Waverley under attack by ministry of transport.

[sandy_ACS]

 

I spotted this on another forum... it was copied from yet another by the poster.

IS NOTHING sacred?

SECURITY measures have been stepped up on board the world's last sea-going paddle steamer amid fears that pleasure cruises around Britain's coasts could be targeted by terrorists.
Operators of the paddle steamer Waverley, which ferries passengers along the Dorset coast every summer, have had to comply with new Department of Transport security regulations.
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society chairman Myra Allen said: "The threat of terrorism is not something normally associated with paddle steamers and coastal cruising but unfortunately in recent years it has invaded our lives in many ways.
"It is now a requirement that our sea-going ships have to be assessed for their security risks and appropriate measures taken. In the main, this affects access to ships' bridges and engine rooms."
Paddle steamers run by Glasgow-based Waverley Excursions Ltd have now been "assessed" by the Department of Transport's Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate.
Writing in the Spring issue of Paddle Wheels, the Paddle Steam Preservation Society's magazine, the chairman said it would now be necessary to erect some barriers on the bridge deck of the Waverley and its sister vessel Balmoral to make access to the bridge more secure.
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The chairman described TRANSEC's suggestion that a barrier should be erected to enclose Waverley's engine room as "a devastating requirement, as the unobstructed view of the engine is of course one of the major attractions of travelling on our beautiful paddle steamer."
She added: "It is hoped that the commitment by Waverley Excursions to have the engine room constantly manned will remove to a large extent the need for such an obtrusive barrier.
"A barrier will be made however so it can be erected quickly in cases where the country is on increased security alert.
"Equally I hope the barrier arrangement on Balmoral's bridge deck does not ruin her appearance and not interfere with the excellent visibility that the crew - and passengers - have had to date."

The Balmoral will sail around the Dorset coast in June while the Waverley will make a return visit to the area in September.


Next stop will be...you must have a metal detector fiited to all your home entrances linked through to the local police station.... or maybe it will just be illegal to go out of our homes in the first place!!... So much for a free country.

Where do these clowns come from?...

Keep happy.

Sandy

[Eddy Matthews]

Absolutely unbeleivable!!

I'm lost for words, or at least words that I can use on a public forum!! Political correctness gone mad!

I could say what I really think, but I'd have to use a LOT of swear words, so this isn't the place.... If I did I'd have to ban myself from the forum 

[Bob Golder]

What absolute twaddle.     How about recruiting large numbers of volunteers, all suitably positive vetted, to link arms around Waverley's engine room.  This would allow viewing of the engine over their shoulders and, if the sentinels were facing the ship's sides, would preclude any unseen access to naughty persons.  On second thought redesign the gangways to incorporate x-ray, metal and chemichal detection systems.  Well these ideas are as daft as the nanny measures proposed

[steamboatmodel]

No just make it that anyone wanting access to the engine/boiler room has to do it naked

[Eddy Matthews]

No just make it that anyone wanting access to the engine/boiler room has to do it naked

Now that I could accept.... There are some very nice young ladies aboard in the summer 

[thewharfonline]

Sounds like there's the problem with the engine room.

You all get to close to the engine, a pretty lady shows up  () and you all get a little hot and steamy...

And we all know what happens when that pressure gets too high.

 

[Walter Snowdon]

I like eddys idea! When I do my volunteer stint in Waverleys shop, it is opposite the end of the engine room where I can get a full view of everyone looking at the engines. If it meens I also will have to go naked, well..... I have a beautiful body!! Regards, walter

[Tug--Kenny]

Here's me decided the make the model Waverley, and this happens. Will it affect photographing parts of the ship when on board, do you think. 

I can picture me looking very suspicious, wandering around snapping here and there !  Clapped in irons till we land ashore. 

Ken
 

[Roderick Smith]

Where does one start with nanny-state debates?
In the 1970s there was a good retort to an unpopular report on railways (the Serpell report): 'How could such intelligent people produce such an unintelligent report?'.

UK has been as bad as USA in this regard, but why should the rest of the world be dictated to?
Airport security has gone way over the top.  Whenever I have to remove my belt, I always remove my trousers too (at my age it doesn't matter).
The liquids ban is quite illogical: bucket chemistry can't produce an effective explosive.

Back to UK.  The railway-enthusiast movement resisted a directive from oh&s authorities to paint the exteriors of steam locos like industrial furnaces, with the correct yellow, blue, red etc for moving bits, hot bits, pipes with water and pipes with flammables.  The directive was withdrawn; heritage has survived.  That one wouldn't offend marine people: afaik the pipework is painted to match standard codes.

In Melbourne, <insert nationality> terrorists hijacked the Goodyear blimp, and tried to ram it through our World Trade Centre.  After three bounces, they aborted the attempt.

Regards,
Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's & Ken says  "can picture me looking very suspicious, wandering around snapping here and there"

....you are not JC Ken....30 years ago ..we enrolled our 3 daughters [aged between 4 & 8] in a swinmming club here in OZ...& if they got near the rostrum for a prize...naturally the 35 mm Kodak came out for the memory snap

Now one of those daughters is a mother [& me a grandfather] & my grandchildren attend the same swimming club

There is only one thing that has changed....no cameras or mobile phone type camera allowed to take a photograph of a child in swimmers [bathers]

 ...& when I fly interstate in OZ I need a special set of clothing 

Don't wear the leather boots with metal zips, don't wear the leather belt with the metal [iron] belt buckle, leave the Parker stainless steel Roller Ball pen at home - it is termed as a potential lethal weapon and could be confiscated

My good wife had a few stainless steel screws grafted into a wrist many years ago & now needs to present a Medical Certificate at the X Ray booth...need I say more?