--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Guy Hardy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Any tips for the uninitiated? - Thanks - Guy > > I think the best advice is "Don't do it". > > It is actually very risky. If you are alone at the lock, and > something happens to you (a rope tightens around your leg; you slip > and fall into the empty lock; you fall in the full lock at the back of > your boat while your boat is running in gear; etc. etc.). You could > be seriously injured, or simply trapped, and no-one is around to help. > > Yes, I do do it sometimes, but now I try hard to avoid it. > > Adrian > > > Adrian Stott > 07956-299966
> I have done it for a couple of weeks in a 60ft craft but only on narrow canals, with a centre line and without swing or lift bridges. Just have to be very careful, plan ahead, take your time and enlist the help of others where possible ! Terry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
