On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 9:04 AM, David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve: >>But the only way it can work is if you have an engine >>sufficiently powerful to keep you on that lock gate. >>Otherwise, once you open a paddle it flushes >>back and then crashes forward again. I have twelve years >>experience of a Springer-type boat that did that. > > Should you not be tying a line around the top of the > paddle gear (as in the video "Towpath Encounter") to > stop this happening? It's traditional... > > Dave
It's often better to put it around the gate, because the paddles can sometimes be a little oily (not very often these days though! :-) Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
