[Default] On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:56:51 +0000, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>Brian Dominic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > >>As the tow rope we use is not perhaps >>as long as we'd like, the boat tends to get dragged towards the towing >>path by the horse and it's sometimes necessary to "crab" away from the >>towing path to continue going forwards - certainly the tiller is >>hardly ever pointing fore-and-aft. > >It sounds like the point on board to which the towrope is tied is too >far forward, as well. The further aft you have it, the less the boat >will be pulled towards the bank. Too far aft and the boat will tend >to move away from the bank. There should be a neutral point between >the two. > That is almost certainly the case. Unfortunately at present, we have to work with what we've got, but that's a modification we may well undertake before next year. Pictures, incidentally, are included at: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk/whs.html Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk Friends of the Cromford Canal: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk (Waterways World Site of the Month, November 2005) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
