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Post by bettina on Jul 21, 2017 21:54:56 GMT
But Betty, when we were behind you at Marsworth bottom two (and at that point you hadn't met us, or seen my boat to recognise us) you offered to let us pass, and certainly didn't hold us up. I am not in a rush, and am happy to wait my turn. I cannot help occasionally finding self imposed silly rules a tad irritating, that's all. Some people cruise in tick over, and that's fine, but it would be polite to let those wishing to travel faster pass by. Rog Ahh thanks for that Rog, at least it shows I'm not talking out of my backside.  We really do offer to let other people go ahead of us, expecially if they look efficent or on a mission to get going.  I know we take longer at locks than narrow boats, if for no other reason than needing to open and close all 4 gates each time. And when cruising on the canals we normally do 2.5 - 3mph, any more than that and we make too much of a big bow wave. The only times we've really opened up the engine and give it a good workout is on the River Thames & Lee, that was really fun, it's quite amazing just how fast this little engine will push this boat along when given the oppurunity  |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 21, 2017 22:17:14 GMT
Very wide waterways up here on the Some-Hair-I'm-Balder Canal. Wide skies and full revs! 18-foot deep too!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2017 22:19:13 GMT
Jessop was the engineer as I recall. I'm amazed the by washes haven't been re-directed at some time in the last couple of hundred years. Rog Chantelle Seaborn has been washing her hair once a week for the past 200 years. That's why not. Whoosh! Over my head, sorry. You'll have to explain. Rog |
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Post by patty on Jul 22, 2017 5:45:23 GMT
I used to go very slow through locks..basically loved being able to drift in and try never to touch the sides or bump the boat. Little sis used to open paddles slowly...we were those annoying faffing around individuals cos for me no rush... no-one got mad..guess never met any of u lot  |
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 22, 2017 6:26:48 GMT
Sorry to be the one to buck the trend guys, but to tell the honest truth, we poddul along. We do look back fairly often to make sure we aren't holding anyone up behind us and if there is as soon as safely possible we pull over and wave them on. At locks, I take the boat in and out and Dave works the paddles & gates, I have never considered if I go in slowly or not, since I'm not able to get off the boat without my ramp, I tend to get the arse end in close enough for Dave to step off and then I just hover near the lock gates until he has them open for me. I exit the lock and again just hover with the stern just outside the gates till he has finished closing the gates and paddles and gets back on the boat. Obviously this all changes if there is a boat coming into the lock, I exit and get out of their way and pick him up at the lock landing. If it's a nice day, he tends to only open one gate paddle/ground paddle; again though if there is someone else waiting for the lock or following us he opens both sides. There's nothing wrong with poddling along if you are not holding anyone else up. However from your brief description, it doesn't sound as if you are particularly slow. Some people manage to make a huge meal out of a simple task. Apart from the actual lock, they might typically spend some time manoeuvring the boat into the side after exiting so that the crew can get on, and their several slightly naughty dogs, then spend more time manoeuvring the boat into the side at the next lock, tying the boat up, generally faffing around, putting collars and leads back on the dogs - when the next lock is only 100 yards away! Yes really, I've seen it many times! The thing is, often such people have to put much more effort into doing things stupidly slowly than we would put into achieving the same thing in half the time. Personally I don't consider that going slowly is a virtue in itself, worthy of expending extra effort in achieving. The couples that insist on putting fenders down, tying up front & back, sometimes with 'springs' plus middle rope just enough to ensure it wouldn't come loose even in a gale force 9 as the QE2 sailed past, then the missus walks 10 yards to open the gate! boil my piss they do!👎 |
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Post by Jim on Jul 22, 2017 6:28:58 GMT
And curse the idiots who did not think to put bridges by both gates to save you walking all round the lock just so you can close the other gate/paddle. But they did. It's called the top of the gate. On the Calder and Hebble they gave us the luxury of a handrail too. Ok you can't always use it to go and shut a gate but you can shorten your journey on the way back. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 6:37:11 GMT
Fixed bridges over the lock tail would not be very practical when using a horse or men to pull a boat with a rope.
Obviously a fixed bridge over the canal above the lock would be err.
I see - foxy was joking !!
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Post by Jim on Jul 22, 2017 10:46:30 GMT
Fixed bridges over the lock tail would not be very practical when using a horse or men to pull a boat with a rope. Obviously a fixed bridge over the canal above the lock would be err. I see - foxy was joking !! locks on the T&M have a split cast iron tail bridge, with a gap for the rope to go through. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 10:48:25 GMT
True. And some on the BCN I seem to remember near Tipton ?
Suggesting having them at the top of locks is what I assumed to be a joke.
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Post by bettina on Jul 22, 2017 17:20:24 GMT
There's nothing wrong with poddling along if you are not holding anyone else up. However from your brief description, it doesn't sound as if you are particularly slow. Some people manage to make a huge meal out of a simple task. Apart from the actual lock, they might typically spend some time manoeuvring the boat into the side after exiting so that the crew can get on, and their several slightly naughty dogs, then spend more time manoeuvring the boat into the side at the next lock, tying the boat up, generally faffing around, putting collars and leads back on the dogs - when the next lock is only 100 yards away! Yes really, I've seen it many times! The thing is, often such people have to put much more effort into doing things stupidly slowly than we would put into achieving the same thing in half the time. Personally I don't consider that going slowly is a virtue in itself, worthy of expending extra effort in achieving. The couples that insist on putting fenders down, tying up front & back, sometimes with 'springs' plus middle rope just enough to ensure it wouldn't come loose even in a gale force 9 as the QE2 sailed past, then the missus walks 10 yards to open the gate! boil my piss they do!👎 LOL - ok if the above is the discription of "poddling along" I guess we don't Poddle Guess we'll just keep doing what we do, and hope we don't have an negative effect on anyone else's enjoyment of cruising  |
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Post by patty on Jul 22, 2017 19:36:39 GMT
The couples that insist on putting fenders down, tying up front & back, sometimes with 'springs' plus middle rope just enough to ensure it wouldn't come loose even in a gale force 9 as the QE2 sailed past, then the missus walks 10 yards to open the gate! boil my piss they do!👎 LOL - ok if the above is the discription of "poddling along" I guess we don't Poddle Guess we'll just keep doing what we do, and hope we don't have an negative effect on anyone else's enjoyment of cruising If they r in that much of a rush I don't think canal boats quite for them...you just take it easy..your recuperating |
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Post by Trina on Jul 22, 2017 21:32:48 GMT
There's nothing wrong with poddling along if you are not holding anyone else up. However from your brief description, it doesn't sound as if you are particularly slow. Some people manage to make a huge meal out of a simple task. Apart from the actual lock, they might typically spend some time manoeuvring the boat into the side after exiting so that the crew can get on, and their several slightly naughty dogs, then spend more time manoeuvring the boat into the side at the next lock, tying the boat up, generally faffing around, putting collars and leads back on the dogs - when the next lock is only 100 yards away! Yes really, I've seen it many times! The thing is, often such people have to put much more effort into doing things stupidly slowly than we would put into achieving the same thing in half the time. Personally I don't consider that going slowly is a virtue in itself, worthy of expending extra effort in achieving. The couples that insist on putting fenders down, tying up front & back, sometimes with 'springs' plus middle rope just enough to ensure it wouldn't come loose even in a gale force 9 as the QE2 sailed past, then the missus walks 10 yards to open the gate! boil my piss they do!👎 Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...we have seen them😠 |
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Post by jam on Jul 24, 2017 19:17:35 GMT
Fixed bridges over the lock tail would not be very practical when using a horse or men to pull a boat with a rope. Yet on the Marple flight of 16 the fixed stone tail bridges must have worked for the old boatmen |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 19:26:40 GMT
There are fixed bridges just below some of the locks on the Buckby Flight on the Grand Union which confuse me as well. It just doesn't seem sensible. Maybe they (the GU ones) were later additions perhaps added during the 1930's modernisation.
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