Re: Canaltime curiosity

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:03:47 +0100, "Kevin Maslin"
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> picked up their glass of wine, sat back and
said:

>In news:6bu4m11ngltfoui7ohg8s2bskuth9b3mf0@xxxxxxx,
>Brian Dominic <nbrumpus@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
>> Recall that these are timeshare boats which are often taken out by
>> (previously) non-boaters. The "no front doors" is a safety thing -
>> can't flood the boat going uphill in a lock
>
>Personally I'd rather run the risk of the boat flooding than being burned
>alive in the event of a fire through lack of a suitable fore-end exit point.

There are a pair of double doors out of the side of the front cabin -
wouldn't comply with the (then) BSC requirement, otherwise. Standard
instructions were to keep them closed when under way.

Brian L Dominic

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