[canals-list] Re: Bollards - installation suspended

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--- In canals-list@yahoogroups.com, Martin Ludgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Fairhurst
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
>
On the gate behind the steerer so they don't see them?
Sue