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Nice to see someone else has done this trip Don't let the miserable gits put you off, they haven't got anything better to do What was the problem with Goole by the way ? Ocean Lock Cost me £17.59p to use this massive lock. I know what you mean about those container ships Nice report and photo's

Quote from NBW Reading this I take it the 2 owners don't get on and the other has lent the boat to a third party without Mr Jones permission.

Ok all Paul's fault then

but if the boat was ordered to specific dimensions then surely the blame was with the shell builder not the fitter ?

To quote paul from his posts last year & & 7' 1/16" ? If you were told (and have it in writing) from the shell builder that the beam was 6' 11" Was this document produced in court ?

http://www.bargee-bill.co.uk/ Too expensive for what it is

just as easy to delete it and re submit. its in the stolen boat discussion anyway.

Done http://www.flickr.com/groups/canals/

Offcom Clicky

You can contact the Lock Keeper at Keadby (BW) on 01724782205

The biggest problem you will have is self locking on the Trent as there are no keepers due to Bw's blatant disregard for health and safety at this time of year I suggest you do it in 2 parts spending a night topside of Stoke Lock (Bardolph) . Its a lovely place to moor and there are floating pontoons to moor to.

Have you written a letter of complaint to Bw Yorkshire Navigations ? As you didn't arrive at Keadby lock the alarm should have been raised and someone should have come looking for you . That is why the tidal locks are not boater operated, so that boats are logged on and off the tideway . If a boat does not arrive there must be a problem . Last year I spent a night on the tidal side of Naburn lock as the keeper had logged off for the day (18.30) he had been told to expect me by Keadby who contacted me an hour into my trip to confirm this. If anything had gone wrong I could have been washed out to sea (Naburns keeper couldn't give a toss !)

Using the special effects on windows movie maker works for me Clicky

Can we close this thread now ? Our moorings have been saved ! I don't recall Pillings getting any negative comments on here all comments were true as we saw them as Carl has already stated British Waterays dragged Pillings into the argument from the very first letter ! If Pillings have a problem with that then they should take it up with BW ! I Have no problems or issue with Pillings Lock Marina ! I wish them well with their business Thank you to everyone who helped save our moorings Mods can you at the very least lock this thread or better than that delete it as it is all in the past now . Lets move on

Speaking as a single crewed boater , I always close gates and paddles behind me (unless another boat is approaching ). So when I'm traveling down a long flight of locks and the boat in front is leaving the bottom gates and paddles open at every lock you can imagine my frustration ! Now if its a H&S issue like at Alrewas then fair enough but but Not every Lock ! This subject raises its ugly head from time to time (that Pillock Adrian Stott from waterways world magazine made my blood boil with an entire article on it {that was a big part in me canceling my subscription}) BW advise us all to close gates and paddles behind us ! On the Aire and Calder and the South Yorkshire Navigations Lock Keepers are available to assist commercial Traffic (sometimes a mobile lock keeper will drive between locks) to keep boats moving . I'm sure this service would be available on other waterways if full scale commercial traffic were in need of it .

I think you will find there are more of us about than you think If anyone needs any help the NORMAN BOATS APPRECIATION SOCIETY can answer your questions about most make of GRP There is also the Dawncraft owners Site which you should also find helpfull

If your not too confident in your cruising Trent falls is best avoided But if you go this is what its like :Trent Falls I went last september Its a worthwhile experiance Keadby lock to Trent falls See also Humber Rescue And ABP Humber

I've moored on the castle moorings on a couple of occasions and found it to be a good place to moor. The only downside is walking back through the park at night , its rather dark . On another occasion when the moorings were full I moored on the towpath side , again no problems . I'd rather moor there than some of the outer reaches of Leicester .

The Ashby is notoriously shallow . You could not turn. When you tried to go above 2 knots you made excessive wash and were unable to speed up. You hit a shallow section at speed and your bow dug in Sounds fair enough to me. Here is another example from 4x4 driving When you enter deep water you push a bow wave leaving a dip behind it for your engine to sit in, keep the speed steady and don't stop and you'll continue like this to the other side . If you stop or drive too fast the wave will collapse and your engine will get wet . 35 years and don't we know it

In very shallow water your prop instead of pushing your boat forward, sucks the water from under your boat ! This will slow you down and make it almost impossible to turn. To speed up you have to slow down (reduce the rev's).