17 tonnes of slow-moving steel, can't be steered unless moving, sits low in the water.

versus

450 kg of fast, white fibreglass pleasure boat, can stop and turn on the spot.

30 seconds before impact, I said: "This guy isn't slowing down. He's going to try to pass where the canal is narrowest!

Another boater, who saw the whole thing, said: "Why didn't he pull over?"

His boat literally bounced off my bow. My boat never even felt a tremor.

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