Phil Rushton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> We are heading to the National later this year at St Ives and I >> understand that a special size windless is required on one of the >> locks. I bought a windless last year on the wrg stand which I >> suspect is the one required, can anyone please tell me the >> dimensions of the said windless
> I haven't been to St Ives, but if it is only one lock you will have a > mole wrench, large adjustable spanner, socket set + a tiller bar (?) > so you should be able to manage. There was only one occasion when we > didn't have > the correct sized windlass and we managed fine with the boat tool kit. As far as I remember (and it's 28 years since I was last in the Great Ouse) the distinctive thhing about the paddle gear there is not so much the size of the spindle but the fact that it is recessed in a casing, so you need a sort of long-nosed windlass that reaches inside the casing. It might all be different now. -- Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
