I prepared to leave. I pushed the bow out and let the flow and the wind take it round while I stood at the tiller relaxing and admiring the scenery. When it was facing downstream I put it into gear ready to move off.
I didn’t move. Damn.
I put it back into neutral, into gear again this time with
more revs: still no movement. The bow
had now come right round and I was almost resting on the boat behind. I roared
the engine and still there was no movement.
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. Just what I needed more expense! Bloody
boats are always costing money!
Then I looked down and noticed I hadn’t untied my stern rope
from the mooring.
You are doing better than the newbies out on the Cam at the mo. Last Saturday morning, I watched one crew trying to turn an eight around just outside the Clare boathouse - in a stretch of river that simply isn't wide enough. It took the cox a long time to work out what the problem was.
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