that they were there to help shorter boats which might surge back and forwards in a lock - he mentioned GRP cruisers. It is a H & S issue apparently.
Ann While I use bollards (or the lock-ladder rails) if both crew are off the boat to operate the lock, I would have thought GRP cruisers should be able to use their engines. My guess would be from the H&S viewpoint that encouraging rope use by the less knowledgeable would cause as many risks to the unknowledgeable (boats getting hung up on ropes, trip hazards to gongoozlers) as it saves. Now where's that Steve Haywood to write a blistering piece when you need him?? Sean
