--- In [email protected], Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This put a crazy idea into my head. I'm involved with the Caldon
and
> Uttoxeter Canals Trust and was chatting recently with another
member
> about overcoming the problem on headroom in Froghall tunnel. Is
there a
> solution here? Suppose your boat floated into a tank which was
quite
> deep, say 5ft draught or so. The door is closed and the water
pumped
> out. The whole lot will stay afloat as some of the water has been
> replaced by air, but the roof of your boat will be maybe 18 inches
> lower, depending on draught as it sits on the bottom of the tank.
>
> Would this work...? Obviously this assumes that the tunnel can be
> dredged and the tank is not too wide at the waterline.
>
Mmmm, interesting idea at least!
- Could deffonatly be worth some though, obvhouosly its a bit
slow/tedious to have to do that to every boat. But it could defonatly
work, and i might be a feasable work around untill theres funding to
sort the tunnel long-term.
Daniel
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