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Rob-M

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  1. 28 minutes ago, 5239 said:

    But otherwise travel with them down?

     

     

    So lift them as you pass through if required 

    Don't always put them back down, just depends if we think about after the last lock.  The fender is usually resting on the T stud so in the way of the bow line so makes it easier if it is dropped back in place.

  2. We lift the bow fender on the working boats when passing through locks to give us a bit of extra room as it can be quite tight.  A few locks require stern fenders lifting as well otherwise we can't open the bottom gate.

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  3. 22 minutes ago, Francis Herne said:

    There's a great little stall with honesty box by Audlem top lock that sells cakes, icecream, pork pies and the like. Very rewarding after reaching the top, or for a quick break before heading down.

    It is very good but best visited before or after using the lock rather than leaving the boat in the lock holding me up whilst deliberating over what to buy which is what the boat in front of me did last year.

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  4. 4 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said:

    I had a similar problem around the covid pandemic.  Boat prices rocketed and I wanted my insurance valuation increased as the replacement value of my boat had obviously risen.  My insurer flatly refused to do this.  No discussion of survey or anything.  I went to another insurer to take out a new policy, they asked for my boat's value, I gave my estimation, and they were happy with that.  I'd been with the original insurer for years so they lost a loyal customer.

    We did the same, insurer wouldn't change the value but new insurer was happy to accept my valuation estimate.

  5. We went up there over the May bank holiday weekend as part of the BCN challenge, it was slow going to get up to the pools. The pools have been dredged so no problem once you get in to them.  Didn't have any weed hatch visits.

  6. 10 minutes ago, 5239 said:


    ok, I’ll let you off the firing squad,

    ..but a boat in gear will  steer itself out of a lock and while it does that I’ll drop a paddle and hop on boat as the stern goes by 


    I’ve tried using the ropes to help close but have found it such a faff (for me),

    instead I put the boat into a gentle reverse while I hop off and close gates,

    timed right I hop back on and away we go,

    it’s a right pisser when I don’t get gate closed in time and then it really is a proper faff 😃

    I used to leave the boat in reverse until the day my foot slipped and I almost fell in behind the reversing boat so now the boat is never left in gear.

  7. I start the boat moving forward out of the lock as the gate is opening then knock it out of gear and walk down to lower the offside paddle.  The boat has then continued moving forward and I step across the counter grabbing the centreline and step off the other side to close the gate.  I use the momentum in the boat to help start the gate closing by passing the centreline through the handle on the gate if there is one.  Then step back on the boat and off I go to the next lock which will be ready as my wife has walked on to set it.

  8. Keep in forward gear to maintain steerage and continue in the channel until quite close to the other boat then move over about half a boats width and maybe slow down a little if it is shallow.  The other boat will suck you bow over so be ready to counter that if it pulls you to quickly.  I often find maintaining my line the oncoming boat moves over too far and too early but that is up to them.  I reckon the closest I've passed someone is having about an inch between us but that only happens if the person coming the other is used to passing in the same manner.

  9. The boat in front of me at Grindley Brook had a close one when the volunteer started lifting the paddle to fill the bottom lock to bring us up but the next gates were still open as the boat in front was moving between the middle and top lock so could have ended up straddling the cill.  I could see from our stern what was happening so shouted at him to drop the paddle and wait for the gates to be closed.

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