--- In [email protected], "Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pete wrote: > > I am another one with Adrian on this. > > > > The armco (or its predecessor "legco" as at Nanneys bridge) is > > designed as > > bank protection only. > > My moorers are urged not to use the bank protection for securing > > their > > boats. > > I have seen several examples of damage to the protection or castings > > adrift > > where it has been used to secure their boats with ropes, chains, > > springs or > > hooks. > > Can you please explain why, then, BW fix rings via a U shaped bracket > to the top of many pile sheets? Are they there for decoration or for > use? > Roger
I am not aware of this system - it is certainly not common round here. Fixed on-land bollards and rings are the only common facilities provided by BW that I have seen. Do you have any illustrations or photos of examples of this provision? I am sure they would not just be there for decoration in answer to your question. Cheers Pete
