How not to use a narrowboat
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ttish as that video.Haha brilliant. In my experience a huge number of inland waterways users are pompous, righteous, drama queen morons, and the whole thing becomes a constant "pecking order" competition. I actually wonder if some people even enjoy it.
I've had narrow boaters incensed with rage screaming at me not to attempt to berth a 40' plastic cruiser into a 50' gap between them. Two lots of husband and wife screaming they will sue me if I scratch their boats. It was quite pleasant afterwards telling them that mooring a crewed up cruiser in no wind and no tide was a little easier than what I'm used to, shorthanded or singlehanded on a yacht, with more windage, and tide, potentially at night, but all I got was "bloody hire boaters" and no hint of an apology...
I've had narrow boaters incensed with rage screaming at me not to attempt to berth a 40' plastic cruiser into a 50' gap between them. Two lots of husband and wife screaming they will sue me if I scratch their boats. It was quite pleasant afterwards telling them that mooring a crewed up cruiser in no wind and no tide was a little easier than what I'm used to, shorthanded or singlehanded on a yacht, with more windage, and tide, potentially at night, but all I got was "bloody hire boaters" and no hint of an apology...
eldar said:
Krikkit said:
The leather's still there, it's just hidden away inside for a secluded mooring
Sometimes not so secluded...That angry old guy looked like he’d be into all sorts.
Hard-Drive said:
Haha brilliant. In my experience a huge number of inland waterways users are pompous, righteous, drama queen morons, and the whole thing becomes a constant "pecking order" competition. I actually wonder if some people even enjoy it.
I've had narrow boaters incensed with rage screaming at me not to attempt to berth a 40' plastic cruiser into a 50' gap between them. Two lots of husband and wife screaming they will sue me if I scratch their boats. It was quite pleasant afterwards telling them that mooring a crewed up cruiser in no wind and no tide was a little easier than what I'm used to, shorthanded or singlehanded on a yacht, with more windage, and tide, potentially at night, but all I got was "bloody hire boaters" and no hint of an apology...
Not quite the same, but when a number of years ago I hired a 30' cabin cruiser on the River Shannon someone on the jetty asked me if I had any experience in handling a motor boat. My answer was "Yes, an Arun class lifeboat"!I've had narrow boaters incensed with rage screaming at me not to attempt to berth a 40' plastic cruiser into a 50' gap between them. Two lots of husband and wife screaming they will sue me if I scratch their boats. It was quite pleasant afterwards telling them that mooring a crewed up cruiser in no wind and no tide was a little easier than what I'm used to, shorthanded or singlehanded on a yacht, with more windage, and tide, potentially at night, but all I got was "bloody hire boaters" and no hint of an apology...
FiF said:
....and if you screw it up, there's always the .50 calibre machine gun handily mounted on the roof to deal with anyone unwise enough to laugh at you.Might also deter narrow-boat jockey throbbers from having a go as well.
Simpo Two said:
What an absolute muppet.There is zero excuse for that and I do hope the insurance company give him a reaming for it.
First rule of COLREGS is avoid a collision no matter the right or wrong, but he's deliberately rammed someone and made zero effort to avoid the bump. Even if the camera boat had done something wrong (they hadn't really other than maybe been a bit cheeky in going for a mooring someone else was going for, which I will say you can see from the video, but he was the stand-on vessel and the narrow boat was the give-way one) there is still no excuse whatsoever for ramming another vessel.
Edited by IforB on Friday 18th October 14:07
Edited by IforB on Friday 18th October 14:11
FiF said:
"Hold my beer!"The equivalent of handbrake turning into a parking spot!
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