Michael Askin expressed precisely : > 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. > I think some people have a similar problem at Stanground going on to the Middle Level
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