Many of the Brindley throwers on the T&M (of which their are 4 on the Skoke side and lots down to Middlewich the other side) have had hold back bollards for years. Only trouble is the water can get so turbulant and the pull so strong that it can saw through your rope on the rough lock edges in a few locks. It's done it to us in the past.
--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Martin Ludgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Martin Ludgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Bollards - installation suspended To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 9:14 AM In message <gcdq8p+i100@ eGroups.com>, Richard Fairhurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED] net> writes > >Our boat is 40ft, and the only locks (in our neck of the woods) that >consistently throw it >around are those on the northern Staffs & Worcs. In a 70ft boat (and not just Fulbourne) I've found that some of those on T&M are the worst. Throw you back, then pull you forward, even if you open them fairly gently. >To me, the obvious >answers there are a) >open the paddles slowly, or b) fit extra bollards on the northern Staffs & >Worcs, not the entire >system. > ...and any others where it's likely to be a problem. And you could even put up some special signs about it... -- Martin Ludgate [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
