Steve Wood wrote: > 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.
...and the fact that Bream is full length? I should imagine that on Hatton/Stockton that you have to use half the os paddle when filling the lock, untill the paddle culverts are under the baseplate, then full ns paddle? -- Neil Arlidge - NB Erne Nest...Grand Canal...where we can have great fun with 4 gate paddles top and bottom and 2 ground paddles.
