Lock rage!

[ricky_s]

 

[MBM_Greg]

Ouch!

 

[dylanwinter]

so, how does col regs deal with that then?

who was in the right?

D

PS it was a westerly - hardly any harm done

 

[sailorman]

The Westerly was in the wrong ( from what i can see) he should have held back as he was astern of the MoBo in the lock.
first in - first out

so, how does col regs deal with that then?

who was in the right?

D

PS it was a westerly - hardly any harm done

 

[Stork_III]

The Westerly was in the wrong ( from what i can see) he should have held back as he was astern of the MoBo in the lock.
first in - first out

Or the Mobo was behind, but quicker to unhitch?

 

[oceanfroggie]

Huh? That was nothing. Hardly "lock rage", the yacht was daft enough to try and follow the other vessel side by side and got nudged. No sign of any "rage" just incompetent impatience.

You should see the mayhem caused by charter boats on any of the massive Shannon locks. Worth a ring side seat on a sunny afternoon for some free entertainment. Our policy is last into a lock with other boats - avoids over use of ball fender.

 

[Andrew38]

My experience is that you can always expect working fishermen to take priority leaving a lock. Maybe they have no right to but they don't care about their shiny gelcoat and they certainly don't care about yours. Common sense says let them go

 

[Momac]

Usually when leaving a lock , its a good idea to watch what the other boats are doing. It's easy enough to communicate verbally or by eye contact and a wave to understand who is going first. One at a time when leaving the lock is usual.
Often as not the slower boat will be happy to go last to avoid a need for the faster boat to overtake once out of the lock.
They all seemed in a bit of a hurry.

 

[longjohnsilver]

More like storm in a tea cup.

 

[[2068]]

Not seeing much rage there.
The Sailing Yacht just misjudged it a bit, getting too close to the stern of the fishing boat just at the narrowest part of the gate.
A bit of a bump, followed by the use of some "3M Fibreglass Restorer", and all is well.

 

[Searush]

Yottie just wasn't looking where he was going, there clearly wasn't room for 2 side by side.

What's the hurry anyway? The whole point of a yot is to slow the pace of life a tad & . . . reeeeelax, man.

 

[oceanfroggie]

Put grown men at the helm of a lock full of boats and as soon as the gate opens it's like the start of the Le Mans race - "They're off"

 

[sailorman]

They wouldnt be that keen to be up front being a Dutch barge who leaves first

Put grown men at the helm of a lock full of boats and as soon as the gate opens it's like the start of the Le Mans race - "They're off"

 

[geoid96]

Put grown men at the helm of a lock full of boats and as soon as the gate opens it's like the start of the Le Mans race - "They're off"

It's just like the Dartford Crossing. Yesterday, after leaving the tolls, two cars accelerated either side of me, aiming for the outside lane through the tunnel. Just like the lock gate, there wasn't enough width and they managed to destroy each others mirrors.