On 7 Sep 2007, at 20:14, Michael Askin wrote:
> Blimey! It's a good job more trad boats didn't go to the national
> then! Did you go through on the level? I thought the lock wasn't long
> enough for any actual locking operations on a 70 footer?
>
The lock is only long enough for around 63 feet, and at that diagonally
- I think it's actually 55 foot long.
Everything over length can only pass through when the tide makes a
level. Ironically, this year's exceptional rainfall meant that so much
fresh was coming down the Hundred Foot, the window was much longer than
usual, and in fact in Sanity we made the crossing on a level both ways,
despite having pre-booked conventional locking slots. (Much better,
working diagonally in Salter's is a nightmare due to the bottom gate
walkways which overhang the chamber something savage)
––
All the best
Bruce
"Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground you cannot think of
moving them" Arthur Ransome, 'Racundra's First Cruise'
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