Captain Beeky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was wondering about the original notion when the GU was configured >with 14' locks. Do you think it was so that a pair of nbs could pass >the lock more quickly and conveniently or was it to allow for craft of >double the nb width to pass ?
I believe it was approximately the latter. IIRC the GJ company initially had a regulation restricting the use of its locks by craft narrower than a given width (which might have been 11'6" or perhaps 12'). But it is rather suspicious that the gauge beam is indeed twice that or a narrow boat. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
