[Default] On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:48:01 -0700 (PDT), David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouth, they swiggged the last of their cup of tea, paid the bill and wrote::
>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. In that case, why bother trying to keep in the middle of the lock at all? When I was going uphill single-handing Rumpus on the T&M, I had no choice but to leave her in forward nudging the top gate - so long as you kept an eagle eye on the front fender (to ensure it didn't get caught up on anything) this was a smooth and safe method of locking up. Brian L Dominic Web Sites: Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk
