Thomas C King

?‍♂️ can't believe I forgot about the length of their own boat

It's about 2.7 mph if they're at the bow at the start of the video. It's not about speed though, that can be plenty fast in many places. I think most people can tell pretty soon when there are breaking waves.

Oh my goodness, I didn't expect it to be that fast, you could ride a longboard on those waves (possibly).

Yes, good point, need to check that out first. We'll possibly go for it then...

Thanks all, we'll just go for it then!

I'm thinking that rather than travelling many miles and through a few locks to get to a winding point, that instead I just reverse the boat in under a mile to the nearest one. I've reversed for a fairly long distance before (less than half a mile) for reasons, but I just wanted to know if this kind of thing is frowned upon? I'd do it when it's most quiet, and with at least a boat's width from moored boats (but still travelling on the right). So I think it would be okay, but maybe there's a reason not to do it that I've not thought of. Thanks!

That's amazing, I can't work out if that's the antisocial or prosocial thing to do.

Yesterday morning we discovered our gangplank was missing. Just a bit of painted wood. Thoroughly checked the water (which is shallow so it'd be pretty obvious if it had fallen in, and also unlikely given that the boat is a bit stuck). Thinking it was nicked, but it's really bizarre given that it looks like quite a posh area. It's pretty annoying because we can only just jump off and onto the boat. How common are thefts of items of low worth? Wondering if we need to secure the replacement, which seems ridiculous... Any interesting stories?

The earlier Whilton comments. Here is another view (and yes I am a new boater so take it with a pinch of salt). We also looked at their own commissioned surveys. Many of them pointed out quite serious flaws with hull thickness, and some by the same surveyor did not (one of which is for our current boat). The survey that Whilton had paid for, we bought off the surveyor, with a transfer of liability. My understanding of Whilton is that they, unlike Rugby, will sell boats of almost all conditions. Some will be good, others now. We went in with that mindset.

Ah, this is a gem, thank you. I thought we'd done it wrong based on some responses, by looking at the marina survey, but we bought it from the surveyor.