speed boat trips on thames

  

Speed Boat Trips On The Thames

 

The River Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom and the longest river in England, rising at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, and flowing into the North Sea at the Thames Estuary. When it arrives into the capital of England (London) the Thames River is a wonderful way to view the historic and beautiful sights of London itself. The river’s strategic position has seen it at the centre of many events in British history and the river contains over 80 islands. It has both seawater and freshwater and supports an absolute huge variety of wildlife throughout its flowing banks

In recent times the river has become a major leisure area supporting tourism and pleasure outings, specifically cruises and boat trips, but a new generation of speed boat trips have emerged on the river. Classically the river has been used for slow leisurely trips for dinners and entertainment, but now tourists and local people are keen to explore the river at high speed and a speedboat trip is the ideal way.

These speed boat trips are amazing, they take approx 1 hour to complete, incorporate the major sights and sounds of London itself, yet provides high speed fun and adventure to the day.

Most of the speed boat trips start around embankment pier, once leaving the pier they take in such sights as Big Ben (the famous bell of the clock tower attached to the house of parliament), of cause, the houses of parliament themselves, the MI5 building, and a lot  more.

Now, people don’t hire these boats specifically for seeing the sights of London as if they did they would jump on something much slower. No, people ride these speedboats for the pure exhilaration and speed that they can create, and with something like 500 horse power plus these Thames Speed Boats absolutely fly down the river, tossing and turning at very high speed to create a breath taking experience.

All the Thames speed boats are rigid-inflatable boats (RIB) they are very light-weight but give very high performance. The boat itself is constructed with a solid, shaped hull and flexible tubes at the gunwale. The design is ultra stable and very safe. It is super buoyant even taking on water, naturally the RIB speed boat is a development of the inflatable boat.

One company that excels with speed boat trips on the Thames is Thames Rib Experience .This Company has the fastest and most powerful speed boats on the Thames River, and provides a 1 hour experience riding the River Thames and viewing the London sights. There is also another company called London Rib Voyages. For more information please click the link below

Speed Boat Trips on Thames

 

 
 

Thames RIB Experience

 

There are many ways to experience the wonderful city of London, like visiting its wonderful shops such as Harrods and Liberty's or visiting historic sights such as Madam Tussards, The Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. Most tourists that visit London find it difficult to cram in all the amazing sites within their time frame, and so miss out. A new and easier solution to viewing the historic sites of London can be found on the river Thames, this new experience is using RIB speed boats. Several companies are now operating high speed trips up and down the river Thames, although they say high speed they are a actually a combination of sight seeing and performance.

 Typically they start around embankment pier, and cruise slowly along side such sites as The Houses of parliament, Big Ben, HMS Belfast, The Cutty Sark and Tower Bridge before heading off at a huge rate of speed down the Thames, with high speed banking and the occasionally splash of water. This event is now commonly called the Thames RIB Experience, and can be found easily by using this term in Google      

 The boats used for this experience are called RIBS which stands for Rigid Inflatable Boat, almost identical to boats used by the RNLI and river police, with a huge amount of buoyancy they are considered ultra safe and ideal for the tourist industry. All operators give life jackets and safety equipment, plus various safety instructions before heading out into the busy lanes of the Thames river

 There are many different types of RIB experience on the Thames, some operators simply take you down to Canary Wharf and there are others that go a lot further allowing you to experience even greater sites like the Thames Barrier and historic wonderful places like Greenwich. Which ever trip you take you will not be disappointed, RIB Speedboats really are excellent fun, they are fast and furious and even children love them.

 Comfort of cause is a major concern as if you are going to inside one for more than an hour its important to pick an operator thats has recent boats with good seats and safety rails, especially if you do have young children on board as the boats really do turn quickly within their fast runs.

 To find out more information regarding RIB SpeedBoats and  the Thames RIB Experience  please click the link below

 Thames RIB Speed Boat Experience