Brian Dominic wrote: > We ARE talking ground paddles here, aren't we? Haha yes I'm not that mad/brave!
I've tried it quickly, slowly all variants and with the boat tied on a tight middle line as I open the paddles and it always drifts across as soon as I open the nearside paddle even a little bit. The sequence I ended up with was: Offside ground 2-3 turns Nearside ground 1 1/2 turns Wait till water is over the cill. Offside ground all the way Offside gate Nearside ground Nearside gate That keeps the boat on the near side but nothing else I've tried does. Interestingly speaking to someone at Braunston last week I was told to open offside first. I wonder if its related to the draught affecting the water flows? Bream at rest draws 1ft9in at the front and 2ft9in at the back. Steve NB Bream
