On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Steve Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst on the subject of BW in Newark your boaters also might to like to > start making waves on the subject of the manning of the Trent locks. > > There are moves in Newark not to man the Trent locks during the week in the > summer, only at the weekend. This to me is absolute lunacy. > > For a start it would almost preclude single handed boaters from using the > locks with any degree of safety. Even > if there are two people on the boat and you are going up in the lock to make > it easier you have two on the boat to > tie onto the vertical wires. Someone then climbs the ladder to work the > lock. BW have, apparently, banned their > lockkeepers from using the ladders > on Health & Safety grounds.
While admittidly it would slow single handed boaters down (and endanger life to boot), when two handed we generally don't bother with ropes in the Trent locks (especially going down, but also when going up) when there is no lock keeper! I do however think this move by BW will end in tears when someone ends up dead as these locks are not to be messed around with. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
