--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Richard Fairhurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote:
> I just finished re-reading "Voyage Into England" (published in the > 1960s). Interviews in it with working boaters say that their expected > time then to pass a lock was about three minutes. > > It seems now that the average expected time is about 20 minutes. > > If you slow a machine down by a factor of nearly seven, and increase > the demand for its use, no surprise if you get queues eh? > I presume that was with a crew lock wheeling ahead so the lock was ready to enter when the boat got there. And did the botehr to close up afterwards ? Our record for a lock is 6 minutes and that was with a good crew I cant see how one could cut that in half . On the other hand I've sat and steamed withe half a dozen canaltimers took 35 minutes to get through despite Chris's best efforts to educate them. Regards Terry
