--- In [email protected], "Rob Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 03/04/2008, Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I reckon, with others in this debate, that most of the damage to Armco > > is as a result of impact - some boaters seem to think that the way to > > lose forward way is to piont the bow at the bank and brace yourself... > > > > Indeed, a boater we helped moor on the Macclesfield had been told by > the hireboat company that that was the way to do it! > > Rob >
We are amazed how many private boaters seem totally unwilling or unable to bring their boat into the bank without ramming the armco. When they hit that seems to be the signal for the crew to jump off. Watching we wait and wait for them to slow or turn the tiller when it's obvious that they are going to hit but the crash - jump is obviously OK with lots of people no matter how expensive their boat is. We softer souls come in with fenders down and centre rope in hand and bring the boat parallel to bank a few inches out with it near stopped in the water. Then we disembark and one goes to work the lock while the other looks after the boat.
