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Bobbing Boat<p>The guests left, and I went with them to London.</p><p>I left the boat in a marina "for a month" but it'll be lucky if it's only that.</p><p>Regretfully. It'll be a while before boating resumes.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/marina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marina</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Guests have come aboard, with groceries, for a weekend of boating fun.</p><p>The small fridge has been filled and tetris'd.</p><p>The fridge is 12 volts and runs off the boat batteries.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/fridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fridge</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/refrigerator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>refrigerator</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/tetris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tetris</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Boaters who live aboard and wander the canal network are called continuous cruisers.</p><p>It's freedom with limits.</p><p>No canal, there? Go elsewhere. Low water levels and occasional broken infrastructure? Turn around and go elsewhere.</p><p>By-appointment services—like the dentist? Switch to the train, or get them to come to you, which boat engineers (mechanics) do.</p><p>Need a GP, or serious medical help? Find paid mooring close to the treatment facility.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Rush hour on the canal. Two boats just pulled over and moored as a third couldn't wait to pass them.</p><p>All at the breakneck speed of 3 miles per hour, or 5 km per hour.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>The language of boating.</p><p>Who even knows that the "hinges" that keep the swan doors, bow doors, and stern door attached are called … a gudgeon and pintle?</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parts</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/SwanDoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SwanDoors</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/door" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>door</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/gudgeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gudgeon</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/pintle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pintle</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>I'll be joining several other boats by month end. The first of them arrived today and tied up behind my boat. Another is closing in from … somewhere north of us.</p><p>Today's boat arrived with D on board, who introduced himself to me. He has an aging whippet who likes cheese. Cheese was had.</p><p>To get acquainted, the 3 of us walked and 2 of us talked on our way to a local shop. This town has 1 shop, and it wasn't a half-bad place to buy food.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dog</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/grocery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grocery</span></a></p>
Nighttime on Still Waters<p>On this midsummer night, we find ourselves at a year’s turning point — caught between the stillness and the unsettling. Join us tonight as we explore the solstice, the shifting seasons, the rhythm of carnival swings, and the restless nature of the mind, uncovering the connections between them all.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/solstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solstice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.noswpod.com/unsettled/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">noswpod.com/unsettled/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Tens of thousands of UK boats are in good shape, but occasionally, people do abandon a boat.</p><p>Last fiscal year (2023/2024), Canal &amp; River Trust removed 106 boats, mostly white fibreglass ones—built 40 to 50 years ago—which cost it £6,000 to £10,000 each to do.</p><p>The 36,000 steel narrowboats are seldom the problem: steel recycles. It's the white "yoghurt pot" boats: no facilities to dispose of fibreglass.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41zg7p1ddo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn41zg</span><span class="invisible">7p1ddo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/PleasureBoat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PleasureBoat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>I apologise. I've relaxed now. Since I moved the boat ahead 2 spots, NOBODY has crashed into me. I picked an unfortunate place to stop, before. My bad.</p><p>Sometimes boating is like bumper cars at the fair—the boats themselves are built to take it. My peace of mind suffers when many tonnes of steel hit my 17 tonnes (18¾ tons) of steel.</p><p>On reflection, what I meant to say was: boating is an adventure, also on windy days.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storm</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/gust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gust</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Eight times in 3½ hours a boat crashed into me while I was tied up along the shore.</p><p>I have just moved the boat forward, leap-frogging two boats.</p><p>And in the process I myself hit 2 boats — inevitable, unfortunately, but I was unwilling to continue being crashed into by people for whom the wind is somehow a surprise.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storm</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/sunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunny</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Six boats have crashed into me in the past 3 hours, scraping and bouncing all the way down the length of the boat. The wind is too strong for occasional- and hire-boaters but it doesn't stop them, so they get blown into me as they clear the trees.</p><p>I want to move but the strong wind also means I cannot move the boat. There are 2 boats immediately ahead of me and I could never clear them.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/storm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storm</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/sunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunny</span></a></p>
Mr Copperpot<p>Some days, all you need is sunshine on your face, calm waters by the canal, and the gentle hum of a boat passing by. 🌞🛶<br>Peace isn’t always loud — sometimes, it floats.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WatersideWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WatersideWisdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCare</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Instead of "it's raining cats and dogs!" Brits say "It's pissing down!"</p><p>It turns put they also say it when a drained lock chamber is leaking onto their boat.</p><p>I shared a lock with a crane-boat operator, today, and his stern is getting SOAKED.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/crane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crane</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lock</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>The towpath here gets little use, so the ground is very soft, not compacted. To tie up the boat, I was able to sink mooring pins into the ground with a few taps and then just by stepping on them.</p><p>When passing boats go by, the water displacement pulls at moored boats. This may pull the pins loose, out of the ground, and set the boat adrift in the canal.</p><p>If that happens, I hope I'm awake, and that it's not raining.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/moor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moor</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/pin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pin</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/tie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tie</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>I feed ducks store-bought bird seed and grains. They'll wait by the boat for hours, making the soft, cooing sound of ducks asking to be fed.</p><p>In North America the rule is Don't Feed The Wildlife. In England feeding is OK since nothing's natural. What the English call nature is a built and managed environment.</p><p>Canals were built. They're constantly maintained to prevent them from reverting to dry land.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/duck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duck</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/waterfowl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterfowl</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/feeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feeding</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Bradley Workshop is where Canal &amp; River Trust uses oak, steel, and plastic to make its "smaller" lock gates weighing up to 1½ tonnes (1⅔ tons). Lock gates hold back the water, so that canals can step up a hill using water-filled chambers.</p><p>Within each lock gate is a plastic paddle (photo)—a vertical, underwater door that boaters wind up to partly drain or fill a lock chamber with a boat in it.</p><p><a href="https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canalrivertrust.org.uk/special</span><span class="invisible">ist-teams/engineering/building-lock-gates</span></a></p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lock</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/gate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gate</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/paddle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paddle</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/LockGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LockGate</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@nelson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nelson</span></a></span> </p><p>We tied up 10 minutes ago.</p><p>We would have arrived at our friend's boat two minutes earlier, but we first had to wait for a short narrowboat whose engine was overheating. They were trying to pull over, struggling to get near enough to the towpath to jump off with a rope.</p><p>(I can't imagine drivers of cars waiting patiently for two minutes while a blocking car gets pushed to the side of the road.)<br>🚗🚙🚗🛻🚛🚙🚙🚚</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/slow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slow</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/engine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engine</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/overheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overheat</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Instructions for finding a friend's boat: "Come past bridge 19, past a fibreglass boat that's there now, on the towpath side. Pass that. Then opposite, there's a white broad-beam boat, then a blue narrowboat, then us. You can tie up opposite us."</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/address" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>address</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@gregc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gregc</span></a></span> </p><p>Narrowboaters honk to claim the right of way through a narrow passage (in the absence of signage). </p><p>This is my point. Nobody knows any signs.</p><p>Instead, we yell messages at each other over the roar of the diesel engine, in the 5-second window as we pass.</p><p>Oh, I thought of another one:<br>• Your Tunnel Light Is On.</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/horn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horn</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/honk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>honk</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a></p>
Bobbing Boat<p>Diesel engines are noisy.</p><p>If boaters could sign even 20 words, we could communicate with each other.</p><p>Perhaps such warnings as:<br>• Person In Water.<br>• Unpowered Craft.<br>• Underwater Obstacle.<br>• Boat Behind Me (out of view).<br>• X Feet Clearance (at a bank or lock).</p><p>Or such messages as:<br>• I'm Mooring Here/Now.<br>• Your Boat Will Fit Here.<br>• I Want To Pass You.</p><p>What phrases would you want every boater to know?</p><p><a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boating</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warning</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sign</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/SignLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/BSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSL</span></a> <a href="https://poweredbygay.social/tags/ASL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASL</span></a></p>