Bruce Napier wrote: > Morning all > > Those who follow my witterings on Living in Sanity will know that the > following tale featured in my latest post: > > ... a humorous account from the hirers [of Skye] of trying to take > Hatherton, the Ownerships boat in which they have a share, through the > locks on the Huddersfield Broad. Technically those locks are 58' long > and since Ownerships boats are 58' 6" it should have been easy to take > her through on the diagonal. Hatherton must be over length, since she > refused to fit into the lock. Her crew became aware of numbers of > office workers in the nearby buildings observing their struggles. They > obviously make a habit of doing this since after a while they held up > signs which said "try going through backwards". > > Unfortunately, although this strategy worked, the thought of having to > do it at each subsequent lock was so discouraging that they abandoned > the trip and went somewhere else. > > I've had a comment asking "How would going backwards help?". I've > explained about fitting the bow into the corner of the lock, but never > having actually boated this waterway (since Sanity is 60', just as > well, looks like), I couldn't be more specific. > > Just what exactly is the advantage of reversing down the lock?
Earnest *is* 58ft 6ins* and I have never had to reverse down any lock. (I measued the hull, rear uxter plate overhang to bow, before the cabin was but on) Maybe people should be aware of the *real* length of their boat. 58ft 6ins* plus 6 inch fender stool and fenders. -- Neil Arlidge NB Earnest TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
