There was a set of photos of a dayboatman on the B&F using lines to do all sort of stuff with the gates if anyone knows where this set is they might be of interest.
--- On Sun, 1/25/09, Bru <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bru <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [canals-list] Re: [NBT-members] Re: What planet am I on? WRONG DATE! To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 4:57 PM > -----Original Message----- > From: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:canals-list@ yahoogroups. com] > On Behalf Of Michael Askin > Sent: 23 January 2009 14:08 > To: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: [NBT-members] Re: What planet am I on? > WRONG DATE! > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:48 AM, David Cragg <dhsrcr...@yahoo. com> > wrote: > > I seem to remember when John Liley photographed a boatee doing that > in cold blood he got shot at and warned not to publish the shot lest > the man got done by BW (or BTW). Not unusual, I understand, in days of yore for working boatmen and women to object, sometimes violently, to be photographed > > Saw a film of this done by old boatmen - it was a lot smoother and > totally effortless. > > I take it you are talking about the thumblining - as far as I know not > a problem with BW? Obviously these days you have to stop in the bottom > of the lock to close the gate and drop the paddle again. Unfortunately, it is (or I should say was back when I was mucking around with working boats at any rate) somewhat frowned upon 'cos if anything goes wrong it's potentially possible to bend the bottom gate handrails. BW at one point in time were merrily grinding off the holding back pins on the top gate pivot casting as well! Hopefully not any more > The second attempt at the next lock worked better, and it really needs > a lot of local knowledge and practice to get it right. By the way, > which film shows it? It's fairly easy with a bit of practice although it's one of those 'advanced' techniques that can make you look a complete wally when it goes wrong! Bru Been there, done that, looked a right pratt when it went wrong! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
