Collision on the Medway!

[Nauti Fox]

Just settling down to watch the Aussies build up a commanding first innings lead on Sunday morning (forgetting this is one England side that won't just roll over) when I heard the familiar sound of an unintelligible cox on an over loud tannoy shouting something at his rowers, got up to see how close they would skim by us just in time to see them row down the side of a small boat anchored about twenty feet outside us.
The noise as each oar hit him was very loud indeed.
The eight was now wedged against the hapless fisherman like some bizarre boarding party as he emerged from the cabin clutching a newspaper the cox questioned him as to why he hadn't shouted a warning to them. The fisherman just responded with a smile and a shrug of the shoulders as he watched them extricate themselves. Then with a not very apologetic "sorry about that" he started to berate the oarsman, then it was "hold water" and off they went amid cries of "my seats broke" and "that didn't half hurt my wrists" as the fisherman, still smiling went down below to carry on reading the newspaper.
And then we bowled out the Aussies.

 

[boatone]

Best putdown I've developed so far for dealing with rowers is " dont you think you should look where you're going"......and my new tannoy is louder than theirs /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[alb40]

Rowers are a bloody nightmare. They look round once in a blue moon and put countless numbers of scratches down the side of my boat from their oars when i used to be moored near maidstone.

Once one rower (one of the training blokes) actually moved over straight into my path! I shouted at him as he is supposed to be on the right - he said 'i moved to the right!'

Problem is, as he faces backwards, his right is actually the left and therefore the wrong side!!

 

[Medskipper]

Thats interesting, I can't say I have ever seen rowing eights on the Medway! must have been the upper reaches?

Barry

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Used to row a four between Tonbridge Town Lock and Eldridges Lock while at school, most of the river always seemd too wiggly for anything bigger. Bewl for those.

 

[AuntyRinum]

I have a very entertaining mpeg (369KB) of a coxed 8 rowing into a very visible, tall, port hand marker.
If anybody has the means to post it here I'll email it to them.

 

[Nauti Fox]

Yep Barry, up between Rochester and Elmhaven. Don't see many eights and probably won't see many more if they keep attacking static boats!
Oh dear, not doing so well at the Oval today.

 

[oldgit]

Several of the big buggers under covers on the old seaplane ramp just down the road.Alex.
Ps.got that pump fixed yet?

 

[Nauti Fox]

Yep, all fixed and ready to go in, been a bit ill lately and have'nt been able to fit it yet but hoping to do it this weekend. Been very jealous watching you glide past majestically.

 

[oldgit]

That Sunday trip last week up to Wouldham,used the best part of 3 gallons of fuel.
Still trying to recover from the expence.

 

[boatone]

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re oldgit.....

Been very jealous watching you glide past majestically.

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Blimey.....has Fred had a makeover then? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Nauti Fox]

Sorry should have said Sarah T rather than Fred who I could see laying down recovering from money extraction.

 

[alb40]

I know the feeling, especially after new shafts and rudders plus paint and antifoul on mine. Certainly worth a laydown!

 

[Nauti Fox]

Think thats what made me ill, £560.00 to repair the fuel pump!