Yeah, thats what I thought,
There arn't as many laws on the river as there are on the road, which used to be fine. However unfortinatly I think the lack of these laws is starting to show up with more and more people abusing the lack of these laws, mainly drink-boating. Once on the wey one "happy" drunk boater went straight though both gates at a lock. He was insured to the brim so he was fine, but that dosn't compensate the hire companies, fellow boat drivers etc. However believing it is not legal I don't think they should be told off for being drunk yet...
However my overall opinion is the law should be changed, to a simmerlar one that applys on the roads.
James