--- In [email protected], "Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/8/07, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As ever, there is an exception. Coming downstream into Gloucester > > lock you *have* to tie to the lock landing with the stern facing > > upstream. But make sure you have your stern line ready as you > > approach, as you are unlikely to get more than one try at catching the > > landing bollard! > > If anyone ever tries this, ensure that you are virtually stopped with > respect to the bank (even better to be going backwards a little) > before getting the rope on, nasty things can happen trying to stop a > moving boat in such instances. I doesn't matter about the bow, as the > water flow will either bring it back in, or it will stay a little > stuck out due to forces on the back rope. > >I found the best way to tackle Gloucester was to have a loop ready - pass the loop behind the cable and then drop it over T stud or whatever, at least then you haven't got the full weight of the boat pulling at you. John
