Anyone used Val Wyatt Wargrave for mooring?

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............. I dont have a bowthruster!

....they are for peeps that cant handle their boats! (aint that right Ian!) /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Bet you were also one of those people who rubbished disc brakes when they started to be fitted on cars 'cos you said you knew how to stop a car anyway!

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Ahh.. you can't beat a good bowthruster argument, wheres hlb /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Look, if someone cannot handle their boat with two engines then I see nothing wrong in them having a bow thruster. To draw an analogy, if someone needs glasses to read would you deny them a pair of spectacles. Then by the same token why would you deny a bad boat handler or a single screw boat a Bow Thruster ?
 
There is also Henley Town Moorings and where the camping shop used to be Campestral I think it was called. Have you looked in to those?
 
Quite so, Byron. My only experience of thrusters is on heavy full-displacement boats which handle quite differently from your normal cruiser and quite frankly, I wouldn't be without them. Why would anyone who took their boat handling seriously reject something that made manoevering easier and therefore safer?

My previous boat had twin engines but at nearly 50ft and 25 tonnes, was much slower to react than say, an 8 tonne Broom. Because of this slowness, the ability to nudge the bow round was a boon in tight situations. My present boat is a mere 15 tonnes but with just one engine, it has thrusters front and rear. Essential in close quarter handling, especially in a cross-wind. Just wish they weren't so noisy!!

And chris_d - you're a naughty boy /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Thought it would get a reaction - was getting a little boring around here.... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Its high time we had another thread having a go at the rowers too....
 
Problem is with these large 25ton vessels is that the brokers sell them to peeps that cannot handle them even with the kitchen blenders at both ends attached (PRESENT company excepted of course!!!)

Witnessed a few squeezing sessions on locks thankfully against other craft not ours.

Should really have someone walking along the tow path with a red flag...
 
Oh good. That means I don't need to embark on a philosophical exploration of a variation of the old chicken and egg conundrum which would have been along the lines of 'Are natural Luddites attracted to owning an older Broom or does the boat convert them to that way of thinking once they have bought it?' /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Disappointed net curtains werent mentioned, come on dont sit on the fence....

Now back to sleep you guys, the nurse will be round in a minute - meanwhile I'm busy working to fund all you old farts pensions....
 
You wait.. his new mate "No Regrets" will be on in a minute, banging on about the benefits of rear cabins and comfy slippers..... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I will not be drinking on Saturday because I am setting the questions......

Well, maybe just the odd one... /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif


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OMG!! Now I am 49 I am nearly old enough to be shopping for a Broom, slippers etc myself! Arrrrrrgh!
 
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- meanwhile I'm busy working to fund all you old farts pensions....

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ps the subject of net curtains is one that should be left strictly between you and your therapist /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
OMG - with this coagulation of Brooms there is a very real danger I may never be able to return to the Thames. Mind you, until the € gained so much against the £, I thought I might never be able to afford to!
 
I think this has entered the realms of "'fred drift"?!!
How did we get from Val Wyatt to Brooms. Oh yes, bowthrusters. Very handy they are too!

I have never had a mooring at VW but have always found Guy and Richard and their team very helpful and very nice. It is a nicely kept site, but understand that the fingers can be awkward in strong stream conditions.
Sounds a good time to brush up your boat handling skills or buy a bow thruster, or preferably a Broom and both!!
 
Good grief Mike. Never thought you'd be one of the sad people that needed a bow thruster on a TSDY. My faith in humanity has evaporated.
 
Ok. Back to the thread. We are going to Bray. Now i just need to make sure that we are not in range of No Regrets while she is manouvering.....
 
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