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beyond a cleat to tie up to being cheaper than marina
moorings that usually offer facilities such as shore
power, that is to say electricity. A really cheap
riverside mooring (maybe at the bottom of someone’s
garden) might be had for £20 a week for a 30 foot
boat with a really swanky mooring for the same
vessel at the top drawer Harleyford Marina setting
you back four or five times that amount.
If you want to enjoy boating on the Thames without
the headache of owning a boat there are a number of
companies hiring holiday boats. I’d really recommend
the friendly family firm of Kris Cruisers at Datchet,
just below Windsor (kriscruisers.co.uk) who have
comfortable and easy to handle boats from £668.00
to £2125.00 per week depending on the number of
berths and the time you go. They also hire out day
boats from £115 for a weekday for 6 people up to
£395 for 12 people for a Bank Holiday or weekend.
Finally by the time you read this I will be messing
about in my boat. To celebrate my half-century I’ll be
tootling along the Upper Thames between Windsor
and Lechlade for three weeks from mid August in
Lucky Gleam, a 1955 teak cabin cruiser – look out for
me and if you see me do give me a shout and come
aboard for a cuppa. And if you’re a man of a certain
age on a big flashy white boat or a teetotaller on a
narrow boat I’ll apologise right now!
Gyll King.
Left: Slipper stern
Below: Beaver stern