“Point the end of the tiller arm at the thing you don’t want to hit”. Best piece of advice I was ever given.

@leelaturanga5461

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed! It really works!

@Widestone001

2 жыл бұрын

Sir, thank you. I will never forget that little nugget and when I hire a boat a few years from now I'll surely remember that! :-)

It's not just the speed and lack of control...to me the saddest part is the apparent lack of care or respect for other boaters nor for this 300 year old Grade 1 listed structure and part of our communal living national heritage. It is like crashing into the Tower of London by being drunk and then driving on. One was vexed ...

@Cydonius1

2 жыл бұрын

One should have a cucumber sandwich and some tea, the peons will be dealt with by the Palace Guard

@MagicaLucem

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cydonius1 quite correct..this is the perfect society that we seek One simply adores cucumber sandwiches, paper thinly sliced..yum.

@Mo-xx9gg

2 жыл бұрын

They were inexperienced, and panicking Karen!

Looks like they're unsure which way to turn the tiller. I was watching the clip going "turn now, turn it the other way now, come on, turn the tiller, straighten it up, TURN THE TILLER NOW!" Then they decided to join the cows... Lol.

@MagicaLucem

2 жыл бұрын

@Mark Phillips...I too was advising out loud to my telly..tiller...tiller and eventually shouting...but they took no notice of me either! You just cant help some people...sigh😂

@Cydonius1

2 жыл бұрын

each larger correction they made made it worse

@mightyhorsey

2 жыл бұрын

They also made the fatal mistake of putting the engine into reverse and lost prop wash over the rudder.

The amount of times I saw this working for a hire firm lol u teach them everything they need to know and show them in a 2 hour lesson and they still just do what they like lol

@lisadefries6718

3 ай бұрын

Some people think it’s mildly funny like a dodgem car. Probably tanked up on beer

We can all have our moments whilst cruising, occasionally forgetting which way to push the tiller etc as the peacefulness can be addictive, but this is just blatant ignorance and stupidity! I hope you showed this footage to the hire company!

@kieranwalsh2024

2 жыл бұрын

The hire companies are culpable as well,inadequate trading given to hirers,I’ve witnessed it.

It reminds me of when I crashed a narrow boat on the Llangollen Canal when I was 12 back in 1971. I hadn't a clue which way to push the tiller and it didn't help being too short. Luckily I improved a few of years later.

The only reason this happens is because the Hire Firms don't train their customers. A forward-facing fixed camera system connected to "Hire Headquarters" in real time would prevent any subsequent arguments about the £100 fine per collision with the canal.

@MsMaisiesue

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve just come back from my first narrow boat holiday. The hire company were brilliant. They send out videos to watch online & there was another one when I got to the marina, then a comprehensive talk & handover when the boat was picked up. I’m sure most companies would do the same.

Thank goodness those boats are constructed out of steel; I don't think a wood or fiberglass hull would have survived that.

@NarrowboatSuperB

2 жыл бұрын

Almost made another arm off the canal.

@jabbertwardy

2 жыл бұрын

Probably didn't do the Armco a lot of good... Hopefully they won't attempt an aqueduct.

Summertime is full of these clowns . The boats need to be speed restricted for a start and explain people live on the canal system and show some respect. They get out of car at 30 mph plus , then told to do 4mph max.

@deanyaschempp

2 жыл бұрын

GREAT idea, to put speed restrictors on hire boats, especially when they know that they'll only be using them on these local canals.

Never seen a narrowboat suffer a tank slapper.

I followed one on the Coventry canal in early September,not quite as bad but clueless all the same,speed is the enemy here.

I admit it. I'm in the US and really don't have a clue of how to guide a narrowboat, but I know for sure that's not the way! Obviously they have no clue either. Your little snippet videos really show how much of a problem this is.

@MiscellanyofMishaps

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen so many things like this over my years afloat. I've also seen much worse but haven't been able to video it.

@NarrowboatSuperB

2 жыл бұрын

Well Dorothy, good job they were not in a cruiser, they would have been all over the place.

A lesson from "The School of Hard Knocks," for those open to learning. I can hear the conversation at the tiller now: "Hey, this thing doesn't steer like a car!"

They must have thought they'd hired a hovercraft the way they tried to mount the towpath.

Thats the same thing that happened on Souis Canal going too fast causes low pressure on one side. Works like an aeroplane wing.

It wasn't going too fast! They were just inexperienced! It's a tiller!

'left..', 'no right...', 'I am turning left' 'no push the tiller right..' 'but you said left'..' 'too far, you need to turn right!!', 'which right??' push the tiller left'!.......'oh you do it!! I said to book a holiday in Majorca!

They didn't seem to know that a narrowboat pivots in the middle. They tried to point the bow into the corner and it doesn't work that way. But what do I know I've never driven before

Was that port os starboard? Nearly as good as watching someone put up an awning on a caravan for the first time. Been there done that 😝😝😝👍

I think some of the blame must lay with the hire companies. It seems that they are so keen to hire out boats to the highest bidder regardless of ability to steer. Profit to the hire companies from those with the cash to spare vs those who would like to go on a canal holiday but just cant afford £1000 plus for the pleasure of it for 4 to 7 days. I fully respect the view of those who live and trade on our canal network, but money talks.......

@chrischristofis8501

4 ай бұрын

The CRT should regulate and penalise shoddy hire companies, they should have staff onboard for their first full day! Obviously

They were obviously clueless. Pretty sure it was not deliberate

I think that we’re taking the piss out of my navigating 🤣

This is everything that's wrong with our canal networks in the Uk. CRT expect us, who live on our boats, to pay 25% more, for the damage these cause.

Dodging torpedoes in a canal.

The other half hired one for a w.end…. We made a right dogs bollok of it but cracked it on the return.

My mouth is hanging open 😮😳😧. Way, way WAY too fast, holy cow! Thank the good Lord that no one was coming the other way. And that no boats were moored further up the canal. Ay caramba 😱

I was always told that a slow speed is a safe speed. Any fool can go fast enough to be dangerous.

There is a maximum speed the boat moves through water mid engine speed is sufficient for perfect control.you do not go faster with any more power as ti lowers the water in the channel all your power is just lowering heavy water also to much power when near bank causes low pressure to suck the hull over. I think that happened on Souis Canal.

"Gas Gas Gas, I'm gonna step on the Gas. TONIGHTTTTT AND FLYYYYY!"

My boat is going 13 knots dead slow,guess this waterway ain't the place for me😊

I have no words!!!!! .................

of course no one has ever done this on this forum

🤣🤣🤣... brilliant....more steering input please captain

Did they not get any instruction? Or did they just not listen? They didn't seem to understand about reverse either (until they went aground, that is)

Nothing wrong here - they are just tacking against the wind ! Oh just noticed they don't have a sail :>)

Isn’t this why people hire boats before going all in, to see if it’s feesable. Give them a break.

Who passed them as competent? Good job they didn't lose it nearer your boat that was hopeless boating

@MiscellanyofMishaps

2 жыл бұрын

That's the problem though. I have been hit like that before, and seen others hit many times. It was just sheer luck that they didn't hit me that time... I do have more videos of this sort of thing.

@Boating_David

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiscellanyofMishaps I've seen many a botched approach to the lock by me but nobody would believe me it happens as often as it does

@velianlodestone1249

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiscellanyofMishaps For every bad egg that rents a boat there is 9 other good people that do listen during the introductory boating segment. But you never hear about those.

@NarrowboatJourneys

2 жыл бұрын

@@velianlodestone1249 Yes you do. My other videos are full of good boaters, boating correctly.

The stern is trimed to far into the water which will allways make a boat hard to steer. If they move gear to the bow and make the boat trim fore and aft, it will handle better.

Hope their dishware was secure!

It take a while to the tiller

Embarrassing really , can’t even handle something that slow 😞

Never once attempted to reduce the revs.....

"They earned their way over here on STEERAGE"🙄

I work in a marina in wales and boy the amount of people who think a boat its a car is laughable.

Oh Lordy 🤦‍♀️

Crazy

Too much speed past the boat yes, but then 1) the change-over of Steerer, 2) pushing the tiller the wrong way, 3) over correcting, then 4) removing power at the wrong time removing all the water-flow away from acting on the rudder underneath thus rendering any steering ineffective, and 5) not enough reverse at the right time to bring it all under control... Lack of training, understanding, experience, and slowness!

its got to be a wind up, how did they manage to get as far as you like that

They have not a clue as to what they are doing....the canal sides will be ruined after a few of these people are let loose .😲😱💀

good

He let the wife steer with predictable results.

Speed all the way here.... Sad

Just what were they smoking !

I’ve had moments Where gone astray for a second or two , but this is total Incompetence 😡

Omg! Id hate to be coming towards them...😳

Stay clear of them! They don't know what there doing!

@MiscellanyofMishaps

2 жыл бұрын

That's the problem. You can't avoid them.

Both females?

I know I sound mean, but were they drunk or just stupid?

@henkdeblouw4169

2 жыл бұрын

That was my thought too, even after they ran aground they still had the engine in forward gear

@NarrowboatSuperB

2 жыл бұрын

Both.

Its a straight section lack of control and concentration on the job in hand is the problem here.

Reading some of these unforgiving horrid comments I'm totally worried about hiring a nb for the first time.

@MiscellanyofMishaps

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that most of the nasty comments being posted are from non boaters.

You really think speed was the cause? I saw the tiller passed to the second crew member, who simply wasn’t up to the task, and over corrected. Look again for the true issue!

Harrruuumph !

Fucking priceless 😂😂😂😂😂

Unbelievable

Well ....... that's all the cupboards open ....

They zigged when they should have zagged.

Tillerman has absolutely no clue ..outrageous.. and laughable…

@NarrowboatSuperB

2 жыл бұрын

You would have to pay a tenner for that ride on a fairground.

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Makes you wonder what they are like driving a car?

what a show-up

WOW

Del boy n Rodder's?

Classic oversteering and thinking the vessel will straighten up like a car. Great how having stuck the towpath, proceeded to steering the far bank and go aground 🤦‍♂️

nothing to see here, just practicing for Montecarlo formula 1 track

Not enough money in the world, for the CRT to keep the canals up, when users like this are allowed on them.

imagine renting your boat out to this pair of plonkers and the state it would come back in not to mention the danger they put other boat users to . S C UK.

Lubbers will be lubbers.

👍👌🇨🇦❤

Probably drunk

To much money little sense probably boy racers high on something 🤔

Looks like it's a staged spoof stunt.

Need a bit more training/practise handling the boat I think.

This is bad the hire company should be banned clearly they havent bothered to ensure the hirers know how to steer the boat

pretty poor show. they clearly have not been shown how to drive by the hire boat vendor

Just inexperienced

You really don't like hire boats do you? However, please consider the fact that without them the canals would not be open for you to live on. I appreciate there are some idiots but why not show some of the good and decent hirers occasionally!

@MiscellanyofMishaps

3 ай бұрын

It wasn't a hireboat!

@cbcdesign001

3 ай бұрын

@@MiscellanyofMishaps With all due respect the video synopsis does say Hire narrowboat going too fast etc etc. Perhaps you should change the title if it was not in fact a hire boat.

You don't loose control at speed on a boat it's down to lack of concentration, so no not too fast

plonker

I would make all would be narrow boat hirers take an intelligence test, those below 50 would not get keys.

It is actually really sad. There should be a mandatory brain cell count before anyone is let near a tiller.

I remember a stag do many years ago on a borrowed boat theme was captains and pirates in the first mile we hit every boat and the bank mutable times and one of the idiots on board fiddled with the engine and jammed the throttle on full and opened up the diesel pump for more speed & power then someone ignited a box of fireworks in the cabin so it was on fire then finally we accidentally sank it in a lock and everyone just went to the pub like it was just part of the fun.....Bunch of morons

There are a lot of arrogant and rude comments here. Everyone has to learn sometime and most of us made mistakes when we first held a tiller. I have experienced worse handling from private boats that have been lent to friends for a weekend. Just because someone makes a mistake with steering doesn't mean they are dumb, clueless or lacking brain cells as many on here like to comment.

@cbcdesign001

3 ай бұрын

They weren't just inexperienced, they were downright stupid, taking no note whatsoever of how the boat responds to tiller inputs. Its NOT that hard to steer these boats but until some understanding of how they do steer is gained, just ploughing along like that at speed is irresponsible.

HA HA HA