On the move again
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2023
- on the move again in a wide beam canal boat.
This video we move on the grand Union canal the Leicester line. And we encounter a lock that we can't get through. thankfully the canal and River trust came out to help and at the same time made me feel stupid. it turned out it just needed a bit of time to clear itself. but the canal and River trust were there to help Go through the next two locks.
not always have the canal and River trust being so useful to myself, but I was very grateful on this occasion.
Lovely cruise and isn’t it always the way tgat when help arrives everything is fine and dandy. Lovely mooring and cruise. Best wishes.
Kilby, where was the shout? mate .
Enjoyed the video. Show us a map or gps coordinates perhaps.
Yes, I thought I should be adding a map to my video. I'm just not sure how to do it yet. Hopefully I'll get a little bit better than more. I do them. Thanks for your comment
I’m thinking about getting a Widebeam of similar size, but I’m worried about locks on my own. You’ve showed it’s possible, but how much of a pain is it? Ps great vids 👍🏻
Locks are very easy but you do have to be very mindful of slipping. The choice of footwear is very important. If you slip in a lock you can seriously hurt yourself. Ask for steering into locks. That's the easy bit. The difficult part is going under the bridges. It takes some practise to get good at this. Once you're used to it you certainly won't regret for going for a bigger boat. I'd love to hear what you decide 👍
I don't understand the logic of having to shut the gates after exiting through them instead of leaving them open. If one were to leave open the gates one exited through, there would be a 50% chance that the next boater would only have to close one set of gates in order to go through the lock, whereas if everyone always closes both sets, there is a 100% chance that the next boater will have to close two sets of gates when going through. Unless it's a water conservation thing.
I like your logic. However, would you like the extra job of shutting a gate because somebody else didn't before You. And then you would have the normal job of setting the gates up for yourself to go through. Adding quite a bit of time to your journey. Not only that, the gates are designed in such a way that if one fails or leaks, the other gate can restrict the loss of water. This would mean a better chance of keeping every boat off the bottom of the canal.
Hope I've explained this okay. And thanks for the comment. 🤜
@@Inspiration2022 "However, would you like the extra job of shutting a gate because somebody else didn't before You?". Yes, I would, and I will demonstrate mathematically why this is better.
If you enter a lock where both gates are closed, and you intend to leave the lock with both gates closed, then you have to open the gates twice and close the gates twice, for a total of 4 gate movements. (You open the gates to enter the lock, and close them behind you once you are in the lock, and then you open the opposite gates in order to leave, and close them behind you. If everyone always does this at every lock, then every boater will have to do these 4 gate movements at every lock.
Now, consider that nobody closes the lock gates when they leave a lock. Overall, 50% of the time, boaters will encounter a lock through which the previous boater went through the lock in the same direction, and 50% of the time each boater will encounter a lock in which the previous boater went through in the opposite direction to the boater's travel. In cases where the previous boater went through in the opposite direction, the lock gates to enter the lock will already be open, meaning that the boat can go straight in. The boater will therefore only need to close the gates behind him once inside the lock, and then open the opposite gates to leave. He will not need to close the gates behind him after he has left, as nobody does. This lock will therefore require only 2 gate movements (1 opening of the gates and one closing). This is half the work (2 gate movements instead of the 4 of the first scenario above).
Now, let's consider cases in which the previous boater went through the lock in the same direction as the boater. The boater will first have to close the exit gates, then open the entrance gates, then close the entrance gates once he's inside the lock, and then finally open the exit gates which, in total, are 4 gate movements in total - exactly the same as in the first scenario in which everyone always closes all gates behind them. So, no additional work. And since 50% of lock gates left open will be in the boater's favour, the average amount of lock gate movements if nobody closes the gates behind them is (2 + 4) / 2 = 3. Everyone would have an average of 3 lock gate movements per lock if nobody closed the gates behind them, as opposed to 4 if everyone closes the gates behind them.
So, to answer your question regarding whether I would like the extra job of shutting the gate if someone else did not behind them, my answer is yes, given that I would also leave it open and it would create no extra work for me. Indeed, if nobody shut the gates behind them then everyone would save 25% of effort (3 lock gate movements instead of 4) as I demonstrated above.
@@elelegidosf9707 from your answer I can see that you obviously don't live on a boat or after use the locks. Anybody that lives on a boat or uses the locks frequently would definitely argue against your reasoning. And you'll answer, it appears that your assuming everybody is going to go one way.
However, you are forgetting the whole point of the locks and why they were designed in such a way. They are designed to contain water and maintain levels. As I stated before, this can only be assured by both gates being closed and containing the water levels for all. If you ever do hire a boat and go out on a cruise, please consider this as it creates mayhem when you get people leaving locks open.
@Inspiration2022 " from your answer I can see that you obviously don't live on a boat or after use the locks." - I could move onto a boat and start living on it, but the maths would not change - everyone would, on average, still save themselves 1 out of the 4 gate movements if everyone left their exit gate open. This is unaffected by who lives on a boat and who does not.
In my previous post, I only replied to your comment that everyone leaving the gates open would be, "Adding quite a bit of time to your journey.". I replied that your assertion here was incorrect - that in fact it would _save_ people 25% of effort.
"Anybody that lives on a boat or uses the locks frequently would definitely argue against your reasoning." - Nobody can speak for everybody who lives on a boat. That's a vast amount of people to speak for and, generally, I avoid speaking for anyone else.
"And you'll answer, it appears that your assuming everybody is going to go one way." - No, that is not what I'll answer.
"However, you are forgetting the whole point of the locks and why they were designed in such a way." - No, I have not forgotten that the point of locks is to maintain water levels in the canal. In my first comment, I said that I did not understand the policy of closing both gates, "... unless it's a water conservation thing". You have confirmed that you believe that it is indeed about the water itself, which I accept.
@@elelegidosf9707 I'm just going off my own experience when I follow a boat and they are leaving the gates open, going down the locks, leaving the gates open on their exit I follow on and how I have to close their gates before filling up the locks for me to enter when this happens more than a few times it at a lot of time to my journey.
And your ideal world. As I understand it, it would be ideal if one person goes in leaves, the gate open for the next one to re-enter and backwards and forwards going up and down at the locks with an equal amount of times. I agree this would save lots of time but that's not how it works