--- In [email protected], "Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> I remember when you first started singlehanded Will and were asking for > advice, that nudging the gate is what I and others did advise; and it's what > I would do in my 20 ton, 58' boat. > Indeed - what was that, around 5 years ago? I have found it to be sound advice and I am grateful for you and others for sharing it. > But it doesn't work with lighter and smaller craft, and I think it says much > about the contemporary use of the canals that there has been such outrage > about the insrtallation of the third bollard. Small boats are much more > vulnerable to being sucked forward and pushed back which happens in a narrow [snip] DO you know I have asked this questions several times on various news groups/lists etc. and this is the first answer I have received. So thanks are again due. When I get the opportunity to raise this at a meeting in the future I will do so. I believe it important that we get a proper balance on these issues. CHeers Will
