In message , at 13:34:10 on Wed, 19 Nov
2014, Basil Jet remarked:
Partly caused by the situation of being where it is the Studland Ferry
is frequently collided with by small pleasure sailors ,more than a few
owe their survival to the ferry having a crew to pull them out.

Propelling a chain ferry from Sandbanks to Studland without hitting
anything is like playing Frogger. Propelling a chain ferry from
Thamesmead to Barking Reach without hitting anything is hardly a
challenge.

But things might still hit the chain ferry even (maybe particularly) if
it's stopped in midstream.
--
Roland Perry