--- In [email protected], "rigdent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Bob Wood" <bobwood@> wrote: > > > > Brian wrote: > > > > > We often find it slower sharing locks than going alone, especialy > > > when they insist on waiting until you are clear of the lock before > > > they start to move and are settled in the next lock, holding the > boat > > > before they start to enter thr next one. > > In flights we usually suggest that we breast up and the steerer on the > heavier boat drives them both . Not only is it quicker but you only > have one collision and it frees up an extra person to operate the locks. > > Terry >
We once did Wigan going up in two and a half hours, that's about 7 minutes per broad lock, but it was in the days when you could book a BW 'Assisted Passage' and we had two lockkeepers for our sole use all the way up. 8am bottom lock, 10.30 on The Lancaster pound. Cracking.
