unlicenced boats.

He should also apparently have a Boat Safety Scheme licence, a bit like a boat MOT.

http://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/

Amazing what you can learn on the Internet :)
 
He looks like he's licensed, has a tax disc in the window until Feb next year, and something which appears to be a numberplate, so I think the only thing he's doing "wrong" is staying too long. And being a pain in the neck.
 
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