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I've also spoken to Steve a few times over the years and this episode doesn't surprise me in the least, sadly.

Surely the point is that if somebody "steals" the mooring you are aiming for (and I am not saying they did in this case) you grit your teeth, smile and carry on, not aim for and ram their boat.

I did not intend that.

I think you've lost the plot - nobody said you started the suggestion. MtB's explanation was perfectly clear and it is completely valid for a narrowboat in all conditions, including single handed. Your use of the word 'perhaps' is, frankly, sarcastic and could be interpreted as being bloody rude. It is without doubt the safest way to moor up in a current without risk. Taking advantage of the ferry glide principle is overlooked by many helmsmen, probably because they have little experience of rivers. I recall learning the technique in 1961, how about you? Shut the door on your way out.

I showed a boater how to do that last trip as he sat there spooning it in

Well, they were closest. The fact that two people want a single mooring doesn't mean that the one that got there first pinched it. I watched the video without sound, but it seems reasonable to me that the yoghurt pot was closest to the mooring, and would in the ordinary course of things get there first. If they see Mr Haywood going hell for leather to try and get in before them, then it would not be unreasonable to suggest that they get on with it lest THEIR spot be nicked by Mr Haywood,

The bad news is that I appear to be in a minority of one, even my wife does not agree with me, but the better news is that we are currently moored just above Stone for a couple of days and Goliath is right in front of us. Yesterday we had a spectacular all day session at the Borehole and tonight we have been to the Swan and drunk even more. Tomorrow we need to move on but its only a day to the Holy Inadequate. I still think I am right but enjoying boating is much more important than talking about boating, and getting the police or CRT involved in minor boating disputes is not a good idea. ...............Dave

Excellent, you have some cheap grainy video of the same incident? Do post it up so we can compare it with the good quality GoPro video posted on youtube. Much obliged.

Ha. I knew it.

You are probably right but any credibility Haywood may have had (from those who, like me, haven't actually met him) is totally shot. I'm not sure about prosecutions however, there is only merit in them for more serious incidents involving injury or loss of life, not for just being a dick (the courts would soon get clogged up if that were a defining factor). I'm sure however that if he has caused damage to the hire boat any civil/insurance claim against him would succeed on the basis of the damning video. When you look at it the cruiser skipper didn't do anything wrong, not wanting to get involved in colreg arguments, but they do say that two vessels on collision course should turn to starboard to try to avoid one , the cruiser skipper having already pulled alongside, no longer had that option, to make any effort to avoid a collision he would have had to steer to port in which case a collision would have been held to be mainly his fault as he would then be turning across the bow of the approaching narrow boat.

KFC is definitely fowl.

The beagle is now a skunk, I can't keep up

The lithium battery version was trialed by " Eco " Ltd just a couple of years ago. They had a panel of twenty boaters try them out over a six weeks period. The trial had to be stopped when two boaters received severe burns whilst sat forty feet away from their fan with all doors and windows open. It was discovered after the enquiry into what had gone wrong that they had not been wearing the heat proof asbestos suits supplied to each person before the trial began.

Hi Steve!

thanks, I shall do this next time on the boat....

The way I do it is different. Unscrew the greaser at the bottom thread. Push the greaser down on the grease container whilst un-screwing the plunger to allowhe grease to enter the tube. Every now and then tap the screw 't' bar on a rag pad to compact the grease. Continue until fully extended. Job done. Even easier with wifey un-screwing the plunger.

well I just though fish van from the nearest sea port but your way sounds good too.

I think it was Yoko Ono, when looking for her drugs,who once asked John: "Have you seen My cocaine?" His answer was: "What,You mean that bloke in the Italian Job?" I may have dreamt it tho

I think our illustrious member must live in a time warp or be a religous sect member or somett ? Had my first in 1973 and had millions ever since lol.

No, never seen it before.......?

Rather reminds me of the Groucho Marx quote," Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"

No, that nice Mr Dog agrees with you, so a minority of two. Although one gets the impression he is only posting in this thread to be contrary and stir things up.

What is this Thunderboat of which you speak? I was talking about mumsnet, another of my favourite forums.

That of course assumes the human race will be around in 100 years.

The best way to identify the lock is through a process of elimination. I'm pretty sure it's not Woolhampton lock on the K&A for obvious reasons. So one down, I'll let you lot carry on! ?

Well, OK 6 hours has gotta be some kind of record though, no?

That’s an interesting reading of the film evidence.

This does look like a clear case of Mr Haywood being in a hole and digging. On the subject of putting your name on the boat, two thoughts occur to me: firstly, I avoided doing it so that any future purchaser has one less cost to consider, and secondly, personalising the boat is imho, like having personalised plates on your car, both a waste of money and identifying yourself for when you inevitably make a pratt of yourself.

Well,if nothing else,this thread could be the first in the history of CWDF where everyone agrees.

Unfortunately that is what boaters have to put up with when (some) canal boaters get on rivers. It was intentional - even if he 'couldn't stop' because he was 20 tonnes and had a trad engine, he could have turned away instead of turning towards the boat. When approaching a mooring you turn to approach from the down stream side to have better slow-speed control - approaching from upstream in (say) a 2mph flow, and maintaining (say) 2 mph to retain steering means you are approaching the mooring at 4mph, doing it 'correctly' means you can approach at virtually zero speed and still maintain steering. He was in the wrong - no question.