Cruiser accidentally hit by Narrow Boat

[Andrew_KnotArf]

Not sure if anyone can help. A friend of mine in a cruiser was accidentally hit by a narrow boat on the Thames on Sunday. The boat was blue with a two or three word name starting with "M" like Merchant of something.......She was being run by two ladies and a dog and the accident took place near Chertsey lock on the Thames around lunch time. We're trying to identify the name of the boat. Thanks in anticipation for any help.

 

[teddington_lock]

If there is damage , do it properly. You need to call it in to EA ICS on 0800 80 70 60.

This will then be assigned an incident number and passed to the relevant enforcement / patrol team and investigated.

You will need some more info though , a full boat name would be a lot of help as without a full name it will be difficult to ascertain who it is.

 

[Andrew_KnotArf]

Thanks for that - the difficulty is the name. All we know is what I have already said and we're kind of hoping someone finds my description sufficient to prompt a name.

 

[prof pat pending]

I guess that he could try trawling through the Jim Shead boat list for boats registered on the Thames to see if that jogs his memory

Probably won't help if its a visitor though

 

[dash300]

If there is damage , do it properly. You need to call it in to EA ICS on 0800 80 70 60.

This will then be assigned an incident number and passed to the relevant enforcement / patrol team and investigated.

You will need some more info though , a full boat name would be a lot of help as without a full name it will be difficult to ascertain who it is.

Having completed a contract recently involving a CCTV investigation, I am now wondering what the coverage on the non tidal is. Any idea TL?

 

[teddington_lock]

Cctv coverage above teddington ?

 

[dash300]

Cctv coverage above teddington ?

Yes, is there any?

 

[teddington_lock]

Yes , teddington lock is pretty much fully camera'd up , boveney and bray are too. I think ( don't quote me ) that sunbury has at least some coverage too.

Not sure about any others , although I know there are plans to fit more , but not sure where.

 

[Phill]

Aren't boat names recorded by lock keepers as they go through?

 

[teddington_lock]

No

 

[Phill]

Ok. Did they in the past?

 

[teddington_lock]

Back in the days when there were no licences and tolls were collected from every boat , then yes. This was over 40 years ago.

We might note down a boats name in the traffic return book ( we log number of boats per lock ) if they had done something worthy of note while in the lock , or put a note in the incident book if someone reports something to us.

 

[oldgit]

Without out wishing to paint all boaters of a particular type as err...not much cop at controlling a boat, on a recent trip over to Goring in ordeer to get some free vittals from B1,could not but help notice a couple of pretty horrid examples of bad boat handling by narrowboaters.
Now we all cock up at some point but as one assumes NB owners are pretty much on their boats all of the time they would have got the hang of mooring up without drama.
As opposed to the once a summer soapdish Sealine types who have to contend with the challenge being blown all over the place when a butterfly flaps its wings in the next county but who at least can moor up.

 

[byron]

Problem is that many NB owners new to the river haven't quite got the concept of currents and flow. Once they understand this then their boat handling is much improved.

 

[watson1959]

As opposed to the once a summer soapdish Sealine types who have to contend with the challenge being blown all over the place when a butterfly flaps its wings in the next county but who at least can moor up.

Oi!......it's not only Sealine types who do that! I can do that too

 

[boatone]

Oi!......it's not only Sealine types who do that! I can do that too

I'd keep quiet about it if I were you !

 

[watson1959]

I'd keep quiet about it if I were you !

hmmm.......too late!

 

[oldgit]

H,mm....normally a whole fleet of outraged S*******e owners would have been having a 1000 post hissy fit by now.
Life used to be fun in the old days.
Would have a go a rattling the cage of H*rdy owners but not worth the effort...Bored now.

 

[boatone]

H,mm....normally a whole fleet of outraged S*******e owners would have been having a 1000 post hissy fit by now.
Life used to be fun in the old days.
Would have a go a rattling the cage of H*rdy owners but not worth the effort...Bored now.

If the weather where you are is anything like it is here it is hardly surprising there is not much enthusiasm around.
Feel free to "rattle my cage" as you so delicately put it. My reaction levels are low and I can't wait for the next TNUF meeting later this month to see if anything stimulating crops up.

 

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