Actually the most damaging to locks incidents that I have seen in the last
couple of years all concern either BW or contractors boats going through locks
- often on a very regular basis pushing mud hoppers. Bricks were knocked out,
gates damaged and the primeaval mud of the canal glued to the lock walls was
ground away. Of course they don't care as they are just doing a job and not
paying for it like us.
Roger Millin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Will wrote:
> I don't believe in making spin Roger. If it is true that boaters
> are a significant cause of the need to repair locks then I think
> we are better off being aware of it. That way we can take steps
> to improve the situation. I mean, it doesn't require a degree in
> aeronautics to steer a boat in and out a lock without hitting the
> gates. If more people know that it is a problem then perhaps more
> people will take more care.
I'm sure you're not spinning Will. My concern is that we are publicly
airing opinions that further reinforce the idea that boaters should pay
a lot more for the system upkeep. We're likely/certain to get clobbered
so badly over the next three years that I'm not convinced we ought to
be perceived to be helping them clobber us. I've never really been a
believer in helping the hangman make the rope that he's about to hang
you with! ;-))) (with apologies to the grammar police)
Roger
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