Swearing boater ploughs through Thames regatta in furious river rage fit

19 Feb 2025 • 3:54 AM MYT
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A boater has been fined after ploughing his cruiser through the middle of a boat race in a sweary fit of river rage on the Thames.

Footage shows Scott Keen dangerously manoeuvring through a restricted area of the river, narrowly missing rowers and other boats, while yelling: ‘You don’t own the f****** water,’ during Kingston Amateur Regatta last July.

Keen, from Morden, Surrey, was fined the maximum penalty of £1,000 for disrupting the boat race and operating his boat without due care and attention.

A crackdown by the Environment Agency on unregistered vessels in the Thames last year led to 40 boaters being fined a total of over £55,000 for their offences.