sean neill wrote... >> >Looking at the pictures, my view would be: > >The looby is roughly in the right place,
It looks too far forward to me - it should be somewhere around one third of the way from the bow to the stern. >but the boat hull is 'wrong' >for a horseboat, with its swim bow and shallow draft. What was very >striking about MARIA and SYMBOL at Preston Brook was their sharp bows >and long swims, which would allow them to grip the water against the >pull of the tow-line. Maria's streamlined shape indeed makes her move very well through the water. >Given that it's impractical to do anything about >the hull-shape, possible palliatives might be:- > >1) a longer line (the Horseboating Society uses lines about 100 yards >long) - this would be more elastic and ensure there was less sideways >pull; Yes, a longer line would reduce the sideways pull. > >2) this would also allow the line to be led back to a point near the >steerer, who could release it in emergency to prevent the momentum of >the boat dragging the horse into the water. But, that wouldn't happen - the looby falls backwards when the rope pulls the other way (such as when the boat has overtaken the horse) and the rope just comes off. -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.boaterweb.co.uk Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
