 Skiffing has dwindled in favour of private motor boat ownership but is competed on the river in the summer months.Six clubs and a similar number of skiff regattas exist from the Skiff Club, Teddington upstream.Unlike the "pleasure punting" common on the Cherwell in Oxford and the Cam in Cambridge, punting on the Thames is competitive as well as recreational and uses narrower craft, typically based at the few skiff clubs.