tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946325688134943823.post1916128697986906497..comments2023-03-23T10:14:33.879+00:00Comments on Narrowboat Ellis: New years eve Adventure on the river...Quaysiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04372015225898397642noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946325688134943823.post-43680311952246108462017-01-03T15:19:37.342+00:002017-01-03T15:19:37.342+00:00Although many locks behave as you indicate some ha...Although many locks behave as you indicate some have a different effect and there is enough of a flow to push the boat away from the nearside wall rather than into it. Only experience will tell you which is which although the greater majority are just fine. Also a few change the effect as the lock fills and just as you think you are OK then the boat drifts away! By that time however it is less fierce and sufficiently well up for the steerer to hop off with the centre line. A good precaution anyway. In the end it is all down to how the lock designers decided the water should flow into the lock. Watch for the few that let the water in all along the lock or even from the bottom. Definitely ones for a high I-Soy score!Mike Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00067557327430064111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946325688134943823.post-46693441172307349992017-01-03T13:07:59.464+00:002017-01-03T13:07:59.464+00:00(not really anon)I've done lots of hire-boatin...(not really anon)I've done lots of hire-boating but I can well imagine it feels different in your own (very expensive) boat. The 1st time I went on a river it was the Calder at Brighouse, pretty tame, eh? but then after going down Fall Ing and heading towards Castleford our engine overheated and packed in. I knew from the map that round the corner in Castleford was a weir, and, like you, imagined being drawn towards it by current, and panicked a wee bit. I reached the river bank and shouted at one of my friends to jump off and hold her in. She was not amused. SO GLAD you didn't have need of the self-inflating life jackets. HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946325688134943823.post-79360784811876109072017-01-02T18:41:53.753+00:002017-01-02T18:41:53.753+00:00That's a very familiar mooring!That's a very familiar mooring!Tom and Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277996736846008000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946325688134943823.post-21313508709156700372017-01-02T18:16:03.280+00:002017-01-02T18:16:03.280+00:00Well done, Just think what the river will be like ...Well done, Just think what the river will be like in the summers sunditchcrawlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939158207679306372noreply@blogger.com