Guest Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, magnetman said: Maybe the legging boats through tunnels story is made up and what they really did was use very long ropes. Also wrong. They turned the horse sideways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Our ponies were really good swimmers in fact if the water wasn't deep enough to float them they would be happy to walk. Quite strange riding through a river wondering at what point the animal is going to start floating. Edited September 16, 2020 by magnetman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, magnetman said: Our ponies were really good swimmers in fact if the water wasn't deep enough to float them they would be happy to walk. Quite strange riding through a river wondering at what point the animal is going to start floating. Done it on an elephant, that was weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 You'd need quite small elephants to get through the tunnel. Horses or ponies would be much easier to acquire what with the stable right beside the entrance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2020 Report Share Posted September 16, 2020 26 minutes ago, magnetman said: You'd need quite small elephants to get through the tunnel. Horses or ponies would be much easier to acquire what with the stable right beside the entrance. You don't put the elephant in the tunnel, silly. The elephant stands at the entrance and blows water towards the stern to provide propulsion. Obviously it gets a little less efficient the further the boat goes into the tunnel. Believe or not, used to take almost as long as getting a wide electric boat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Since we are moving slightly off topic: a small number of years ago on I think the Peak Forest Hyde Bank we passed the horse drawn boat. I asked how they made it through tunnels without a towpath and was told that they just got up to horse speed and let go so that it drifted through. It is surprising, under the right circumstances, just how far a boat can drift. I am sure someone will come along and fill in the details I either never knew or have omitted/forgotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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