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Different boats require varying amount of care and repair. Boatsspecifically designed for sightseeing and private charter i.e.continuous use are generally far more robust with steel hulls, reams offender and engines capable of continuous operation.Prettier boats on the Thames in London generally require moreattention to remain looking so! Wooden hulls require more frequentmaintenance and less fenders, and rubbing strips mean moreopportunities for damage to be caused. The small RIBs are great havingbasically inflated tubes around them, but hit one of them to hard andit will be punctured Fibreglass is about the worst material as it is light and easilyscored, broken and shattered. This means where most boats can take theodd nudge here and there and come away with merely a few grazes afibreglass hull tends to require a lot more attention!Grounding can also cause obvious problem with a hull and propulsionsystem especially if their isnt protection built into the boats hull.The more traditional type of propulsion, i.e. a propeller, hasoccasional problems picking up stray ropes which then wind themselvesaround the boats prop shaft often melting into a lovely lump beforehalting the prop!Waterjets are a very safe and powerful means of propulsion used on all shapes and sizes of craft from the London Jet Boat,which does spins and zips about the river, through to the river busescontinuously serving Londons commuters. The nature of a water jet isthat it sucks in water and pumps it out to create drive for the vesselwhich of course means any floating debris also gets sucked in. This cancause problems when for example a log or plastic lid gets wedged in theinlet and restricts water flow. Often back flushing can solve, but whenit is well and truly wedged divers are required. In fact divers have alot of action on the river.Generally these problems rarely cause affect to clients on charterand crew are well trained in dealing with almost any situationincluding things like loss of steering, electrical faults and loss ofpower.In-terms of annual maintenance boats generally go to dry dock wherethey are taken out of the water and given a full overhaul includingre-painting inside and out, deep cleaning, new fender and rubbingstrips as well as inspections to ensure all is well both above andbelow the water line. Often refits such as new wash rooms and new dancefloors are also done during the dry docking period.The boats on the river Thamesin London are among the best kept in the World. Europes legislation onstandards and safety are led by that of the boats on the Thames inLondon. You can be assured you are in one of the safest places in theWorld when aboard a Thames passenger boat!
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