> > An observation, based on experience many years ago with President and > Kildare. The captain at the time insisted on letting oncoming boats > through between P and K. the result was that instead of Kildare being > towed into the mouth of the lock, she had to be bowhauled in from about > 100 feet away - this put about a 10 minute delay on every lock so the > queue behind us built up. Oncoming boats only experienced a delay once, > but following boats experienced a cumulatively increasing delay. > > While the captain's policy was intended to minimise delays to other > users, I don't think it did so. > > Sean
There is also the water usage factor to take in to account. I wonder what would have been the procedure in the good old days when a pair of motor and buttys met at a lock. I suspect that one pair would pass through and then the other. It would involve less work using that method. Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com
