"Steve Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 sounds like hard work! We just bring Parglena into the lock and open ground then gate paddles in any order as quick as possible, The only exception is Denham where I have to wait a few seconds to do the gates to avoid a wet front deck. Quite often don't even bother with a rope.................................... J
