"Michael Askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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>
> Why don't you just close them behind you. If someone catches up, they
> could offer to close one (or both) gates for you if they are capable.
> If they don't catch up then they won't have loads of extra work to do.
These days people dont offer help they just stand there with their windlass
on the bottom paddle glaring at you because you are taking so long about it
which just makes me take longer.
>
> Some one mentioned about widebeam boaters not closing gates, this is
> probably due to needing both gates open and operating without
> sufficient crew. This doesn't mean they can ignore general boater
> etiquette and BW standing orders - you want a widebeam boat then you
> can pay for it.
Nothing to do with being a barge I left gates open when I had a narrowboat.
having said that I do shut gates when local notices say so and when the lock
is leaking.
>
> I just hope I never follow either Adrian, or Julian up the GU!
Adrian rarely ventures off rivers so you should be safe from him.
Ill post when I am going so you can make sure you are going the other way
:-)
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