On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 03:34 -0800, Rob wrote:
If this story in the Evening Standard is true it looks like a the Port
of London Authority are going to ruin all the improvements Thames

I wasn't aware that there was a speed limit on the lower part of the
Thames - remember the recent Top Gear challenge to get to London City.
As far as I knew there was a wash limit - to prevent damage to banks
etc. I used to take the Clipper to work and it is a great way to
travel.

However, the picture there is of a RIB, and the article also mentions
RIB trips. The tourist trip RIB boat often turns just beside where I
live, and they tear around at high speed doing carving turns in the
middle of the river. I've often thought it is an accident waiting to
happen. Pity that the Clipper service seems to have been caught up in
the rules aimed at restricting the RIB (that's my reading of this).