Damaged Gate on Basinsgtoke - fixed in two hours

[Graham and Jo]

Interesting news on Facebook from the Basingstoke Canal Authority.

 

'We had a slight hiccup on the canal this morning when a boat lifted one of the gates at Lock 15.

Luckily we were able to get the gate and the balance beam back on within a couple of hours so the boats could continue on their way.'

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers Graham

 

 

[johnmck]

Great work. We would love to do the Basingstoke. Leaving the K&A and heading for the Wey. Think our air draft of 6'2" may limit our exploration! How far could we get?

[cereal tiller]

Great work. We would love to do the Basingstoke. Leaving the K&A and heading for the Wey. Think our air draft of 6'2" may limit our exploration! How far could we get?

Have travelled all of the Basingstoke with 6'1and a half Air draft

 

CT

[Graham and Jo]

The maximum advised air draft is 5ft 10 inches. This is on the long pound whose level goes up and down. Typically in the summer it can be down a good 6 inches but if it rains it will be up a few.

 

Cheers Graham

[johnmck]

Cheers for the replies. We will give it a go. Here's hoping for a little bit of summer!

[MtB]

Interesting news on Facebook from the Basingstoke Canal Authority.

 

'We had a slight hiccup on the canal this morning when a boat lifted one of the gates at Lock 15.

Luckily we were able to get the gate and the balance beam back on within a couple of hours so the boats could continue on their way.'

 

 

 

 

 

Fascinating the way a wooden gate floats up like this when dislodged at the bottom from the pintle.

 

Or is it being supported by the bow of the boat behind it?

[Graham and Jo]

 

Fascinating the way a wooden gate floats up like this when dislodged at the bottom from the pintle.

 

Or is it being supported by the bow of the boat behind it?

It is difficult to tell but the Basingstoke locks lack the rubbing plate on the lock side of the gate so it could be sitting under the top piece of the gate. It certainly looks close enough.

 

In this picture you can see the beam in question and it appears to have some damage about where the boat goes.

 

 

I meant to put this one on yesterday but managed to duplicate one instead.

 

Cheers Graham

[mark99]

The Basingstoke (and I think the Wey) don't have protection on upper gates to prevent bow fenders or bow lifting gates. You have to keep a close eye on matters if you are used to GU locks. Esp on Wey as the paddles are fierce and tend to draw your bow forwards.

Edited July 17, 2016 by mark99

[Scholar Gypsy]

 

Fascinating the way a wooden gate floats up like this when dislodged at the bottom from the pintle.

 

Or is it being supported by the bow of the boat behind it?

 

Not sure what is going on in this case. But - a bit off topic - really big lock and dock gates are designed to float ie with zero net buoyancy. This is done by flooding or pumping water out of tanks within the gates.

 

Here's a video from C&RT when they removed one of the gates at West India Dock a few months ago:

 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/lockgatelive?src=hash

https://twitter.com/CanalRiverTrust/status/707896421979185153

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=83187

Edited July 18, 2016 by Scholar Gypsy

[JamesWoolcock]

Interesting news on Facebook from the Basingstoke Canal Authority.

 

'We had a slight hiccup on the canal this morning when a boat lifted one of the gates at Lock 15.

Luckily we were able to get the gate and the balance beam back on within a couple of hours so the boats could continue on their way.'

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers Graham

 

 

I came to Pyrford Lock going downhill on 3rd August at around 2 o'clock to be told one of the the top gates had been lifted. The National Trust were there on the job with two small bottle jack and doubtless more resources should they need them. They had a little difficulty in getting the tan pin back in which apparently meant the the 'fix' was taking longer than usual, for which they apologies! Traffic was restored in around half an hour!

Wonderful.

And the Wey Navigation is stunning, as is the Basingstoke Canal.

Do visit them.

 

James