Cam Boaters' Barbeque Tonight
Boat Eye | 10.08.2004 10:45 | Free Spaces | Social Struggles | Cambridge
As part of the Campaign against the potential mooring ban on the River Cam, there will be a barbeque party tonight:
"Camboaters Barbeque
Tuesday, 10 August 2004
Monthly gathering for boaters.
Bring a sausage or two to Stourbridge Common at 8.00pm."
Quoted from this website:
http://www.camboaters.co.uk/
More details of other forthcoming events available here:
http://www.camboaters.co.uk/events.html
"Camboaters Barbeque
Tuesday, 10 August 2004
Monthly gathering for boaters.
Bring a sausage or two to Stourbridge Common at 8.00pm."
Quoted from this website:
http://www.camboaters.co.uk/
More details of other forthcoming events available here:
http://www.camboaters.co.uk/events.html
Boat Eye
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Campaign Poster
10.08.2004 11:04
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Boat Eye
Another view
10.08.2004 16:30
A group of boat owners (some of them yuppies who also own big homes in the town) have morred for free and now are being moved on. Some boat users have also been dealing Class A drugs from their boats and using the water for waster disposal.
Cam user (not a rower)
Just Doing my Job!
10.08.2004 18:20
If there is more, please feel free to represent those views here as well.
Boat Eye
Questionable generalisations
11.08.2004 10:02
It is clear that so far one side of the argument has received most attention: the plea of the cam boater not to be removed. I am sure there are a lot of details missing to get the complete picture. At the same time the summary of the issues as you present it (yuppies freeriding, Class A drugs, and water disposal) does not seems overly convincing.
Even if there are *some* yuppies or drug dealers the solution is not to remove a whole community of boaters. I am sure there is drug dealing going on in Romsey, yet advocating the deportation of everyone who lives there as a solution is absurd. Not everyone living on the river sees it as a hobby and many of the actually live and sleep there. Again the fact that some of the boats are second homes is no argument for sweeping everyone out.
Be aware of generalisations, just go down to the fort of St George, to meet and talk to the boaters. I am sure you will be able to get an authentic, and not stereotypical, impression of cambridge boaters.
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