On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: >> I've had a comment asking "How would going backwards help?". I've >> explained about fitting the bow into the corner of the lock, but never >> having actually boated this waterway (since Sanity is 60', just as >> well, looks like), I couldn't be more specific. >> >> Just what exactly is the advantage of reversing down the lock? >
After getting Victoria through Struncheon Hill Lock on the Driffield Navigation, I found I could not get her down again pointing in the right direction and had to go backwards. This time the top cill while underwater was not deep enough for the stern to get right next to the gate, the bow being somewhat shallower (and mostly out of the water anyway) managed fine. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
