With our length of boat we keep at the back going up and wind the gate paddle first on T&M locks - that way we get chucked around a lot less. (We always tell anyone watching not to do it our way though!) The T&M paddle sets we don't like are the ones without the gate paddle as they are often real Brindley throwers (as in to the front) when the paddles are wound - even slowly. What we would like is those gate paddles restored with the old slung under beam winding rod - the last one left Hoo Mill lock many years back to be replaced by bog standard gear.
--- On Sun, 7/20/08, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Colwich Lock To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 11:09 AM Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED] me.uk> wrote: >It has a typical top paddle arrangement for this section of the T&M, >one ground paddle and one gate paddle, both worked from the towpath >side. This makes it slow to fill, but not exceptionally so in my >experience. Was there never a ground paddle on the other side? Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
