I really have to disagree with you here, Guy. In fact I think that method is very damaging. What I've done for years - and remember, I moor on the Oxford - is to secure the bridge with a mooring stake. I have a special one I keep for the job with a large eye through which I thread a short length of rope. I know it means more bother mooring on the off side - and life would be materially improved by the provision of lock platforms at both sides as on the K&A. But the alternative of bringing a two hundred year lump of Grade 2 listed crashing to the ground has to be worrying.
The alternative is to put the kettle on and put your feet up. This is the Oxford, after all. You'll never wait long for another boat. How are you, BTW? Long time since we've passed. Steve 2008/8/12 Guy Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Speeding (but off topic) > > > > Bob Wood wrote: > >> 2008/8/11 Steve Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >>> ... that's what I was told some years ago when I lived near to an > >>> infamous road of this type (which now has a manual 50 limit.) > >> > >> How fast can you go if you drive an automatic? > >> > > Haha not sure where I got the word "manual" from but I think you know > > what I mean. I blame those bl***y Oxford Canal lift bridges (how does > > anyone else single hand them?) for over-tiring me yesterday ;-) > > > > Steve > > NB Bream > > > > > The trad way is to use a "Banbury Stick" to prop the bridge up. However > another answer is to use a heavy weight shackled to the bridge chain once > it's down. I carry a couple of stage weights. Another possibility is to > put a large nail or screw into the stump (if there) where the chain comes > down and hook the chain on that. We're heading down the Oxford ourselves > today but fortunately with a crew. When single-handing I tend to use the > Banbury Stick technique. > > Cheers > > Guy > > -- > Guy Morgan > First Light Services > nb Virgo, WFB, Stockton, GU > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
