Lots of boaters I know don’t belong to a boat club of any description. They simply like to potter around on the river with family and friends, taking in the sights and sounds of the Thames in all its beauty.
When 74-year-old John Molnar put a £2 charity donation into the bowl on Shepperton-based Bridge Marine’s stand at the London Boat Show, to give himself the chance of winning an outboard motor, he wasn’t terribly hopeful about his chances.
