1. What is the quickest way to sink the boat?
A. Leave the weed-hatch off.
B. Get the front end wedged under a strut on the top gate
when filling a lock.
C. Get the back end caught on the cill when emptying a
lock.
2. What is the easiest way to injure yourself?
A. Run at a lock side, trip and fall in.
B. Trap a hand between the boat and a lock or bridge wall.
C. Stand up and face the back of the boat when approaching
a bridge.
3. What is the easiest way to injure someone else?
A. Fail to put a marker (eg white tube) on a mooring pin.
B. Put a mooring rope across the towpath.
C. Get a rope twisted round them.
4. What is the most effective way of annoying other waterways users?
A. Filling/emptying a lock which was the right way for the other boat.
B. Playing a radio too loudly.
C. Going past moored boats without slowing down.
5. What is the easiest way of damaging the waterways?
A. Creating a wash whose wave breaks.
B. Spilling diesel when filling up.
C. Letting gate paddles crash down.
Scores
1. A - 20 B - 15 C - 10
2. A - 10 B - 20 C - 15
3. A - 10 B - 15 C - 20
4. A - 15 B - 10 C - 20
5. A - 20 B - 10 C - 15
Assessment
Up to 70 You know how to be a nuisance
75 to 90 You know how to be a menace
95 or more You know how to be really dangerous!