kayaks in locks

[mic]

helloooo

if i go thru a lock in the kayak, am i expected to throw a line up or tie up when the lock goes down?!

cheers!

 

[maby]

If you went through the locks I go through, I would expect you to drown!

 

[Chris_d]

No your expected to hold one of those slimy horrible chains

 

[byron]

If you went through the locks I go through, I would expect you to drown!

Hold on to a slimy chain and hold your breath when all the smokey diesels fire up. I generally invite Kayaks and Canoes to hold on to one of my fender lines assuming of course there is room outside of me.

 

[SnowCat]

Yes agree with Byron, both as a cruiser owner and kayaker.

....otherwise it's the greasy chain, or the rollers, or ............. big splash!

 

[sturmvogel190a]

mic have you tried shuffling out of her at Portage points and carrying her round??How does she feel tippy?? racing looking from what I saw but until you catch a fish on her you wont know how stable or not .
had a goodun from Sonning islands on the yak with the pike fly rod...happy days Steve

 

[mic]

mic have you tried shuffling out of her at Portage points and carrying her round??How does she feel tippy?? racing looking from what I saw but until you catch a fish on her you wont know how stable or not .
had a goodun from Sonning islands on the yak with the pike fly rod...happy days Steve

at boulters (local lock) id have to carry it up/down steps by the road (pub side) rather than go thru. if i get in at the still side of the lock i could paddle round to the weirpool, take out there and straight in.... which i might try next time.

had a casting lesson on the weekend for the fly rod so itching even more to give it a go!

 

[rosssavage]

Feel free to grab a fender if I'm there saw one today hold onto the edge of the lock wall steps - possibly less slimy than the chains?

 

[No Regrets]

I'm with Ross!

I always invite Kayak guys to hang on to anything thay want to.

Kayak guys are like Rowers, only good....

 

[Mirror Painter]

I offered a fender line to a canoeist in a lock and the fender came off in his hand! He was very embarrassed and I was perplexed.

That was before I changed all the rotten fender lines.

 

[rosssavage]

The only time a kayaker has shouted at me was cos he wanted me to go faster!! 'Can we have more wash please mister?'

 

[CX54WEK]

When we are out on the dinghy and heading through locks we tend to hang on the another boats fenders or lines. Makes life a bot easier.

If the lock is in user operator or is a work out (manual) lock we will often just tie the dinghy to another boat to get it through whilst we work the lock. No one has driven off with it yet

 

[byron]

If the lock is in user operator or is a work out (manual) lock we will often just tie the dinghy to another boat to get it through whilst we work the lock. No one has driven off with it yet

Don't tie on to Pheran he'll be off with it in a heartbeat and have it on Ebay within minutes.