Boat sat on lock cill on K&A

[slyworme]

http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Canal-boat-stuck-lock-Kennet-Avon-Canal-Widcombe/story-23949092-detail/story.html#comments

 

For the 2nd time this year, the last one in March, was the next lock up the flight.

 

Went past it not long after it happened to see 2 CRT bods deploying anti-spill mats and booms, and 2 from the hire company standing around looking bored.

 

I know hind-sight is a wonderful thing and no doubt Health and Safety would have something to say about it, but it seemed an ideal time to remove the 200 liters of diesel that had just been put into it while the lock was empty. Now that it is totally submerged due to the lock filling over night, they have 200 liters of diesel and 72000 gallons of contaminated lock water to deal with.

 

They could have also tried to re-float it at the same time...I'm sure there would have been enough buoyancy provided by all the empty beer cans floating around the boat!

 

Yesterday afternoon...

This morning...

[Alan de Enfield]

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=71354&hl=

[Athy]

But why on earth did the CART men refill the lock when there was a boat stuck in it?

 

Looking at it another way, if the boat was just resting on the cill, how come it didn't float off it when the lock was refilled?

Edited November 3, 2014 by Athy

[bottle]

Athy see the other thread and all will be revealed.

 

but to answer your two questions

 

They didn't the gates leak, badly.

 

The weight of the boat would hold the bow down and would take on water, so adding to the weight so holding the bow down and so on.