Things that put people off boating on the Thames

[Bru]

Yes keeps all those miserable yachties out

Ouch!

 

[Actionmat]

there were lots of obnious "livaboards" moored in the trees along parts of the river bank, but never spotted any on the EA public temporary 24 H moorings, at least on the lower reaches of the river .
Especially those actively managed ie at Windsor or those patrolled by the car parking mob ie. Runnymeade and Hampton Court.
There were loads more widebeam barges however, the number of narrowboats appeared about the same or even down from previous visits.

24hr mooring Kingston Bridge(EA)occupied by unlicensed boats, has been for years. District Enforcenent signs were put up, turned around and ignored. EA moorings Hurst Park have been taken over by boats that haven't moved for a year. Walton, EA 24hr moorings, huge wreck of a liveaboard occupied the whole 24hr mooring for at least 2 years.

 

[oldgit]

24hr mooring Kingston Bridge(EA)occupied by unlicensed boats, has been for years. District Enforcenent signs were put up, turned around and ignored. EA moorings Hurst Park have been taken over by boats that haven't moved for a year. Walton, EA 24hr moorings, huge wreck of a liveaboard occupied the whole 24hr mooring for at least 2 years.

was commenting from the view of visiting boater, with all the beautiful moorings on the Thames do wonder why any leisure boater could possibly want to park in the middle of noisy congested place like Kingston.The only time have ever stopped there was with B1, who appeared desperate to stop there and who assured me that no visit to the Thames was complete without a visit to his favorite upmarket ironmonger located there.
The delights of gaining access to the High Street via a posh department store were pointed out as well.

 

[UK-WOOZY]

too many ships, tugs and buoys, narrow