Now I may be wrong here but I tend to drive defensively i.e slow down , blow horn ( sometimes) and assume there is a boat ' just around the corner , in the bridge ect' . So when I met a boat on Thursday above Banbury on a blind corner , I was prepared, He didn't see us or slow down at all, even when his wife, on the fordeck was shouting and waving at him and then trying to push us away , that didn't work as I had already put our bow over as far as I could and was hard in reverse . Being one of these 50something ladies with a strident dont mess with me voice I do tend to shut up in these situations ( mostly, but no guarantee ) as I just annoy some male boaters of a certain age that dont think ladies can drive . My husband did tell the driver of the other boat he was going far to fast around a blind bend . Reply ....... well its a blind bend isint it , couldn't go any slower. We checked the cratch covers, they are fairly new, before we moved off , there is a 4 inch tear along one side . Well , just another battle scar , it wasn't till later , when rolling the covers up fully we realised how hard he had wacked us . The gunnels by the front fuel tank have been pushed in about half an inch . Paint will cover the gash, so no real problem , but I must say generally I think courtesy is somewhat lacking now days. Would you hit a car with the owner sat in it , shrug you shoulders and walk away without a sorry , or at least see if any damage had been done . Or would you ? Bunny .
P.s I got the name of the boat, I wont forget that bloke in a hurry .