There's no challenge involving the bottom being too near the top that can't be overcome with a bl**dy great Tirfor and a decent ground anchor kit :-)
Just don't try using nice shiny new canalside furniture as an anchor 'cos it all too often isn't that well planted :-} Bru > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 02 June 2009 18:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Llangollen draught > > Justice is 3ft and has cruised to Llangollen twice. There are > difficulties, but nothing that a bit of patience allied to some good, > old-fashioned horsepower can't solve. > > But I find this generally with a deep-drafted boat. They said it was > mad to cruise the HNC - before I did it three times. And this last week > Bob Wood and I have twice cruised the southern stretch of the Walsall > Canal which only has a foot of water in it (though to be fair this lies > on top of a foot of rubbish which itself lies on top of a foot of oily > silt.) OK we spend two hours stuck under a bridge hole, and had to get > snatched free from the grip of another, but these are merely problems > any self-respecting rufty-tufty boater craves to brighten up the > tedious joys of cruising, so recently expounded with such eloquence by > my friend and cohort in beer, Captain Beeky . > > Steve > > ps what's Adrian banging on about this time? Can someone give me a one > sentence precis? I can't be bothered to read his posts. They always > amount to the same thing: I'm right, you're wrong. > ------Original Message------ > From: Steve Wood > Sender: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > ReplyTo: [email protected] > Subject: [canals-list] Llangollen draught > Sent: 2 Jun 2009 11:19 AM > > I'm toying with the idea of taking Bream (6'10" beam, 2'8" draught) > onto > the Llangollen in the next week or two. How far will I get? Nicholsons > suggests the max draught on any of it is 2'3" but I've also heard that > I'd probably get to Trevor. Is Llangollen itself definitely out? > > Steve > NB Bream > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Sent using BlackBerryR from Orange > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.48/2147 - Release Date: > 06/01/09 17:55:00
