Adrian Stott wrote: > The lockkeepers (used to, > when there were lockkeepers) report you to VNF if your vessel even > touches a gate. (*Everyone* uses ropes in French locks.) The VNF > then brought out the guillotine.
On our traverse of the Nord there were at least two Peniche captains who were in front of us in the lock and did not use ropes when going down. The only guillotines we saw were the bottom gates. -- Neil Arlidge Barge Maurice A / NB Earnest TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
