--- In [email protected], "Ron Jones" <r...@...> wrote: >
> > Ron Jones wrote: Remember that going to Llangollen, the tunnels and aqueducts are narrow, and the flow is quite fast - my GPS gave me doing 0.8mph over the aqueduct! and I almost stopped at the west end of Chirk tunnel. > > Ron Jones Our first hire was on the Llangollen. We got good instruction from Maestermyn Cruisers. Two essentials: Upstream, don't try and beat the current by going for more revs: just puts the front of the boat up and you make no more progress. Forget normal canal etiquette at bridges and other narrows of one each way - always give way to downstream traffic, as they can't stop and hold a straight line because of the current whereas upstream you can just sit with enough revs to keep you stationary against the current. We got berated on the way to Llangollen by one "experienced" boater for waiting for a downstream boat; on the way back we got behind a line of boats across the canal because someone had tried to wait for someone coming upstream and we all ended up across the canal. First and only time I fell in, trying to punt clear from the gunwhale. Steve
