Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
I towed a broken down boat ( perfectly I might add) to Chertsey lock .. What award does one get nowadays ?
My good deed of the day ..
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Mirror Painter
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Nothing probably.
You should have created a new forum account under the name of 'impressed rower' or something. Having approved the new acct for posting you should have pretended to be somebody else who was witness to, and amazed by, your generosity.
But in lieu of anything better, I say you are a good egg. Plus the person you towed showed give you a bottle of reasonable wine at least.
No Regrets
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Ramage run out of fuel again? 
TopDonkey
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I did a good deed today too, I was driving down the A303 and saw a broken down Vauxhall, had some spare time on my hands so decided to stop and see if i could help, and ended up fixing it for them as i had all my tools in the boot today !
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Feels good doesn't it ?
Anyhow it was was no skin off my nose and helped them save a good few hours.
It was three times bigger than us but I remembered everything I had been taught in boy scouts and we were fine despite some arm chair experts.
Steered with my feet just for fun ..
Joking aside felt good to help or once.
Anyhow it was was no skin off my nose and helped them save a good few hours.
It was three times bigger than us but I remembered everything I had been taught in boy scouts and we were fine despite some arm chair experts.
Steered with my feet just for fun ..
Joking aside felt good to help or once.
DWT
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Must be the season for good deeds. We towed a small boat from Mapledurham to Caversham this afternoon. Felt very heroic. Thet did tender a very nice bottle of wine in thanks
TopDonkey
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It does feel good 
congrats on helping them by the way, it makes the world a better place
congrats on helping them by the way, it makes the world a better place
SlimRick
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I towed a broken down boat into Milford Haven marina yesterday - I got a "We'd buy you a beer if you were staying"
dash300
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PilotWolf
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I towed a broken down boat into Milford Haven marina yesterday - I got a "We'd buy you a beer if you were staying"
We dragged a local boat through the locks and into the marina a while back and got nothing...
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dash300
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Surely boaters are required to assist any other craft in distress and in need of help. I would simply hope that in the same situation help would be rendered to me. Thats enough for me
boatone
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You will be rewarded in Heaven - although you may have difficulty getting up there with the Zodiac 
PilotWolf
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Surely boaters are required to assist any other craft in distress and in need of help. I would simply hope that in the same situation help would be rendered to me. Thats enough for me
Yes but that wasn't really the case here, won't go into details but it saved them the cost of a commercial tow. Didn't have to do it - cost us in terms of fuel, time, missing the pub, etc.
Didn't expect anything in return but would have been nice to get a thank you rather than a moan because we didn't put them on their own berth. (They were probably twice our tonnage, about 40 foot longer and it was blowing about 20 - 25 kts on their slab sided profile at this point).
PW
Nick Marine Eng
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Had a good day myself on Saturday, however got flagged down by bray marina asked if I could rescue a guy from the water after he had jumped off the bridge and put his shoulder out. Able to recover him to the marina where they had called paramedics. Very exciting for my children but looked painfull for the guy. Maybe he will think twice before doing that again eh
dash300
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Quite - being ungrateful and lacking common courtesy to boot would annoy me slightly!
thejonesey
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Good for you!
I had a chap come to aid last month when my anchor dragged and I was the only one aboard and struggling to reset it. I tried to offer him some wine but he refused and said do it for someone else one day!
About half and hour later a chap on the beach asked if his girlfriend could have a lift back to his boat as the tide had come in and she wasn't a swimmer. I helped with pleasure... and spent a dingy ride with a very attractive young lady.....who wasn't my wife!
I had a chap come to aid last month when my anchor dragged and I was the only one aboard and struggling to reset it. I tried to offer him some wine but he refused and said do it for someone else one day!
About half and hour later a chap on the beach asked if his girlfriend could have a lift back to his boat as the tide had come in and she wasn't a swimmer. I helped with pleasure... and spent a dingy ride with a very attractive young lady.....who wasn't my wife!
No Regrets
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Quite - being ungrateful and lacking common courtesy to boot would annoy me slightly!
It would annoy me to the point of changing my mind and dumping them in the nearest weir stream
Simple manners.....tssssk
