--- In [email protected], "sean neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the video 'Towpath Encounter' about horseboats they reckoned 3
> minutes for a lock - but this involved opening the paddles fully as
the
> boat entered the lock at speed, in order to slow it down. It was
fairly
> routine in working days to push the gates open - IIRC FNC steamers
were
> claimed to be able to open the gate against about a foot head of
water,
> and of course the last few inches are the slowest.
>
> Sean
>
I think 3minutes is a bit optermistic, but certainly you can get though
them very quickly if you pull you finger out.
- For instance, straping in to any lock that has a stapping post
greatly speeds up the process if theres only two of you, as the
lockwheeler can be at the far end of the lock, and draw the paddles as
the boat enters the lock. This also greatly reduces the steam used for
both DRIVING the boat against a lock full fo water, and then stoping it.
- Emilyanne can also push the gate open against 6/8inchs of water,
which as you say, greatly speeds up the slowest last few inches. My
frend also reguarly uses a wedge to utilise what he calls "the third
paddle" on locks without gate paddles.
Daniel
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