If you are going up the Rochdale nine you are more than likley to find the lock full or partially so due to the volume of water coming down.Bywashes certainly existed at some of the locks but were probaly not large enough to cope with the present day volume of water.BW ran a lot of the Ashton water off before it reached the Rochdale before restoration of the ring. Now the Rochdale nine has to cope with all the water from Marple locks and the Hudderfield narrow as well as as its own,hence the problem. We were not trying to break records when we did the trip down in 1976 but were assisted by the PFCS working party members. I am pretty sure that Pete Stockdale was probably in charge, in any event they were all rewarded with a pint in a local Deansgate pub.The other boat cruising with us was a cruiser owned by the late Bill Heap. Happy memories. Chris.KP
----- Original Message ---- From: chris potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 15 May, 2007 6:56:54 AM Subject: [canals-list] Summer trip In company with another boat we cleared the Rochdale nine in 57 minutes, how you may ask, well it was in a time of servere drought and the water levels were very low. Normally it is not possible to waste water on the Rochdale nine there is just too much of it.If you have a lockwheeler get them to flush away some of the excess leave a bottom paddle half up while you are filling or half a top paddle whist emptying. Keep your eye on the water levels at all time and make sure all paddles are closed as you leave.Let the water take some of the hard work out of navigating this flight. Chris.KP ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd. yahoo.com/ evt=44106/ *http://uk. docs.yahoo. com/mail/ winter07. html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your free account today http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
