Sorry this happend, she is so lucky not to have crushed or broken arm, some people. I hire a boat every year, always the same company, the first time it was a 2 hr handover, the best 2 hr I have ever had and a real eye opener on how hard and fast the boats can get out of control. You cant blame the people, its the hire company sending people out with no knowledge on how to handle a boat that size.
@jacquelineryde73398 ай бұрын
Going too fast too 😮
@lspringerjones8 ай бұрын
Human bow thruster. 😄
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
She's lucky she didn't get her arm crushed.
@jeffp51628 ай бұрын
I regularly hire a 58’ boat for a week, it’s expensive but still for me at least, a better option. The first time I took the boat out I was given a very basic ‘have a go’ lesson. Fortunately it was a quiet time of year and canal was relatively empty except for tied up boats. I was paranoid and spent the whole week travelling at tickover speeds. That said, it helped me gain valuable experience and on empty parts of the canal was able to practise. Years later I have been able to become reasonably experienced. Whilst tied alongside, several privately owned boats have bumped into my hire one. To date I have had quite a few scary encounters but luckily no collisions. However they do happen to the most experienced people, I guess that’s just part of being on a canal. It’s also quite common for people who live on their boats to be extremely rude and selfish from mooring up on water points and far to close to bridges. So please don’t smugly knock people who hire boats, after all private boat owners had to start somewhere themselves. That said, that bump was clearly very wrong. Let’s all get on and enjoy the beautiful canals.
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
I'm not smugly knocking anyone! In fact I made no comment but I show canal life whether it is good or bad.
@trevorsbarkingmadchannel45018 ай бұрын
How on earth did the manage that !
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
Not concentrating on where they were going most likely.
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living
8 ай бұрын
More than likely drinking and in charge of a boat they can not drive correctly is my guess
@MaritimeFox
8 ай бұрын
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.livingmessing around with the centre line instead of keeping his eyes on the ball
@philcudworth84918 ай бұрын
Most hire companies say here's the keys off you go! An induction should be a given tbh.
@philelliott5327
8 ай бұрын
Really? We hired many times from different companies before buying a boat and never found this to be true. Some are better than others with the briefing but never had keys thrown at me. Having lived on the canals for quite some time I can tell you poor boat handling comes in all shapes and sizes, not just hire boats.
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living
8 ай бұрын
@philelliott5327 I have yet to be hit by anyone who lives on the canals fulltime only hire boat I know this by the stuff fulltimers have on there roof it's getting redicilous here on the gu
@MaritimeFox
8 ай бұрын
@@philelliott5327I've been a liveaboard for 5 years now and I've never hit anyone. Yesterday the wind caught my stern when on an exposed embankment. It was sending me towards a moored hire boat. Without drama, I put it in reverse, used the wind to my advantage and a minor collision was averted. Most hire boaters thrash the throttle. It's either hard astern or full speed ahead. The Llangollen canal is like the whacky races in the summer. It's hellish as a liveaboard.
@seniorslaphead8336
4 ай бұрын
@@MaritimeFox Four years in myself. You learn pretty early on as a CC that if it starts to go wrong you should stop, back up as necessary and start again. This should be the first and last thing that hireboat firms tell their customers but of course half of them aren't even listening. I only move my boat at first light in the season for this reason... most of them are still hungover in bed... groaning and farting.
@rayjaypaulsen8 ай бұрын
Phil any damage to your boat?
@MiscellanyofMishaps
7 ай бұрын
Not that time.
@naughtysquirrellyndatee968 ай бұрын
Ugh… hope they, apologized..😡
@TheByard8 ай бұрын
Can't steer on a straight bit so watch out on the corners, I always let the hire boats go on the lock landing and into the locks first. Saves a lot of repainting. There should be a law that all hire boats and L skippers must have a 6" rubber bumper all the way around their boats, just like the lifeboats.
@dugsey84903 ай бұрын
a gust of wind or a shallow channel can push any boat off its course. its a collision sport, thats why they are mostly made of steel.
@markalton2809
3 ай бұрын
It is most certainly not a "collision sport" and by no means are all canal boats made of steel. Your ignorance shows.
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living8 ай бұрын
I'm getting so fed up with these hire boats they couldn't give a hoot to the damage they cause then your left with all the drama of trying to get the hire company to pay out for damage .This is what crt want to turn the canals into a circus and drive us fulltimers off
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Sorry this happend, she is so lucky not to have crushed or broken arm, some people. I hire a boat every year, always the same company, the first time it was a 2 hr handover, the best 2 hr I have ever had and a real eye opener on how hard and fast the boats can get out of control. You cant blame the people, its the hire company sending people out with no knowledge on how to handle a boat that size.
Going too fast too 😮
Human bow thruster. 😄
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
She's lucky she didn't get her arm crushed.
I regularly hire a 58’ boat for a week, it’s expensive but still for me at least, a better option. The first time I took the boat out I was given a very basic ‘have a go’ lesson. Fortunately it was a quiet time of year and canal was relatively empty except for tied up boats. I was paranoid and spent the whole week travelling at tickover speeds. That said, it helped me gain valuable experience and on empty parts of the canal was able to practise. Years later I have been able to become reasonably experienced. Whilst tied alongside, several privately owned boats have bumped into my hire one. To date I have had quite a few scary encounters but luckily no collisions. However they do happen to the most experienced people, I guess that’s just part of being on a canal. It’s also quite common for people who live on their boats to be extremely rude and selfish from mooring up on water points and far to close to bridges. So please don’t smugly knock people who hire boats, after all private boat owners had to start somewhere themselves. That said, that bump was clearly very wrong. Let’s all get on and enjoy the beautiful canals.
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
I'm not smugly knocking anyone! In fact I made no comment but I show canal life whether it is good or bad.
How on earth did the manage that !
@MiscellanyofMishaps
8 ай бұрын
Not concentrating on where they were going most likely.
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living
8 ай бұрын
More than likely drinking and in charge of a boat they can not drive correctly is my guess
@MaritimeFox
8 ай бұрын
@@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.livingmessing around with the centre line instead of keeping his eyes on the ball
Most hire companies say here's the keys off you go! An induction should be a given tbh.
@philelliott5327
8 ай бұрын
Really? We hired many times from different companies before buying a boat and never found this to be true. Some are better than others with the briefing but never had keys thrown at me. Having lived on the canals for quite some time I can tell you poor boat handling comes in all shapes and sizes, not just hire boats.
@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living
8 ай бұрын
@philelliott5327 I have yet to be hit by anyone who lives on the canals fulltime only hire boat I know this by the stuff fulltimers have on there roof it's getting redicilous here on the gu
@MaritimeFox
8 ай бұрын
@@philelliott5327I've been a liveaboard for 5 years now and I've never hit anyone. Yesterday the wind caught my stern when on an exposed embankment. It was sending me towards a moored hire boat. Without drama, I put it in reverse, used the wind to my advantage and a minor collision was averted. Most hire boaters thrash the throttle. It's either hard astern or full speed ahead. The Llangollen canal is like the whacky races in the summer. It's hellish as a liveaboard.
@seniorslaphead8336
4 ай бұрын
@@MaritimeFox Four years in myself. You learn pretty early on as a CC that if it starts to go wrong you should stop, back up as necessary and start again. This should be the first and last thing that hireboat firms tell their customers but of course half of them aren't even listening. I only move my boat at first light in the season for this reason... most of them are still hungover in bed... groaning and farting.
Phil any damage to your boat?
@MiscellanyofMishaps
7 ай бұрын
Not that time.
Ugh… hope they, apologized..😡
Can't steer on a straight bit so watch out on the corners, I always let the hire boats go on the lock landing and into the locks first. Saves a lot of repainting. There should be a law that all hire boats and L skippers must have a 6" rubber bumper all the way around their boats, just like the lifeboats.
a gust of wind or a shallow channel can push any boat off its course. its a collision sport, thats why they are mostly made of steel.
@markalton2809
3 ай бұрын
It is most certainly not a "collision sport" and by no means are all canal boats made of steel. Your ignorance shows.
I'm getting so fed up with these hire boats they couldn't give a hoot to the damage they cause then your left with all the drama of trying to get the hire company to pay out for damage .This is what crt want to turn the canals into a circus and drive us fulltimers off