On 03/10/06, BARRY HOLLAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Third time lucky, I just realised that the list doesn't carry attachments!
>
> I'll add my six penn'orth here. In the working days, gates were always
> left open & paddles were always 'up' & *everyone* knew that they had to drop
> paddles & shut gates when arriving at a lock--the confusion didn't exist
> 'coz everybody did the same. For my part, I generally leave a gate open when
> leaving a lock [especially when single-handed] unless I spot a following
> boat, but will always lower paddles, as I consider it bad manners to leave
> them.
So Barry, what happens when I turn up at the lock single-handed, following
but unnoticed by you?
It means I have to close an additional gate before I can even start the lock
operation. And since the rules are that you leave the paddles down and the
gates closed when you leave a lock, it means I have to do extra work.
The fact is until it is altered, the rule is clear. Close ALL the gates when
you leave. Not doing it as a singlehander is frankly bad practice that will
get all us single handers a bad name.
What the boatmen did or didn't do a hundred years ago is neither here not
there.
Steve
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