[canals-list] Re: Grand Union musings..

[rb999sb]

--- In canals-list@yahoogroups.com, David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We tie front and back, wind nearside paddle up - boat (as usual) 
moves forward but not too fast at Hatton etc) Then back starts to swing 
but this can be controlled with back rope - or you can adjust using 
engine and tiller while keeping front rope taunt and making sure the 
back rope does not go in the water. When the lock is mostly full the 
boat (wind permitting) comes in to the bank on the roped side and the 
ropes can be untied and stuck on. (If the wind is blowing you can use 
the ropes to pull the boat in anyway.)  
> 
Now that's a novel idea! We never use ropes in a lock, always 
considered it dangerous.
Sue