i must admit i am struggling with this converstion, i have been hiereing boats for nearly 30years, broads and canals.
have many a time gone to look at buying my own but have felt financialy it safer to hirer.
When i am boating i can think the same as a private ownwer thinks but this time it is against the private, some are polite some are stuck and some just completley ignore you and think they are the cats whiskers.
I completley agree with others saying without hireres where would the canals be.
we should all help one another whenever it is needed