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As above. Very low. Is this traditional? We are moored near the Saltisford Arm. And sat on the bottom. The pound below The Cape pub is drastically low. To fill that will mean I will be more sat on the bottom than I am now. I guess Hatten Flight has a back pumping system which is 'very' efficient. Too efficient in this case perhaps.

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16 hours ago, Nightwatch said:

As above. Very low. Is this traditional? We are moored near the Saltisford Arm. And sat on the bottom. The pound below The Cape pub is drastically low. To fill that will mean I will be more sat on the bottom than I am now. I guess Hatten Flight has a back pumping system which is 'very' efficient. Too efficient in this case perhaps.

We passed that way early one morning in late June and the pound between the Cape locks was so low it took around 20-30 minutes to refill (with consequent impact on the pound above). A passer by said it was like that every day - the cause seemed to be very leaky gates on the bottom lock.

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Can't remember whether the gates are wooden or metal on this stretch? Wooden gates are a huge problem - if they leak then locks end up half full at best and empty at worst. Low pound levels mean that some gates are not fully immersed in water for long periods, which is what they are designed to be.   In the heatwave dry conditions we've had many gates have genuinely shrunk and the problem gets worse.  Closing locks for long periods of curfew does seem to be the only answer to protect levels but this can itself mean that locks are sitting empty and gates have been drying out unevenly - increasing stresses.

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34 minutes ago, Tanglewood said:

Can't remember whether the gates are wooden or metal on this stretch? Wooden gates are a huge problem - if they leak then locks end up half full at best and empty at worst. Low pound levels mean that some gates are not fully immersed in water for long periods, which is what they are designed to be.   In the heatwave dry conditions we've had many gates have genuinely shrunk and the problem gets worse.  Closing locks for long periods of curfew does seem to be the only answer to protect levels but this can itself mean that locks are sitting empty and gates have been drying out unevenly - increasing stresses.

The above does rather beg the question, which is better, timber or steel, for lock gates?

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5 hours ago, Tanglewood said:

Can't remember whether the gates are wooden or metal on this stretch? Wooden gates are a huge problem - if they leak then locks end up half full at best and empty at worst. Low pound levels mean that some gates are not fully immersed in water for long periods, which is what they are designed to be.   In the heatwave dry conditions we've had many gates have genuinely shrunk and the problem gets worse.  Closing locks for long periods of curfew does seem to be the only answer to protect levels but this can itself mean that locks are sitting empty and gates have been drying out unevenly - increasing stresses.

Wooden gates, metal beams.

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When we came up yesterday there were bods measuring the gates at the bottom of the two locks. Even as I exited the bottom lock and was hovering waiting for the Lock outside the Cape the bottom lock had lost half its water. So, it seems things may improve following winter stoppages. We live in Hope at The Cape.

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7 hours ago, peter n said:

We passed that way early one morning in late June and the pound between the Cape locks was so low it took around 20-30 minutes to refill (with consequent impact on the pound above). A passer by said it was like that every day - the cause seemed to be very leaky gates on the bottom lock.

That pound has been low for most of the summer. I agree the bottom lock gates leak very badly. The pound by the cape is not usually that low as a lot of water does seem to go down Hatton. We have not done Hatton since mid July but it was coming over the top of the gates then despite the dry weather(once the volokies had filled the top two pounds at 8am...which they do daily).

4 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:

When we came up yesterday there were bods measuring the gates at the bottom of the two locks. Even as I exited the bottom lock and was hovering waiting for the Lock outside the Cape the bottom lock had lost half its water. So, it seems things may improve following winter stoppages. We live in Hope at The Cape.

Pop into Slatisford and ask Ian. He will give you all the 'gen.

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2 hours ago, Nightwatch said:

When we came up yesterday there were bods measuring the gates at the bottom of the two locks. Even as I exited the bottom lock and was hovering waiting for the Lock outside the Cape the bottom lock had lost half its water. So, it seems things may improve following winter stoppages. We live in Hope at The Cape.

 

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I went through here a week or so a go and met the lockies in the morning filling the pound after the Cape, this was a regular thing for them to do if they could get out to get it ready but yes the leakage on those gates is significant and looks like it is causing the problem every morning.

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