luctor et emergo
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Putting aside the infantile standing and pointing so typical of the forum has any body actually asked CRT what the cause of the delay is?
You've not lived and boated on this stretch of canal, so I'll forgive the snide...
The delay is incompetent Faving, or worse, deliberately blocking the navigation.
Bath locks are 200 years old, build above people's cellars, leaking, and have not been maintained for at least 30 odd years.
They are falling to pieces. They need rebuilding, from the ground up. They get battered by stag parties, hen parties, incompetent boaters,...
The Bath locks are a testament to their builders, because they are still operable...
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How does it measure wind speed?
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Hahaha........
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Him knows about the toll islands. Him parks around Brum regularly, and likes to have a walk along a local stretch.
If him ever gets back on a narrow boat, the BCN will be at the top of him's list of places to explore.
;-)
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Dibble post
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Patty Ann, if you can get your boat there, I could crew. I can live on bacon butties.
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I'm not on my own (well, I am, but that's not the issue here...), but my boat won't fit on the BCN. Unless it has recently been dredged to 5 foot, and widened too 9 foot. Whilst the masts are down, I'm ok for air draught...
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Cassette?
(sorry, I'll get my coat...
:-P)
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Just move them. Untie, pull along, tie down. Not rocket science..
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Having once had to disappoint a forum member for having to pull out of being a crew member for the BCN Challenge ( sorry Wrigglefingers.. :-() , I feel hesitant to offer my services as a lock wheeler, but as my circumstances are markedly different now, I can commit to next year, so if any boat is in (desperate) need of a crew member with basic boating skills, I m available.
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Used to see lots of rats in the truck's lights, when on farms at night. Buggers run off, more scared of you than you of them.
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Iirc this was one of the 'Bond Class' boats, higher spec, privately owned boats that are part of the Anglo Welsh hire fleet, and sign written as such. They would be fully legit.I wonder why it's not been raised yet is that it may be not fully insured to be rented out? Wasn't it a privately owned boat?
As to why the boat has not been shifted yet? Because the season is over? No hire companies to complain/seek compensation?
CRT hasn't got enough pumps to pump out quicker than the top gates leak it back in?
Oh, and if you think that those top gates leak badly... The bottom gates were almost impossible to open, because the bottom gates leaked even more.
Where/were edit ?
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So you can take your six hours rest during pub opening hours!
^^^ ???
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We do four minutes locks up the Rushall
You talk a fine competition from your armchair, Luctor
Shift sleeping - why? The boat has to stop for six hours.
Richard
I mean waiting behind other boats locking, not your own locking time. Maybe waiting in a queue doesn't cost that much time, I can't ascertain that from the cab ?.
To keep those running around in the dark alert. It may also not be to everyone's taste to be up all night.
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Nice picture
Indeed, but don't show it to the safety elvin... ?
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We must be doing it wrong
Richard
Have you wasted time waiting at locks for other boats?
Locking unimpeded during the night seems logical. Sleep can be had in shifts and during the day.
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To clarify, I didn't mean to infer that there was something wrong or fixed with the photo, but rather that it shows a bit of an extrdinairy occasion, like a modern city centre crossroads with the traffic lights on the blink.. ?
I do think that the motor nearest the camera is going to have trouble getting round, certainly without help at the front.
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If you are competitive minded, it seems sensible to do the far away arms etc, and take the break in the morning/daytime, and the big flights during the night.
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Can you split the 6 hour rest?
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Will CRT remove the boat before the winter stoppage, or are they sticking two fingers up to boaters? And what about any boats on the river? With the rain coming down, the Avon will soon not be safe. Will CRT pay for marina moorings?
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An efficient stern thruster from the butty though, and there are some convenient strapping posts besides the corner of the bridge - I used on once
Richard
You mean the momentum of butty pushing the stern of the motor? Then the stern would have ended up further in the basin to allow the bow to swing that far over...
The strapping posts make sense, hence my comment regarding manhandling.
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I don't reckon so, personally.
The northbound pair ("Ladybank") is going straight around and on its way, IMO.
Yes, but how would the south bound motor get the bow where it is, without being able to swing out the stern?
No bow thruster in those days.
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There would certainly a lot of manhandling be involved, with shafts etc.
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There is something about this photo not stacking up. Is the motor in the foreground solo, or towing the boat on the right in the picture? (i know we can't see.) if he's towing, I doubt there will be enough room, physicaly, to get both pairs around, because of the swing needed to get a boot around, and there not being any room left for the butties to cut in.
There's obviously a boat exiting the lock, and one waiting to get in, but will the motor that has just come around from the left, be able to move forward toward the lock, with his butty under the bridge, and the motor in the foreground also under the bridge.?
Another down in a lock
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The K&A is an entity of its own, even in the canal world.