[email protected] wrote: > > > > 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 >
Similar but slightly different: at Stanground the problem is the original lower gate cill from before the chamber was lengthened at the lower end (from about 48ft to something comfortably in excess of 70) which was left in situ, and is only about 2ft 3in below lower water level. Most (ex-)working boats (unless loaded) being rather deeper than this at the back but rather shallower at the front, it makes sense to go down the lock backwards. It also helps you get under the rather low footbridge across the chamber. Martin L
