Laugh... Did I!... Yesterday (Sat), quietly enjoying a nice day on the towpath opposite the marina (dogs like to stretch their legs on the grass, so we move over there - doggie bags to the ready, before anyone starts...) Not one, not two, but three hire boats trundle down the prees branch (maybe "because it's there"!), anyway with a nice *strong* wind from behind they try to turn... The last one was the best - long boat, full speed down the cut and tried to turn at speed, loadsa throttle, and full tiller, and surprise, surprise the boat slowly turns and then goes sideways with the wind - full astern, full ahead, full astern (it must have been a good design of boat, because there was some steering effect in reverse, although the monkey driving it, never moved the tiller from its hard over position), anyway (it get better) the two guys on the back start shouting to the two women in the front (and not none of these four I guess is under 65), with the result that the two women struggle to get the pole and push the front out (while the two captains stand at the back in command...), eventually the captains realize that they might have to help, so the go forward to pole the boat round and the one woman on the controls - as soon as the boat was turned one guy rushed (such speed for an old guy) to the back to take command of his tiller... Then full reverse (gearboxes are for abusing, of course) and almost backed up the unnavigable section - if he had gone up there, he might still be there now... realizing his mistake, back to full ahead in a nanosecond... I shook my head and went back to my drink...
Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near missesa at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
